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Alienware Alpha "Steam Machine" $499 at Midnight - Core i3-4310T, GeForce GTX 860M 2GB GPU, 4GB RAM (Worth it or eh?)

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Not sure how successful the Alienware Alpha will be, but there's a $50 discount coming in just a few hours. At the stroke of midnight Eastern antonline will drop the price for the two base model Alienware Alpha's. They have 150 in stock for each configuration.

 

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  • These deals go live at 12AM Eastern on 11/26 - or if you're west cost 9PM Pacific on 11/25.
  • Quantity is at 150 for both units.
  • Seller is antoline (site), a relatively large computer distributor

 

The Alienware Alpha technically is not a Steam Machine since the Steam OS never released back when it was suppose to this Summer, but still a relatively low price tag for the specs.

 

Note that the GTX 860M is a MOBILE GPU and I think its comparable to a GT 660? (nvm maybe a GT 650?)

 

Lastly the hard drive sucks, should swap out for a SSD.

 

I've read a few reviews and they seem ehhh so honestly if you're technically proficient and don't care about the Alpha UI, this is a small cheap/chassis to upgrade outta.

 

Gizmodo isn't exactly a place for hard tech analysis but his review seems well rounded.

 

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hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

same price of a PS4,   better performance than a PS4....... and it runs steam os right??

 

nice way to slowly introduce console players to #GLORIOUSPCMASTERRACE  

 

in my opinion.....

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i think this could be decent for games, but why not get a nic and use games stream

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hmmmmmmmmmmm

 

same price of a PS4,   better performance than a PS4....... and it runs steam os right??

 

nice way to slowly introduce console players to #GLORIOUSPCMASTERRACE  

 

in my opinion.....

 

well WHEN the Steam OS comes out, it will be compatible. but yeah for now its just a Windows machine with Dell's Alpha UI and Steam Big Picture mode.

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At least now they are giving out the Info about the GPU....

 

Yeah before it was all just mystery "Maxwell" GPU but turns out its just a GTX 860M (no idea on the actual clockspeed etc) but its a mobile GPU at the end of the day.

 

Makes sense since its in such a small chassis, though.

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Nope. I'm never ever ever ever going to use a Dell product. (Unless it's at school...)

Give it to me for free, I'll likely sell it still in it's own packaging.

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Nope. I'm never ever ever ever going to use a Dell product. (Unless it's at school...)

Give it to me for free, I'll likely sell it still in it's own packaging.

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why

My Inspirion Mini 10z broke down 3 times in a year, I had aftermarket warranty yet they say that it couldn't be covered. (Bullshit)

My XPS tower broke down in 3 years.

Nope, nope nope

 

Meanwhile, my Samsung from 10/11 years ago? Still functional to this date with only a HDD replacement.

Doesn't that tell you something?

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My Inspirion Mini 10z broke down 3 times in a year, I had aftermarket warranty yet they say that it couldn't be covered. (Bullshit)

My XPS tower broke down in 3 years.

Nope, nope nope

 

Meanwhile, my Samsung from 10/11 years ago? Still functional to this date with only a HDD replacement.

Doesn't that tell you something?

 

Dont even know how they manage to have a desktop fail.

 

PSU fail?

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Dont even know how they manage to have a desktop fail.

 

PSU fail?

Output fan at the back failed, causing unnecessary heat buildup

CPU fan (not intel's) failed frying my CPU. (literally, I don't know what happened)

Then a PSU fail in which I called in, and they were like "go ahead and fucking sue us" so I gave up.

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Nope. I'm never ever ever ever going to use a Dell product. (Unless it's at school...)

Give it to me for free, I'll likely sell it still in it's own packaging.

Dell products are still good though, their monitors look amazing.

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Dell products are still good though, their monitors look amazing.

Even if Michael S. Dell sends me a handwritten letter apologizing about the inconvenience, I would reply with a "fuck you" and still never buy from them again.

But yeah, their monitors aren't bad.

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Even if Michael S. Dell sends me a handwritten letter apologizing about the inconvenience, I would reply with a "fuck you" and still never buy from them again.

But yeah, their monitors aren't bad.

Well, uh...

There's one side of the arguement.

 

OT:  It's reasonably-priced, which is a first from Alienware.  I wonder how upgradable it is.

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Well, uh...

There's one side of the arguement.

 

OT:  It's reasonably-priced, which is a first from Alienware.  I wonder how upgradable it is.

 

I think you can put in more RAM and swap out the HDD, that's about it.

 

Can't tell if CPU is soldered on but the GPU is probably along with the motherboard since its a mobile GPU.

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The 860M is nothing close to the performance of a desktop 660...i had a 780M in my old laptop and it performed similar to a GTX 660 non-ti.... The 870M is slower than the 780M so there's no way the 860M can equal the 780M in performance... I'd say more like GTX 650

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The 860M is nothing close to the performance of a desktop 660...i had a 780M in my old laptop and it performed similar to a GTX 660 non-ti.... The 870M is slower than the 780M so there's no way the 860M can equal the 780M in performance... I'd say more like GTX 650

 

Thanks helpful. Scratched out the 660.

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Damn! That things tiny! :o

Wonder if it will suffer from heating issues

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i think this could be decent for games, but why not get a nic and use games stream

 

You mean a NUC? that relies on you having a high end gaming PC already

 

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I might pick one up for a Steam box. It definitely looks better than most of Alienware products imo.

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