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holyjunk

holyjunk

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My friend wants to get a new computer, and he is thinking of buying from alienware. :o uh.. no. I told him he shouldn't. He said he wanted a comparison between lets say one alienware computer configured to the price of a dyi build. I told him there would be a big differance in price. I need your help to convincing him. -Thanks in advance. ~Holyjunk
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819115005 $180
core 2 duo e6300

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129017 $114.99
Antec P180B case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817703005 $159.99
PCP&P 610w psu

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131030 $144.99
Asus P5-B mobo

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820227077 $123.99
1GB DDR2 5400 (2x512)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148149 $56.99
Seagate Barracuda 160GB Sata

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827129001 $31.82
Pioneer DVDrw 11D

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102678 $174.99
Ati Radeon X1600pro 512mb

(alienware use the x1600xt 256mb but it wasnt on newegg)


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824009070 $159.99
Acer 17" LCD 8ms

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102178 $74.99
Creative labs Audigy2 ZS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16823175104 $39.99
Saitek Red USB keyboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16826104129 $32.99
Logitech MX500 mouse

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16832116049 $109.99
Windows XP media center


total - $1405.71


Alienware :

http://www.alienware.com/Configurat...SysCode=PC-AREA51-5500-R5&SubCode=SKU-DEFAULT


Now thats on just a standard E6300 system, and gives a difference of $200

I literally threw that together so with a bit of tweaking it could be down a lot more

Also against some of their higher end systems the saving will be greater i'm sure :)


edit : - Also worth noting that the parts used here are generally excellent quality, PCP&P psu is nothing to sniff at, decent timings on the memory etc, could easily step a few things down, still have the same performance as the alienware but save even more
 
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813131028
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820220142 (2)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16826104178
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16823126178
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835118223
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817103931
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16829102003
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102022
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16824009088
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822148140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811144151
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827131031
 
I actually saved money by going through dell believe it or not. (UK prices). I manged my spec below in my sig for only £800 (i bargained with the dell representative on the phone). I calculated building myself would cost me an extra £50 enough.
 
Pizzaman said:
I actually saved money by going through dell believe it or not. (UK prices). I manged my spec below in my sig for only £800 (i bargained with the dell representative on the phone). I calculated building myself would cost me an extra £50 enough.
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Maybe, but when you buy a Dell you get lower quality parts, and you can't overclock anything.
 
I got some good information from fstguide.com about what tech at what price. This my show your friend some better options.
 
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