Hello to all... Not sure exactly where ta post this so ill start here.

Perhaps this is a little late, as I ordered a Area 51 7500

In looking on the AW site im not sure that I understand what the differences between the aurora and area 51 are. Perhaps some of you Diehards could enlighten me...

But here is what I purchased, keep in mind i opted fer some less jazzy stuff but have full intentions of upgrading some things myself...

[1] Area-51® 7500

Processor: Intel® Pentium® Processor 830 w/ Dual Core Technology 3.0GHz 800MHz FSB
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 90-Day AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support
Power Supply: Alienware® 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply with Active PFC
Chassis: Alienware® Full-Tower Case - Conspiracy Blue
Chassis Upgrades: Standard Cooling
Motherboard: Alienware® nForce™4 SLI™ Motherboard
Graphics Processor: 512MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7800 GTX
Memory: 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 x 512MB
System Drive: Single or Dual Drives (Non-RAID) - 80GB Serial ATA 7,200 RPM 8MB Cache
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x DVD-ROM Drive with Software DVD Decoder
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS High Definition 7.1 Surround Firewire (IEEE® 1394)
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Monitor: 17" CRT Display
Keyboard: Microsoft® Basic Keyboard Black
Mouse: Microsoft® Basic Optical Mouse Black
Alienware Exclusive Offers: Gamespot Complete - Free 90-day Trial (a $20.85 value)
Alienware Exclusive Offers: 10% off your next EB Games online purchase
Free Alienware Mousepad: Free Alienware® Mousepad
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $99.99 Value - FREE!
AlienWiring: AlienWiring - Exclusive Internal Wire Management - $99.99 Value - FREE!

So please lemme know what cha thin' of dat... im only in phase 3 at the moment so snot tooo l8 to change err.... Figured this is a good base to start with.

(Plan on adding more memory, cooling, harddrive, adding another 7800 512 and a few others)

Thanks in advance guys,:awdance:

Voo

From what I can tell one is amd the other is intel...

The Aurora is AMD powered and the Area-51 is powered by Intel.

Congrats on the Area-51 it looks very nice! I would consider going w/AlienIce option instead of standard cooling...just a few bucks more. I assume you left a CD or DVD burner out of the configuration on purpose?

Hee, hee we both edited on top of each other...and answered the questions!



Zoid

KKK thanks Boyd hoped I didnt miss sumthin that woulda made me change me mind ; ) Yeah I intentionally left out the burners, as I got other puters ta do that with! this un is strictly fer me games! NO more NO less ; )

Thanks again m8,

Voo

I would pesonally go w. amd, don't get me wrong that certainly is a ripping system. but if your budget permits, go w/ what will rock the socks for your games...w00t w00t

oh yeah water cooling, haha sorry silly plug =P

Yep i would have to go with yang there Amd is the new leader in gaming. If like you say this comp is strickly for gaming i'd go with the fx 57 if you can afford or if money is issue the fx-55. If your doing mutli tasking the dual core is the way to go but even there amd is the king go with the x2 4800 if you can if not drop down to the x2 4400. Both the 4800 and the 4400 have 2meg cashe and 2000 mgz fsb where the 4600 has only 1 meg cashe.

None of the AMD chips have Johnny Cash tho.

ARRGG I just specd' it out on the AW site, wow way too rich fer my blood. Please forgive my ignorance on this subject as all I have ever used is is Intel, but are your suggestion biased to use AMD or is it in point fact that AMD is better than Intel at this point, technologically speaking. I only ask cause i dunno. I did order ALienIce 2.0 cooling though!! So as this system stands intel and all, still is it good or average in comparison to others? I am not a techie by any means of the word, I gathered info from several people to create this comp. Wish I woulda found this site earlier... But it still is an AW!!!

Thanks again fellas,

Voo

AlienIce liquid cooling suXors. AMD has proven to beat Intel hands down for gaming.

DarthBeavis is right. The Alienware Liquid Cooling for the 7500 line up until now is CPU only and not necessary w/the comparative cooler CPUs out now.

AlienIce 2.0 Video Cooling should be all you need with your config as is.

Zoid

if you can't afford the big dog amd, I would suggest going w/ the 3200+ for now (specially if they are a venice core), they are easily OC (overclock) able and you can later on upgrade the CPU to a FX etc. later on

save you bucks, rip your games and still have the opportunity for upgrades.

Teh Yang

Sweet cant thank you guys enough! I will definatley look into swapping out intel fer the amd... Yang gotta say I saw your post in regards to the mod you did excellent job m8! Kudos on that. Hows it holding up?.. Also the cooling I purchased was just the 2.0 not the liquid jazz... and it was only 46 bucks so twas money well spent. Given that im not "Savvy" with all of the computer lingo, frankly some of what you guys say may as well have been written in german, but from what I do understand I greatly appreciate all your input! This in itself adds a new reason for me to purchase a AW machine! At least im not gettin FLAMED here, well not yet anyhow.

Thanks again fellas for your time and input! Soon as I get that beastie will be sure ta send outta pic of her new home!

Do most AW owners refer to their rigs as "him or her or just plain ole Beast?"

Voo

You got to admit though, with that user name a flamin' was almost imminent?



Welcome to the Forums!

Zoid

Sounds like u did well. DB approves.

LoL kk. I currently have the 512 7800 vid card on order, would this card be sufficient alone or should I go down a notch and get dual?... I do have in mind to add another 512 vid card shortly if that helps there. Mainly I play CoD2 and a few others, thought it would be in my best interest to go with the higher vid card and add another down the road. Any thoughts on that?

Voo

That card will be enough. I have two sitting in a box next to me (replacing my dual 6800 ultras) Keep in mind the cards take up two slots each. I am putting on DangerDen SLI Waterblocks.