Finally Got A New Rig

**ictponder** · 12-23-2011, 09:51 PM

I mainly got this because I do a lot of rendering with After Effects and I wanted to upgrade to a 64bit platform. The 30" monitor has been on my wish list for a long time so this is gonna be awesome. My current desktop (P4) was SEVERELY limiting what I could do. Comes with Eve Online and Battlefield 3. I'm really excited, but still have to wait for it to be delivered.

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Alienware Aurora X79 with ALX Chassis

Ultrasharp U3011 30" Monitor

Intel Core i7-3960X (Six Core Extreme, 15MB Cache) Overclocked up to 4.2Ghz

16GB Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz

Alienware TactX Keyboard, US

Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6950 - AMD CrossFireX Enabled

2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB SATA 6Gb/s) 7,200RPM

Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, English, w/Media

Alienware TactX Mouse

Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

**IPD** · 12-24-2011, 12:39 AM

no offense, but you wasted money on an alienware? why not build it yourself?

p.s.

dual GPU's is nice...though for the price alienware charges, you could probably swing a brand new 7970

**stealthify** · 12-24-2011, 06:24 AM

How much did you end up spending?

Also, you should be pretty happy with that monitor.

The Ultrasharps are quite nice.

**nodoze** · 12-24-2011, 10:46 AM

makes me think my rig is sad now lol, do you like the single thirty ? i have dual twentys and i love the dual factor for multitasking

**Zaroth** · 12-24-2011, 11:38 AM

Should have at least bought it from Ibuypower.com instead. Alienware prices are ridiculously inflated. They do make a VERY nice product though. You will not be disappointed with it.

**ictponder** · 12-24-2011, 12:11 PM

I bought it through Dell and yes I will be spending way more than I could somewhere else but I had enough Dell credit so I got it. I had dual 19s before and prefer a large single. All in all it was just over 6k, I'd rather not dwell on the cost though lol

**eljefefx** · 12-24-2011, 12:18 PM

$6,000?

That's fucking ridiculous.

**Telionis** · 12-24-2011, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by eljefefx

$6,000?

That's fucking ridiculous.

Holy Shit! I guess if you have the money to burn why not? No one ever needs a Ferrari either. But seriously, could it possibly be that much better than a $2500 machine?

Also, you spent that much and use raid 0? Why not raid 10? If you're going to spend $6k, at least buy another two hard-drives, what is that an extra $150? I'm also surprised you didn't go with an SSD for the boot drive.

Congrats, it's an incredible machine!