Ailenware

[TRN]

What is the best ailenware comp???

[Falro the Great]

None, in my opinion. Ever since Dell bought it, it's gone downhill. Much better to build your own.

[Joker]

Aurora

i7 4960X Overclocked 4.3 Ghz
16GB (4 X 4GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 graphics with 6GB total (2x 3GB) GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI
512GB SSD 6Gb/s MAIN + 1TB 7200RPM Storage

You should build your own if trying to get a system like this. It would be much cheaper.

[_I_]

none would be the correct answer

the 2011 builds are way overpriced for gaming machines
and 16g of ram is overkill and a waste of money

they would make good rendering or vidoe editng/encoding or vm machines, but still way too expensive for what they include

[Stymie]

Just build your own. You'll will be able to build a very good and fast computer while saving lots of money.

But yeah, would not recommend them since they are just overpriced just for the looks, not the specs.

[ACJCLIGHTNING]

pretty much any computer other than an alienware.

[frasley01]

exelente

[TRN]

Thanks guys!

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Oh u mean for desktop? Hell no, build your own!
Less u want to pay $2000 for what you can do for half that price.

[Legend8887]

NO NO NO! DO NOT GET AN ALIENWARE! I BEG YOU!

[Rove]

Build your own.

Price much less, quality much higher, options much more.

Since no one linked it yet please take a link to PC Part Picker, a great tool:
http://pcpartpicker.com/

Also please go ahead and browse my builds for ideas though they are mostly on the cheap end since most people asking for help do not have all that high a budget:

http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Rove/saved/

[csorian0]

+1 on pcpartpicker. Excellent website and many, many good saved builds there.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

None, usually you can build yourself with same specs as their higher end PC's for $500 cheaper.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

U can easily save over $500. Plenty of times I have compared such systems. U can easily build a $2000-2500 Alienware desktop with better parts for around $1200 range or so. As they really get u with ridiculous HDD, SSD, GPU, RAM pricing when u upgrade/change them in the config. And they already include a high premium because of their chassis.

And their desktops only ever have the MicroATX SLI boards now, which u don't have to do SLI, but this all just seems very limited. It's much better to go with a decent Full ATX motherboard if u are building a serious system.