Alienware Aurora PC

KitAlexHarrison

Hey guys - I've had my PC for about six or seven years now and, while it's able to put up a valiant effort on every game that runs past it, I feel it's time for a change. I'd considered a MacBook Pro, but the price was too high and the largely gaming-unfriendly OS made me feel my money would be better spent on a high-end Windows machine.

I'd not gone to Alienware for a similar fear of overpricing, but the Aurora looks a steal compared to its compadres at £1, 300 when specced up to an Intel Core i7, 6GB of RAM and an nVidia GTX 460 graphics card. Is this a decent spec for the price? Do other, lower-cost-higher-power machines exist? Any help and advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Kit

subedii

Admittedly I've been out of things for a while, but for that money I think I would have expected more than a GTX 460.

Generally speaking you're almost always better off building your own PC from components, it tends to work out a lot cheaper and you get exactly what you want.

Either way, you may find posting this in the computer build thread gets you some more concrete answers. You can find it here:

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=138127

TNTrooper

You are comparing Intel's more expensive last-gen enthusiast level CPU to their more affordable current gen CPU. A quick look online is putting £1, 300 at around $1,800 which is insanely high if all you want is a desktop to game on. You should be able to build something just as good or better for about $1,000 or a little over £700.

You should really head over to the PC build thread.

override367

That price seems pretty steep, I just built an i5-2500k/560ti/128gb SSD, 1TB storage system for ~$1000

LewieP

I have literally just bought an Alienware Aurora from in the UK earlier this month.

I highly recommend buying from the Dell outlet, instead of from their main shop.

The downside is that you don't get to handpick any of the components, they have a very limited choice, and don't list all the spec for all of the models.

However, I was able to get an Alienware Aurora with the 2.6ghz i7, 16gb of ram, 256gb SSD, and 2x5870s for a shade over £1300.

surrealitycheck

Only get Alienware if you're getting it at cut price. If what lewie is saying is true, sounds legit.

Tommatt

Building a gaming pc is very easy and you'll learn more about the box. You are easily paying $500 for the name "alienware" on the side of the box.

I don't know if they ship to the UK, but cyberpower makes pretty good ging pc's , 100% customizable, and don't overcharge you out the ass.

The most time consuming part of building a pc is installing the OS. Get some parts, a 6 pack of beer and a friend, enjoy the hour or two and put that $600 upwards something else.

Pastee

In my experience, I've found the Alienware laptops worth every penny. I've got one of the first M11X and I use it for all my computing needs.

The Alienware desktops, not so much. I also recommend building your own.

Gaslight

KitAlexHarrison wrote: »

I'd not gone to Alienware for a similar fear of overpricing, but the Aurora looks a steal compared to its compadres at £1, 300 when specced up to an Intel Core i7, 6GB of RAM and an nVidia GTX 460 graphics card. Is this a decent spec for the price?

This is basically a huge ripoff.