Confused... is this good or not?

Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

DataSafe Local BackUp 2.0 Basic

PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
I ntel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache) Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p) 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870 Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
320GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD 320GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
Name Plate Engraving Name Plate Engraving

Personalized Nameplate Trigger
AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue AlienFX Color, Quasar Blue

Alienware Command Center, M17x
ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE ADOBE READER 9.0 MULTI- LANGUAGE
8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver 8X DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive,QuickSilver

CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software

Nero 9 Media Burning Software
5.1 Channel Audio 5.1 Channel Audio
Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini Card Dell Wireless 1520 802.11n Half Mini Card
Automatic Updates: On Automatic Updates: On
3 Year Limited Warranty 3 Year Limited Warranty

Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Extended Year(s)

Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year

Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended

Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year

Soft Contracts,Banktec Care,Alienware

Warranty Support,2 Year Extended

Warranty Support,Initial Year
Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR

Alienhead Chrome Blue

Alienhead Chrome Blue

Steam and Portal Factory Installed

Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare

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Is that a good deal for $2540 subtotal? The regular cost with non-epp discount and other discount is $3188 subtotal. Tell me your thoughts, should I trying call back and asking other reps to beat that price?

 

That's a huge discount. I highly doubt any rep will beat that discount as it's already 20%. You can give it a try but the chances are very slim.

 

I need to upgrade the wifi card and is the 1333mhz RAM speed worth it?

Before I call in again to see what I can do, I need to know about the RAM.

 

WiFi card is worth it if you take it outside time to time. 1333 MHz is your preference. I just had to get the most out of my budget so I decided to stick with 1333 MHz. I mean it was only $40 upgrade. I'm not completely sure about the MHz but I heard it really doesn't make much of a difference. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong! I don't want to give out false information!

 

Sounds good, I'll give it a shot and see what I can do.

 

What is the difference between the two wifi cards?

 

From what I've heard, the 1520 only supports 2 antennae. The 6300 is 3x3, so it's faster with a proper router. A friend of mine switched from the 1520 to the 6300 and ended up using his bluetooth antenna as the third. It'd be worth finding out if the 6300 from Dell includes that third antenna or if it's already in the R2. It wasn't there in the R1.

 

Very good deal there.

 

I can verify 3rd antenna is included anyway on the R2. I have the Dell card, and have opened my system. The third antenna is parked in a rubber holding guard to the right of the card.

 

that is a good machine!