http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/ Engadget Comments for $4,000 Alienware Aurora ALX benchmarked: domination this world has never seen http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 8:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 25th 2009 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/
CPU: i7-975 $279
GPU: HD5870 $758(2X379)
RAM:CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB $209
MOBO: ASUS RAMPAGE II GENE $219
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB $150(2X75)
ODD: LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray* $199
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H50 $79

total $1746

and that leaves, $1154 to spend on a Windows OS, PSU, case, KB and mouse which is about $525 er...$400 since you barred kb and mouse

]]>Sep 25th 2009 3:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 25th 2009 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 25th 2009 4:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/it looks as if its because the motherboard only has 3 ram slots. meaning youd need 4gig sticks. those 'are' expensive but come on.. change the mobo to an evga or asus with 6 slots and youve saved yourself 900 dollars.]]>Sep 25th 2009 6:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 25th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/and dont say you can use wine
i have Linux and windows and Linux absolutely sucks for gaming even with wine]]>Sep 25th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Of course still much inferior to my server/workstation rig I assembled for my home just last month; I skipped on the blue lights and added some more muscle and speed and, cannibalizing some component from other machines (like its modded case with its embedded 7" touchscreen), it costed me just over a grand more than this clownish thing.
I'm so pleased by it that I postponed the installation of the server room (ok; server closet) that will have to take its place in a not so distant future.]]>Sep 24th 2009 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/
And how much ass are you getting now?]]>Sep 24th 2009 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/yeah, it's liquid cooled.. look at the main pic for the article. there's a waterblock and tubing going to the radiator at the back.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/
When are you ever going to need more than 6gb of RAM? Plus it's not like you can't buy another 6gb if you ever do need it.]]>Sep 24th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/It is really anoying]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/
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Sure, the card may be a little quicker than 1 GTX 295. but i have two.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 25th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/I am not a total snob but come on that is skimping.]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Still, *drool*]]>Sep 24th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/I've been running the same WD Raptor for the better part of 5 years now in a 24/7 setup. A lot of people have hard drive horror stories, and will preach endlessly that one brand of hard drives is of poor quality. If you look at reliability surveys (like on storagereview.com), you will see that reliability is generally quite flat between manufacturers. In fact, the original 74gb raptor has a 94 percentile rating on that website.
I personally don't trust SSDs quite yet - they're too expensive, and too new to be truly trusted (in my book). Traditional HDDs are tried and true, and SCSI/Raptor hard drives pull a lot of performance out of that technology. I'll wait on the SSD bandwagon for another 4 or 5 years to see what the real-world dependability is - in the meantime, my workstation sticks with HDD.]]>Sep 24th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/
Now all I need is $4000 to get one....:[]]>Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Sep 24th 2009 7:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/24/4-000-alienware-aurora-alx-benchmarked-domination-this-world-h/Whats your config.My 8800 gts can barely do crysis at between mainstream and gamer only at 1440*900.I wanna know what part is my bottleneck.]]>Sep 24th 2009 7:18PM