Dream Spec

This is from the Alienware website, it's the best ALX £7,385.93 buys :eek

The price is ridiculous but you get 3 years Alienware recovery & the famous respawn DVD... thing LOL

Spec:

Product Detail


[1] ALX X-58

Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-965 Extreme 3.2GHz 8MB Cache
Alienware P2 Chassis : Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis - Space Black
System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Fusion Red
System Cooling: Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Acoustic Dampening: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening
Power Supply: 1200 Watt Alienware® Approved Multi-GPU Power Supply
Graphics Processor : Dual 1,792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295
Memory: 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB
Motherboard: Alienware® Approved Intel® X-58 Chipset Motherboard- Socket 1366 Core i7 Ready, Triple Channel DDR3 Memory
Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit - English
System Drive: Extreme Performance - RAID 0 - 600GB SATA 3Gb/s 10K RPM Velociraptor (2 x 300GB)
Storage Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 1.0 TB SATA 3Gb/s 7200 RPM
Optical Drives: Single Drive Configuration - 6x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Enthusiast Essentials: Killer K1 Gaming Network Interface Card - Smoother Online Gaming! - More Info
Sound Hardware: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard
Monitor: 30" Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor - Full HD 1080p
Speakers: Logitech® Z-5500 Digital Speakers - UK
Keyboard: Logitech® diNovo Edge™ - UK
Mouse: Logitech® G9 Laser Gaming Mouse
Incredible Precision Laser, Perfect for Gaming and Graphic Design!
Removable Storage: Alienware® Media Card Reader with Bluetooth
Warranty: AlienCare 3-Year Free Phone 24/7 and Collect & Return
AlienContact: Added Bonus with any AlienSupport Selection
AlienContact - Remote Alienware Support
AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® ALX Pen
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® ALX Keychain
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® ALX Custom Name Plate
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® Owner Identification Card
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Exclusive ALX Extras: Alienware® Exclusive Internal Wire Management

You get a couple of freebee's too :-D

What do ou guys think?

:major2-Bit-Geek:major

 

Over $10,000 USD and you don't even get Vista Ultimate?!?!?! Thank God it comes with "exclusive" internal wire management (most people call these "zip ties" )

Oh... I forgot.... if you break down the word/phrase "AlienWare" from it's Latin roots:
ali = much or very much
enn = torn or ripped
ware' = sounds like "wahhh ray" = "wahhh" means gold or money; "ray" means removed from, or off.
So this translates to: too much money, rip off

roflmao

(you could buy a car or put down a down payment on a house; or buy 30 XBox's)

 

I smell Capitalism! Beautiful thing. If they can find a market for it, I say go for it! Won't be me...:-D

 

lol damn. Is the case solid gold encrusted with diamonds?

 

Honestly thats insane, its a good PC but WAAAAAY overkill. specially for the price.

Here is my PC:
Core i7 920 OC'd to 3.4Ghz
Gigabyte Crossfire ready intel X58
4(soon to be 8) GB of DDR3 PC10666 RAM(OCZ Special OPS)
Geforce 280 1GB of DDR3 shared memory
(currently using onboard sound but i have older speakers that still work great)
XCLIO case(not sure which model but its got two giant fans on it for intake!
730watt Raidmax LED PSU(modular)
a 500GB seagate HDD
and a cheapo sata disc drive

This computer can run everything ive thrown at it at max settings(Rainbow six 2, WoW, EQ2, WAR, COD5, Elder Scrolls 4, Crysis, FEAR 2) at about 30frames minimum.

This machine cost me only 1250 USD to build. Granted i had a monitor and speakers and a 64bit version of Windows XP from my previous computer lying around.

But even if you had to buy those things, your only looking at maybe 400dollars more.

That is still under 2grand for the latest and greatest. Spending 10grand on a computer is absurd, unless its the computer that is drowned in that liquid for intense cooling.

 

I agree it's way overpriced but here's the challenge try and build a better PC, you can't the Alienware ALX is the top dog all round it's only limiting factor is the number of expansion slots aside from that it comes with everything.

Find a better one or spec it out, obviously the budget wouldn't be hard to stick to LOL

I am gonna have a look tomorrow to see if I can :-D

:major2-Bit-Geek

 

I dont see much use in having 2 295 video cards honestly, one 280 runs everything on max settings with perfect frame rates, unless your making your own Dreamworks movie or something then maybe, and as for the "extreme" 965 CPU, why bother, i OC'd my 920 to the same speed as the extreme(3.4) and i can still go higher if i wanted, and its only 279 right now on newegg.

Its overkill for anything, That would be like the USA invading Ethiopia.

 

But some of us like overkill. :-D

 

Ever wondered what 566" screen gaming looks like? This is from another forum, but it is nice. Overkill in action. :-D http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=573698

 

I mean hey if you got the money to throw down on a machine like that, then do it! but if your on a budget(like me) then dont even think about trying to get a machine liek that

 

I have 2 things to say on such a post:

1, Overkill yes but how long will 1 GTX 280 play everything on max detail? X2 GTX 295's will play everything maxed out for at least 2 years with a descent res & FPS.

2, As with all invasions if you don't think you can do it why do it? You would never start an invasion with the same amount of firepower & manpower as "the other guy", you start with OVERKILL :-D

The dream spec is just that, a dream.

As for the CPU it comes with 3.2GHz quad as stock but Alienware have fitted watercooling so imagine the overclocking potential

:major2-Bit-Geek:major

 

As for your #1 i will agree with you, but when my card dies, ill just end up buying a 300 series or a 400 series if they are out, i wouldnt replace something that is outdated when i can easily upgrade to something newer for about the same cost as i spent on the original card.

As for point number 2, yea okay your right!

It is a dream i agree and its pretty sexxy machine, just something i would only buy if won like 250,000 dollars on the lottery