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Re: Looking to buy a gaming rig - any thoughts?
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Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:37:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jon Palmer writes:
> I looked at them as well, and I agree that they were too expensive.
(Falcon)
Definitely. I figure being willing to spend $1500-$2000 on a machine to be
used for nothing but games is "bad" enough - I can't justify going higher
than that, especially when I know it'll be the same parts. I don't need to
support Falcon's advertising budget.
> > Second I looked at Alienware (http://www.alienware.com). Good machines,
> Here ya go. This is where I decided to order from and I was very happy.
> Heres my comp's rough stats and price:
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> 1.3 Athelon
> 256 Ram
> GeForce 2 Ultra 64mb
> SB live
> 60 gig HD
> dvd rom
> cooling unit for 3d card
> modem
> nic
> No monitor
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> Thats most of it. In march this machine was $1800 or so. I went to
How on earth did you get that system for that price from Alienware? I can't
even price it out at less than $2200 now using those spects. Maybe I'm
doing something wrong but here is what I am configuring at Alienware right now:
1400 Athlon (1300 is only $31 cheaper, so why not)
Plain black case ($49 cheaper than the painted ones, although they are cool)
256mb RAM (which is cheaper now than it was in March by a good bit)
(no keyboard or mouse)
40GB HD
GeForce 3 (2 Ultra is only $6 cheaper - wish they offered the 2 Pro)
KoolMaxx Video Cooling System
SB Live! Value (I'd prefer the 5.1 X-Gamer for the bundle)
16X DVD
(no modem or speakers)
NIC
$49 for FedEx Shipping
and that is coming out to $2115. Did they offer some kind of awesome deal
in March or have their prices shot up that much? I remembered reading a
couple of people commenting on their prices going up.
An almost identical system at Hypersonic-pc.com (including the better SB but
going with the GeForce 2 Pro to save $214) comes out to $1467 including $50
or so for shipping.
I don't mind going up to $2100 or so, but if you could get a more stocked
1.3 gig Athlon in March for $1800 and add the painted case and a modem which
I don't need I'd hate to spend $350 more than that now to get the 1.4 gig
Athlon system I'm configuring with less expensive options. :/
Thanks for the impression on the company, though.
> This is a great company.
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> The price of my processor actually dropped while they were building my
> machine. When I called and mentioned it they had no problem with honoring
> the new price. My friend had a similar machine built and he found 2 price
> drops on his machine. Same story.
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> All drivers are ready to go. There is no extra "fluff" software that you
> need to remove.
> It came with Windows ME which I know some people will dislike but I have had
> zero problems with this OS and machine. I believe it has only crashed
> (mildly) once since april.
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> You willl notice that the machine is fairly loud in the fan department but I
> stopped hearing it after 3 days and the fans keep it nice and cool.
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> As for performance I can play Quake 1, 2 , 3, (with excellent frame rates)
> render up a reasonably sized Pov scene, and watch a DVD---- at the same
> time. : )
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> Oh and I got mine in orange. : )
>
> -Jon
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| (...) They like to be on the bleeding edge. Granted, they get points for having the stablest AMD-based rigs around, but unless you've got money to burn (who does anymore?), look elsewhere. (...) It's a 1.3 Athlon, not a 1.33, that might have (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jul-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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