[micrors4]

You will definitely be happy with the Alienware, mine is three years old but can still hold its own to much newer laptops when it comes to gaming and handles every game I throw at it.  They are built like tanks and meant to last, sounds like a good setup, but report back on what you think of it when you get it.

 

[Pianist]

My current desktop config:
 
Intel i5 2500k @ 4 Ghz
Gigabyte P67-UD3-B3 mobo
Crosair XMS3 DDR3 1600 Mhz 8Gb
OCZ Vertex 2 60 Gb SSD for OS
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB HDD for data
Asus GTX670 Direct CUII 2 Gb @ 1035/7200
ViewSonic vx2250vm 1080p LED
Audigy 2 ZS with kx Project drivers + any of my cans for sound
Cheap, crappy generic case, mouse, keyboard (lol, don't care about these things)

 

[C38368]

I can't upload pics from work, so I'll try to remember to do that later. Maybe. But here are specs:
 
Intel Core i5-760 @ 4.0GHz
Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3R
2x2048MB OCZ Reaper HPC PC3-10666
Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity6
M-Audio Audiophile 2496
Western Digital 6400AAKS (Windows 7 Ultimate)
Western Digital WD20EARX (general data)
Western Digital 1TB of unrecalled model (music)
Lite-On external USB DVD­±RW
Seasonic X-560
Danger Den Q20 ("Abyss" ATX, dual bay front)
 
Cooling provided by:
EK Waterblocks HF-1 Supreme
Danger Den DD5870
HWLabs Black Ice SR-1
Laing DDC3.2
XSPC BayRes Two, single
Scythe S-Flex SFF-21F (x3)
And an indeterminate length of 7/16" ID Masterkleer
 
I have a 2x4096MB module kit of Crucial PC3-stupidlyfasterthanIneed en route from Newegg as I write this, as the lowest memory multiplier that Gigabyte provides is x6, which effectively limits BLCK overclocks to ~190MHz. Hopefully, I'll break 4.5GHz on this CPU then. It's good to at least 4.6...
 
 
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Unfortunately I do not, the closest one is in California, which is about a 12 hour drive from where I'm at.

You're in Washington? There is a Fry's about 20 miles south of Portland, in Wilsonville. I have no idea if that's actually any more convenient for you, but it's something...

 

[BoneEnterprise]

Oh one of these threads?
Here is my meager little rig.
 
CPU: Intel i7-2600K w/Noctua NH-D14
MoBo: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
RAM: 16 GB Samsung DDR3 PC3-12800
GPU: MSI GTX 680 Lightning
Audio: ASUS Xonar ST
Monitor: ASUS VW266H 25.5" Monitor
Case: LianLi PC-V2000Bplus II
PSU: Corsair 850HX
OS Drive: Crucial M4 MLC 512 GB SSD
Storage Drives: 4 x 2 TB Samsung F4 HD20UI

 

[Speedv1]

So I opted out of the whole Alienware M17X/M18X idea and decided to build a custom rig. Got it all ordered and should be here next week, here are the specs:
 
Processor: i5-3570k ($200)
Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V Pro ($200)
Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 16gb ($80)
GPU: Gigabyte HD 7970 ($370)
Power: Corsair AX750 (modular) ($150)
Wireless: D-Link Xtreme Wireless N (DWA-566) ($50)
HDDs: Intel 330 180gb ($100) and Seagate 2TB 3.5" 7200rpm ($100)
Media: Asus Blu-ray Writer ($50)
Case: Coolmaster HAF XM ($120)

Monitor: LG IPS231P ($180)
Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow ($90)
Mouse: Deathadder (already own)
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium (already own)
 
Excited!

 

[micrors4]

Let me know how it runs crysis, always interesting to see how my aging system competes with newer ones.

 

[tool462]

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Let me know how it runs crysis, always interesting to see how my aging system competes with newer ones.

 
Unmodded Crysis isn't worth running!  

 

[DefQon]

My comp eats Crysis for breakfast.

 

[micrors4]

My computer can run Crysis 2 with the patch for ultra graphics, the HD texture pack, and Maldo's HD texture pack at 50 FPS, not bad considering the graphics cards are 2 years old and it has an AMD Phenom II X4, mind you they are all heavily overclocked and water cooled.

 

[Speedv1]

I don't actually own Crysis and not too sure when I'll get to it haha. I'll be running NFS Most Wanted, Skyrim, GTA IV, Mass Effect 3, and a couple others. And it's all arriving tomorrow! Already told everyone to leave me alone tomorrow lol .

 

[FatmanSize48]

i5 3570k 4.6 GHZ, using H100 cooling
2x GTX 670 2 GB in SLI, very OCd (Forgot how much I OCd em)
16 GB 2800mhz RAM
128 GB SSD
1 TB 7200 RPM HD 
1 TB Intellipower HD (Music)
 
Keyboard: Das Keyboard (The best keyboard I've ever used, lol I'm only 15)
Mouse: Razer DeathAdder Black Edition (No LEDs=great!)
 
Eats Crysis 3 alpha for breakfast 

 

[tool462]

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I don't actually own Crysis and not too sure when I'll get to it haha. I'll be running NFS Most Wanted, Skyrim, GTA IV, Mass Effect 3, and a couple others. And it's all arriving tomorrow! Already told everyone to leave me alone tomorrow lol .

Make sure to check out all the graphics/texture mods for Skyrim/GTA/ME3.  You don't want to fail to impress your console playing friends with your vastly superior graphics.

 

[Rebel975]

I play Skyrim with like 30 mods at the moment. The only one that has killed my performance so far was Skyrim HD. But then again, I am already playing at 1440p, so...

GTX 580 SLI
i7 3820 @ 4.5GHz
8 GB of ram
etc.

 

[dlwilladsen]

3 socket 775 pc's and 1 NAS running WHS.  2 pc's are XP, 1 is Win8.  Keyboard & mouse are physically connected to an XP pc, but control that XP and the WIN8 pc via MaxiVista software, and the other XP pc via logmein.com.  Win8 pc has sound card (Omega Claro Plus), USB to an Ayre DAC, and jRiver Media Center software player.  Music files all stored on NAS as .flac.

 

[skinnygamer12]

Cooler Master HAF X
AMD Phenom II X6 1100T with Cooler Master Hyper 212
ASUS Crosshair V Formula
8GB G.SKILL Ripjaws @ 1600MHz
EVGA GeForce 560Ti 448 core
HT Omega Striker 7.1 (will soon be upgraded to ASUS Xonar STX)
60GB OCZ Solid III SSD
750GB WD Caviar Black
Corsair AX850 850W modular PSU

Runs BF3 on ultimate at 1080p at 40+ fps so I'm happy