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Postby Alistair » Mon May 22, 06 4:48 pm

What an over-rated piece of shit that you could ever buy into. Whos with me?
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Postby Gishank » Mon May 22, 06 5:45 pm

Naw, alien ware owns, it's one of the best gaming systems around.
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Postby Splitter » Mon May 22, 06 6:02 pm

You can build the same system for about 3/4 of the price normally so yes, in that respect it is poo. But think about it this way, you don't get the 5 year return guarentee on your custom built one, you have no-one to blame if anything goes wrong except yourself : p
Personally if I were going to buy an expensive machine I'd like that peace of mind
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Postby Cureless_Poison » Mon May 22, 06 7:56 pm

Ive got an alien-ware,it cost 4,067$ but its worth it,plays a bit better than my custom PC,although it is highly over-rated it gets the job done and stand up to its title,i like'em,in my perspective,its the best line of comercail computers i ever baught :D
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Postby MainMan » Mon May 22, 06 8:47 pm

Cureless_Poison wrote:Ive got an alien-ware,it cost 4,067$ but its worth it,plays a bit better than my custom PC,although it is highly over-rated it gets the job done and stand up to its title,i like'em,in my perspective,its the best line of comercail computers i ever baught :D

That's crazy money for a computer. I don't care for high-specification computers, sounds a bit nerdy for me.

If it runs DX, WMP, MSN, Firefox, and Word, it's good enough for me
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Postby Bob » Mon May 22, 06 10:06 pm

Alienware, pffft. What a rip off.
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Mon May 22, 06 10:33 pm

its alright in my opinion, even though i tend to switch pc's from time to time.
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Postby Cureless_Poison » Mon May 22, 06 11:12 pm

~MainMan~ wrote:
Cureless_Poison wrote:Ive got an alien-ware,it cost 4,067$ but its worth it,plays a bit better than my custom PC,although it is highly over-rated it gets the job done and stand up to its title,i like'em,in my perspective,its the best line of comercail computers i ever baught :D

That's crazy money for a computer. I don't care for high-specification computers, sounds a bit nerdy for me.

If it runs DX, WMP, MSN, Firefox, and Word, it's good enough for me


Yeah well i make models,textures,and write lua on gary's mod so i kinda need to have a beefy computer,i can run doom 3,half-life 2,sims 2,quake 4,and Lotr:Bfme 2 and it doesent lag :D HORRAY FOR 3 GIGS OF RAM! think ill get another gig cause its got 4 ram ports 8)

Bob-do you mean price or name? :P
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Postby Bob » Tue May 23, 06 12:10 am

Price. I suppose Ant is right on the warranty side but would you hell see me coughing up much over a grand for a pc.
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Postby clyzm » Tue May 23, 06 2:35 am

I'm actually considering buying this thing. But, after looking at your opinions, I changed my mind.
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Postby Cureless_Poison » Tue May 23, 06 5:25 am

Opinions dont matter,just look at how much purformance it has,it works and looks great every-where,the menu's the grahpics levels,the key-board,monitor,speakers,and especially the case,i installed the liquid cooling on thursday and now my games run even better than before :D

I suggest you buy one,the best pc you can get...i still prever my 360 though :P
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Postby clyzm » Tue May 23, 06 6:59 am

I'd rather stick with upgrading my comp.
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Postby Siva » Tue May 23, 06 10:09 am

Gishank wrote:Naw, alien ware owns, it's one of the best gaming systems around.


Un-educated dumbass.

Has anyone here ever TRIED to actually contact Alienware support and get a part replaced?

RIGHT, SO SHUSH.

In fact, let me go on ebay and find you a pc with 4+ gigs of ram for LESS money.

For a start -: 2GB Ram, 3.0ghz Pentium 4. Look at it.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PENTIUM-IV-3-2-GH ... dZViewItem

BETTER Than an alienware. -: 4GB, 1GB Of Video Ram In total, 64 BIT AMD 4800 X2 PROCESSOR.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/64-BIT-4800-X2-TW ... dZViewItem

At least $876 grand cheaper than an alienware.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Tue May 23, 06 12:02 pm

2nd pc is only $876 cheaper than an Alienware.
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Postby Alistair » Tue May 23, 06 5:43 pm

Gishank wrote:Naw, alien ware owns, it's one of the best gaming systems around.


I build my own computers and I can tell you honestly it is not
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Postby Bob » Tue May 23, 06 7:23 pm

That first pc is pretty good for it's price Prodigy.
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Postby Cureless_Poison » Wed May 24, 06 3:12 am

XII//:Prod1gy wrote:
Gishank wrote:Naw, alien ware owns, it's one of the best gaming systems around.


Un-educated dumbass.

Has anyone here ever TRIED to actually contact Alienware support and get a part replaced?

RIGHT, SO SHUSH.


We dont replace the parts cause if you can even efford to buy one you dont abuse it,just like women,and we dont get replacement parts cause they never break 8)
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Wed May 24, 06 11:46 am

So it's not an American car? lol
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Postby xProtocol Rain » Fri Jun 02, 06 6:17 pm

XII//:Prod1gy wrote:
Gishank wrote:Naw, alien ware owns, it's one of the best gaming systems around.


Un-educated dumbass.

Has anyone here ever TRIED to actually contact Alienware support and get a part replaced?

RIGHT, SO SHUSH.


Actually..I have..when I was helping a friend fix his.
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Postby Siva » Sun Jun 04, 06 10:00 am

Bob wrote:That first pc is pretty good for it's price Prodigy.


See! Go with bob, bob knows everything. Yep yep.

Speaking of randomness in replies to me.

[A]MoshMan wrote:2nd pc is only $876 cheaper than an Alienware.


........... Is $876 substantially larger than 6 big mac meals, and 3 games from my local game shop?

YES.

So I honestly don't know why you said that man, $876 Is something You COULD use to upgrade your CPU, buy a new monitor, whatever.


And that was the most expensive example I could find, and how many of your PC's come with 4 GB OF RAM?

Oh wait, none.

Yet its still cheaper than an alienware?

And I'm pretty damn sure that No alienware comes with 1GB of video ram, total.

Right.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Sun Jun 04, 06 12:24 pm

Splitter wrote:You can build the same system for about 3/4 of the price normally so yes, in that respect it is poo. But think about it this way, you don't get the 5 year return guarentee on your custom built one, you have no-one to blame if anything goes wrong except yourself : p
Personally if I were going to buy an expensive machine I'd like that peace of mind
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Postby Bob » Sun Jun 04, 06 12:44 pm

If I had enough money right now I would probably buy that first machine.
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Postby Siva » Sun Jun 04, 06 1:15 pm

[A]MoshMan wrote:
Splitter wrote:You can build the same system for about 3/4 of the price normally so yes, in that respect it is poo. But think about it this way, you don't get the 5 year return guarentee on your custom built one, you have no-one to blame if anything goes wrong except yourself : p
Personally if I were going to buy an expensive machine I'd like that peace of mind


Peace of mind? This person didn't seem to think so.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=14940

Nor this person.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=48022

Or this person.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=48275

Or this person.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=13352

I could do this all day.

@Bob - I'm getting one in august (H).

Edit: In fact, I could take out 3rd Party Insurance and STILL have enough money left over to buy a new monitor&keyboard&mouse&printer&speakers.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Sun Jun 04, 06 10:57 pm

Easy easy don't cry, I'm not buying one so I don't look further than the price, I don't actually care.
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Postby Siva » Mon Jun 05, 06 12:19 pm

[A]MoshMan wrote:Easy easy don't cry, I'm not buying one so I don't look further than the price, I don't actually care.


Is that your way of saying YOUR RIGHT? And I quit?

Don't take an arguement so far if your just going to back out of it like a jerk and not even secede properly, if you dont understand how an arguement works, don't start one in future, because I wasted alot of time trying to prove a decent point, and all you can do is come up with the lamest most limp wristed response "Easy easy, don't cry" ¬_¬.
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Postby C:Enter:£££ » Mon Jun 05, 06 1:52 pm

LMAO :lol: I wasn't having an argument... but if you think it was, you have edited your post when you were raving on about it was like over £1,000 cheaper than an Alienware. Then I said it's only $876 [after currency conversion] which is only £465, not £1,000+.
Also, What would I be admitting I was wrong to? You don't know? :o ok then.
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Postby Psykorgasm » Mon Jun 05, 06 4:53 pm

XII//:Prod1gy wrote:
[A]MoshMan wrote:Easy easy don't cry, I'm not buying one so I don't look further than the price, I don't actually care.


Is that your way of saying YOUR RIGHT? And I quit?

Don't take an arguement so far if your just going to back out of it like a jerk and not even secede properly, if you dont understand how an arguement works, don't start one in future, because I wasted alot of time trying to prove a decent point, and all you can do is come up with the lamest most limp wristed response "Easy easy, don't cry" ¬_¬.


Lmao, "take it eeeeeeasy sir! Eeeeeeeasy!"
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Postby DarkKnight » Tue Jun 06, 06 12:09 am

If you want an alienware beater, here are some tips:

RAM is always good, but don't buy 4GB, you're wasting your god damn money. 2GB will more then suffice for gaming.

Do _NOT_ buy server parts, I hope Idon't have to explain that.

Don't waste money on one part, only to go cheap on the other. If you buy 2GB of 1337 RAM, but pair it with a 2Mb cache 7200RPM HDD, you'll still be waiting long load times. Distribute your money to make a fast whole system. (This is very true of graphics cards being limited by CPU's.)

The best pre-built systems http://www.voodoopc.com/showroom.aspx?productID=1095
(No one said they are cheap.)

I'll tell you strait, working on parts that cost more then you earn in a month(or ten) is fscking scary. However the saving and knowledge that you built the computer more then makes up for that.
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