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Ruddy
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Posted: August 10th, 2017, 5:53 pm |
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Joined: April 28th, 2015, 1:04 am Posts: 1127 Location: Canada
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Alienware is great but I suggest shopping around and comparing prices to other brands. I'm not saying you will find better but with Alienware being a little on the pricey (most days), you may.
How much does that build come out to on their site?
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[s*8].Munckey
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 6:03 am |
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Joined: May 3rd, 2014, 4:03 pm Posts: 1532 Location: Denmark
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I found the Alienware with those specs at around 1500 dollars. So it's not too bad I guess, although I personally don't have that kind of money :p
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[s*8].RAT
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 7:05 am |
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Joined: March 9th, 2014, 3:56 pm Posts: 214
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The guy I was online chatting with said this: with an i5 processor Alienware™ 460 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with High Performance Liquid Cooling NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 16 GB RAM 512 GB SSD Tray Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner $1,567.99 I am sure that the price would be more particularly coming from a third party distributor like Best Buy, with tax, loaded software, anti-virus, set up, extended warranty, and anything else they can squeeze in. The beauty of the Dell Alienware Aurora is that it's small, the innards are easily accessible without tools with the swing open configuration. Like NobodyCan said the component slots inside are easily upgradeable in the future if warranted. Again, thanks Ruddy, Munckey, FBO, and NobodyCan. Your input is much appreciated. [s*8].RAT
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Ruddy
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 11:07 am |
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Joined: April 28th, 2015, 1:04 am Posts: 1127 Location: Canada
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[s*8].RAT
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 12:59 pm |
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Joined: March 9th, 2014, 3:56 pm Posts: 214
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Interesting that both of your suggestions Ruddy have the i7 Intel processor and the one that I'm looking at has the Intel i5.
I had originally been looking at ACER the model suggested by Ruddy.
I continue to go through websites and try to get a handle on everything that I would like
thanks again,
[s*8].RAT
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[s*8].NobodyCan
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 3:27 pm |
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Joined: March 17th, 2014, 2:11 pm Posts: 819 Location: Utah
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I'd say take a look at or . Both are very good options and you can see the exact specs of each system. Definitely worth looking into, and good luck on your hunt!
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Ruddy
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Posted: August 11th, 2017, 9:32 pm |
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Joined: April 28th, 2015, 1:04 am Posts: 1127 Location: Canada
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Amazon has decent deals as well.
Dell/Alienware is very money grubby. Your basically paying extra for the brand, in my opinion.
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Vagisil
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Posted: August 12th, 2017, 3:09 am |
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Joined: March 9th, 2014, 12:44 am Posts: 1302 Location: Seattle
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The last few systems I've bought were refurbished HP's from Fry's. Never spent more than about $300, plus another $175 for PSU/GPU for the last one.
Agreed about Windows 7 being a scarcity. You'd probably have to go into a big box store and ask about getting a system that can have the O/S downgraded to Win7. Curious, what are your concerns about Windows 10?
If I were going to look around online today, here are a couple of fairly tight searches from and . Some of those require an external DVD/CD-ROM.
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Henry Bojangles
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Posted: August 12th, 2017, 12:57 pm |
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Joined: March 14th, 2014, 7:13 pm Posts: 115 Location: The 5th moon of Saturn
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Windows 10 is not bad at all in my opinion. You'd get used to it very quickly.
In terms of PCs there's so much choice that I am the absolute worse person to have any input, so I'll just keep my yapper trappered.
Yours faithfully,
Bojangles
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Vagisil
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Posted: August 12th, 2017, 3:45 pm |
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Joined: March 9th, 2014, 12:44 am Posts: 1302 Location: Seattle
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Courtesy of
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