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    Alienware Aurora R3

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Nivaku, Apr 28, 2011.

  1. Nivaku

    Nivaku Notebook Evangelist

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    So I'm thinking of getting an Alienware desktop, does anyone have this one in particular and is it any good?

    I own both m11x and m15x and their build quality is excellent aside from the m11x hinge issue.

    Here's the spec I can spec for the price I can get:

    Alienware Aurora-R3

    Alienware Aurora Desktop
    Operating System
    Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
    Processors
    Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.9GHz
    Memory
    4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz edit
    Video Card
    1GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 edit
    Hard Drive
    1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache edit
    Chassis Color
    Matte Stealth Black Chassis with 875W Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
    Optical Drive
    Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
    2nd Hard Drive
    None edit
    Security Software
    None edit
    Wallpaper
    None edit
    Automatic Updates
    Automatic Updates: Disabled edit
    Factory Installed Software
    Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed
    Keyboard
    Alienware Multi-Media Keyboard
    Mouse
    Alienware Optical Mouse, MG100
    AlienFX
    Sound Card
    Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
    Cooling Option
    Alienware™ High-Performance Liquid Cooling
    Hardware Support Services
    1 Year Basic Service Plan
    Installation Services
    DataSafe 2.0 Online Backup 2GB for 1 year

    $1,091.22

    I was also leaning towards digitalstormonline since their customer satisfaction is pretty good.

    I dont mind maybe a couple hundred dollars more but I dont get a discount like I do on alienware.

    Are the parts that alienware use brandname or just generic?

    Thanks for your help/input guys
     
    Nivaku, Apr 28, 2011
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  2. Nivaku

    Nivaku Notebook Evangelist

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    Guess no one has the new alienware desktops just the laptops seems mostly.

    But anyways thanks
     
    Nivaku, Apr 29, 2011
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  3. simonmpoulton

    simonmpoulton Notebook Deity

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    You need the desktopreview forums for people with the desktops...
     
    simonmpoulton, May 1, 2011
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