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I know, i know..dount buy Alienware...
Let me present my situation first then answer.
I sold my stock Dell xps to my sister for $500 (it was pretty nice...x58 w i7920 and a 4850 vid card w 4g of 1333 ram)...i had picked it up from the good ol dell outlet for like $770 about a year and a half ago (if you can believe that).
Ok Now the question. I really dont want to scew around building a system. I would have to buy a FULL copy of win7 for about $200 and that would eat up most of my savings...plus i have always seemed to screw up some minor bios setting some where and spend weeks with a buggy system before i figure it out...been my curse since my first build in the days of the slot A althlons when i had the agp aperture to 4x (all the specs said 4 x) but it could only handle 2x...crashed constantly when running games for about 2 months....) anyway been one thing after another with building my own machines since then and im just DONE...so i found this:
(in the Dell outlet):
Alienware Aurora Desktop
ARB System ID: 09EJ65T4
Quantity: 1
Mod Number Mod Description
N971H
125V Power Cord
397CH
CPU Liquid Cooling
Y2FYM
64BIT Operating System
WR76K
Alienware Aurora Desktop
7CKHF
Processor: Intel Core i7-860 Processor (8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
HMFJR
6 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (4 DIMMs)
J510R
1 TB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM)
JHGCP
24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
D5CVH
1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 GDDR5
C8P0F
Accessory Kit
JVT73
Shipping Material
W871N
Windows Live
FV6N6
Information
NT806
Automatic Updates: Critical Up dates Only
Y2FHC
Label
45XY6
Label
JY578
Information
H7H3T
Resource DVD
FXJ4F
Software
XM544
Image Restore Software
JY634
Alienware AVATAR 4
P398P
Software
KP695
Software
P395P
Cyberlink Power DVD 8.0
CP1VF
Operating System DVD
2J4FR
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
2V9N9
Cosmic Black
T013C
Microsoft Works 9.0
N533M
McAfee Security Center, 30 Day
DJ332
USB Keyboard
W332N
Alienware TactX Mouse
Alien Aurora: 1 Yr Ltd Warranty, Basic Service after Remote Diagnosis (Included In Price)
Quantity: 1
Item Number Item Description
654829
Alien Aurora: 1 Yr Ltd Warranty, Basic Service after Remote Diagnosis (Included In Price)
Subtotal: $1,209.00
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $96.72
Total Price w/Discounts: $1,305.72
Its a scratch and dent....spec price for that system is cose to $1,800 which..i would NOT pay.
I think thats a fair price, ill be putting it with the $500 i got from my sis and be dropping $800. Their web page say the bios is NOW FINALLy fully unlocked for over clocking but i will mostly likely be saddled with an a 575w power supply....no worries..i dont usually run sli or x-fire anyway.
So..my mind is pretty much made up unless i am making some colassal ground breaking mistake here...which is where i need advice from you guys. They are throwing in that mouse which retails for $99 and a vanilla key board basically free.
(By the way, i have a nice brand new in the box alien ware for sale with an i650 and 5770 and 4G for sale (all the rest of the specs are idential to above) if anyone wants it for $1,100 its yours. (includes tax but not shipping..never been out off the box or turned on). (its goin on ebay tonight).
PS I know the 860 is a side step from teh 920 i already had but that xps was a train wreck. 300W power supply (wtf?), no room in the case, and the Radeon 5850 was only 512 ram and seemed UNDERCLOCKED. After i calculated the cost of 200-300 vid card, a new power supply..and i really needed an copy of win 7......it became obvious that i could just sell her for $500 and buy something a lil over $1,000 and probably be better off. The alienware has a badass case..easy to add stuff in there, includes water cooling....we will see about the unlocked bios....jury is still out on that one. And a 5870 costs what...about $300 still?? (See where im going with all this?)
IGNORE MY SIG..that was from 3 computers ago.
Let me present my situation first then answer.
I sold my stock Dell xps to my sister for $500 (it was pretty nice...x58 w i7920 and a 4850 vid card w 4g of 1333 ram)...i had picked it up from the good ol dell outlet for like $770 about a year and a half ago (if you can believe that).
Ok Now the question. I really dont want to scew around building a system. I would have to buy a FULL copy of win7 for about $200 and that would eat up most of my savings...plus i have always seemed to screw up some minor bios setting some where and spend weeks with a buggy system before i figure it out...been my curse since my first build in the days of the slot A althlons when i had the agp aperture to 4x (all the specs said 4 x) but it could only handle 2x...crashed constantly when running games for about 2 months....) anyway been one thing after another with building my own machines since then and im just DONE...so i found this:
(in the Dell outlet):
Alienware Aurora Desktop
ARB System ID: 09EJ65T4
Quantity: 1
Mod Number Mod Description
N971H
125V Power Cord
397CH
CPU Liquid Cooling
Y2FYM
64BIT Operating System
WR76K
Alienware Aurora Desktop
7CKHF
Processor: Intel Core i7-860 Processor (8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
HMFJR
6 GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM 1333MHz (4 DIMMs)
J510R
1 TB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM)
JHGCP
24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
D5CVH
1 GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 GDDR5
C8P0F
Accessory Kit
JVT73
Shipping Material
W871N
Windows Live
FV6N6
Information
NT806
Automatic Updates: Critical Up dates Only
Y2FHC
Label
45XY6
Label
JY578
Information
H7H3T
Resource DVD
FXJ4F
Software
XM544
Image Restore Software
JY634
Alienware AVATAR 4
P398P
Software
KP695
Software
P395P
Cyberlink Power DVD 8.0
CP1VF
Operating System DVD
2J4FR
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
2V9N9
Cosmic Black
T013C
Microsoft Works 9.0
N533M
McAfee Security Center, 30 Day
DJ332
USB Keyboard
W332N
Alienware TactX Mouse
Alien Aurora: 1 Yr Ltd Warranty, Basic Service after Remote Diagnosis (Included In Price)
Quantity: 1
Item Number Item Description
654829
Alien Aurora: 1 Yr Ltd Warranty, Basic Service after Remote Diagnosis (Included In Price)
Subtotal: $1,209.00
Shipping & Handling: $0.00
Tax: $96.72
Total Price w/Discounts: $1,305.72
Its a scratch and dent....spec price for that system is cose to $1,800 which..i would NOT pay.
I think thats a fair price, ill be putting it with the $500 i got from my sis and be dropping $800. Their web page say the bios is NOW FINALLy fully unlocked for over clocking but i will mostly likely be saddled with an a 575w power supply....no worries..i dont usually run sli or x-fire anyway.
So..my mind is pretty much made up unless i am making some colassal ground breaking mistake here...which is where i need advice from you guys. They are throwing in that mouse which retails for $99 and a vanilla key board basically free.
(By the way, i have a nice brand new in the box alien ware for sale with an i650 and 5770 and 4G for sale (all the rest of the specs are idential to above) if anyone wants it for $1,100 its yours. (includes tax but not shipping..never been out off the box or turned on). (its goin on ebay tonight).
PS I know the 860 is a side step from teh 920 i already had but that xps was a train wreck. 300W power supply (wtf?), no room in the case, and the Radeon 5850 was only 512 ram and seemed UNDERCLOCKED. After i calculated the cost of 200-300 vid card, a new power supply..and i really needed an copy of win 7......it became obvious that i could just sell her for $500 and buy something a lil over $1,000 and probably be better off. The alienware has a badass case..easy to add stuff in there, includes water cooling....we will see about the unlocked bios....jury is still out on that one. And a 5870 costs what...about $300 still?? (See where im going with all this?)
IGNORE MY SIG..that was from 3 computers ago.
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