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I am pretty sure this got announced literally generations ago. 

So long in fact that i died and then came back to life and now i am here typing this post. 

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$550 for an i3? Console peasants are better off with a console

the whole point of a PC is upgradabilty and price/value

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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$550 for an i3? Console peasants are better off with a console

the whole point of a PC is upgradabilty and price/value

 

not just that. they don'T tell us what's the gpu. .. ok its Nvidia based. who gives a shit. what's the model xD

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not just that. they don'T tell us what's the gpu. .. ok its Nvidia based. who gives a shit. what's the model xD

not to mention the "exclusive" interface

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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$550 for an i3? Console peasants are better off with a console

the whole point of a PC is upgradabilty and price/value

You know that these machines are pre built right? And in a small form factor? It is generally more expensive to make something in a small form factor and pre built PCs are more expensive than building you're own.

These might be perfect for a console person that's moving away from a console that wants a small form factor to fit in the gaming room and they might not know enough knowledge to build a PC.......

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Why the hell are GPUs listed under power supply? they don't even give you the GPU model...

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not to mention the "exclusive" interface

exclusive ? pppft its steamOS xD

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Apparently no one here has read anything about the alpha... It has a custom 860M or 750 ti however you want to look at it and it does not use SteamOS, it's Windows 8.1 with a custom UI made by Alienware. The form factor is great and they're not really that expensive for what you're getting. It has very decent performance.

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I am pretty sure this got announced literally generations ago.

So long in fact that i died and then came back to life and now i am here typing this post.

Whelp, just saw an ad as of November 24th 2014. Sooo... Shows how much I know/care...
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The form factor is great and they're not really that expensive for what you're getting. It has very decent performance.

First of all, I would not trust a guy who dosent even know what he is reviewing. Second of all, look at that FPS drop on a menu! wtf? ROFL! Is at 30 fps! xD
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860M no GPU upgrades,even for the I7 model,

 

yet dell has the balls to say

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Native 1080p in all games, but at medium settings

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Alpha chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX GPU 2GB GDDR5

 

 

 

Sounds fishy. Like a mobile GPU with way too much VRAM.

 

For the money it's a bad PC but it's a good console compared to the others on the market. :P

who cares...

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$550 for an i3? Console peasants are better off with a console

the whole point of a PC is upgradabilty and price/value

You can upgrade everything but the gpu. It's really not that bad for the price. It won't compete with sli 980's but I could play a lot of games in my steam library. 

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You can upgrade everything but the gpu. It's really not that bad for the price. It won't compete with sli 980's but I could play a lot of games in my steam library. 

from what I see its a laptop in a box

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not just that. they don'T tell us what's the gpu. .. ok its Nvidia based. who gives a shit. what's the model xD

860m aparently.

 

lets wait till these steam boxes get the steam box ui, controller and 900m series Gpus..

 
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It's a custom gpu based gtx 860M. That's what alienware said to me on Facebook.

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from what I see its a laptop in a box

 

In other words you mean it's a computer? Who would have thought. 

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In other words you mean it's a computer? Who would have thought.

i meant that I think it has laptop components not desktop ones

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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i meant that I think it has laptop components not desktop ones

 

The CPU is a desktop CPU. The ram is laptop memory for space saving. The GPU is a mobile version. It's a mix of everything. It also uses a mobile power supply brick. I think it's neat. I thought about getting one.

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The CPU is a desktop CPU. The ram is laptop memory for space saving. The GPU is a mobile version. It's a mix of everything. It also uses a mobile power supply brick. I think it's neat. I thought about getting one.

oh its you again.. I need to remember your name so I dont talk for no reason...Mr.Devils Advocate

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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oh its you again.. I need to remember your name so I dont talk for no reason...Mr.Devils Advocate

 

Are the facts that I posted too much for you to comprehend? 

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