Alienware with in budget.
17-01-2005, 09:13
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Alienware with in budget.
Perfect for Home or Office Use
Pentium ® 4 Processor Support
Intel® 915G Chipset
Dual-Channel DDR400 Memory
5.1 Intel® High Definition Surround Sound Audio
USB 2.0 and 1394a for Digital Camera
and MP3 Players
High-Speed Serial ATA Hard Drive Support
Great Multimedia Value
£665.05
Incl. VAT, excl. Del.
Finally an alienware with in budget is it worth it, will it play games to full graphics?
Thanks for help.
http://www.alienware.co.uk/product_d...de=SKU-DEFAULT
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17-01-2005, 09:17
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
Balls! Built in sound and graphics? Pffft. I've used the configure option and the min. spec I'd suggest comes to around £975 (and that's WITHOUT monitor/speakers), and you could get far better machines elsewhere for that price.
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17-01-2005, 09:19
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
Built in graphics? Will probably be even worse than my system!
Don't bother going for Alienware, there far overpriced. Building your own system would probably be the cheapest way for a high-spec system.
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17-01-2005, 09:21
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
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Originally Posted by Bifta
Balls! Built in sound and graphics? Pffft. I've used the configure option and the min. spec I'd suggest comes to around £975 (and that's WITHOUT monitor/speakers), and you could get far better machines elsewhere for that price.
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Fair enougth  I guess you pay for the name like DG just a label.
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17-01-2005, 12:38
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
I have had pleasure of using a £2500 gaming Aurora Extreme, from them, with monitor the lot for the money, I found the case to look well, build quality was good enough. However nothing was done which could not be built by yourself and probally cheaper.
I dont know just the marketing department is well organised. For a forum on Alienware's and other computers and where you can learn some home truths try visiting www.notebookforums.com ( if i am not permitted to post that link feel free to remove it  ) They deal with Alienware in a subforum.
I am thinking of a laptop from the, because I like the layout of the laptop's and I need one which will run most modern games.
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17-01-2005, 12:40
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
You are just paying for the name with alienware.
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17-01-2005, 14:00
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
I agree there is a nice system for about £1500 with monitor and OS from OCUK, which is nice, but my worry is the factor of possible RMA'd Hardware in the machine, and OCUK's Customer Service Record.
I need a gaming laptop or desktop system with tft around March or June this year, because my aging computer just meets up to play Doom3.
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17-01-2005, 17:54
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
I was looking @ OCUK as well, then I saw the specs & price for this: http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated...eblade_sli.htm
So it's prob going to be Mesh, again, (I love the tool-free case!)
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17-01-2005, 17:55
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
That is rather nice,... I cannot build a pc due to issue I have with my hands, and same for my gf, for some reason still being tested I cannot use screwdrivers or thumbscrews, most annoying.
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17-01-2005, 19:02
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
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That is rather nice,... I cannot build a pc due to issue I have with my hands, and same for my gf, for some reason still being tested I cannot use screwdrivers or thumbscrews, most annoying.
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So buy the components and pay a local computer shop to build it.
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17-01-2005, 19:06
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
I am speaking to a local shop called mission computer, but being warey been caught by shops who build pc's then scarper in the night after about 8month.
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17-01-2005, 19:10
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
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for some reason still being tested I cannot use .... thumbscrews....
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Damn, there goes your career in the Spanish Inquisition......
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17-01-2005, 19:13
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
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Damn, there goes your career in the Spanish Inquisition...... 
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17-01-2005, 20:13
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
glad my problem is hilarious to you, I tell you now it aint for me, especially as the older I get the worse it gets.
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17-01-2005, 22:10
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Re: Alienware with in budget.
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Originally Posted by AndrewJames
glad my problem is hilarious to you, I tell you now it aint for me, especially as the older I get the worse it gets.
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with respect my friend .......... i suspect not many ppl will realise what your problem is and may well have taken your post in jest as i did when i first saw it , when i thought back among a few of your posts i realised what you meant
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