I just bought a new computer

zakkwylder

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23 Jan 06 03:55

zakkwylder

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Burlington, KY

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23 Jan 06 03:55

I'm damn excited over this one, its an Alienware Aurora m7700.
For those of you who are interested in the specs, here they are:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Editio
Display: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Display
Motherboard: VIA K8T890 + VT8237A Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR SO-DIMM at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Video Card: 256MB NVidia® GeForce™ Go 6800 Ultra
Hard Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 80GB 5400 RPM SATA
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Secondary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 8X Dual Layer DVD+/-RW / 24X CD-RW Combo w/Software
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS PCMCIA
Primary Battery: Alienware® m7700 12-cell Lithium-Ion Smart Battery Pack
Communications: Integrated 10/1000Mb Gigabit Ethernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse

mokko

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23 Jan 06 03:59

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I'm damn excited over this one, its an Alienware Aurora m7700.
For those of you who are interested in the specs, here they are:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Editio
Display: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Display
Motherboard: VIA K8T890 + VT8237A Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Cha ...[text shortened]... ernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse

Congrats Zakk. Now try not to mess this one up with sticky keys and keep your lips off the screen.

XanthosNZ

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23 Jan 06 04:00

I bought my computer a year ago (almost exactly) and it's better than that. As you bought an alienware computer you also likely paid a similar price to what I did and got a computer with an ugly paintjob to boot.

zakkwylder

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Burlington, KY

Joined: 10 Jan 04
Moves: 60789

23 Jan 06 04:08

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I bought my computer a year ago (almost exactly) and it's better than that. As you bought an alienware computer you also likely paid a similar price to what I did and got a computer with an ugly paintjob to boot.

I don't mind the electric blue really. Besides, I'll be paying more attention to my superb graphics on World of Warcraft.

XanthosNZ

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23 Jan 06 04:14

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I don't mind the electric blue really. Besides, I'll be paying more attention to my superb graphics on World of Warcraft.

Keep telling yourself that. Try http://www.monarchcomputer.com if you are too lazy to build your own next time.

zakkwylder

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Burlington, KY

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23 Jan 06 04:19

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Keep telling yourself that. Try http://www.monarchcomputer.com if you are too lazy to build your own next time.

I will keep telling myself that with extreme comfort at that. What's more, I lack the patience and mental prowess to build computers, I just use them.

zakkwylder

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23 Jan 06 04:22

Originally posted by mokko
Congrats Zakk. Now try not to mess this one up with sticky keys and keep your lips off the screen.

I'll be sure too. And thankyou for your lack of pessimism.😉

XanthosNZ

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23 Jan 06 04:39

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I will keep telling myself that with extreme comfort at that. What's more, I lack the patience and mental prowess to build computers, I just use them.

Your computer cost nearly US$3000. You could have bought it from powernotebooks.com for just over $2000 without the ugly case. It's the same computer all alienware does is paint it funny colours and add lumpy bits.

zakkwylder

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23 Jan 06 04:46

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Your computer cost nearly US$3000. You could have bought it from powernotebooks.com for just over $2000 without the ugly case. It's the same computer all alienware does is paint it funny colours and add lumpy bits.

I have the money, what the heck do I care. Besides, ugly is all in the eye of the beholder. As I've allready mentioned, I don't mind the blue case. I even like it.

XanthosNZ

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23 Jan 06 05:19

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I have the money, what the heck do I care. Besides, ugly is all in the eye of the beholder. As I've allready mentioned, I don't mind the blue case. I even like it.

Is it worth $900?

zakkwylder

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Burlington, KY

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23 Jan 06 05:43

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
Is it worth $900?

You build it for me with $900 and I'll tell you then.

Whats goin on eh

University

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23 Jan 06 06:07

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I'm damn excited over this one, its an Alienware Aurora m7700.
For those of you who are interested in the specs, here they are:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Editio
Display: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Display
Motherboard: VIA K8T890 + VT8237A Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Cha ...[text shortened]... ernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse

Congrats! You got good equipment. The only thing I don't like is XP Home. If you have good specs like that you should have Pro or Media. Did you have a choice?

Kind of like putting a two year old on a chopper.

Anyway, the price seems a little too high. Even up here, You can get something like that for $2500. An outlet in the city allows custom computers that almost double your specs for about $5000.

Remeber to check and see if the latest microsoft update is there. SP2 alone won't cut it. You need the KB912919-x86-ENU update.

Starrman

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23 Jan 06 09:24

Originally posted by zakkwylder
You build it for me with $900 and I'll tell you then.

I built mine last summer, it's better than yours and it cost about half the money. I hope your case was worth it.

Omnislash

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23 Jan 06 09:55

Originally posted by zakkwylder
I'm damn excited over this one, its an Alienware Aurora m7700.
For those of you who are interested in the specs, here they are:
Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+ with HyperTransport Technology
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Editio
Display: 17" WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD Display
Motherboard: VIA K8T890 + VT8237A Chipset
Memory: 2GB Dual Cha ...[text shortened]... ernet & 56K V.92 Modem
Floppy Drive: USB Floppy Drive
Mouse: Logitech® G5 Laser Gaming Mouse

You get a rec from me simply for having good taste. 🙂

Just about the only thing I'd swap out on there is the video card for an ATI Radeon (just because I'm a fan, and they seem to have much fewer conflicts/bugs than GeForce). But hey, a 256 card should run WOW like a champ. The 2g ram doesn't hurt either. 😉

Congrats on the system, and again, kudos for your excellent taste. 😀

P.S. What server you play on? 😉

Dr Strangelove

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23 Jan 06 10:34

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