Should I buy Alienware x51 r3?

[Devyam Seal]

I know its a bit late but should I buy Alienware x51 r3 or not?  

Its not much right now i guess but its the only 1 my parents are allowing 

[Dabasepc]

price/performance is not worth it. Dell pre-build ugh.

[Catbirby]

Personally, I think that you'd be better off building your own, if you do it right, it could save you a lump sum of money. 

[Auxafly]

please no. you can get a r9 390 and i5 6600k in that budget, but i understand

[Benergy]

1 minute ago, Devyam Seal said:

I know its a bit late but should I buy Alienware x51 r3 or not?  

Its not much right now i guess but its the only 1 my parents are allowing 

It has a pretty lacklustre GPU and you could get the parts cheaper yourself, but if it's all you're allowed and it's a choice between that or nothing, I sure know what I'd get

[Guest]

NO! It has a terrible performance per dollar rating and you you build something much better for less. Budget and country?

[Auxafly]

r.i.p 

a 1.2k prebuilt with a i5 6400 and 970 3.5 vram

LOL

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51-r3/pd?p=alienware-x51-r3&oc=dpcwxy01hoculusg&st=pla&dgc=ST&cid=298726&lid=5704714&acd=123098073120560&ven1=DPCWXY01HOCULUSG:51916301508:901pdb6671:c&ven2=:&ven3=260203278408399748&isredir=true

[Vengeance_K1ng]

Sure, if you want, I had an x51 for 4 years and was a great buy. But now with all the other options available, I really think it's worth learning on how to build your own.

 

[Vengeance_K1ng]

3 minutes ago, Auxafly said:

r.i.p 

a 1.2k prebuilt with a i5 6400 and 970 3.5 vram

LOL

http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-x51-r3/pd?p=alienware-x51-r3&oc=dpcwxy01hoculusg&st=pla&dgc=ST&cid=298726&lid=5704714&acd=123098073120560&ven1=DPCWXY01HOCULUSG:51916301508:901pdb6671:c&ven2=:&ven3=260203278408399748&isredir=true

Yikes! That's alot for the specs.

[Nicko_barbeque]

DEFINETLY NOT! ALL YOU ARE PAYING FOR IS A WEIRD ALIEN FACE ON YOUR COMPUTER

[Auxafly]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KZQ2qs

if you ever want to build your own 

[Benergy]

8 minutes ago, Auxafly said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KZQ2qs

if you ever want to build your own 

Though to prove a point, maybe just match the spec of the Alienware PC (rather than exceeding it) to show how much cheaper it can be to build your own

[Auxafly]

8 minutes ago, Benergy said:

Though to prove a point, maybe just match the spec of the Alienware PC (rather than exceeding it) to show how much cheaper it can be to build your own

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cBTTvK

lol

[Benergy]

Just now, Auxafly said:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/cBTTvK

lol

You can bet that prebuilt won't have a seasonic PSU

I think I saw 330W mentioned somewhere, and a 960 rather than a 970 - but I think that's configurable.

Also the thermals are probably much poorer in the low profile ITX prebuilt, that rad is too good bruh

[Auxafly]

21 minutes ago, Benergy said:

You can bet that prebuilt won't have a seasonic PSU

I think I saw 330W mentioned somewhere, and a 960 rather than a 970 - but I think that's configurable.

Also the thermals are probably much poorer in the low profile ITX prebuilt, that rad is too good bruh

alienware probably use delta power supplies and a crappy water cooler