wont be playing very often

Sycrus · Post by **Sycrus** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:02 am

if you're getting alienware, then you are lucky..lol.

try and get ALX if you have 4, 000$ to spare, if not, then area 51 or aurora

ImmortalZ · Post by **ImmortalZ** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 5:43 am

Let me try to phrase this as simply to you as possible.

Alienware = Waste of Money.

You can assemble something that has the same performance as their systems for HALF the price. And with a little skill and ingenuity, make your system look better than their one-trick-alien-head-pony.

Sycrus · Post by **Sycrus** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:23 am

hey hey, be nice, alienware is great. i could build a computer, not a great one, but something that can hold alleg. i would do that and keep my laptop for school, but what fun is that? why not get a comp with a warranty and looks nice? i would recomend HP again, but nobody listened...im using my hp laptop now and its close to perfect.
but keep in mind, most 14 year-olds can build computers. i spent about 2, 3 years ok listening and watching my uncle to learn
but good idea imm

ImmortalZ · Post by **ImmortalZ** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 6:41 am

Who says assembled computers don't have warranties? You get individual warranties for parts instead of the entire system.

Evanl10 · Post by **Evanl10** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:35 am

I agree with Immz. I own an Alienware, and have for quite awhile now. While it has been a good comp, and is nice looking, if I could do it all over again, I would do something else. You can get the same system for MUCH cheaper even by just buying from say dell, or hp etc etc. So, while I can't tell you what to do, obv, I would strongly suggest that you dont go with alienware. Get the same system with different looks for cheaper.

batman · Post by **batman** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:51 am

What I don't understand is my MP is buying a new computer. Worst case with a virus is, you reformat the hard drive, reinstall all your software and you are in business again.

If you are too lazy to do this, simply go BUY a hard drive and install it on you computer and load all your l337 programs on it. Unless it was a total piece'o'crap comp -- then either go get a cheapy thing on sale at dell, office max, or whatever -- and go from there.

Hey -- I got a stipped down version of an HP for $100 after rebates. I did not need the monitor or the prineter and auctioned them on ebay and made $100. I bought four of these for my office.

I took the $$ I made and bought 2 gig of memory and a video card. MB is crappy -- but who cares right now -- it was bascially a free system. I got this from Staples sale in November. Can't understand why they do this -- seems like a money loser -- but what do I know.

I guess I could have bought and sold these items and taken the profits and built a nice system -- but I am busy RL and would rather play games than take time to build a comp. Tinkering, I like -- building from scratch -- well -- that is work!

So MP -- y did u not buy a hard drive or simply reformat the old drive and go from there?