Well, after waiting, and waiting – its here!
So far, so good. Since then I upgraded swapped the video card out to the GTX 280 from the GTX 260, and I had no choice, but to upgrade the sound card as well. The sound card that was included was really bad. After looking at all the reviews, it turns out the the card that was included was a rebranded Audigy 2 card. You can read some of the reviews: http://us.store.creative.com/Sound-Blaster-XFi-Xtreme-Audio-PCI/M/B000W7PNZI.htm
As others have stated, it does awhile to boot, but I don’t mind that. On HL2 based games (source), I usually get around 250 FPS on 1680×1050 22in screen with AA on 4x. However that can vary based on what I am looking at.
Also, the system itself responds very well to the prime95 stress test. The cpu never gets above 72C, and it remains “cool” at idle at around 45C or so. Keep in mind that these numbers can vary. Right now, its close to 65F in the room where the system is at.
Vantage:
Graphics Score 10825
CPU Score 48305
3DMark Score P13431 3DMarks
Quick Specs:
Alienware Aurora Desktop
Cosmic Black, Alienware Aurora Chassis, 875W PSU
Dual Drives: Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (BD-ROM; DVD/CD Burner) and DVD-ROM
Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional (Updated)
Overclocked Intel Core i7 975 Extreme (3.6GHz, 8MB Cache)
6GB Triple Channel 1067MHz DDR3
Alienware High-Performance Liquid Cooling
Single 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280 (Updated)
2x 300GB – SATA-II, 3Gb/s, 10k RPM, 16MB Cache HDD (Updated)
Western Digital Black 1TB HD , 7200 RPM (Added)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English (Now Ultimate)
I took some pictures. Hope you all enjoy! Any questions, just ask! (Click on a picture once to get it by itself, then once again to get it bigger.)
This is a thing of beauty. New age techs say Alienware is old school and their hooked on Asus motherboards. Personally i would prefer the XPS 730x but its nice to see ATX is catching up with the times and finally water cooling.
When you get bored of it, give me a call. I’ll come take it off your hands.
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Angel R.
Hi, how much did you pay for your system and did you know it was going to come with an 875 watt power supply?
I’m in the UK and on the dell website you can’t specify what power supply unit it comes with, so I might order after christmas by phone.
I think I will go for a better processor first rather than the better graphics cards as you can upgrade cards easier when they lower in price.
@John Try Newegg.com.
Nice. I think i may need a new system. the intellistation doesn’t seem to be cutting it anymore. especially since i upgraded my tuner card to an HD (Hauppauge HVR-1600-1183)
what is the model and make of motherboard in this system
Its a Dell, so the model is also a Dell. I will try to get the number off it in a bit and let you know.