Posted July 15, 200816 yr Im buying a new comp[alienware] And I cant decide whether to go AMD or INTEL What do you think is better in your opinion? AMD is MUCH cheaper for a decent processor (9950) Only thing about the AMD is...I cant get the new 280 geforce card since alienware right now is "testing it with the intel comps" This is the set up for amd- Processor: AMD® Phenom™ X4 9950 Black Edition Quad Core 2.6GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache Alienware P2 Chassis: Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling - Space Black System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX® System Lighting - Fusion Red System Cooling: Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling Acoustic Dampening: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening Power Supply: Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply Graphics Processor: Single Graphics Card - 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9800 GX2 – Dual GPU Technology Memory: 4GB Low Latency Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 1066MHz Motherboard: Alienware® Approved AMD® 790FX Motherboard Includes PCI-Express 2.0, BIOS Overclocking Utility, and Support for AMD Phenom Quad-Core Processors Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 – DirectX 10 Ready! System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 300GB Velociraptor SATA 3.0Gb/s 10,000RPM 16MB Cache Optical Drives : Single Drive Configuration - 20X Dual-Layer Burner (DVD±RW) Enthusiast Essentials: Single High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Port Sound Card: High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio - Standard Keyboard: Standard Keyboard - Standard Keyboard Mouse: Standard Mouse - Standard Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel Warranty: 2-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
July 16, 200816 yr Author its not dell, they merged but they arent using dell's product http://4help.alienware.com/cgi-bin/alienware.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4859&p_created=1143230344&p_sid=BG2zZR8j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=1427&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzksMzkmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9zY2ZfNj0yMDUmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1hbWQgYW5kIGludGVs&p_li=&p_topview=1 amd or intel? plus I have a lot of money. a lot. what would you get?
July 16, 200816 yr its not dell, they merged but they arent using dell's product http://4help.alienware.com/cgi-bin/alienware.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4859&p_created=1143230344&p_sid=BG2zZR8j&p_accessibility=0&p_redirect=&p_lva=1427&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PSZwX2dyaWRzb3J0PSZwX3Jvd19jbnQ9MzksMzkmcF9wcm9kcz0mcF9jYXRzPTAmcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1hbnN3ZXJzLnNlYXJjaF9mbmwmcF9zY2ZfNj0yMDUmcF9wYWdlPTEmcF9zZWFyY2hfdGV4dD1hbWQgYW5kIGludGVs&p_li=&p_topview=1 amd or intel? plus I have a lot of money. a lot. what would you get? AMD + ATI is a great combo. Anything from there will do. You'll regret buying from dell.
July 16, 200816 yr Myriad;574340'] You'll regret buying from dell. QFT I'm using dell ATM, baaaadd idea.
July 16, 200816 yr You should just build, but if you would rather throw away money, then I would go with DigitalStorm instead of Alien/Dell.
July 16, 200816 yr Just go find those same components here : http://ncix.com When you go to checkout to calculate totals you can select them to put it together for you, run some tests and install your OS for something like 30$. Its a custom build, and since you prolly would have a hard time doing it yourself they do it for you. It'll be cheaper in all aspects but the OS. The software is the only thing you save on when you buy one of these brand named systems.
July 16, 200816 yr Author thanks for the input. and ill definately check out digitalstorm. Ill get back to this post later when im done sleeping and then coming back fro mwork again. fuckin work
September 7, 200816 yr Myriad;574449']Just go find those same components here : http://ncix.com When you go to checkout to calculate totals you can select them to put it together for you, run some tests and install your OS for something like 30$. Its a custom build, and since you prolly would have a hard time doing it yourself they do it for you. It'll be cheaper in all aspects but the OS. The software is the only thing you save on when you buy one of these brand named systems. Newegg.com is better. Much better.
September 7, 200816 yr You should just build, but if you would rather throw away money, then I would go with DigitalStorm instead of Alien/Dell. You can go iBuyPower too if you're too pussy to build your own.
September 11, 200816 yr I cant get the new 280 geforce card since alienware right now is "testing it with the intel comps" GTX 280 = Waste of money. Buy a 4870/50 if you want a worthwhile card.
