Deals April 16: $599 Alienware X51 Core i3 + GTX 645 PC

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Alienware X51 Compact Core i3-3220 3.3GHz Gaming PC w/6GB RAM, 1TB Hard Drive, AlienFX lighting, Ubuntu Linux & GeForce GTX 645 for $599 with free shipping (normally $649).

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Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
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  • hakesterman
    No Thanks. I3 Gaming machine is way out dated, I5 or higher and a GTX Video card, which gets too Hot in an X51 and consumes too many watts causing stress on the power supply.
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  • hakesterman
    No Thanks. I3 Gaming machine is way out dated, I5 or higher and a GTX Video card, which gets too Hot in an X51 and consumes too many watts causing stress on the power supply.
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  • whiteodian
    Upgrade to a lower end i5 for $100 more (3GHz). An i3 shouldn't be an issue for a pure gaming machine. What gets me is the GPU. I wish you could add a 660 or at the least, a 650. Also worth mentioning is that this is an Ubuntu system. No Windows is included in the product description.
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  • ikaz
    So the PS3 deal is for 299 but the normal price is 249 .......
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  • samuelspark
    Alienware might have been a decent deal with Windows 7, not Linux...
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  • vehlor
    Dell says that the core i3 3220 has turbo boost 2.0. Click the link for the X51 and check for yourselves.
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  • NuclearShadow
    Always nice to be reminded on why I build my PC's.
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