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09/25/09
09/25/09
1, Why do you need all that?
2, What about the "I bought a cooling loop for 60 bucks used for the proc" factor?
I firmly stand on the "can build it cheaper" end. Not only that, AW hasn't convinced me one bit that this is all worth it. To what end, hm?
I own a steel "case" that has no panels what so ever. My power switch broke off years ago, I hotwire my PC to turn it on. Does that matter when I game though? No, and AW can't convince me otherwise.
Instead of spending money on trivial things such as looks, I spend it on hardware. Mind you, not bleeding edge, just simple hardware that makes Most things play very nicely.
For those who wonder:
E6750 @ 3.6Ghz on MSI Neo2-FR, 2x2 GB XMS2, ATi 4850
09/25/09
09/25/09
It's kind of silly what a big deal they made about this, like it was the second coming, but it IS a very cool, useful, smart feature.
EDIT: Finished watching video... "silly what a big deal they made"? This computer is freaking NUTS! ...I want one.
09/25/09
09/25/09
So while that may seem silly to me, so does using a fancy air-based heat dissipation method when your hotter components are already on liquid cooling.
Also I'm rather annoyed by the fact that he didn't explain what a motorized heat vent even is. You know, a fan and a vent could be called a motorized heat vent. But thats buzzwords for you. It's not like Alienware customers are typically from the overclocking scene anyway... which really makes all that fancy cooling pretty moot.
09/25/09
Sure, it increases component life - but the way I see it, if you're enough of an enthusiast to bother fucking around with water cooling, keeping the solution bubble-free and cleaning algae out of the tubes, you're probably going to be replacing the whole machine within 2-3 years.
09/25/09
09/25/09
09/25/09
09/25/09
From Falcon to Alienware, to (then) Voodoo and now ASUS (and beyond), we're still rigging our desktops and laptops, and that will likely never change.
--Typing this on an ASUS ROG G51-VX1-A1 laptop with Q9000 Quad processor (Overclocked) with 8GB of RAM, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M CUDA with 1GB Dedicated GDDR3 VRAM, ExpressGate function, Hackintoshed partition in it's second HDD and other doo-dads.
NOTE: My MacBook Pro has since been sitting in my closet in it's box for the last two months. (^_^)
09/25/09
Wouldn't it be the other way around?
09/25/09
09/25/09
'Alienware recommends Windows Vista'
I love that. :D
09/25/09
And that question refers to now, in 2009, not when Vista first launched.
09/25/09
I run Vista on my Laptop, and I like it.
Just found it funny, try breaking your frown a little.
09/25/09
Wasn't sure if you found each individual line funny or both of them together, which seems to be the case here.
09/25/09
I'm gonna stick with Falcon Northwest.
09/25/09
Props to Alienware, even though most pc gamers would swear to never purchase this, it's good to see gamers whom aren't into PC gaming (yet) can find avenues to jump right into high end pc parts.
09/25/09
09/25/09
I shit bricks.
There are no words to describe how much pain I'm in right now.
09/25/09
09/25/09
Look I've always stated the same thing, I could build me a much cheaper computer, but motorized vents, hydro cooled stations, not just cooling the entire box with one, but cooling separate area's with several, space for 6 hard drives, that are easily swappable, no tools, you can upgrade every bit to this machine without having to go through Alienware directly.. seriously show me someone who can do all that for cheaper... I was amazed by all that.
09/25/09
Also, pics or it didn't happen.
09/25/09
09/25/09
or it didn't happen.
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
That said, I look forward to the day when battery technology over takes power consumption and we get a month out of a gaming laptop battery charge. Clearly that's a few years away but it will come. (surely)
09/23/09
maaaannn i cant wait till the end of the tax year :D
09/23/09
09/23/09
It would be pretty cool if they posted it as a discussion topic for everyone - go out and spend 10k on your rig, list everything you would buy and provide links.
The most expensive part would be the screen. How much are 80" extremely hi-res screens?
09/23/09
09/23/09
09/23/09
When it came to play games however everyone wanted the person with the flashy rigs to host and end up in major fail while my friends and I had no problem because instead of spending money on flashy rigs, we ended up getting better parts even though it looks ugly as sin.
In the end the people who had flashy rigs got laughed at because most of the people had better internal set up then they did, we never saw them again but each year there's always someone to take their place and people with Alienware gets laughed at too for the obvious reasons (they paid too much).
PC building is a art and even if it isn't the best stuff in there, it has soul and people who brag with pre-built computer rigs (i.e Dell/Alienware) has no right to brag. I know some of my friends don't build one but they order it from other pre-built place for reasonable price but they don't get something flashy either just performance.
09/24/09
And really, when they had trouble hosting, people went and literally laughed at them? Come on.
Your whole post reads like one of those pathetic highschool comedies, except you swapped flashy cars and jocks with guys with flashy and expensive rigs.
Grow up.
09/24/09
The trouble hosting was because of too much lag issue because they didn't have powerful enough rig. Not because it needs a powerful rig but like I said they spent all their money on looks to make it more powerful then it really is and put everyone down saying that their computer is powerful,ect..ect when it really wasn't and had most of them fooled.
Reading back now I can see how you thought that we were a asshole but you weren't there and it wasn't just me it was everyone there thought they were jackass. I have no problem with people with low spec computer at lans but if they talk shit and can't back it up then they deserve to be laughed at.