Just FYI Alienware = Dell. They bought them out many years ago. Depending if you are buying US prices, you can pretty much save 50% on Alienware US costs. I am sure its even more in Doha. If youre ever buying a gaming rig its pretty much guaranteed to always cost less doing a self-build and you usually end up with more quality components.
You linked the ALX X58 from the site.
I just did a quick browse through Newegg.com and matched or bettered parts. The base pricing on that system from teh website is $3700. Through Newegg self-building it works out to ~$2500. All the Newegg parts are top of the line like the lowest latency ram and WD Black series hard drives. Parts like this Alienware will skimp out on for better profits.
The cost savings is just exponential if you want higher end upgrades. I cant ever suggest anyone to buy pre-built boxes unless you are buying basic email / doc reader machines.
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Just FYI Alienware = Dell. They bought them out many years ago. Depending if you are buying US prices, you can pretty much save 50% on Alienware US costs. I am sure its even more in Doha. If youre ever buying a gaming rig its pretty much guaranteed to always cost less doing a self-build and you usually end up with more quality components.
You linked the ALX X58 from the site.
I just did a quick browse through Newegg.com and matched or bettered parts. The base pricing on that system from teh website is $3700. Through Newegg self-building it works out to ~$2500. All the Newegg parts are top of the line like the lowest latency ram and WD Black series hard drives. Parts like this Alienware will skimp out on for better profits.
The cost savings is just exponential if you want higher end upgrades. I cant ever suggest anyone to buy pre-built boxes unless you are buying basic email / doc reader machines.