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Hi, i will be buying a computer soon. I need to edit high resolution photos and video.

also i want to game on ultra settings, how well will this build do those 3 things? Also how bad is this price? Thanks.


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Alienware Aurora Qty 1
Alienware Aurora Desktop, Windows® 7 Professional, 64Bit, English Unit Price $3,586.00
3 years of McAfee for the price of 2.
Limited Time Offer
- $30.00

Alienware Aurora price includes $50 instant discount.



Alienware Aurora Desktop
Operating System Windows® 7 Professional, 64Bit, English
Processors Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Processor (10M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
Memory 32GB (4 X 8GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Keyboard Alienware Multi-Media Keyboard
Monitor No Monitor
Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 with 3GB GDDR5
Hard Drive 256GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive
Chassis Alienware Aurora
Media Card Reader 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Mouse Alienware Optical Mouse, MG100
AlienFX AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
Adobe Reader Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader
Optical Drive Single Drive: Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BD-ROM, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Wireless No Wireless Included
Liquid Cooling With Premium Liquid Cooling
Avatar Alienhead 3D
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Office Trial
Security Software McAfee LiveSafe 36 Month Subscription
Support for Your PC 3 Year Alienware Enhanced Support
Accidental Damage Service 3 Year Accidental Damage Service
Resource DVD Resource DVD Windows 7
Operating System Recovery Options Windows 8 Recovery Disk Not Included
TOTAL: $3,506.00
 
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CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($319.99 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($146.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($405.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Best Buy)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.43 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($689.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Corsair 750D ATX Full Tower Case ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Professional 850W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($169.99 @ Best Buy)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($65.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($139.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Corsair Air Series AF140 Quiet Edition 67.8 CFM 140mm Fan ($17.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $3054.25
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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3500$ and no SLI and cpu water cooling? JUST.NO.PLEASE, stay away from that prebuilt if you want to spend the extra 500$ from this custom rig on a vacation or something
 
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so where do i go for a prebuilt at a decent price, i need warranties
 
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Each component from custom rig has at least 2 or 3 years of warranty, and from what I heard, intel even accept warranty on your i7 4770k if it burned due to overclocking. But if you insist on prebuilt, i'd prefer cyberpowerpc, alienware is so overpriced
 
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im just scared i will burn something up, plus having to set up the water cooling set up, and then the trouble shooting after i get it built seems like such a pain..
 
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if you scared of screwing up the setup, just get a local PC builder, pay him to build your pc
3 months ago, if I hadn't go to this forum I would have gotten myself a Alienware X51, now I have a custom build and when I looked at the X51 I feel like it would be my biggest mistake in my whole life if I bought that prebuilt
 
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Aurora Alienware Aurora Desktop
Operating System Windows® 8.1 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
Processors Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Processor (10M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
Memory 32GB (4 X 8GB) Quad Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz
Keyboard No Keyboard
Monitor No Monitor
Video Card Dual NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780 graphics with 6GB total (2x 3GB) GDDR5 - NVIDIA SLI® Enabled
Hard Drive 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Chassis Alienware Aurora
Mouse No Mouse
AlienFX AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue
Adobe Reader Software Document Reader Included
Optical Drive Single Drive: 24X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Sound Card Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Wireless No Wireless Included
Liquid Cooling Alienware Aurora with Standard Liquid Cooling
Avatar Alienhead 3D
Office Productivity Software Microsoft® Office Trial
Support for Your PC 1 Year Alienware Basic Support
Resource DVD Resource DVD Windows 8.1
Accessories FREE copy of “Watch_Dogs” with purchase of a GeForce® GTX 760 or greater GPU-powered desktop
Operating System Recovery Options Windows 8 Recovery Disk Not Included
TOTAL: $3,099.00

this is the same pc as before without the warranties/protection with it with duel 780s.
 
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Let's make a small comparision here:
1. CPU: Aurora wins (4820K > 4770K)
2. Mainboard: My custom rig wins hands down (Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H > Some noname mobo)
3. RAM: My custom rig wins (4x8 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR3 at 1866 MHz > Some noname 4x8GB DDR3 at 1600 MHz)
4. Storage: My custom rig wins (250 GB SSD + 1TB HDD > 3 TB HDD at boot time and overall performance)
5. GPU: My custom rig smokes the Aurora away (2 GTX 780 TIs SLI obviously > 2 GTX 780 SLI)
6. Case: Aurora wins IMO
7. PSU: My custom rig wins (Corsair HX850 gold-certified > Some noname PSU)
8. Bloatwares: Aurora wins (LMAO)
9. Warranty: My custom rig wins (EVERY COMPONENT warranty > No warranty at all)
10, Cooling: My custom rig wins (CPU water cooling and 140mm fans from Corsair)

And that, my friend, is 8 reasons why prebuilt is inferior to custom build, not to mention custom rig can be upgraded into haswell refresh and DDR4 ram later. Cutting the SSD, warranties and still more expensive, just stay away from prebuilt - that's my suggestion
 
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