I7 PC Build

you told us what but not how much!

now watch you do the home up grade and crash that one LMAO!!!!

just pulling your leg demon

just remember upgrade one part at a time and do a complete test crash test...had issues once from a bad doa mem stick, took 2 days to find out what was going on becase of no bad post beeps

$2369.00 before tax. The build thru the normal channels was $3269.00 before tax. Trying to decide if the wireless card is worth it.

well traditionally wired has faster throughput but I'm not sure if the new "N" spec is comparable. It just depends on where you gonna be from the source and if you have cable ran already or not.

Or you could wait for the next greatest thing to hit the 802.11 neighborhood.
WiGig 802.11ab. Story below!

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/raise_your_pc_iq_6_key_technologies_explained?page=0,2

Flak Monkey wrote:

Or you could wait for the next greatest thing to hit the 802.11 neighborhood.
WiGig 802.11ab. Story below!

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/raise_your_pc_iq_6_key_technologies_explained?page=0,2

Interesting. Currently, off the 802.11n, I still average 40-50 ping when playing.

After all's said and done, I decided to take the monies from the sale of the parts and apply them to the remodeling projects I have going.

AURORA,ALX
Keyboard
6G,3X2GB,1333,ANW DT
Hard Drive,500GB,7.2K PHAR-XLOB
Hard Drive,500GB,7.2K #2,PHAR-XLOB
Dvd+/-Rw,24X,Half Height,Artwork,Plds
Alienware,ALIENFX,Blue
Alienware,AVATAR2
Thermal,LIQD-CLG,Central Processor Unit,Aurora
Alienware,WALLPAPER,AW3
Card,Graphics,GTX,295,E120N
Cord,Power,125V,2M,C13 United States
CYBERLINK Powerdvd,8.0,Alienware
NERO,9 Alienware
ALX,Black,875,Aurora
I7-920,2.66,Bloomfield,ANW DT
Mouse,Universal Serial Bus,MG900,Ship In Box
Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Initial Year
$1969.54

Hope I didnt screw up--will replace the two 500GBs with the SSD and at least 2 750GBs and sell the rest.

I think with that idea you just made brownie points with your wife!

well thats all fine and dandy for network use but everyone is limited by the 10Mbs to the net! which I find really screwy since cable and dsl offers faster speeds than what the "modem" can pass to the net lol

Some carriers are offering 50 and 100 Mbps access, but at a steep price. People just don't realize that everything in the middle and the target of your access more than likely isn't that fast and you will only be as fast as the slowest bottleneck. I have a 20Mbps connection and am quite happy with it. I don't expect a WAN as grand as this to be as fast as a wired LAN.

Yeah I'm supposed to be getting something between 13 to 16 Mbs and on tests I get maybe 11 late at night and no one else on the lan it has cut done some on game lag but a big bottle neck I have is my CPU LMAO!! it's only a AMD 1700+

dom60 wrote:

Yeah I'm supposed to be getting something between 13 to 16 Mbs and on tests I get maybe 11 late at night and no one else on the lan it has cut done some on game lag but a big bottle neck I have is my CPU LMAO!! it's only a AMD 1700+

TSK, TSK

LMAO of Demon thanks for the laff and smile

just hope Santa brings me some better puter parts for Xmas.

OK, am thinking about purchasing an Alienware Aurora 980X computer for Father's Day. Up for sale is my old Alienware ALX--spec's as follows:

AURORA,ALX

Keyboard/Mouse,Universal Serial Bus,MG900,Ship In Box (Alienware Tact-X set)
6G,3X2GB,1333
Hard Drive, Wd Caviar Black 750GB,7.2K
Dvd+/-Rw,24X,Half Height
Thermal,LIQD-CLG
Card,Graphics,GTX,295
Cord,Power,125V,2M
I7-920,2.66,Bloomfield
Creative SB Xfi card

$1500.00 + shipping

No OS with system but you will get everything I got with the system and packed in the same box. If interested, please PM me.

The new one's specs:

Alienware Aurora Desktop
2 GB Single ATI Radeon HD 5970, GDDR5
Alienware MM Keyboard
Blu-ray Disc Drive (BD/DVD/CD burner w/double layer BD write capability)
6 GB Triple Channel DDR3 1333MHz (3 DIMMs)
Cosmic Black
Processor: Intel Core i7-980 Processor Extreme Edition(12MB L2 Cache, 3.33GHz)
Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
Alienware High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Dell Wireless 365 Bluetooth Module
125V Power Cord
Alienware TactX Mouse
64BIT Operating System
160 GB, SATA, 3.5-inch, 7.2K RPM Hard Drive

Update,

Didn't get the Aurora ALX, got the Area 51 ALX instead.

Specs:

Alienware Area-51 ALX Cosmic Black Desktop
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 (changed to Win 7 Ultimate 64 that was loaded on the old Aurora ALX—used that WD Caviar Black hard drive so no reloading of programs or apps, hehe)
1 GB Single ATI Radeon HD 5770 GDDR5 (have another one on order for crossfire)
6 GB Triple Channel DDR3 1333MHz (3 DIMMs) (upgrading to XMS3 CMX12GX3M3A1333C9-12GB 3 DIMMS)
Intel Core i7-980 Processor Extreme Edition(12MB L2 Cache, 3.33GHz)-factory overclocked to 4.0GHz
750 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200RPM) (took out the Seagate 750GB hard drive and put in my 4 WD Caviar Black 750GBs)
Alienware High-Performance Liquid Cooling
24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (D) Sound Card
Alienware TactX Mouse (not using)
Alienware MM Keyboard (not using)

HAPPY FATHERS DAY TO ME

Edited my post to make it a little more clear. Have it up and running but trying to get the Alienware Command Center to work so I can have the pretty lites flashing and reset the internal temp controls.