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04-15-2010, 04:50 PM
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#1 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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so since my computer is almost a decade old, its time for an upgrade. i found a computer from alienware which costs 1748 not including tax and was wondering what you guys think of it. the specs are as followed:
CHASSIS COLOR Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 15-Month Subscription
MEMORY 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - (3x 1024MB)
HARD DRIVE 500GB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
GRAPHICS CARD Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
SOUND CARD Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium
mother board is an intel x58
is it worth it and how long do you think it can last me? recommendations?
thx!!@
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04-15-2010, 05:05 PM
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#2 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Good specs, but I have the exact same set up you have with 6 gb of ram and on a evga x58 board and got it for ~$1200 on craiglist + ncix sales..
The only thing that computer has going for it is that it looks cool and comes pre-built.
You don't need a sound card with modern mobos..
I'd say if you don't mind spending extra couple hundred bucks, then just get it, it is a fair price..
a better option would be to find similar parts on CL or ncix sales for cheaper.
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04-15-2010, 06:36 PM
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#3 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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Originally Posted by r6_4life  so since my computer is almost a decade old, its time for an upgrade. i found a computer from alienware which costs 1748 not including tax and was wondering what you guys think of it. the specs are as followed:
CHASSIS COLOR Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 15-Month Subscription
MEMORY 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - (3x 1024MB)
HARD DRIVE 500GB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
GRAPHICS CARD Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
SOUND CARD Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium
mother board is an intel x58
is it worth it and how long do you think it can last me? recommendations?
thx!!@ | 1) Alienware Aurora Chassis is overpriced and ugly
2) Buy Win 7 and download other software
3) Hard Drive is slow, get a SSD as primary and 1T for storage
4) you don't need a sound card
5) Make sure your motherboard has USB 3.0
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04-23-2010, 01:01 AM
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#4 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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saw a acer desktop at bestbuy couple weeks going for $749, looks pretty loaded.
intel core2 quad q8400 2.67ghz
8gb ram
750gb hdd
nvidia gt220
windows7 home 64bit
edit: checked today, all sold out
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04-25-2010, 07:08 PM
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#5 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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04-25-2010, 07:35 PM
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#6 | | Resident Bullshitter
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i7-920 is outdated, its replaced by 930 already
i'm pretty sure you can build a system with the same spec for less money
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