Ordered Alienware

smcculloch posted on August 09, 2005 00:50

At the end of last week, I finally ordered an upgrade for home desktop PC, it's a little over 3 years old and has performed well over that time.

I've now upgraded (awaiting delivery) of a brand new Alienware Aurora 7500.

Here are the quick specs:-

AMD X2 64-bit process 4800+
2GB Low Latency Corsair Ram
Dual Raptors 10,000 RPM drive in Raid 0
Dual Nvidia 7800s in SLI

Delivery should be around the 25th of this month (from what I am told), so I'll post up some pics and benchmarks when it arrives!

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# bmolzen

Tuesday, August 09, 2005 9:20 AM

My lord..... Puts my 4000+ 6800Gt to shame!

# rodneyjoyce

Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:20 AM

Hmm yeah - I was about to buy a 6600GT for Earth 2160 (released 26th August)

# christoc

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:54 AM

Holy cow nice specs

# aaava

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 11:25 AM

Uhoh. ;-) Here's what I saw...

Server Application Unavailable

The web application you are attempting to access on this web server is currently unavailable. Please hit the "Refresh" button in your web browser to retry your request.

Administrator Note: An error message detailing the cause of this specific request failure can be found in the application event log of the web server. Please review this log entry to discover what caused this error to occur.

Hope they already delivered that! Just kiddin', (well, not the above message). Did you know that W2K3 Server doesn't run on 64-bit? and SQL2K doesn't either? I made the same mistake back in January. I *think* whidby runs on 64bit though. I have a copy but haven't installed it yet.

# smcculloch

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:45 PM

It hasn't been delivered yet - hopefully next week, delivery date is 8/22/2005.

I'm aware of what runs on 64bit, I know you can get a winxp 64 bit, but it's a pain to get drivers for it. So i'll probably stick on 32bit for a year or so, then upgrade.

# bmolzen

Thursday, August 25, 2005 7:19 AM

Didja get it yet???????
What about that Dell Monitor??????

# smcculloch

Tuesday, September 06, 2005 12:28 AM

Haven't got it yet, I'll order the monitor probably start of next year, when I can afford it :)

Saturday, September 24, 2005 7:19 AM

Australian Alienware Saga comes to an End!

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