Alienware Aurora ALX with QUAD SLI

[aniruddha23]

http://www.alienware.com/intro_pages/nvidia_quadsli.aspx

with stuff like this startin to come out I think we are soon going to have people whine how their games run at just 1680 x 1050

 

[DotheDamnTHing]

money to burn

 

[fire400]

anyone can get a bad ass rig, just depends on the time they want to put in for it. you'll be paying loans while in college if you hit a system like this in your post senior summer season.

but like the other guy said, "money to burn"

 

[Akhen]

college or quad sli, hmm

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: Akhen
college or quad sli, hmm

hard choice
Quad SLi Top system for one year.
Get Top a system for next few years after college.

 

[KeithTalent]

This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

Still would not go near it though, unless someone bought it for me. What's the name of that long lost rich uncle of mine again.......?

 

[Polish3d]

4GB Low Latency DDR PC-3200 SDRAM at 400MHz - 4 x 1024MB [+$360 or $11/mo.] - Recommended! Extreme Dual Core Power!

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

i would've said i agreed but after looking what it comes with...not really.

comes with the following:

CPU: fx-60-------------------------------------------------$1070
Motherboard: nforce 4 quad sli board-------------------$200
GPU: quad 7900(GT or GTX??)---------------------------4x$300($1200)
RAM: 1 gig???? 2x512 kit...disappointing---------------$100
PSU: 850w Alenware Approved Turbo Cool SLI--------$449 (PC P&C Turbo-Cool 850SSI)
HDD: 250GB w/NCQ & 8MB cache (seagate?)----------$96
Sound Card: integrated-----------------------------------$0
speakers: $899 5.1 Home Theater System by Klipsch-$899
optical: 1 dvd burner--------------------------------------$40
floppy: included--------------------------------------------$10
modem: none ($65 to add one?!?!?!?!)------------------$0
montitor: not included in price----------------------------$0

Total---------------------------------------------------------$4064

and that's with a $900 sound system...i'm not buying that but still, they're making $3000

 

[aniruddha23]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

Still would not go near it though, unless someone bought it for me. What's the name of that long lost rich uncle of mine again.......?

Guess Adding Ram and any 30 inch monitor will easily take it above 10 grand.

I just keep getting the feeling that pretty soon someones gonna come up with one single card which performs better than a quad solution.

 

[Geomagick]

Looks as if the GPUs are 7900gt, I have no idea how you could fit four 7900gtx in a normal case. It would also feature the first four slot graphics card (that I know about anyway)

 

[KeithTalent]

Hmmm, good points guys, I mean 1 gig of RAM on that thing...WTF??

I priced out a similarly configured Quad-SLI pc on Falcon NW Falcon NW and it came out to about $1,000 less with a better warranty

 

[aniruddha23]

Which brings up the question. At a high level what would this cost if build using individual parts from Newegg, zzf or any other store.

also any guesses what teh 3dmark 05 on this beast would be like?

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: aniruddha23
Which brings up the question. At a high level what would this cost if build using individual parts from Newegg, zzf or any other store.

also any guesses what teh 3dmark 05 on this beast would be like?

Im betting you could save at least $1500 if you bulid it yourself.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Cooler

Originally posted by: aniruddha23
Which brings up the question. At a high level what would this cost if build using individual parts from Newegg, zzf or any other store.

also any guesses what teh 3dmark 05 on this beast would be like?

Im betting you could save at least $1500 if you bulid it yourself.

QFT, and what do you need a crappy Alienware warranty for when you have all these wonderfully knowledgeable ATers at your disposal :thumbsup:

 

[aniruddha23]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
QFT, and what do you need a crappy Alienware warranty for when you have all these wonderfully knowledgeable ATers at your disposal :thumbsup:

Since coming here I keep getting the feeling that buying any branded PC is just paying too much for commodity stuff that is handed out to you. Maybe its good for corporations where u dont have to worry abt warranty and all that but for home users Build your own PC seems to be the only way to get it done right.

anyone else shares the thought?

 

[Asthmaboy]

Christ.
The system I built was around 13.5k.

 

[KeithTalent]

Originally posted by: Asthmaboy
Christ.
The system I built was around 13.5k.

Lol, that's like the one I priced out on VoodooPC a little while back, over 16k for X1900 crossfire (with a 5k monitor)...unbelievable! You can buy a car for that much:Q

 

[LiquidImpulse]

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

Still would not go near it though, unless someone bought it for me. What's the name of that long lost rich uncle of mine again.......?

yea, alienware has a notorious rep for overpricing their systems $$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: alimoalem

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

i would've said i agreed but after looking what it comes with...not really.

comes with the following:

CPU: fx-60-------------------------------------------------$1070
Motherboard: nforce 4 quad sli board-------------------$200
GPU: quad 7900(GT or GTX??)---------------------------4x$300($1200)
RAM: 1 gig???? 2x512 kit...disappointing---------------$100
PSU: 850w Alenware Approved Turbo Cool SLI--------$449 (PC P&C Turbo-Cool 850SSI)
HDD: 250GB w/NCQ & 8MB cache (seagate?)----------$96
Sound Card: integrated-----------------------------------$0
speakers: $899 5.1 Home Theater System by Klipsch-$899
optical: 1 dvd burner--------------------------------------$40
floppy: included--------------------------------------------$10
modem: none ($65 to add one?!?!?!?!)------------------$0
montitor: not included in price----------------------------$0

Total---------------------------------------------------------$4064

and that's with a $900 sound system...i'm not buying that but still, they're making $3000

i forgot to add a case....let's just say it miraculously somehow costs $436 to make the Total an even $4500...they're still making hella money off this system

 

[RallyMaster]

However much Alienware does their video cooling, I still think the 4 video cards in that close proximity would cause massive heat issues. I think I'd rather go to college instead of getting technology that will be phased out within months.

 

[Gagan]

I thought that Quad SLI will not be available to the public to purchase the videocards

and that you can only get quad sli through alienware/dell etc

explains the finlation

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: RallyMaster
However much Alienware does their video cooling, I still think the 4 video cards in that close proximity would cause massive heat issues. I think I'd rather go to college instead of getting technology that will be phased out within months.

QFT, this is brand new tech and everyone knows how pricey things are when they just come out, not to mention issues that come with it as well. And how much perfromance increase would there ACTUALLY be over 2 cards? extra 30%?

 

[alimoalem]

Originally posted by: Gagan
I thought that Quad SLI will not be available to the public to purchase the videocards

and that you can only get quad sli through alienware/dell etc

explains the finlation

...this is about an alienware product...i don't get your question

 

[JEDIYoda]

Originally posted by: LiquidImpulse

Originally posted by: KeithTalent
This may sound ridiculous, but considering it's from Alienware it is going for pretty cheap, I was thinking it would be closer to ten grand.

Still would not go near it though, unless someone bought it for me. What's the name of that long lost rich uncle of mine again.......?

yea, alienware has a notorious rep for overpricing their systems $$$$$$$$$$$$

Nothing notorious about making a profit--thats the american way!!!Nobody is forcing people to buy from Alienware!!

 

[StrangerGuy]

If I got money to burn, I will be looking at Quad dual-core Opterons.