{"id":370,"date":"2008-10-24T01:23:12","date_gmt":"2008-10-24T05:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rakkar.org\/blog\/?p=370"},"modified":"2008-10-24T01:23:12","modified_gmt":"2008-10-24T05:23:12","slug":"new-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakkar.org\/blog\/index.php\/2008\/10\/24\/new-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"New computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tI was shopping for a new computer at Alienware<\/a> this morning. Some of their upgrade prices, especially for RAM, looked fishy. You can get what appears to be the same items from Newegg<\/a> for less than what Alienware charges as the upgrade price. The upgrade price means additional cost to what you are already paying for the base component. This seemed especially true for the 2 GB low latency patriot memory upgrade. Alienware wanted an additional $600 but I can apparently buy this from NewEgg for $240.
\nThe memory from NewEgg<\/a> <\/p>\n

If the items are not equivalent I’ll correct this but they definitely need to work on justifying why I should pay $600 for 2 GB of memory.<\/p>\n

I found Cyberpowerpc.com<\/a> which gives you a great deal of freedom in what parts to pick. I built a computer that would cost about twice as much from Alienware. The only problem is that it’s very hard to know what parts to pick given the wide range of options, some of which are incompatible. The website form isn’t that good either, often resetting your choices if you go back and forth between pages.<\/p>\n

I basically ordered the top of the line AMD, with dual top of the line video cards.<\/p>\n

Code: ULTRASLIQUADZ $2,627.00 x 1 $2,627.00
\nGamer Ultra SLI Quad (NO MONITOR)
\nwww.cyberpowerpc.com\/system\/Gamer_Ultra_SLI_Quad\/<\/p>\n

*BASE_PRICE: [+2259]
\nCAS: NEW!!! CoolerMaster Cosmos Silent Gaming Tower Case w\/ 420 Watts Power Supply (Original Color)
\nCASUPGRADE: NONE
\nCS_FAN: Default case fans
\nCPU: AMD Phenom(TM) X4 9950 Black Edition Quad-Core CPU w\/ HyperTransport Technology [+16]
\nCD: (Special Price) LG 20X DVD+\/-R\/+\/-RW + CD-R\/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER (BLACK COLOR)
\nCD2: NONE [-18]
\nCABLE: None
\nFLASHMEDIA: INTERNAL 12in1 Flash Media Reader\/Writer (BLACK COLOR)
\nFA_HDD: None
\nFAN: Asetek Liquid CPU Cooling System (Extreme Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
\nFLOPPY: NONE
\nFREEBIE_OS: None
\nHDD: Single Hard Drive [-327] (300GB Gaming Western Digital Raptor 10,000RPM SATA-II 3.0Gb\/s 16MB Cache WD3000GLFS [+244])
\nHDD2: NONE [-54]
\nIEEE_CARD: NONE
\nKEYBOARD: PS2 MULTIMEDIA INTERNET CONTROL KEYBOARD (BLACK COLOR)
\nMOUSE: Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse (BLACK COLOR)
\nMODEM: NONE
\nMONITOR: NONE
\nMONITOR2: NONE
\nMOTHERBOARD: (3-Way SLI Support) Asus Crosshair II Formular 780A SLI Chipset DDR2\/1066 SATA RAID PCI-E MBoard w\/GbLAN,USB2.0,IEEE1394,&7.1Audio [+155]
\nMEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard) 2GB (2x1GB) PC8500 DDR2\/1066 Dual Channel Memory [+150] (Corsair Dominator)
\nNETWORK: ONBOARD 10\/1000 NETWORK CARD
\nOS: Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional w\/ Service Pack 3 [+61]
\nPRINTER: None
\nPRINTER_CABLE: None
\nPRO_WIRING: Professional Wiring for All WIRINGs Inside The System Chasis with High Performance Thermal Compound on CPU [+19]
\nPOWERSUPPLY: 900 Watts Power Supplies [+38] (Apevia Warlock Series)
\nRUSH: RUSH!!! READY TO SHIP IN 5 BUSINESS DAYS [+49]
\nSERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS 24\/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
\nSOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
\nSPEAKERS: Logitech (BLACK) X-540 70Watts 5.1 Configuration Speaker System
\nTEMP: NONE (AS SHOWN)
\nTVRC: None
\nUSBHD: NONE
\nUSB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
\nVIDEOCAMERA: NONE
\nVIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA [+5])
\nVIDEO2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX280 1GB 16X PCI Express (EVGA Powered by NVIDIA [+5])
\nVIDEO3: NONE
\nWNC: PCI Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Interface Card + GigaByte GN-AT2050D 2.4GHz Indoor Omni-Directional Dipole Antenna [+25]
\n_PRICE: (+2627)\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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