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Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake...

Postby marick626 » Thu May 26, 2005 8:53 pm

Some of you know that I have posted some stuff about alienwares and me wanting one and sutch sort...
after analysing all my post I realized I was going to commit a mistake...

Trust me
Having the title alienware owner doesnt cost 3,000.

I was on my way to my local compusa...
Inside, in the gaming part, they have a lan party rig set up 8).

They had there an alienware and a normal pc (I wasnt alienware)...

I played with both (Half Life 2 ::)) And found out the normal one was mutch better... you could see it from the loading time.

Thanks to you guys I wouldnt of gone to compusa in the first place.

Many thanks.. ;D
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Re: Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake.

Postby 4_Series_Scania » Fri May 27, 2005 11:12 am

Some of you know that I have posted some stuff about alienwares and me wanting one and sutch sort...
after analysing all my post I realized I was going to commit a mistake...

Trust me
Having the title alienware owner doesnt cost 3,000.

I was on my way to my local compusa...
Inside, in the gaming part, they have a lan party rig set up 8).

They had there an alienware and a normal pc (I wasnt alienware)...

I played with both (Half Life 2 ::)) And found out the normal one was mutch better... you could see it from the loading time.

Thanks to you guys I wouldnt of gone to compusa in the first place.

Many thanks.. ;D


Delighted you heeded our advice! - You certainly were about to make a mistake!

Alienwares loss is your gain marick626, now lets see some screenshots from your new toy!
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Re: Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake.

Postby C » Fri May 27, 2005 12:05 pm

Nice move Marick (yeah, I know its not Maverick ;) ). Good to see the combined efforts of SimV have saved you a bit of cash. I hope the new system performs as well as mine and how you wanted it to ;D.

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Postby || Andy || » Fri May 27, 2005 4:26 pm

Thats saved a few hundered, so u can now buy everyone at simv a pint!! lol

Have u bought a new comp?, or just inspired by it?
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Postby chomp_rock » Fri May 27, 2005 5:53 pm

Good choice!

Alienware = overblown brandname = waste of money.

Just like buying a set of designer jeans that cost 3x more than a normal pair of route 66s.
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Postby ctjoyce » Mon May 30, 2005 3:53 pm

Good boy, now hop on over to www.ibuypower.com and get yourself a new system. Trust me your gonna save over $400 buying there insted of buying from say dell, and your only spending about $100 more than what you would have if you built your own system.
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Postby congo » Tue May 31, 2005 6:38 pm

Marick,

Now you have the daunting and intense job of getting a specification together.

If you find it's easy, then you haven't done enough research, it's very complex.

You'll need to decide on the chipset first, that should be a balance of performance, features and cost.
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Re: Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake.

Postby GunnerMan » Tue May 31, 2005 7:23 pm

I think he already bought the PC that outperformed alienware? ;D
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Re: Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake.

Postby congo » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:25 am

Possibly, maybe I commited a mistake.....  :o
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Postby ctjoyce » Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:39 pm

You bought Alienware.......the shame :-/ :-/ Oh well now you know ::)
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Postby Ivan » Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:32 pm

Nothing beats a selfmade with carefully selected parts. And there is a LOT of PC you can get for the price of that Alienweare
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Postby GunnerMan » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:18 pm

He did not buy the alenware ::) isint that what the posts about ;) Yes nothing beats the satisffaction off assembling and configuring your own PC!
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Re: Thanks to you guys...I didnt commit a mistake.

Postby congo » Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:27 am

???

Anyone else accuses me of buying a pre-bought and I'll reach through their monitor and pull the cord out!   >:(   ;D
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Postby marick626 » Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:28 pm

this is my config. and no it isnt so complex.

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Postby GunnerMan » Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:41 pm

I sure hope thats a typo maric :o
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