Does anyone have a problem with the Alienware Bot system? I have configured one and the price seems to good to be true. I should order it without the graphics card and buy a better one on Tiger Direct, Newegg, ect... I do alot of gaming and this system seems like it would handle everything. I have an old AW laptop right now and am looking for something better. Here are the specs of what i might order:



Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
AlienRespawn: Alienware® Respawn Recovery Kit
Chassis: Alienware® Bot Chassis with 270 Watt Ultra-Quiet Power Supply - Silver/Black
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 w/ HT Technology 3.0GHz 1MB Cache
Motherboard: Alienware® PCI Express Motherboard with Intel® 915 Chipset
Memory: 1GB Alienware® Dual Channel Low-Latency DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 512MB
Graphics Processor: ATI RADEON™ X600 XT PCI Express 128MB DDR w/Digital and TV Out
TV Tuner: None
System Drive: High Performance - Serial ATA - 80GB Seagate® Barracuda 7,200 RPM w/8MB Cache
Optical Drive: NEC® ND-3520 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Recorder
Removable Storage : 3.5" 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive - Black
Sound Card: Intel® High-Definition Audio (24-bit, 192Khz) with 5.1 surround sound
Network Connection: Integrated High Performance Intel® 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Display One: No Monitor
Display Two: No Monitor
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
Desktop Enhancements: Exclusive AlienGUIse Theme Manager
AlienInspection: AlienInspection - Exclusive Integration and Inspection - $99.99 Value - FREE!

After you order it(if you do), get a raptor, better and bigger psu, and like you said a better graphics card. The only problem is that it is hard to find a good pci-express card.

I know somebody who has one, and the case is pretty small. Great if you need it, not so great for modifying or replacing parts. Other than that, he has had no problems, and likes it very much.

First off if you are a gamer then stay away. The power supply is to weak to handle any higher end video cards. The chassis is waaaay to small to do anything productive with it and lastly if the system is anything over $600 then you are getting ripped off. Dude the CPU alone is almost a year old. Plus take out everything Alienware gives you software-wise, and i do mean everything. Strip the thingy completely but keep the OS. Also keep the one year warranty and don't upgrade because i made the drastic mistake of upgrading my lappy warranty to three years onsite and i have yet to see anybody come over and say hi whenever i have a problem.

Actually, even though they're ridiculously priced, PICE cards are all over newegg finally

6800Ultras and 800XT PEs

Aha Also you might want to check out Directron.com. Iv used these people many times in the past and have yet to have a problem with them.

Sheeeesh i just configured a bot and it came out to $1300. Now i didn't price out anything big just your bare minimum:

x600xt
512mb
Audigy 2zs
Winxp pro
80g sata drive
Liteon 16xdvd/cdrewrite

In fact i even took out the keyboard and mouse and everything else most people generally have. Darn this thing is expensive.

Ok, I checked NewEgg and I was completely SHOCKED! The X800 XTPE is now $699.00. However hard it was to find a few months back, I only paid $525.00 for it! And now it takes up two exterior panels!

I have never owned a piece of computer equipment that "apreciated" after I purchased it.

Look at the price of PICE 6800Ultras Time...laughable what they're asking

ASUS nVIDIA GeForce 6800 Ultra Video Card, 256MB GDDR3, 256-Bit, TV-Out/Dual DVI, PCI-E, Model "EN6800Ultra/2DT/256MB" -RETAIL -

$725.00

All I can say is OUCH.

And I will have two here very soon. Wonder how much it cost me for the videocards?

shouldn't you be asking your wife for permission? Or do you intend to lift yourself up by your panty straps and use them big balls your always preaching about.

I already asked her last year when she agreed to the new system. We are a team, I don't mind the fact that she has input. She is cool. She agreed to everything I have asked for last year including my DLP, laptop, both of our new cars, new SLI rig, trips to Hawaii and Orlando, and a ton of other things.

Yeah, like she's going to say no to a trip to Hawaii.

I concur. Was the rig a caveat of your trip to paradise? Anyway I'm just teasing you. I just know that women generally and for the most part, never see the value in purchasing electronic toys. Main reason why my own personal house is maxed out with multimedia and surround sound junk while this current house I'm living in has minimum techy stuff(just the essentials).