HP Pavillion HPE190t vs. Dell XPS Studio 9000 vs. Alienware Aurora

[downfallimmort]

Hi im new here, but id like to get an opinion over which is the better computer i should purchase. I have a $2000-$2500 budget for a new computer. I priced out 3 computers, which I will be primarily be using for video production/editing and web development.

Alienware Aurora $2562

Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English
Intel® Core™ i7 960 (3.2GHz, 8MB Cache)
Alienware Aurora Desktop
Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling
1 Year Basic Service Plan
Dual 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5670 CrossfireX™ Enabled
12GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3
No Monitor
1TB RAID 0 (2x 500GB SATA-II, 7,200 RPM, 16MB Cache HDDs)
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD-ROM
Alienware Optical Mouse, MG100
1525 PCIe WLAN card with 11n mini-Card & external antenna
Alienware Multi-Media Keyboard

Dell Studio XPS 9000 - $2248

Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit, English
Intel® Core™ i7-960 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 3.2GHz)
2 Year Advanced Service Plan
ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3
12GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs
1TB Performance RAID 0 (2x500GB SATA 7200 RPM HDDs)
Soundblaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD+/-RW
Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card
56K PCI Data Fax Modem + EarthLink first 6 months at $9.95 per month
Dell Studio Consumer Multimedia Keyboard

HP Pavillion Elite HPE190t - $2454
Genuine Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-980X six-core Extreme Edition [3.33GHz, 1.5MB L2 + 12MB shared L3 cache]
12GB DDR3-1066MHz SDRAM [6 DIMMs]
FREE UPGRADE! 1.5TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 1TB
1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 [DVI, HDMI, VGA]
Blu-ray player & Lightscribe SuperMulti DVD burner
16x max. DVD ROM (player)
Premium Wireless-N LAN card
15-in-1 memory card reader, 1 USB, 1394, audio
No TV Tuner
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio
No speakers
HP multimedia keyboard and HP optical mouse


Which of the 3 can anyone recommend would be better?
On one hand the new HP one looks nice because it's the best price I could find on the new Intel i7 extreme edition. However I couldn't find any benchmarks or reviews on it yet. Plus it has only 1 firewire port, and the memory is only 1066MHz. And why buy the i7 extreme edition if it isnt overclocked?

The Alienware and Dell both have 1333MHz tri channel memory, BUT the processor is the i7 960. The alienware does have dual 1gb graphic cards which makes it a bit more expensive, but im not a gamer, and not sure i Need all that. There are many pros and cons to each machine.

Which one is right for me, and what does everyone think is honestly better for the price since the features are almost exactly the same?

Is the i7 extreme edition really better performance than the i7 960. Is there also a real big difference between 1066mhz ram and 1333mhz tri channel ram and how much of a difference?


Please help me, thanks for your advice.
peace.

 

[Drenlin]

All of those have really underpowered graphics cards and several useless features. You can do much better for the price.

 

[xxartanisxx]

If your up to building one this would be better.
You'll want good video cards if you are producing/editing videos... I think it would have just as much effect on performance as a processor would.

https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.aspx?ID=14528866

i7 960
msi 3 way xfire board
2 5870's
antec 1200
1000W antec
22" monitor
3x2 gb RAM
tuniq tower 120 extreme
1.5 tb 7200 rpm seagate
32 gb ssd

Theres $40 off for combo the PSU and Case im sure you can find more with similar parts to get more money off. I forgot ODD and OS so someone might have to tweak price down for me.

Im sure it needs some tweaks but it would be much better for your money.

 

[FYNBYAC]

With that budget, you could build a PC with more kick than those yourself. If you have the time and/or desire to do so, that is.

To answer your question, those graphics cards are fairly underpowered down the board. Probably not the best choices for video editing.

 

[daisymtc]

Neither.

Built it yourself, or go to company that you could customize the built.
With $2300 - 2400, go to ibuypower, choose Gamer Paladin D885
CPU - change to core i 7 960, although I personally think core i7 930 will do just fine
PSU - change to Thermaltake/ Consair 750W
Mobo - change to Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R/ Asus P6T.

However, I do think the new AMD Phenom IIx6 would provide good value for money for video editing.