Alienware X51 - now with Geforce 660?

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shadowghost

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Was looking at this desktop today and noticed that it now comes with a 1.5gb Geforce 660 card. That card is a hell of a lot faster than the old GF555 it used to come with. This machine is looking very attractive now.
 
It's not the Ti that was just introduced, so I'd be a bit wary. The 1.5GB of memory hints at an unchanged 192-bit memory bus, although I haven't found anything about clock speed and core count.
 
I think if you're going to be wary, it's of a post promoting an all-in-one on a forum where most people build their own machines. How much do you get paid per click, shadowghost?
 
That's not exactly fair. What click?

The X51 still has a unique form factor that's not easily reproduced by people building their own machine.
 
I never promised to be fair nor reasonable. It's only a unique form factor because it's proprietary for Dell, they can afford to have a case designed to fit their systems. I don't come here to read people talking about prebuilt systems. This is [H].

If you want to pay $1050 for a system with an i5-3450, a GTX 660 and an external 330W power supply then fine, but post it there instead -> http://en.community.dell.com/?~ck=mn :(
 
This was discussed in the past and the X51 is, indeed, a unique system and shadowgost didn't link anything. I found his post very interesting for example.
 
WiSK said:
I never promised to be fair nor reasonable. It's only a unique form factor because it's proprietary for Dell, they can afford to have a case designed to fit their systems. I don't come here to read people talking about prebuilt systems. This is [H].

If you want to pay $1050 for a system with an i5-3450, a GTX 660 and an external 330W power supply then fine, but post it there instead -> http://en.community.dell.com/?~ck=mn :(
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If you don't want to read it stay out of the thread. It's that simple.

No one wants to read your rude comments.
 
Yes, it's the 660 non-TI version, but it's still a HUGE upgrade over the previous 555. The main criticism of the x51 before was that it was really too weak for any real gaming. This thing packs an i7-3770 and Geforce 660 in a much smaller package than anything available to builders :mad:.


WiSK said:
I never promised to be fair nor reasonable. It's only a unique form factor because it's proprietary for Dell, they can afford to have a case designed to fit their systems. I don't come here to read people talking about prebuilt systems. This is [H].

If you want to pay $1050 for a system with an i5-3450, a GTX 660 and an external 330W power supply then fine, but post it there instead -> http://en.community.dell.com/?~ck=mn :(
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I think it's cute that you're here to dictate what is acceptable and what isn't here at [H], what with your whopping 10 months of experience here. Pre-built systems have ALWAYS been a part of the SFF subforum, since they provide form factors that simply aren't available to home builders.

edit: I like the part where he accused me of shilling for Dell, when he's the only one in this thread that posted a Dell link.
 
vipz said:
It's not the Ti that was just introduced, so I'd be a bit wary. The 1.5GB of memory hints at an unchanged 192-bit memory bus, although I haven't found anything about clock speed and core count.
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Yeah, from what I found online it has 1152 unified shaders with a 192bit bus and 24 rops instead of 32 (not fully confirmed). Not as good as the 660ti obviously, but still a pretty substantial upgrade over the previous GF555.
 
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If you have one of the older 555 models you can upgrade it with a GTX670. The only downside I gather from these machines (besides the fact that they are difficult to custom) is fan noise. Can an owner chime in and confirm?
 
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