Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

[-iLL*NaYmL3sS]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

I just ordered a Alienware computer! Can anyone who's ordered from there before give me any tips and tricks? Or do you just want to congratulate me for now being able to play bf2? :)

And if anyone wondered:

Aurora™ 7500

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional UK with SP2
Warranty: AlienCare 1-Year Free Phone 24/7 and Collect & Return
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case - Space Black
Chassis Upgrades: AlienIce™ 2.0 Video Cooling System for Alienware case
Power Supply: Alienware® 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply with Active PFC
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ x 16 Motherboard
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 - 4400+ Processor with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel Low Latency DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Video Card: 512MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GTX
System Drive: 250 GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s, 7,200 rpm w/ 8MB Cache - Quantity 1
Optical Drive One: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Recorder
Sound Card: Alienware® Edition Sound Blaster® X-Fi® High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology
Network Card: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (DSL-ready)
Removable Storage: Alienware® 28-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer
Floppy Drive: 1.44 MB Floppy Drive - Black
Monitor: (None)
Keyboard: Logitech Internet Keyboard UK - Space Black
Mouse: Razer Diamondback Mouse
Speakers: Creative® 5.1 Inspire™ T6060 - EU Power Supply
Headphones: Sennheiser PC160 Multimedia Headset
Security Software: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Professional - English
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - £50 Value - FREE!
AlienWiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - £50 Value - FREE!
Free T-Shirt: Alienware® T-Shirt - Black - XL
Free Alienware Mousepad : Free Custom Alienware® fUnc Mousepad
Free Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager

. my advice, break it when it arrives, say u got a defective unit and want your money back and build yourself your own for muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch cheaper or recycle the money to build a muuuuuch better pc. but congratulations, i'm happy for you, heres a smiley

[mr_jojo]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

who buys alienware... seriously. you can get the exact same parts almost anywhere else for A LOT cheaper... good job buddy u just wasted about $1000

[The Soup Nazi]

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tips? should built one yourself for half the price.

"Floppy Drive: 1.44 MB Floppy Drive - Black" ????
1980 called, they want their drive back.

I think you're forgetting that in order to install Windows XP Professional on a RAID (or even larger than 120GB hdd) array of hard drives, you're going to need a floppy disk drive to install the drivers.

[ruckus37]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Arrg PD 805 what? you lose should have waited...

[DaSniper079]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

My tip: Return it and slap yourself for me.

An hour on google learning how to build a PC will save you over $500. Is $500 worth an hour of your time?

[TooL]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Nice system but I agree with most others here - you can build a similar system for less

[DaSniper079]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Nice system but I agree with most others here - you can build a similar system for less

You can build a better system for less.

[sknight]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

lol... I feel sorry for this guy after 4 pages of people telling him he overpaid

[RocketPunch]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

I think you're forgetting that in order to install Windows XP Professional on a RAID (or even larger than 120GB hdd) array of hard drives, you're going to need a floppy disk drive to install the drivers.

There are multiple ways to work around this problem, try google. I know cause none of my friends have a floppy and they alll have xp raid set-up. Since this is bascially the ONLY reason why people would still have a floppy in their computer.

As to why it is the way it is? one word: Microsoft

lol... I feel sorry for this guy after 4 pages of people telling him he overpaid

Well. I don't mean to be, urgh, mean. But telling people you just got a system from Alienware is like telling your friends to check out you new Buick. It might be cool 10 years ago but not today. Even more so since it is part of DELL now.

[Vw-Haggis6]

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I think you're forgetting that in order to install Windows XP Professional on a RAID (or even larger than 120GB hdd) array of hard drives, you're going to need a floppy disk drive to install the drivers.

I was told that this was not the case and that you can make a slipstream install disk for windows which will have all the required drivers so no floppy required

Have to say it is an impressive set up and hope that you have lots of fun playing on it hell if i had the money i would like to buy one just for the bragging rights and they always look so neat and tidy inside.

Overpriced - yeah but hell if you got the money and you cant be arsed to build one yourself why not

[imported_Mutrino]

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Any Tips?

Send it back, save yourself a grand or two buy the parts and build it yourself.

More rewarding, ALOT cheaper and you are your own Tech Support instead of some (well meaning) Dell representative sitting in India somewhere.

Couldnt agree more.

[DosX]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Don't listen to all these people. If you felt comfortable building/configuring/tweaking your own system I'm sure you would have.

With that system you also bought support. If ANYTHING goes wrong you have support to call thats open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means ANYTHING. And if you have problems it's a ONE POINT contact for repairs.

I'll probably get flamed for that. The way I see it is that if you have the experience, tools and are comfortable building/doing something then by all means proceed. If not then it's probably better to have it done professionally.

I know it applies to plumbing :)

[Vw-Haggis6]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Don't listen to all these people. If you felt comfortable building/configuring/tweaking your own system I'm sure you would have.

With that system you also bought support. If ANYTHING goes wrong you have support to call thats open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means ANYTHING. And if you have problems it's a ONE POINT contact for repairs.

I'll probably get flamed for that. The way I see it is that if you have the experience, tools and are comfortable building/doing something then by all means proceed. If not then it's probably better to have it done professionally.

I know it applies to plumbing :)

defintely applies to plumbing dont you just hate the look you get when the plumber has to come and fix a job you totally botched :/

[wyliekyle]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

aleinwares are ok you can build one for much cheaper, it may not look as cooll but who buys pcs for their looks. I built one last summer P4 3.06 ghz, ati x800xl, 2 gigs of ram, 200 g hard drive, hp dvdrw with lightscribe. Pretty beasty ass comp. for the time. Cost to me 1100 dollars. How much is an alienware????

[lds4567]

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the computer sounds great, one thing with alienware though is they are SO overpriced