ALXAndy

So it's some sort of candy? Must say dude, she ain't really speaking to me at the moment. I thought the silver was gorgeous.

I live in a seaside flat mate. No garden, no shed, no garage, no outside area and no designated parking. It's a bit of a pig, and I am always moaning and saying I want to move but then the sun comes out and well, I have a beach as my garden. The sunsets are also mind blowing here. It seems to have gone pretty well. I have put it out on the downstair flat's extension roof to air (cause it foogin STINKS !) but the finish looks pretty good to me I've used Montana paint. Not for the amateur 'cause it comes out fast and wet but you can achieve compressor finishes with it if you know what you're doing. It's all a bit in vain but nothing is ever good enough for my lady and she can then choose what she wants on there

OK so the panel was in Chicago yesterday. I would imagine that this week it will make its way to the UK, then I will be able to track it here. It always goes quiet for a couple of days. Today I masked up my kitchen and laid some paint on the panel. It looks OK atm but still very wet, so will try and get some pics today or tomorrow when it's touch dry

Nice!

People say they don't like Alienware all the time dude, nothing new there Yesterday I had a guy over my house and showed him what my ALX could do. He now understands why they cost what they do. There's actually a fantastic video of an Australian guy unboxing and setting up his Area 51 on Youtube

Panel on the way !

Thanks. I must admit I've got a bit of a soft spot for them now. Great price, great designs and very clean

I totally agree. That's why I bought one from the U.S.A and am shipping it over

Update. So after looking at the DDR4 that comes with the Alienware it's naked. Not sure why I really care as you can't see inside but I bought these for the ram any way.

I've got the 2009 A51 ALX dude well, my wife has but I sit about 3 feet from it So my machine is being built God bless the Irish.

OK so as I mentioned I had something lined up for the old panel that was cut. Something very different... You'll remember I basically cut up and took apart an old Bitfenix Colossus panel. Well, that's what I'm using. Check out the glass. It has tiny white dots all over it. The only bummer was there were three holes on show, so as you can see I bought hole plugs. And a rough mock up. And yeah, I think it will look pretty decent once the panel is repainted

Ooo I loves metallic silver !! subbed.

LOL I've been buying computer parts for thirty years and it's always the same. They're built like poop because they want you to replace it all a year later. Most companies don't even have a UK base to help their customers from. -snip-

Their warranty is stellar and they keep spare parts in the warehouse for years dude. They do it properly, basically. I have bought a Dell for the warranty, instead of upgrading my other rig. Banana - because those are the parts I will be taking from that £3500 that thankfully still work. I cry at the thought of one of my Palit Titan Black dying. Their warranty is non existent apparently Instead of buying Titan X or 980 TI I am just going to drop the res to 1440p maxed out with MSAA. In games that do run well I will run 4k, obviously.

Because I'm fucking sick of the way the part manufacturers handle their warranties. Last year I spent £3500 on a PC. That's three thousand, five hundred pounds on a computer. 11 months in the motherboard failed. I have a specific set of parts obviously (like X79 CPU for example). I sent the board back to MSI who just so happen to be in fucking Holland so it cost me £23 on top of the £250 I paid for the motherboard. They got it back and then went silent. I hounded them for five weeks and eventually they admitted that they did not have any X79 boards. Why? because they can't be bothered to carry them. So that crippled my £3500 PC and I had to go off and find a Asus RIVE second hand just to revive it. In the end after nearly seven weeks MSI offered me. No wait for it dude, you're gonna fucking love this ! a GTX 960. Wow. I'm impressed. Offer me a GPU worth about ten pence. So after more arguing, stress and waiting they are offering me a 970. So then I gotta sell it. That's why I didn't build my own PC dude. You go off and spend thousands of pounds/dollars and when something goes wrong you have to fuck around sending parts all over the bloody EU to get them replaced only to find the part manufacturers can't be assed holding older parts because it's a waste of their money. That was about as high end as you can get that rig. Do you think the customer service was high end? On the flip side of that about three years ago my wife bought me an M11X. After about a year the keyboard died. So they replaced it the very next morning after I phoned. Then a few days later it went again so back they came and replaced it again. Then a few months after that the GPU fan died so I got an entire new motherboard. Dell's warranty is actually worth the paper it's written on basically. I'm no noob dude. 42 years old built my first computer when I was 7. But sometimes, especially when you're dumping a grand or three it's worth going with a proper company who look after their customers after the initial purchase. So there you have it. Think that's unreasonable? Also as I said, I can afford the warranty and service. If you can't I'm not going to diss you about it

Update 1. I am watching the machine being built. Here is update 1, the rig is being picked for building.

OK guys, the hype train has been stuffed with coal and they're just firing up the engines... Yesterday was yearly update day. I thought long and hard about what I wanted and after rebuilding my Area 51 ALX (2009) for my wife I really missed my Alienwares. Specifically my original green bogey, but that's irreplaceable now really. So what to do? go with two new GPUs? or get something else? I decided on this. For me it's got it all. I was a huge fan of the HP Blackbird (Voodoo DNA, they designed it) but that is not available here in the UK at all so that was out of the question. I already have a pretty brutal 3970x rig but I just really wanted to change case and there's nothing I really like. So I ordered the Alienware. Here is my order. It will probably be about as quick as what I have now. The main difference will be that when I overclock the Alienware it should edge ahead. But that's not the main reason I did this. Basically I spent £3500 on a PC last year, only to find that when you need warranty these companies you buy from are real pissers. I sent my board back to MSI five weeks ago and they told me last week that they did not have the board to replace mine with. What shittery is this?!?!?! in the end I settled with them on a GTX 970 4G gaming that I will sell on. So what's the idea? well, I intend to take the best parts of my old rig from last year and add them to the Alienware to make one kick ass rig. The nice part is that the Alienware is under Dell's next business day guarantee, so if it goes wrong it's fixed in hours not months. So. I won't be modding this as such. It's just far too expensive an item for me to cut up. However I will be adding - Two of these. As I have decided to drop my games to 1440p instead of chasing the 4k dragon. I also have one of these and tbh? it's marvellous. And a 600gb one of these to store games. Other things. It'll all be small stuff tbh. I've ordered two of these for the naked DDR4 And I will probably make a custom name plate or something for the case Updates to follow..

Cool beans !

I've been sitting on Fleabay waiting for one for months. Sadly it's just not happening. The CPU and ram (and X99 etc) are a very nice upgrade for me though. I was going to buy GPUs, then I thought better of it. I want to get another year at least out of my TBs.

Mrs ALX was so pleased.. Look what she bought Mr ALX We are now an all Alienware household.

Pics or this thread is meaningless.

Update. The panel is now clean, sanded, filed and prepared for paint. I needed some parts so I got these earlier.