Woohoo just paid $350 bucks to have my AW sent over night

which means i should get mine tomorrow thank god the wife is on holidays she would murder me for spending another $350 for overnight freight

I should go and hang myself now - i spent almost $9000 for a computer that is already outdated as we speak.

I am a total loser: a nerd a freak a geek and a fool !!!!

shame shame shame.

 

I always say if your going to go all the way...go all the way!
Now you can enjoy before you go off to work!

 

i will get to play it for 3 hours hahahahah.
i will be here tomorrow morning.

 

Enjoy your new computer.

 

thanks bro

 

um what extactly did u buy :/

 

This is what i have bought but the problem is I paid it in $AUD so it costed me 2x as much.


Estimated Delivery Date: Tuesday 11/11/2008


Area-51®

Intel® CoreT 2 Quad Q9650 3.0GHz 12MB Cache 1333MHz FSB

Alienware® P2 Chassis with AlienIceT 3.0 Video Cooling ( Space Black )

Alienware® Standard System Lighting ( Nebula Aqua )

Alienware® High-Performance Liquid Cooling

Alienware® Acoustic Dampening

Alienware® 1000 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply

Dual 2GB GDDR5 ATI® Radeon® HD 4870 X2 with CrossFireXT and Quad GPU Technology

AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer

4GB? Patriot EP+ Low Latency Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz - 2 x 2048MB

Alienware® Approved NVIDIA® nForce® 790i Ultra SLIT Motherboard

Windows Vista® Ultimate with Service Pack 1

Extreme Performance (RAID 0) ( 500GB (2 x 250GB) Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 2 x 16MB Cache )

None

Single Drive Configuration ( 4X Dual-Layer Blu-ray Disc Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW) )

Killer K1 Gaming Network Interface Card - Smoother Online Gaming!

Ageia PhysX PCI-Express Processing Unit w/ 128MB GDDR3 (WARNING: Only 2 additional PCI cards can be added)

High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio

No Monitor

Premium Keyboard - Logitech® Deluxe 250 Keyboard

Razer LachesisT Mouse

1-Year AlienCare Warranty Return To Base + Toll-Free Phone Support

AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD - Windows Vista Edition Only

None

McAfee® VirusScan Plus - 30-Day Free Trial Factory Installed!

Alienware® Mesh Cap, Alienware® Mousepad, Alienware® Desktop Binder, Owner Identification Card, Internal Wire Management - FREE!



*Total: $8,366.61*
+ $350 for over night freight.

 

The only thing i am totally not happy bout my order is the McAfee i hate antivirus they ARE VIRUS.

 

there should be a place (button) to have no installation of any protection software....usually is at least.

 

I had a lot of problem trying to uninstall that stupid Norton but it's like a virus it will not let me uninstall on 3 different laptop in the past 5 years.

 

HOLY CRAP Almost $9,000 for a desktop

You must be insanely rich haha Here's hoping the machine won't give you any problems

 

yeah - thats Norton (and your not the only one with that problem)...but you said you were not happy with getting the McAfee...
you could have opted to not have anything installed is simply what i said...

 

Have you tried Revo uninstaller...its freeware too. Personally have not used it but from what I have read it works.

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

 

AW forced it on me i didnt ask for it

 

No i have not even heard of it but thanks for this info i am going to get it when my AW comes.

Raps to ya.

 

Not rich just have great job + good wife ...

I dont over clock and i hate that game everyone is talking about but i keep forgetting the game's name ahhrrggggggg (the game that everyone is benching their 3d mark on) so it wont be any problems fingers X

 

$9000 AUD = approx $6000 US dollars. Still quite a chunk of change for a computer, but there are worse things to spend money on.

Nice system, hope you enjoy it.

 

Thanks mate i hope i will

Now i have to go to work and take very good care of my life so i could return home safely to play on my new AW hahahahha.

 

So what exactly do you do for a living ?

 

I can tell you guys this with confidence - Australia Alienware are absolutely great with customer service.

It's chalk and cheese between US and AUS Alienware Customer Service.

I work on oil rigs offshore (Offshore work pays 2x as much as land rigs)

 

Wow. Most people just build there own desktop but whew that is one tricked out rig. Congrats buddy and I think the name of the game is crysis. I dont paly it myself but I know I am going to love gaming on my m15x. Supposed to get here on friday. (longest week of my life)

 

If you want a basic antivirus Go for Nod32. No Bloatware antivirus.

 

norton 2009 uninstalls flawless.. and is a great av imo. not like the last versions. but congrats

 

kasperky all the way for me. too bad im too cheap to spring it. 30 day free trial then im done.

 

Thanks mate yeah that's the game I really don't know why people talk about that game so much IMO it's over rated and the graphics are so cartoonish. I didn't buy this rig for that game anyway so i am looking out for a good game if you got better game to tell me about let me know i got 3 hours to play on it before i fly out on thursday.

 

bejewled...

 

Please post pics! I want to see that AlienFX and P2 Chassis in all it's glory!

Nice to see a fellow aussie splash the cash on a killer desktop. Hope nothing goes wrong with the delivery.

 

hahah i will mate don't you worry about that...

Tim from Alienware said he wants to make this the best experience i ever had with a computer. I think Alienware wants to undo the dirty deed done by Austin Computers. Hhahahah no one has played games on my computer before i take delivery of mine.

I don't mind if Alienware Tech Personal played with it as long as they fix it hahahhhaa. At least they don't have street traffic like scums from all over the world touching and playing games or installing games like Cod4 on it (Thanks Austin for the free serial for CoD4 muahahhaah i got banned for hacking the game).


Good on ya Tim from Alienware Australia.


EDIT: I only worry about the water cool system whilst on transit. I don't trust the posties.

I will post a lot of pics tomorrow with me hugging it for you ahahhahaa.

 

good luck mate. after the mess you had to put up with from austin you deserve some good luck.
9000 does sound a lot but thats just under £4000 so not as bad as it sounds.
cant believe youve not got a monitor included in there and also you only 1 year warranty, upgrade quick,just in case

 

Thanks mate

oh do you think 3 year warranty is worth while?

i will probably upgrade the rig every 12 months anyway so i think its pointless getting 3 year warranty.

I have my own monitor already which i got ripped off with at Austin Computers anyway.

It's a 24" Asus one.


The thing that bugs me about Austin Computers is they will always try to flog you old stock instead of selling you what you want. They are not interested in what the customers want they only care for their profit margin thanks to a dumb geek like me who always pay without asking for the price first. They took advantage of me real bad.


They priced up a rig for me that cost almost $8000 for one with 2 x 9800 GTX black edition so i think i didn't do bad here i got a real Alienware for only a grand more plus 2 x Ati cards. I could see in the chinese owner's eyes he thought he had me again i saw $$$ in his eyes which woke me up.

 

I don't mean to rain on your parade but if you're spending $8000 why not buy i7 instead?

 

thou shalt not criticize tyronne, as his explanation will completely befuddle you

i've got 20 bucks saying it'll contain random bits about his wife, his love for computers, as well as numerous references to various korean/japanese car brands

 

because they want $14K for it in Australia

 

^^^ at whizzo. you was wrong

 

9000$? , that could buy you a car and a faster custom built system :|
And Xmas goodies for the wife...

 

ok folks i got jabbed for $350 which i have paid trustingly to Alienware for overnight courier of my Alienware Computer.

Just got off the phone with Australia Air Express they said my computer is still in Adelaide. It has been over night and my parcel is still in Adelaide South Australia.

OMFG i got jabbed big time.


I am so PISSED OFF RIGHT NOW

 

Thats sucks big time man...sry. You could of booked a private Cessna and flown down there yourself to pick it up by this time.

 

they found my parcel just goy a call from Alienware they spoke to the Manager at Australia Air express.

He said they have to scan it into the system phew i feel better i thought i got jabbed big time.

They guaranteed me my computer is in Perth as we speak.

 

True i know .. thanks for making me feel guilty bro.

I didn't exactly neglect my wife or daughter.

This is the first present i have bought myself in a long time.

My wife said she is happy for me to get one so i did although she is also making me feel guilty for buying myself and over priced expensive present

 

Ok, thats cool.

What colour chassis and alienfx did you get?

 

um dude u got ripped off reaaaaaaaaaaaaly bad. you could build a core i7 computer thats 50x faster then that and still have cach leftover and lol @ 250gb in raid 0

 

black chassis with blue aqua fx.

 

What if someone wanted to buy something good for themselves?
And 50x faster? You don't get much faster than 4 4870s in Xfire.

Your just jealous cause he bought something you could never afford. Its his decision and we should keep bad comment to ourselves.

And refrain from emphasizing words by repeaaaaaaaaaaaaaating one letter a dozen times. This is a forum, not a MSN conversation.

 

tyronne,
as a mariner from the US I'm curious as to what kind of schedule you work down under. 2x2, 2x1 etc. Just wondering. I work in the US Merchant Marine and currently am cutting a fat hog in the a$$ so to speak but like to keep tabs on what's going on in the rest of the world.

Also, I've never spent that much on a pre-made system, but I easily spend that in a year on upgrades so don't sweat it, you've got one sweet system that will last. As to the shipping situation, I hope they work it out for you, but you shouldn't stress about that either because if you're like me, your time at home is valuable and you don't want to spend more time than necessary waiting for the things you buy.

In my early days in the shipping industry my wife and I bought a 4 bedroom 3 car garage house on a golf course in Kali that I literally got to sleep in for 8 days the first 6 months we owned it because of my work schedule. Things are much better now, but most people don't understand what it means to have a job where you don't get to come home at night. Sometimes time is worth a lot more than money.

Lastly the i7 is fast, but every review I've read puts the Q9650 within striking distance and 4 HD4870's is downright cool!