alienware: are the cases cool or kiddyish?

[oalvarez]

i'm about to pull the trigger on a new aurora system in martian red. any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. the other computer im thinking about building is off of the abscomputers.com site. both would be amd fx51's.

thanks !

 

[Ionizer86]

Hi, welcome to AT!

I suggest maybe posting out the details of both systems since we can tell you which is better and which is a better value for the money etc. If you're not comfortable building, you may want to order a base system then toss on better stuff yourself, since it may be much more cost efficient.

BTW if you change the title to mention more than the case, maybe more will visit the thread and help you decide.

 

[Oyeve]

I would love to have the inards but would be so embarrased to have that case. maybe Im too old but the case does seem kiddyish.

 

[MDE]

Alienware cases scream "Look at me!!! I blew tons of money for this ugly ass case!!!"

 

[Corporate Thug]

i like the originality

 

[fredtam]

Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress
Alienware cases scream "Look at me!!! I blew tons of money for this ugly ass case!!!"

Usually $1000 -$1500 more than building it yourself. Thats an expensive case. I would definately go with ABS. The prices are far more reasonable.

 

[LuckyForward]

I wouldn't buy an alienware system, though I do happen to like the case, but I'm a GenX'er into video games and such. I would buy the guts of the system and throw it together yourself, these days it's pretty much just plugging in cables. Once you build your own you'll never go back. For the kind of money you'd spend on an Alienware system you could build a VERY nice FX51 rig, and have something to be proud of (and money left over for games a plenty). If you're looking for an attractive case I'd recommend CoolerMaster's WaveMaster, I think it's the best looking case out there. From what I can tell, the Alienware cases are overdressed Chieftec/Antec towers.

 

[Ant001]

I think they're OK, they look kinda tacky and I wouldn't have one myself, but I don't hate them with the passion that some here do

If money is really not a problem, go ahead and buy one, it will probably be fast. Otherwise, build your own. With the money you save, you could buy an HDTV to hook it up to!

 

[txxxx]

Surely what matters is what you think of your case, or is it a show piece?

 

[JackBurton]

Umm, I REALLY wouldn't asks these geeks what looks good. Take a look at most of these guys machines, ugly ass hell.

 

[Kutter]

I was looking at the Alienware machines and think the look ok, especially if you get a cool color combination. That being said, I just ordered my new system and ended up going with a Coolermaster Wavemaster case.

 

[DaveSimmons]

I go back and forth, the bug-eyed metallic cases are unique and geeky-cool, but I don't really care about showing off my case so my next system will probably just go in an Antec Sonata or 3700.

 

[InlineFive]

Their new cases are interesting. Anyone have pics of the insides?

 

[Tetsuo]

They were cool at first, not that much anymore

Porbleemo: They are standard, enermax/thermaltake xaser/ chenming/ cases

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Tetsuo
They were cool at first, not that much anymore

Porbleemo: They are standard, enermax/thermaltake xaser/ chenming/ cases

So the new ones are really the old case with a new shell? That figures coming from Alienware.

 

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: Tetsuo
They were cool at first, not that much anymore

Porbleemo: They are standard, enermax/thermaltake xaser/ chenming/ cases

So the new ones are really the old case with a new shell? That figures coming from Alienware.

Yep, that's right.

 

[oalvarez]

thanks a ton for your candid reply, i truly appreciate your suggestions.

thanks to everyone who posted, i will probably end up with a Velocity MIcro product (amdfx51, 1gb ram, ati 9800xt, 2 120gb sata in raid) in a very plain black antec case (no window, no lights, i personally do not care for that stuff). i have built 2 machines myself, i would build this new one but i only seem to save $400 when pricing out the parts vs a pre-built, and the time i save is worth some of that.

anyhoot, thanks for the reply.

 

[sniperruff]

i would rather have the dell XPS case any day

 

[Redviffer]

I like them, and they certainly stepped out of the normal boundaries with their new cases. Yes, those that have them are certainly looking to be noticed, and that case does it by the truck loads.

 

[Snoop]

Originally posted by: oalvarez
thanks a ton for your candid reply, i truly appreciate your suggestions.

thanks to everyone who posted, i will probably end up with a Velocity MIcro product (amdfx51, 1gb ram, ati 9800xt, 2 120gb sata in raid) in a very plain black antec case (no window, no lights, i personally do not care for that stuff). i have built 2 machines myself, i would build this new one but i only seem to save $400 when pricing out the parts vs a pre-built, and the time i save is worth some of that.

anyhoot, thanks for the reply.

If you havent already ordered, take a look at ABS pc, from my experiance, ABS is the most reasonably price high end pc builder, and they are super good with customer support. (Top ten on ressellar ratings)


ABS

 

[sniperruff]

i still think nothing beats the fun with hand picking out your own parts and look for sales and build your own computer from sketch.