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Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake... (Read 468 times)
May 26th, 2005 at 9:53pm

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Some of you know that I have posted some stuff about alienwares and me wanting one and sutch sort...
after analysing all my post I realized I was going to commit a mistake...

Trust me
Having the title alienware owner doesnt cost 3,000.

I was on my way to my local compusa...
Inside, in the gaming part, they have a lan party rig set up 8).

They had there an alienware and a normal pc (I wasnt alienware)...

I played with both (Half Life 2 Roll Eyes) And found out the normal one was mutch better... you could see it from the loading time.

Thanks to you guys I wouldnt of gone to compusa in the first place.

Many thanks.. Grin
 
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Reply #1 - May 27th, 2005 at 12:12pm

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Some of you know that I have posted some stuff about alienwares and me wanting one and sutch sort...
after analysing all my post I realized I was going to commit a mistake...

Trust me
Having the title alienware owner doesnt cost 3,000.

I was on my way to my local compusa...
Inside, in the gaming part, they have a lan party rig set up 8).

They had there an alienware and a normal pc (I wasnt alienware)...

I played with both (Half Life 2 Roll Eyes) And found out the normal one was mutch better... you could see it from the loading time.

Thanks to you guys I wouldnt of gone to compusa in the first place.

Many thanks.. Grin


Delighted you heeded our advice! - You certainly were about to make a mistake!

Alienwares loss is your gain marick626, now lets see some screenshots from your new toy!   Cheesy  8)  Wink

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Reply #2 - May 27th, 2005 at 1:05pm

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Nice move Marick (yeah, I know its not Maverick Wink ). Good to see the combined efforts of SimV have saved you a bit of cash. I hope the new system performs as well as mine and how you wanted it to Grin.

Happy flying Mav! Grin

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Reply #3 - May 27th, 2005 at 5:26pm

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Thats saved a few hundered, so u can now buy everyone at simv a pint!! lol

Have u bought a new comp?, or just inspired by it?  Wink Cheesy
 
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Reply #4 - May 27th, 2005 at 6:53pm

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Good choice!

Alienware = overblown brandname = waste of money.

Just like buying a set of designer jeans that cost 3x more than a normal pair of route 66s.
 
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Reply #5 - May 30th, 2005 at 4:53pm

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Good boy, now hop on over to www.ibuypower.com and get yourself a new system. Trust me your gonna save over $400 buying there insted of buying from say dell, and your only spending about $100 more than what you would have if you built your own system.
 
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Reply #6 - May 31st, 2005 at 7:38pm

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Marick,

Now you have the daunting and intense job of getting a specification together.

If you find it's easy, then you haven't done enough research, it's very complex.

You'll need to decide on the chipset first, that should be a balance of performance, features and cost.
 
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Reply #7 - May 31st, 2005 at 8:23pm

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I think he already bought the PC that outperformed alienware? Grin
 
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Reply #8 - Jun 1st, 2005 at 9:25am

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Possibly, maybe I commited a mistake.....  Shocked

 
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Reply #9 - Jun 1st, 2005 at 3:39pm

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You bought Alienware.......the shame Undecided Undecided Oh well now you know Roll Eyes
 
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Reply #10 - Jun 1st, 2005 at 4:32pm

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Nothing beats a selfmade with carefully selected parts. And there is a LOT of PC you can get for the price of that Alienweare
 
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Reply #11 - Jun 1st, 2005 at 8:18pm

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He did not buy the alenware Roll Eyes isint that what the posts about Wink Yes nothing beats the satisffaction off assembling and configuring your own PC!
 
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Reply #12 - Jun 3rd, 2005 at 11:27am

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???

Anyone else accuses me of buying a pre-bought and I'll reach through their monitor and pull the cord out!   Angry   Grin
 
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Reply #13 - Jun 4th, 2005 at 6:28pm

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this is my config. and no it isnt so complex.

460 Watt Max Power Supply

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 550 w/ HT Technology 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB 1MB Cache

PCI Express Motherboard with Intel® 925XE Chipset 1066/800MHz FSB

4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 4 x 1024MB

ATI RADEON™ X850 XT PCI Express 256MB

Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire

thats pretty mutch it.

all under 1,4500 dollars  Shocked
 
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Reply #14 - Jun 4th, 2005 at 7:41pm

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I sure hope thats a typo maric Shocked
 
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