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Alienware Area-51 Desktop: the Mac Pro of Gaming PCs
Posted on 9/2/14 at 11:29 am
Posted on 9/2/14 at 11:29 am
LINK
I want....
I want....
Posted on 9/2/14 at 12:24 pm to CAD703X
2..1..
Do I really have to say anything?
Do I really have to say anything?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 12:27 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Some parts of that article 
Posted on 9/2/14 at 12:33 pm to ILikeLSUToo
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2..1..
best way to start a thread
Posted on 9/2/14 at 12:35 pm to hikingfan
I still SMH at my BIL for buying his Alienware
Posted on 9/2/14 at 1:28 pm to hikingfan
I don't play computer games, and even I want that.
Posted on 9/2/14 at 1:44 pm to tketaco
So alienware sucks? Better off just building your own?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 2:06 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Posted on 9/2/14 at 2:09 pm to tketaco
So alienware sucks? Better off just building your own?
Posted on 9/2/14 at 2:17 pm to HailToTheChiz
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So alienware sucks? Better off just building your own?
Yes and Yes
Posted on 9/2/14 at 2:51 pm to HailToTheChiz
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So alienware sucks? Better off just building your own?
Absolutely, especially for these high-end machines. They spent all this money on proprietary designs and marketing, costs which are passed onto the consumer, stuffed with reference blower-style video cards and an overkill CPU. Mis-allocated components and a premium akin to Apple when it comes to upgrades, let alone the inflated price you'll pay for even the baseline model.
Blower-style GPU coolers are loud as holy hell.
Case looks ugly IMO. The thermal design is not an improvement in traditional towers either. It's a gimmick. They're just using the new X99 chipset and DDR4 release as a reason to market a new design.
This would've been something that interested me when I was 15. Nowadays, I prefer something cleaner and more traditional, with a tried and true thermal design.
Personally, I'm fan of the case for my own build:
If you build it yourself, the case choices are near endless, and you can get as stupid as you want with the aesthetics:
No, Alienware. That's the problem. I can't forget.
This post was edited on 9/2/14 at 2:53 pm
Posted on 9/2/14 at 3:09 pm to ILikeLSUToo
quote:
No, Alienware. That's the problem. I can't forget.
i hate to see this little gem get buried
Posted on 9/3/14 at 12:44 am to ontheverge77
That looks nice. Don't care about the touch screen unless the thing flips backwards like Ultra-book styles.
I'm just wonder if there is a huge premium on the touch screen, because at $1299 I'd hope for an option with at least a GTX 860M or 870M.
I'm just wonder if there is a huge premium on the touch screen, because at $1299 I'd hope for an option with at least a GTX 860M or 870M.
This post was edited on 9/3/14 at 12:46 am
Posted on 9/3/14 at 6:22 am to bluebarracuda
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luebarracuda
Because of you i spent an hour looking at "gaming Pc" on Craigs List yesterday and laughing! thank you for making my day go by faster at work
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