Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

[Consultant01]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

theres good news an bad news lol
alienware nolonger is ownd by alienware,
DELL brought them out this year lmfao (good move alienware lol).
so in all you'll be gettin a crap system as DELL sux big time.
an before any one starts to flame saying that they havent brought em out YES THEY HAVE.(i have friends that work for AW)
AW was way to over priced for the product that you recieve.
the only good thing about AW is the very nice looking case's.
every thing thats in a AW you could build at a fraction of the price.
try lookin on ebay for a AW case they go for about £50-100 just for the case,
intotal thats where most of your hard cash goes (to the case).
personaly i would build my own at a cheaper price an it would still wipe the floor with a alienware

Anybody who follows the PC market even a little would know that Alienware sold out to Dell... you dont have to make up crap about having friends who work for the company to get your point across.

It's OK to have friends that work at McDonalds...

[Maxor127]

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I would've just built my own instead of the same computer for $500 more. I guess it's good to buy one if you don't know anything about computers. Jesus... I just looked it up... it's $3000? I could've built 3 decent computers and 2 awesome computers with that much.

[imported_cybercrow]

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Anybody who follows the PC market even a little would know that Alienware sold out to Dell... you dont have to make up crap about having friends who work for the company to get your point across.

It's OK to have friends that work at McDonalds...

for one i dont have any friends that work iun mc donalds as all my friends left school 16 years ago an dont need week end jobs! unlucky try again.
an whilest we are on about talkin crap ive just been reading your post's an oh boy are you full up to the ears with crap.
so where's your proof on this or are you just talkin out of your rear end??????
seems to me that you've been shaft'd.
idiots like your self are what kill comunitys off if you have nothing constructive to post the ndont post as your waisting every bodys time.
now run along little boy an come back when you know what your talkin about.

I have a Dell XPS and I have no problems playing on any game.............ever, I agree their bog standard systems are pretty crappy but the XPS has changed my look on gaming so much.

Not 1 issue have I had so far with my machine yet all I ever hear from people using "own builds" or other company models is whining about something that went wrong with their shiznit.

one of the lucky few then m8

[mlkmnz]

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I would've just built my own instead of the same computer for $500 more. I guess it's good to buy one if you don't know anything about computers. Jesus... I just looked it up... it's $3000? I could've built 3 decent computers and 2 awesome computers with that much.

Yeah but you wouldnt get their "awesome" warranty :p

Hang on, 2 awesome computers you say? Hell, that means if one were to crap out you would still have one left while the other was getting a replacement part! Thats probably a quicker turnaround service than Alienware would ever offer!

[imported_cybercrow]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Anybody who follows the PC market even a little would know that Alienware sold out to Dell... you dont have to make up crap about having friends who work for the company to get your point across.

It's OK to have friends that work at McDonalds...

im still waiting.

Yeah but you wouldnt get their "awesome" warranty :p

Hang on, 2 awesome computers you say? Hell, that means if one were to crap out you would still have one left while the other was getting a replacement part! Thats probably a quicker turnaround service than Alienware would ever offer!

whats so awsome about there warranty's?
i mean every single part you buy from a sales shop has a 6-12month ticket when purchased any way.
the xfx nvidia cards have a life time warranty on certan parts.
there is no way AW can be value for money.
its people wit hto much cash to spend just buying them because of the name,
dont get me wrong they look nice but at the price they charge its just daft.

[193d Klink]

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The only Alienware rig I'd like is one of their very nice gaming laptops. The desktop rigs are a a bit of a waste as you can build something just as nice for a fraction of the price. And yes, Dell do indeed own them, although I understand their manufacturing is still separate at the moment.

I bought a Alienware laptop a 2 years ago. Wish I never had. It was not designed well and plagued with problems. I had to reload the OS right out of the box. Customer Support (SUXS). I built 2 rigs from scratch and had them up and running quicker then when I tried to figure out how to get Alienware OS working from their poorly mislabled CDs. I yelled at Customer Service because after 2 hours on the phone being talked to like I was 3 and he was the "All knowning supreme Computer guy". I hung up and figured out how to get the thing working myself.

Like others have said...you would have done better by building a rig yourself for 1/2 the price and when you do that you understand the workings a whole lot better and troubleshooting is so much more easier when something goes tits up!

[openheimer]

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Yup its too late for you... Please any one else don't pay for a Name. The Ailien product is sound but hellish over priced. If you can game you can build a PC.

I noticed its an X2.... You will see no gaming advantage from it what so ever.

[mlkmnz]

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*Idaeus quickly tries to hit the"back" button on his browser at the Alienware online order page........

[193d Klink]

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Running an X2 myself. Although no gaming advantage I can Download stuff and run ALL Kinds of Junk while playing with my BF2 settings maxed to High and never see any lag or bog down.
That's the X2 advantage. Just have to set your Affinities right

[imported_Deliverance]

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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.

[PC_Judge]

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one of the lucky few then m8

Like I said I got the XPS system which is just as good as what he has posted with his specs.

We have Dell 3100's at work, about 8 of them and only 1 has ever had any problems and that was because some numpty at Dell forgot to actually clip the vid card in to the slot properly so when we plugged the monitor in nothing was happening yet there was power too it.

I decided to slide the side off the case and have a looksie and to my horror I saw the vid card hanging on by the skin of its teeth, so I slotted it in correctly and hey presto all better.

Maybe Dell in the US is worse than the Euro version of Dell? I have no idea where all the bad vibes for Dells come from as in 9 attempts from 9 orders apart from that 1 silly mistake everything has run awesome for me.

[The Soup Nazi]

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Running an X2 myself. Although no gaming advantage I can Download stuff and run ALL Kinds of Junk while playing with my BF2 settings maxed to High and never see any lag or bog down.
That's the X2 advantage. Just have to set your Affinities right

Why, oh why, must we always set CPU Affinity everytime we start the game? Is there a way I could write a batch file that sets it for me that is executed as soon as the game is loaded?

[imported_Wreck]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

Tips:

1. Cancel your order and build your own like a man.

Why, oh why, must we always set CPU Affinity everytime we start the game? Is there a way I could write a batch file that sets it for me that is executed as soon as the game is loaded?

Yes there is a way:

I use a program called prioaff.

Here's the download:

http://www.valhallalegends.com/adron/prioaff/prioaff.zip

Download it and create a folder in your root called prioaff and extract the 2 files there.

I use it to run BF2 to force it to run at normal priority on cpu 1 with the following short cut

C:\WINDOWS\prioaff\prioaff.exe 2 10 "C:\Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

To run on both cpu's at realtime priority

C:\WINDOWS\prioaff\prioaff.exe 3 11 "C:\Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

And to force it to run at realtime priority on cpu 1

C:\WINDOWS\prioaff\prioaff.exe 3 10 "C:\Games\Battlefield 2\BF2.exe" +menu 1 +fullscreen 1

To use different priorities change the number following the exe.
0 = Idle
1 = low
2 = normal
3 = realtime

Eg: C:\WINDOWS\prioaff\prioaff.exe 0 ( would run idle priority )

To pick what cpu / core it runs on change the 2nd number after the exe.

01 = run on cpu 0
10 = run on cpu 1
11 = run on both

Eg: C:\WINDOWS\prioaff\prioaff.exe 0 01 ( run idle priority on cpu 0 )

*WARNING* users of single cpu systems should never use the realtime priority if you do expect to do a hard reset.

[Consultant01]

Re: Just ordered a Alienware computer. Any tips?

im still waiting.

Prepare for a life of disapointment, Crow.

I think you brits call it "Taking the pi*s" or "taking the pi*s out of you". I have no idea where your buddies work or what they do, I was fooling around.

Dredging the forums for old posts of mine shows that you have too much time on your hands... I'm not that interesting.

[imported_Wreck]

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Prepare for a life of disapointment, Crow.

I think you brits call it "Taking the pi*s" or "taking the pi*s out of you". I have no idea where your buddies work or what they do, I was fooling around.

Dredging the forums for old posts of mine shows that you have too much time on your hands... I'm not that interesting.

I don't think he has friends that work at alienware either. I've known about the Dell buy out since March... Old news.

Who runs around with old news like that pretending they have some kind of inside information?