Why do people hate Alienware?

[Genesis]

@Lewis brown

Thanks for your input, that keyboard looks sexaaay!

[3kc]

The specs certainly aren't shitty. Its just for two hours of your time you save lots of money instead of having a prebuilt machine shipped to you. Nothing about Alienware laptops is actually terrible at all. Again, its just that you'll find building them costs two hours and saves you loads.

[Tunieh]

I brought an alienware 6 months ago. it blew up in 4 months from overheating. its system wont handle much gaming its just practically for show

[Lehsyrus]

I don't care about the price.

Alienware it is.

Don't be stupid. Give me your budget and the specifics on what you want and I will find you a better laptop than Alienware has to offer for the same price if not cheaper.

[Genesis]

Don't be stupid. Give me your budget and the specifics on what you want and I will find you a better laptop than Alienware has to offer for the same price if not cheaper.

Budget $1.5k-3k
What i want = 3630qm CPU or better.
16GB ram or better.
SSD + 750+GB HDD
Decent GFX Card.

Must be available in Australia.

[Tunieh]

LOL with that much money... I would sell u my renewed graphics card Alienware M14x
1.5K$

[Lehsyrus]

Budget $1.5k-3k
What i want = 3630qm CPU or better.
16GB ram or better.
SSD + 750+GB HDD
Decent GFX Card.

Must be available in Australia.

XOTICPC, they ship to Australia. I tried to fit in the 3970m extreme edition but it would have pushed you over by 300, so you have the 3870 with 200 bucks to spare for shipping (I don't know what it will end up to be.

I started with the: Sager NP9150 / Clevo P150EM and built onto it from there. Just follow what it says below when choosing your options and you'll have a fast as hell gaming laptop.


FREE!!! – U.S. UPS GROUND SHIPPING (Use Coupon Code "FREESHIP" in Checkout) [U.S. Lower 48 ONLY / Restrictions Apply]
- 15.6" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Anti-Glare Sager Screen w/ 95% NTSC Color Gamut (1920x1080) - [ETA: 4/9] (SKU - S1R303)
- 60 Day No Dead Pixel Warranty (On any screen)
- XOTIC PC Professional Monitor Color Calibration (Operating System is required) (XPC Service - requires shipment to XOTIC PC: will add to build time)
- Sager - 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3840QM (2.8GHz - 3.8GHz, 8MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU - S2R203)
- IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 680M 4,096MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 with Optimus™ Technology [User Upgradeable] (SKU - S3R406)
- COPPER COOLING UPGRADE - Extra Cooling Copper Heatsinks Applied to the Heatsink/Heatpipes (XPC Service - requires shipment to XOTIC PC: will add to build time)
- No Video Adapter
- No External Mobile Display
- 32GB - DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory (4 SODIMMS) (Windows 7 Pro OS Required) (SKU - S4T844P)
- Sager Branding
- Standard Laptop Finish
- 256GB Crucial M4 mSATA SSD - Preconfigured as an OS Drive ( Operating System – Drive C: )
- 1,000GB [1TB] 5400RPM [Serial-ATA II 3GB/s] (SKU - S5T353)
- 6x Blu-Ray Reader / 8x DVDRW Super Multi Combo Drive (SKU - S7R558)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- Bluetooth Included *With select wireless cards only* (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Sager - Bigfoot Networks Killer™ Wireless-N 1202 + Bluetooth™ 4.0 (Dual Band) (SKU – S8S008)
- No Network Accessory
- Internal 9-in-1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD/Mini SD/SDHC/SDXC/MS/MS Pro/MS Duo)
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No Carrying Case
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Car Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- Integrated Fingerprint Reader
- No Headset
- No External Keyboard
- Standard Sager/Clevo Non Chiclet Backlit Keyboard
- No External Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- YES - Redline Boost™ Overclock My System (Operating System Required) (XPC Service - requires shipment to XOTIC PC: will add to build time)
- Yes, Redline Boost My Operating System (Operating System Required) (XPC Service - requires shipment to XOTIC PC: will add to build time)
- No Operating System Standard - Drivers & Utility Software Only
- None
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- No Back Up Software
- - No Microsoft OFFICE Software
- No Software Bundle
- LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty Lifetime 24/7 DOMESTIC Toll Free Telephone Support (Labor through XPC)
Includes FREE Shipping Both Ways for Parts Warranty Repairs (SKU - X9R009)
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based telephone technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability
- Standard Production Time
- 1 Year - Two Way Ground Shipping Coverage for Sager Warranty Repairs (Canada) (Must be Combined with LIFETIME Ltd Labor* 1 Year Parts Warranty)
- No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
- No Xotic PC Gear

[Lewis brown]

I brought an alienware 6 months ago. it blew up in 4 months from overheating. its system wont handle much gaming its just practically for show

Well thats im going to have to disagree with you, ive had mine on for days on end and it has not once over heated and i have had it for 2 years (this is while i have been playing games and sometimes rendering as well as gaming

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@Lewis brown

Thanks for your input, that keyboard looks sexaaay!

No problemo

[badassv1king]

good they made the Razer Blade - its good gaming laptop with good battery

As mentioned, they are criminally overpriced. And they are not really even all that great compared to plenty of cheaper home builds.

And about the laptop thing, thats a joke too. Do not ever buy 'gaming' laptops. No laptop is going to play games at decent graphics, and decent FPS, regardless of its price. If there is one, it will be guaranteed to chew threw so much battery power, you will have to have it plugged up while playing, which at that point when being tethered down you may as well have just bought a desktop.

Gaming laptops sacrifices every benefit of having a laptop, which is portability, size, and freedom to move around. Gaming laptops are heavy, need to be tethered down so save their batteries from dying after one hour of playing a game, and are clunky and frankly, usually ugly looking too.

And for te record, you can build your own laptop. Its benefit will not be as great compared to a desktop, but you can scrounge up parts online to make your own.

[Genesis]

.. @Lehsyrus

Thanks for showing me XOTICPC. I'm going to get the ASUS G75 Customized. The design of the Sager just doesn't look very appealing to me.
I always wanted the ASUS Design and seeing how XoticPC does custom lighting it really pulled me more towards it.

ASUS G75VW-DH71
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Matte Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - X1R553)
- ASUS Zero Bright Dot (ZBD) 30 Day Pixel Guarantee - (Included on ASUS Standard NON-Upgraded Displays)
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3840QM (2.8GHz - 3.8GHz, 8MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – X2X319)
- IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds) (XPC Service)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 660M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 (SKU – X3R524)
- COPPER COOLING UPGRADE - Extra Cooling Copper Heatsinks Applied to the Heatsink/Heatpipes (XPC Service)
- No Video Adapter
- No External Mobile Display
- 32GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU-844PX] (Kingston HyperX CL9 Dual Channel Memory (4x8GB SODIMMS))
- Standard Laptop Finish
- Red Afterburner LED Light Package (XPC Service)
- Flame Red Backlit Keyboard Modification (XPC Service)
- Independant Confirguration of mSATA's in Primary HDD Bay (If selecting mSATA Options these will replace primary hard drive with mSATA’s selected below)
- No mSATA SSD - [ mSATA Caddy = 2 x mSATA In Primary Hard Drive ] (if selected, no primary hard drive below)
- 256GB Crucial Solid State mSATA III
- 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) (SKU - X5R303)
- 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) (SKU - X5R303)
- Raid 0 Stripe Enabled (Requires 2 or 3 Hard Drives. Combines Hard Drives for performance)
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (SKU - X7R451)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- Bluetooth Included *With select wireless cards only* (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Built-in 802.11 Wireless B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card + Bluetooth 4.0 (SKU – X8R012)
- No Network Accessory
- Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No Carrying Case
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Car Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- No Fingerprint Reader
- No Headset
- No External Keyboard
- No External Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- WINDOWS 8 - 64-Bit (Pre-Installed + Drivers & Utilities Disk)
- Keep factory installed operating system
- No thanks, do not create backup recovery DVD's
- None
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- No Back Up Software
- No Office Software
- No Software Bundle
- 1 Year ASUS GLOBAL OEM Warranty 24/7 Support / 1 Year North America (N.A.) Accidental Coverage (Accidental Requires Registration) (SKU - A9R101)
- No Certificate & Binder
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based telephone technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability
- Standard Production Time
- No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
- No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
- No Xotic PC Gear

Total is like $2800 with coupon code.

[Lehsyrus]

.. @Lehsyrus

Thanks for showing me XOTICPC. I'm going to get the ASUS G75 Customized. The design of the Sager just doesn't look very appealing to me.
I always wanted the ASUS Design and seeing how XoticPC does custom lighting it really pulled me more towards it.

ASUS G75VW-DH71
- 17.3" FHD 16:9 "Matte Type" Super Clear Ultra Bright LED Matte Screen (1920x1080) (SKU - X1R553)
- ASUS Zero Bright Dot (ZBD) 30 Day Pixel Guarantee - (Included on ASUS Standard NON-Upgraded Displays)
- NO Professional Monitor Color Calibration
- 3rd Generation Intel® Ivy Bridge Core™ i7-3840QM (2.8GHz - 3.8GHz, 8MB Intel® Smart Cache, 45W Max TDP) (SKU – X2X319)
- IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU (Cools better than all Compounds) (XPC Service)
- nVidia GeForce GTX 660M 2,048MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11 (SKU – X3R524)
- COPPER COOLING UPGRADE - Extra Cooling Copper Heatsinks Applied to the Heatsink/Heatpipes (XPC Service)
- No Video Adapter
- No External Mobile Display
- 32GB DDR3 1600MHz [SKU-844PX] (Kingston HyperX CL9 Dual Channel Memory (4x8GB SODIMMS))
- Standard Laptop Finish
- Red Afterburner LED Light Package (XPC Service)
- Flame Red Backlit Keyboard Modification (XPC Service)
- Independant Confirguration of mSATA's in Primary HDD Bay (If selecting mSATA Options these will replace primary hard drive with mSATA’s selected below)
- No mSATA SSD - [ mSATA Caddy = 2 x mSATA In Primary Hard Drive ] (if selected, no primary hard drive below)
- 256GB Crucial Solid State mSATA III
- 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) (SKU - X5R303)
- 750GB 7200RPM 16MB Cache Buffer (Serial-ATA II 3GB/s) (SKU - X5R303)
- Raid 0 Stripe Enabled (Requires 2 or 3 Hard Drives. Combines Hard Drives for performance)
- Combo Dual Layer SuperMulti DVDRW/CDRW Drive w/ Software (SKU - X7R451)
- No Extra Optical Bay Hard Drive Caddy
- No Back Up Hard Drive
- NO External USB Optical Drive
- Bluetooth Included *With select wireless cards only* (See “Wireless Network” Section Below)
- Built-in 802.11 Wireless B/G/N - Stock Wireless Card + Bluetooth 4.0 (SKU – X8R012)
- No Network Accessory
- Internal 3-in-1 Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS)
- Built in 2.0 Megapixel Camera
- No TV Tuner
- Sound Blaster Compatible 3D Audio - Included
- No Carrying Case
- Smart Li-ion Battery (8-Cell)
- No Car Adapter
- No Spare AC Adapter
- No Dock/Hub/Adapter
- No Fingerprint Reader
- No Headset
- No External Keyboard
- No External Mouse
- No Notebook Cooler
- No Thanks, Please do not Overclock my system
- No Operating System Redline Boost
- WINDOWS 8 - 64-Bit (Pre-Installed + Drivers & Utilities Disk)
- Keep factory installed operating system
- No thanks, do not create backup recovery DVD's
- None
- No Antivirus Essentials Software Bundle
- No Back Up Software
- No Office Software
- No Software Bundle
- 1 Year ASUS GLOBAL OEM Warranty 24/7 Support / 1 Year North America (N.A.) Accidental Coverage (Accidental Requires Registration) (SKU - A9R101)
- No Certificate & Binder
- * 24/7 LIFETIME U.S. based telephone technical support
* Extreme QA testing by dedicated technicians
* 72 Hour stress testing and benchmarking to ensure top performance and stability
- Standard Production Time
- No Outside of US Shipping Coverage
- No thanks, standard double boxed packaging is okay with my order
- No Xotic PC Gear

Total is like $2800 with coupon code.

Happy you like them, I bought my laptop from them and turned it into a hackintosh so I could have an extremely powerful mac for school (fucking mandatory mac bullshit).

[DayZ_I]

People hate on alienware because your paying for the brand. They overprice their products like crazy and if you look at many of the desktops, it is so much cheaper to just build them yourself than to buy it from them. They don't offer anything special and they charge really high.

Recently upgraded my graphic card to a GTX 570, it wasn't so hard and i didn't pay like $2000, alienware probably would've charged.
Yes I know i boosted that price but oh well you get the point.

[MrGlovebox]

Well a $3000 Alienware has the same specs as like a $1200 laptop. You are pretty much paying for the lights and the bragging rights. Then again you will probably just be called spoilt and inexperienced :/

[rchayne]

When Alienware first came out, they where all about providing a high end computer and a good price. Now that they have a name for themselves they bring out mid range stuff at a highend price. All company's do it and everyone has now realized AW followed the trend.

[FeelTheRush]

Ration of Alienware's cost to the cost to a computer with the same components but without the brand.

3:1