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Challenge for the forums

evilmeister13
By evilmeister13
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The Alienware alpha costs $500. I was looking around on pcpartpicker, and it's actually pretty hard to make a build at that price point and an itx form factor that can compete. Obviously once we move towards the higher configurations we can match it easily, but I challenge you guys to make a build that can match it, and still make a profit, as if you were Alienware yourself. I tried it, it's pretty hard. easy to match, quite difficult to match and still make a profit.

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this is as close as i got before having to sacrifice important stuff

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($104.95 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg)
Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($79.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $537.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 13:55 EDT-0400

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well this challenge is unfair towards us lol... I mean they can buy stuff in OEM/bulk... which cost considerably less... while we have to shop for retail/online prices

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well this challenge is unfair towards us lol... I mean they can buy stuff in OEM/bulk... which cost considerably less... while we have to shop for retail/online prices

I know. :P I was purposely trying to make it hard. It's a challenge.

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this is as close as i got before having to sacrifice important stuff

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($104.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($58.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Best Buy)

Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 270 2GB TurboDuo Video Card  ($133.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Silverstone RVZ01B Mini ITX Desktop Case  ($79.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: Silverstone 450W 80+ Bronze Certified SFX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $537.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-03-19 13:55 EDT-0400

You went over the price. The challenge was to match and still make a profit.

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You went over the price. The challenge was to match and still make a profit.

Not to mention the MIRs. And the Haswell-R incompatibility.

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