alienware best way to buy help plz

[RetiredAnalpirat]

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i am planing on getting a alienware laptop at the end of the year so i been looking and in america they sell a new x17 for 1,499 in australia its 2,499 i have spending money up to 1,800 so if its alienware and you know something reliable could you please help me and tell me how much it would be to get it from america i have no idea what to do and this place is for gamers right ^^ help is much appreciated

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Why alienware? overpriced brand.

Remember that USA prices don't include VAT (which is going to be added to price). Also if you are ordering aboard you should remember customs fees.

[RetiredAnalpirat]

well alienware is a very powerful type of gaming computers plus they look awesome

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Laptops are not meant for gaming.
You can get custom built (more balanced PC) 30-40% cheaper.

[RetiredAnalpirat]

alienware laptops are though considering the powerful cpu and graphics compaired to other notebooks i have a hp pavlion dv6 notebook pc (laptop) i can run most games fine but as i play some games i get frame rate drops high cpu tempratures and crashes in some cases alienware wont fix this but it will help prevent it

[Rove]

Do you actually really NEED a laptop or could you potentially use a desktop instead?

For $1800 you can get a killer desktop tower + Windows 8 64bit + monitor + speakers + keyboard + mouse. It'll be far better than any laptop you could buy for the price.

Even if you do want laptop there are definetly a lot of other brands to consider. ASUS, MSI, Cyberpower, iBuypower and many more manufacturers all make gaming laptops.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Or buy something made for gaming, like ASUS, Origin, Sager, Clevo
Alienware is no where close to those. Alienware is nothing special anymore, it's just Dell.
If you can afford something above $1200 for laptop, DO NOT even consider your off the shelf OEM brands. They are rip offs.

You can get a very well loaded ASUS ROG 17" w/ GTX 770M for around $1499
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=8208716

[RetiredAnalpirat]

well i would prefer a laptop because i used to have a xbox and where ever i went i took that with me same with my laptop now i spend most of my day on the laptop , i understand i could get a awesome destop but i have no room for one what would be the best laptop that you would recommend

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If you like fancy leds, cyberlooks and big price tag go for alienware. ;)

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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If you like fancy leds, cyberlooks and big price tag go for alienware. ;)

Well they were one of the first PC laptops to feature backlit keyboards is all. Which with any good gaming laptop, this is standard now.

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dont

ordering across countrys is asking for trouble
if anything is lost during shipping or needs to be rma'd it will be a nightmare

au prices are expensive vs us prices for hardware, but the usd is stronger than the aud
http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=AUD&To=USD

there are plenty stores in au, if you can assemble it yourself, you can build a good machine for around $1600aud

start with something like this
http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/1wOew

[RetiredAnalpirat]

hmm that laptop you showed bad motha is very powerful considering the price

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Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Well they were one of the first PC laptops to feature backlit keyboards is all. Which with any good gaming laptop, this is standard now.

I didn't mean the backlit keyboards. Just look the pictures. There are colored leds everywhere. For ex. whole computer is encircled with led string.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Plus if u are getting a 1080p screen on a laptop, u want a 770 or 780 GPU.
A 765M will barely cut it for High/Ultra gaming @ 1080p

[Bad 💀 Motha]

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Bad-Motha eredeti hozzászólása:

Well they were one of the first PC laptops to feature backlit keyboards is all. Which with any good gaming laptop, this is standard now.

I didn't mean the backlit keyboards. Just look the pictures. There are colored leds everywhere. For ex. whole computer is encircled with led string.

Alienware also has software designed to config the lighting any way you want, in any color combo u want. U can also pick and choose what all to turn off to. Overall it's not a big deal, cause all that lighting can be turned off.

[RetiredAnalpirat]

hmmmm can u buy something with a backlit keyboard the main reason why i want the lights is because i game all night and when i play i do know the keys well but u know can get a bit annoying when theres a quicktime event and u have to press k or something but i could always turn a light on XD