Gaming PC

[PHC1]

Anyone have any experience with Dell "Alienware" series of desktops and laptops as a "gaming" PC?

[Pyro]

Alienware used to be a good gaming system until Dell bought them out.

I usually build my own gaming systems so I don't have recommendations on current prebuilt systems.

[skroudo]

Originally Posted by Pyro

Alienware used to be a good gaming system until Dell bought them out.

I usually build my own gaming systems so I don't have recommendations on current prebuilt systems.

+1 building my own gaming system.

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[KahunaCanuck]

I have a Falcon Northwest and luv it...

[PHC1]

I built my own gaming PC a few years back. Top notch Asus motherboard, top notch RAM, processor, RAID 0 with then top notch WD HDD's, serious cooler/CPU fan, top notch power supply, Dual SLI video cards, etc.. the whole nine yards. It was a great gaming rig but started developing annoying problems like shutting down 3-4 times while attempting to boot up, sometimes during operation... Could never quite figure out the problem, changed the processor, RAM, even motherboard eventually and still had a problem. Got tired of chasing problems and got a DELL.....


Not looking to build again right now...

[PHC1]

I did buy the Alienware X51 and outfitted it with 16GB of RAM, i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Nvidia 660 GTX video card.

Besides the "cool looking and running" alien case the PC so far has been flawless and trouble free.

I downloaded and ran 3DMark06 just to get a feel for the performance and on the first try without disabling anything in the background got a very healthy 27307 score.

So far I am having fun with this gaming rig and no regrets.

[Pyro]

Originally Posted by PHC1

I did buy the Alienware X51 and outfitted it with 16GB of RAM, i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz, Nvidia 660 GTX video card.

Besides the "cool looking and running" alien case the PC so far has been flawless and trouble free.

I downloaded and ran 3DMark06 just to get a feel for the performance and on the first try without disabling anything in the background got a very healthy 27307 score.

So far I am having fun with this gaming rig and no regrets.

All that for Solitare.

[PHC1]

Originally Posted by Pyro

All that for Solitare.

But I love Solitare!!!

Actually I use this rig for flight simulation of the radio control kind as well as video games besides the usual net surfing, picture editing, etc...




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[Pyro]

Flying sims have come along way.

I enjoy playing first person shooters mainly Battlefield 3.

[lynkage]

Originally Posted by Pyro

Alienware used to be a good gaming system until Dell bought them out.

I usually build my own gaming systems so I don't have recommendations on current prebuilt systems.

+1 on the BYO!!

I just built a MiniITX in an EVGA Hadron case with a GTX650 half size card and an i7 4770K 4th gen on an Asrock Z87E-ITX.

I am normally an ASUS guy but thought I would try a Asrock this time. It is smokin fast!!

I am a StarCraft, Diablo and Torchlight geek!!

Oh and the new SimCity!!