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46_valentinor · 04-15-2010, 04:50 PM

so since my computer is almost a decade old, its time for an upgrade. i found a computer from alienware which costs 1748 not including tax and was wondering what you guys think of it. the specs are as followed:

CHASSIS COLOR Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 15-Month Subscription
MEMORY 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - (3x 1024MB)
HARD DRIVE 500GB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD
GRAPHICS CARD Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
SOUND CARD Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium
mother board is an intel x58
is it worth it and how long do you think it can last me? recommendations?
thx!!@

04-15-2010, 04:50 PM	#1
46_valentinor I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Vancouver Posts: 561 Thanked 250 Times in 88 Posts Failed 24 Times in 7 Posts	Need help from all you computer gurus! so since my computer is almost a decade old, its time for an upgrade. i found a computer from alienware which costs 1748 not including tax and was wondering what you guys think of it. the specs are as followed: CHASSIS COLOR Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB Cache) OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® VirusScan Plus – 15-Month Subscription MEMORY 3GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - (3x 1024MB) HARD DRIVE 500GB - SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 16MB Cache HDD GRAPHICS CARD Single 1GB GDDR5 ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability SOUND CARD Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium mother board is an intel x58 is it worth it and how long do you think it can last me? recommendations? thx!!@