Is Alienware Desktop worth buying?

Hello guys,

After finally realizing that my laptop will never move away from my desk, I decided to start the shopping process for a desktop. The first thing came to my mind is of course AW's desktop. Honestly, I'm attracted by the look of them (Aurora especially)

However, the more I read online, desktop guys seem to be really unfriendly with AW's desktop, they said it's considerably over priced and one should build his own. I have no problem with building a system myself, (or at lease configure one online at cyberpowerpc or such), but I really can't let the look of the Aurora out of my head. My question is, do you guys think it's worth buying?

My another concern is it's microATX structure, I'm not familiar with desktop at all after all these years exclusive use of laptop, the only thing i know right now is microATX are smaller motherboards which is not supported by some Vcards. So I'm not sure if microATX on Aurora is good or bad for me. I also only like the look of Aurora unlike many others, I can't stand the look of area 51 as of right now.

Any input would be appreciated.

p.s., sorry i know there is an AW section on desktopreview, but traffic there is extremely low compared to my beloved NBR here ;p, so I would love to hear you guys' opinion a lot better.

TIA

 

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K_M