Can you say $3400 alienware for $2300 price?

[-D12-_LMN8R]

After -D12-_Kows and I have spent the last 4-5 days researching constantly on new parts for my new computer, the final product is almost done and ready to be shipped. I configured this identicle computer at Alienware, and it came out to be over $1000 more!! Advice: build your own. A few days research can buy you a PS2, Gamecube, AND XBox, plus games, lol.

Everything is from www.newegg.com unless otherwise stated http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif


Note - some prices include shipping, others don't. Most prices are too high
because of the fact that shipping is less when you order more.

Case:
1x $77 -http://www.ocsystem.com/alp4350.html

Processor:
1x $267 -Athlon XP 2100+ (1.73GHz, 256KB, 266MHz, Socket A) - Retail Box

Motherboard:
1x $169 -SOYO Dragon Ultra KT333 MB with USB 2.0,Sound, LAN Retail

Ram:
2x $94 -OCZ DDR RAM 256MB PC-2700 333Hz , NEWEGG.

Hard drives:
2x $101 -IBM 60GB 7200RPM Model # IC35L060AVER07, Part # 07N6655 - OEM, DRIVE ONLY

Moniter:
1x $370 -ViewSonic P95f http://www.emscomputing.com/cgi-bin/ems.storefront/3cbb5655015b75522742d8b0e20e068d/Offer/AddProduct/979577/

Video Card:
1x $393 -Asus V8460 Geforce 4 Ti 4600 chip 128mb DDR SDRAM DVI/TV outA NEWEGG

DVD Drive:
1x $73 -Asus 16x DVD Internal EIDE-Retail NEWEGG

CD Burner:
1x $98 -Asus CRW-3212A NEWEGG

Extra 32x CDrs:
1x $21 -KingPro 32X Silver/Silver A Grade CD-R Recordable Media Disk 100 Pieces Cake Box Pack-Retail

Speakers:
1x $99 -Altec Lansing 621 from http://www.emscomputing.com/cgi-bin....1 (http://www.emscomputing.com/cgi-bin/ems.storefront/3cbcaf9601b4f98a2742d8b0e20e074d/Offer/AddProduct/736961/)

TV card and video capture card:
1x $180 -http://www.cruxworks.com/cruxworks/showdetails.phtml?pc=FA64&cw=290264

Extra necessities:
1x $14 -SONY 1.44MB 3.5 INCH INTERNAL FDD DRIVE - OEM NEWEGG
1x $6 -ROUND, 18-Inch, Floppy drive cable. Booted, 2-Connector. ( BLACK ). NEWEGG.
4x $8 -ROUND, 24-Inch, True ATA133/100 IDE Cable. Aluminum shielded. 3-Head. ( CLEAR ).
1x $87 -ENERMAX EG465P-VE(FM). 431W Power supply NEWEGG
1x $40 -Microsoft Intelli-Mouse Explorer Version 3.0 - OEM Version


FINAL PRICE\
FINAL PRICE > $2334
FINAL PRICE/

alienware is like 2-3x price usually if done right.

alienware cases are so damn cool;


too bad i payed a fraction of the price and built my own.

[Stanley]

actually, i saw a case exactly like my uncle's alienware one in comp usa. so you can find em out there

my large, loud, overkillage (http://www.maximum3d.com/reviews/sx1030b.htm) kind of looks a bit like the alienware cases with the gills at the bottom. it weighs way too much and buzzes extremely loud. it's a monster; got it for like $115 somewhere.

[-D12-_LMN8R]

Since I've posted this I've actually changed a lot of things here and there.

This is my case now:
Antec case (http://www.antec-inc.com/en_plus660.html)
The old one only had 1 hard drive bay, lol. Sucked too.

I've switched to the MSI GeForce 4 Ti4600 because it's $50 cheaper, AND comes with an awesome games bundle (No One Lifes Forever, Sacrifice, and the lackluster Aquanox) plus 7 game demos)

I am now getting a Plextor 40/12/40 CD-RW instead of the Asus drive

I'm still getting it at a total of $2300 though. http://campcaen.engin.umich.edu/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[simonsj]

The 'alienware case' as you refer to it can be purchased seperately. Â*It is known as the Dragon DX case, and can be found at directron.com for about $60. Â*Comes in many colors, check out the color cases section (under cases, of course). Â*Here is an example:
Dragon DX-01BLD Mid-Tower ARX Case (http://www.directron.com/dx01bld.html)
The only problem is getting the matching color monitor and mouse...

[-D12-_LMN8R]

Yahoo! I finally got the computer last weekend, and my 3Dmark2001 SE score rose from 1200 to 10267!!!!! And that's without overclocking, whoopie.

If anyone is looking for a good way to watch and record their favorite TV shows on their computer, at high quality, I'd HIGHLY recommend the WinTV PVR card I got. I'm not sure how much the RAID array or 2100+ is helping, but with the WinTV PVR, I was able to capture nearly PERFECT TV quality, 640x480 resolution, 30 frames per second.....in the background!!!! Yes, I had it minimized while capturing, was browsing the web, talking to people, reading e-mail, etc. Not to mention that every once in a while I'd maximize the TV and watch it while it was still recording, lol. To get this amazing quality though, it WAS taking about 1 gigabyte per 30 minute show, but I can easily cut that down by compressing it further into DivX or some MPEG 4 format.

Overall, you can find it on Pricewatch for about $160, and considering it has built-in support for burning VCDs, an infared remote control, FM radio, inputs for video games and such, a high-quality VCR recorder, and my favorite: A TV recorder scheduler with built-in support for Titan TV's online schedule (http://www.titantv.com) where you can simply click on a TV show to set it to record. It's awesome!!

[Stanley]

Um....as someone who used to own an All-in-wonder, I'm going to be frank about my opinion on tv capture: it's not really something worth having. It's the kind of thing where having it is nice the four times you use it, but otherwise, it just kind of does nothing. Then again, I don't watch much TV, so I could be biased. Personally, the 160 bucks is better spent on something like a better speaker or system, or a KVM switch if you have multiple computers. But that's just my 2¢.

[-D12-_LMN8R]

Yup, as I said - only worth it for some people. For me it's nice to schedule to record shows that I'll know I'll miss, WinTV automatically encodes them into VCD format, burn them to a CD-RW, and I can watch it on my dvd player. I've had video capture for a while though, and I use it a lot.