Quote Originally Posted by PerrythePlatypus View Post
It's not so much "Alienware" those that know better advise against so much as buying prebuilt /big box at all.
I could have built you better, for less. You over payed payed for a shiny logo, a generic or unknown brand of PSU, bloatware, and parts you could have switched out ( I7 for gaming is pointless, non ti 660 is meh)
But hey it's got a cool logo on it.
1. It's a bigger hassle to build your own computer for people who don't know how to build computers.

2. 999.99 isn't at all overpriced for the system I got. All about finding the sales with the prebuilts.

3. There's no custom building a rig with a chassis as compact as an X51. Not everyone has the room for a big hulking computer in their entertainment station.