Gaming PC

[daneo1989]

Well as im now thinking of moving away from my current Pentium D (I Know old) ive been looking at the XPS and Alienware Aurora ALX + Area 51 while looking at the XPS 730 the styling i must say is terrible.
spoke with dell and theyve basicly told me keep away from the Aurora ALX and head towards the Area 51 because in the future if i want to upgrade i will have more options the only problem i have with the Area 51 as its only in Silver (prefer black) which i cannot have due the price tag of £2800 also i love the styling of both cases if i could buy the Case of the shelf they i would build my own but i cant
which would you choose.
Aurora ALX £1900

Area-51 £1700

 

[lozmuir]

Everyone is just going to tell you to build your own/get someone to build you a custom pc. Alienware are so amazingly overpriced.

 

[steve]

you realise with dell you're paying for the name? you'd be better off buying the parts and building

 

[Andreas]

better build ur own but if i had alot of money probs ill buy Area :P

 

[daneo1989]

Everyone is just going to tell you to build your own/get someone to build you a custom pc. Alienware are so amazingly overpriced.

thats not the question now is it, im aware i will be paying for the Name. but if i could get the Case then i would build my own, but thens theres me not wanting to build one (built 3)

so please. if you can afford a Alienware what would you buy?

 

[Muffin]

id get Area-51, personally i think it looks better

 

[Warlock]

Really it depends on whats in the PC, not the looks of it.. so what were you planning spec wise for each of them?

Lets look @ this

Aurora ALX -

CPU - i7 920 2.66Ghz
Motherboard? ( Who knows )
GPU - 2x ATI 5770 1GB
RAM - 6GB TripleChannel 1600Mhz ( Brand? Who knows )
HDD's - 2x 750Gb Raid 0 1.5T.
PSU - 825w Alienware Multi GPU Approved

for 1900.


Area 51 -

CPU - i7 920 2.66GHz
Motherboard - Alienware Approved mobo ( who knows again )
GFX - GTX 260 1.8Gb
RAM - 6GB Triple Channel 1333Mhz ( Brand )
HDD - Single 640Gb 7200rpm
PSU - Alienware approved 1100w Multi GPU PSU

for 1700

You could get yourself this


HDD's - 750GB Seagate ST3750330NS Barracuda ES.2, SATA 3Gb/s, 7200rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ

PSU - 1000W Corsair CMPSU-1000HXUK, ATX, EPS12V, PS/2, Modular Power Supply, UK Version, 5 Year Warranty

RAM - 6GB (3x2GB) Corsair Dominator, Triple DDR3 PC3-(1866), CAS 9-9-9-24, DHX, XMP, DF, 1.65V

CPU - Intel Corei7 920 D0 SLBEJ Bloomfield 45nm, 2.66 GHz, QPI 4.8GT/s, 8MB Cache, 20x Ratio, 130W, Retail

Motherboard - Asus P6TD Deluxe, Intel X58, Sok 1366, PCI-E 2.0(x16), DDR3 2000/1800/1600, SATA 3Gb/s RAID, ATX

CPU Cooler - Corsair H50-1 Hydro Series High-performance CPU Watercooler, LGA775/1156/1366, AM2/2+/AM3 *NEW V2*

GFX Card - 2GB Sapphire HD 5970 OC, PCI-E 2.1 (x16), 4040MHz GDDR5, GPU 735MHz, 3200 Cores,

OR

GFX Cards - 2x 1GB Sapphire HD 5850 Vapor-X, PCI-E 2.0, 4200MHz GDDR5, GPU 735MHz, 1440Cores,


For 1,531 and put it inside any case you want for still less than your paying, you at least know you got top end parts, much better graphics/ram power and a better motherboard + build than your getting from Dell. And this system is going over the top build wise, i wouldnt touch a 5970 i would get 2x 5850's for the money instead.

None of the 3 reps i spoke to could tell me a thing about the motherboard/ram or liquid cooling unit inside the Aurora ALX

Honestly mate think it over, build yourself one.. and hour of your day could be wasted much more than that.

 

[JealY]

Build it yourself, you might learn something.
Go AMD & don't look back.
You'll feel good knowing you built your own PC, it's yours, unique.

 

[steve]

you can buy the cases on their own you know ?

 

[CraiG^]

You're in the same boat I was in around 6 months ago, wanted a new computer but didn't want to buy al the parts and build it myself because I thought it would be too hard and I could blow something, then I grew some ball's done it and was chuffed. Oh and of course saved a few hundred quid.

 

[daneo1989]

Build it yourself, you might learn something.
Go AMD & don't look back.
You'll feel good knowing you built your own PC, it's yours, unique.

ive already built 3 pc's just want a change and dont want the hassel of building another one thats why im asking but i see where your all coming from from spec wise.
i recon you pay another £300-500 on the cases.

Steve, give me a site where there selling these shells please fella. my last build i used the older alienware case

 

[Shady]

i dont know if this is right but forspinki told me alienware cases are crap for airflow and cooling.

my opinion yes they look cool but end of day its under your desk you dont see it!!!!

also why 2-3 grand on a pc , you can build a mint pc for a grand what will play ANYTHING easy, mine cost me £500 (forspinki sold me some parts cheap :P) but mine will play anything yours will and most likely on full settings.

forspinki pc is awsome and dont think that cost over a grand.

 

[daneo1989]

i dont know if this is right but forspinki told me alienware cases are crap for airflow and cooling.

my opinion yes they look cool but end of day its under your desk you dont see it!!!!

also why 2-3 grand on a pc , you can build a mint pc for a grand what will play ANYTHING easy, mine cost me £500 (forspinki sold me some parts cheap :P) but mine will play anything yours will and most likely on full settings.

forspinki pc is awsome and dont think that cost over a grand.

i would never spend 2-3k for a PC but ive brought the Area 51 under the buy now pay in 2011, ive read alot of reviews about the desktop good and bad, but there all positive about the case people say the customer service is crap when somthing goes wroung should be here on the 12/07/2010 hopfully and how can forspinki judge the venting on a case hes never seen and owned?

 

[lifco]

There is a shop called 3bsystems google it (its near me nelson lancs)

They will build the pc for free if you buy the parts from them, or charge a small free if you have the parts.

Ebay are cheap for parts like only a few weeks ago a mate got amd phenom II X6 for £200 and a cheap gigabyte m/b

Defo shop around first

As Warlock posted some nice items there, corsair H50 is great if your going to clock the beast

If i had the cash i dont think i would worry what iam buying as long as it does the job i need it to.

I like to build myself but if you are will to pay the extra buy a pre build

lif

 

[~HeavenSent~]

(its near me nelson lancs)

oh just round corner from me :P

 

[daneo1989]

PC being deliverd on the 12th spoke to the courier today s