Suck This Alienware!

[GageMW]

as you might've determined by the title, i've decided to rebel and not buy alienware, but build my own instead, i figure with the $ i save (not that much ) i can just pay to fix, and screw teh warranty just wanted 1 last checkover thx guys

SUCK THIS ALIENWARE!

(Lol, j/k)

Case: Thermaltake Silver Xaser V Damier Full-Tower Case, Model "V6000A"
$170
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-124&depa=0

Power Supply: ENERMAX 660W Power supply for AMD K7 & Pentium4, Model "EG851AX-VH(W) FM" $230 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-103-438&depa=0

AMD Athlon 64 FX-53, 1MB L2 Cache, 64-bit Processor $784 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...-103-437&depa=0

Cooling: Corsair Xtreme Water Cooling System for Both Intel P4 and AMD K7, Model "HydroCool200" $211
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=35-181-001&depa=0

Fans: Vantec "Tornado" 80mm System fan, Model "TD8038H" 9.99 (*2= $19.98)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-999-612&depa=0
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Thermaltake 90mm BLUE LED Fan for PC case and CPU fan, Model "A2017"
$11.99 (*3=$35.97)

ASUS K8T800 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket 940 CPU, Model "SK8V" $199 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-481&depa=0

Memory: OCZ Performance Series Dual Channel 184 Pin 1GB (512MBx2) DDR PC-4400 $375 (*2=$750)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-968&depa=0

Video Card: GIGABYTE nVIDIA GeForce FX5950 ULTRA Video Card, 256MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/VIVO, 8X AGP, Model "GV-N595U-GT" $425 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-130&depa=0

Hard Drive: Maxtor/Quantum 73.4GB 15,000RPM SCSI Hard Drive, Model 8C073L0 $510(*4=$2040)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-151-021&depa=0

Optical Drive 1:

Optical Drive 2: LG Electronics 8X DVD+RW/-RW Mulitformat Drive, Model GSA4082BI $116
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=27-136-030&depa=0

Optical Drive 3: (if needed, or even if possible w/ above case [external?] )

Floppy Drive: SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920 $9.00
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=21-103-116&depa=0


Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro - 7.1 $206
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=29-102-164&depa=0

Modem: .S. Robotics 56K V.92 Internal PCI Performance Pro Fax Modem (No Voice), Model USR5610B $66
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=25-104-131&depa=0

Monitor: ViewSonic P225FB 22" Perfect Flat Monitor $585 (*2=$1170)
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=24-116-234&depa=0

Speakers: CREATIVE GigaWorks S750 7.1 Speaker $437
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=36-116-142&depa=0

Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech diNovo Media Desktop USB/PS2 104 keys $204
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=23-126-138&depa=0

Total= $TBD

(Please contact with any suggestions, or with help calculating )

 

[GageMW]

i figure you don't get more top-of-the-line then this, at least not until next month

 

[Crypty]

Beolab 5 speakers?

i dunno that would prbably add like 5k dollars

very nice.

 

[GageMW]

r ne of these cases mebbe better?

1.http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-105&depa=0

2. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-104&depa=0

3.http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-108&depa=0

4. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-109&depa=0

5. http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-133-107&depa=0

 

[GageMW]

r those even comp speakers? + i'm talking about hardware from newegg, zipzoomfly, etc.

 

[Crypty]

I like the all clear acrylic cases if they have it at new egg. I like the frst case you mentioned in the topic or the blue one.

 

[FireFox]

[sarcasm]Yea you have a little spare change. [/sarcasm]

 

[Apokalipse]

out of all those cases, I'd still go with the Damier, or a Lanfire - VM-1000A (black) or VM-2000A (silver)

 

[GageMW]

k, thx guys, probly stick w/ the damier, i just saw the bigger ones had 7 fans and i got a little excited

 

[GageMW]

ne ideas on wtf dvd-ram is? or wat i should stick in for my other cd drive(s)