alienware hot deals?

[rise]

maybe slightly off topic but it is hardware...

i haven't been here that long so maybe an old timer can tell me if this is the first time an alienware thread is stickified in hot deals?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

thats very unusual. i dont see any hot deals, just more overpriced products.

edit: all the links are messed up, and look, even shipping comes with mir.

 

[xTYBALTx]

Alienware hot deals

Contradiction in terms.

 

[rise]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
thats very unusual. i dont see any hot deals, just more overpriced products.

edit: all the links are messed up, and look, even shipping comes with mir.

yeah, seems odd to me too. strange bedfellows. wonder how much of a premium they had to pay over the other vendor stickys, lol.

 

[ruffilb]

Originally posted by: xTYBALTx

Alienware hot deals

Contradiction in terms.

Complete and total oxymoron.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Dual core intel for gaming is really, really stupid.

 

[Powermoloch]

alienware = not great for ppl who build their own comps
alienware = still not good for the general joe shmoe, bit overpriced

 

[ThroatPunch]

Originally posted by: wafflesandsyrup
thats very unusual. i dont see any hot deals, just more overpriced products.

edit: all the links are messed up, and look, even shipping comes with mir.

Overpriced...pretty much, but there testing is ridiculous. Each computer goes through 5 day non-stop testing to make sure every component works well.

 

[shoRunner]

lol....this topic made me laugh

 

[sniperruff]

that is like saying "reliable daewoo"

 

[kitkat22]

bit overpriced? Good grief! "bit" is quite the understatement! There is so much better for so much cheaper

 

[xTYBALTx]

Wow, I just took a hard look at their prices. Look at what you get for $1700.

Non-dual core 3.2Ghz P4
1GB Ram
80GB HDD
6600GT
No monitor

WTF is that? If someone spends $1700 on a gaming PC and their video card is a 6600GT, something is seriously amiss. And is there a specific reason it costs $330 to upgrade from 1GB RAM to 2GB?

So, lets price out a "serious" system.

Dual-core 3.0 Ghz P4
7800GTX
2GB RAM
250GB SATA HDD
2 Opticals, one writer
Audigy2

Grand total. . .? $2711

If anyone's wondering why I chose the 3.0 dual-core over, say, the 3.2 duallie, it's because Alienware wants an additional $420 for the upgrade.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Originally posted by: xTYBALTx
Wow, I just took a hard look at their prices. Look at what you get for $1700.

Non-dual core 3.2Ghz P4
1GB Ram
80GB HDD
6600GT
No monitor

WTF is that? If someone spends $1700 on a gaming PC and their video card is a 6600GT, something is seriously amiss. And is there a specific reason it costs $330 to upgrade from 1GB RAM to 2GB?

So, lets price out a "serious" system.

Dual-core 3.0 Ghz P4
7800GTX
2GB RAM
250GB SATA HDD
2 Opticals, one writer
Audigy2

Grand total. . .? $2711

If anyone's wondering why I chose the 3.0 dual-core over, say, the 3.2 duallie, it's because Alienware wants an additional $420 for the upgrade.

That dual-core isn't a serious system, well at least on these forums.

 

[rise]

hell, they have a few "gaming" rigs configured on the front section that have 9550se's.

anyway, i just thought it odd that they are even stickied. i vaguely remember seeing an add from them once in the general forums, i think anyway, maybe i'm wrong.

but i didn't expect to see them having a stickied thread in hot deals like newegg and mushkin etc. $$ talks i guess.

 

[imported_Kensai]

:laugh: I just saw the prices on those guys. They're insane.

 

[xTYBALTx]

Originally posted by: Kensai
That dual-core isn't a serious system, well at least on these forums.

It wasn't supposed to be serious, just "serious."