alienware

[oldStatesman]

LMAO. This post took me back to my high school years. When we bought our first home PC. 486-DX with about the same specs.

TANDY! TANDY! TANDY!

Hey, my first rig was a Tandy 1000...it came with a whopping 128KB of memory...I paid $250 to get a 128K memory board to double it to a super fast 256...plus buying an external 3.5" 1.4MB floppy disk drive to augment the built in 5.5' 720KB storage disk...

And I remember buying one of the first 286 machines for $1500...with a whole 2MB of extended memory...and a 4MB HDD....only to have that technological wonder outclassed less than a year later by the first 486 25MHz machines...

As far as alienware...if you don't mind paying extra for the name, and don't feel like building one for yourself...I guess. As for me, no way...

 

[BlackMage]

Alienware is crap. I can build the same thing for $3000 USD cheaper.

 

[Eigenvector]

I have never purchased a store bought computer. I always build mine out of components. Occasionally it is more expensive, yes but I never have to rely on some one else for the design flaws. Any mistake I make is my own. Of course I am a systems administrator and network designer, but it ain't rocket science putting together a PC.

I've got a Pentium 4, 3.2 Ghz 64 bit system with a GeForce 7800 GTX, 2 Gigs of RAM, Windows 64, sitting in an Antec P180 case - total price 2 months ago, 1300 dollars. Its a good as anything I care about, fast, quiet, and made with name brands parts, oh and did I mention its ultra quiet...

If someone is quoting $4000 for an Alienware box, I'm really glad I don't buy that crap

 

[jimkirk]

http://www.overdrivepc.com/gaming/index.htm

thats the place to get one of the best custom gaming rigs
they arent cheap btu again they only use the best parts and they have gaming servers too for those who like to play online shooter games