I get it you are good at tying components together but alienware is not about taking advantage of people who cant build themselves. Its simply the brand + the design of laptop.
Its specially made for gaming and its going to withstand most of them easily on high+.
And it doesnt overheat like other ppl say, unless you literally spend all day/night playing on it and after 3 days die of some disease.
Let's take a rig from alienware and see just how much you're over paying for it.
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$1500
Or, build it yourself:
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CPU:
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($313.96 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler:
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($79.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard:
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($189.99 @ Newegg)
Memory:
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($91.99 @ Amazon)
Storage:
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($83.12 @ Amazon)
Video Card:
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($209.99 @ Amazon)
Case:
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($32.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply:
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($99.99 @ Mwave)
Operating System:
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($89.98 @ OutletPC)
Total: $1192.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-22 13:28 EDT-0400)
$1200
$300 wasted when you could get a screen or better hardware. That increases as well if you shop at Amazon for example and get warehouse deals.
$300 could give a good video card upgrade or CPU upgrade. This is why serious gamers make fun of Alienware.
Compare this laptop
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To the alienware 14
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Same price, the MSI kicks it's ass. The graphic hardware kicks it's ass, the cpu destroys it, and it having a bigger screen makes one think, "Why the hell would you choose the alienware even in the slightest?"