- Apr 3, 2016
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Hey guys, I've been a part-time lurker on these boards throughout the last year or so but I thought it's about time I joined up to the forums to ask a question of my own 
I've been looking into purchasing a gaming rig but when it comes to hardware I'm a bit out of my depth. I was looking on the Alienware site and noticed the X51 R3 which seems nice. It's compatible with an Amplifier thing (can't remember what it's called) that bypasses the desktop's GPU and uses whatever card is occupies the amplifier at the time, thus making it somewhat "future proof". So I thought that was pretty cool and the specs seem okay too. However, at $2,840 Aussie dollars. It's a bit more than I'd like to spend.
So my question to you guys is, should I just splash the cash and purchase the X51 R3, or should I look into building my own with the help of the friendly folk here and on other various forums?
Here's the specs/components of Alienware's X51 R3:
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz)
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2133MHz (8GBx2)
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 with 4GB GDDR5
SSD: 256GB SSD (Boot)
HDD: 2TB (64MB Cache) 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Chipset: Intel® Z170 Chipset
Motherboard Class: Mini-ITX Motherboard
Optical Drive: Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless: Intel® 7265 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
Processor Cooling: Air Cooling or Liquid Cooling
Power: 240 Watt Power Supply or 330 Watt Power Supply
Like I mentioned above, going through Dell/Alienware for this rig will set me back $2,840 Aussie dollars, but after having a quick look on eBay and other various computer parts stores (and doing some math), if I were to buy all these components myself and build my own I'd be looking at around $2,400 Aussie dollars. So I'm not sure if building my own is really worth it.
Do you guys have any suggestions on what I should do?
Any help would be much appreciated!
I've been looking into purchasing a gaming rig but when it comes to hardware I'm a bit out of my depth. I was looking on the Alienware site and noticed the X51 R3 which seems nice. It's compatible with an Amplifier thing (can't remember what it's called) that bypasses the desktop's GPU and uses whatever card is occupies the amplifier at the time, thus making it somewhat "future proof". So I thought that was pretty cool and the specs seem okay too. However, at $2,840 Aussie dollars. It's a bit more than I'd like to spend.
So my question to you guys is, should I just splash the cash and purchase the X51 R3, or should I look into building my own with the help of the friendly folk here and on other various forums?
Here's the specs/components of Alienware's X51 R3:
Operating System: Windows 10 Home 64bit
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700 Processor (8MB Cache, up to 4.0GHz)
Memory: 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2133MHz (8GBx2)
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 with 4GB GDDR5
SSD: 256GB SSD (Boot)
HDD: 2TB (64MB Cache) 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
Chipset: Intel® Z170 Chipset
Motherboard Class: Mini-ITX Motherboard
Optical Drive: Slot-Loading Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless: Intel® 7265 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
Processor Cooling: Air Cooling or Liquid Cooling
Power: 240 Watt Power Supply or 330 Watt Power Supply
Like I mentioned above, going through Dell/Alienware for this rig will set me back $2,840 Aussie dollars, but after having a quick look on eBay and other various computer parts stores (and doing some math), if I were to buy all these components myself and build my own I'd be looking at around $2,400 Aussie dollars. So I'm not sure if building my own is really worth it.
Do you guys have any suggestions on what I should do?
Any help would be much appreciated!
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