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Ah dont you just love spending 3000 dollars on a 1000 dollar computer that 12 year olds know how to buildjustheretodl124

Thats funny and not even close to being true. To answer the question it goes pretty fast after that or at least it did for me.

for all of you that have bought an alienware sytem, How Long does it usually take for phase 5 (building). Mines been there for at least a week and im getting worried. davidc3434

Mine took just over a month to get to me.

Totally worth it, you can build quite a reasonably priced PC as far as prebuilt gaming rigs go.

[QUOTE="justheretodl124"]Ah dont you just love spending 3000 dollars on a 1000 dollar computer that 12 year olds know how to buildXraydon

Thats funny and not even close to being true. To answer the question it goes pretty fast after that or at least it did for me.

I typed out a longwinded, Alienware burning rant, but decided to just keep it short. Alienware are overpriced, loose a lot of value while you are waiting for them and are no longer cutting edge by the time they get them to you, they take so long. Finally, their technical support teams are script monkeys that can't answer the most direct questions. It took 90 minutes to hunt down a bent pin in my keyboard connector going through their script and woulda been found instantly if they had just answered my question of what that motherboard beepcode meant. It was my Alienware experience that convinced me I was wrong to ever stop building my own machines in the first place. Also, they so overfasten the wiring in them that the machines are not easy to upgrade or repair. I'm still using the case (had it since early 2004), but last year I gutted it and rebuilt it with mostly new parts. Some of the drives, the multi-card reader and most of the fans are original parts but even they were re-installed and re-wired.

But as far as your question goes, it my case, it took about 45 days total to get my machine and it was a week and half from the point of 'building' to shipment and I believe it would have taken even longer were I not threatenning to cancel my order in the last 3 days.

I agree that building your own PC yields a better performing and less expensive product than a prebuilt PC, especially a prebuilt gaming PC, but for some people that just isnt an option.

Some people may not have their parent's permission (no one wants their son getting electrocuted, after all), some people might be intimidated (skydiving is pretty easy but most people dont do it), or maybe some people are just plain lazy and have the kind of money laying around.

So, what I guess I am trying to say is, just leave the people alone.  The TC came here with a question, and he deserves and appropriate answer to his question...not a smartass answer to a different question.

Ah dont you just love spending 3000 dollars on a 1000 dollar computer that 12 year olds know how to buildjustheretodl124

[QUOTE="justheretodl124"]Ah dont you just love spending 3000 dollars on a 1000 dollar computer that 12 year olds know how to buildvenomblack

I don't know how to build a car, and i don't have the time to learn, or the incentive . . . so . . . i buy pre-made cars. in the amount of time it would take me to learn out to make a mercedes benz i would have been able to buy two. some gamers do not want to have to learn how to make a pc, but would rather spend their time playing games . . .

coming off with an elitist attitude makes you look like a dick. i'm happy that you saved money and make your own computer. that's great -- for you. some people don't have that time, the technical know-how, or the desire.

obviously it's more economical to make your own, and you get the sense of satisfaction having built your own system. no one can take that away from you.

I can check my e-mail from MS-Dos 5.x, that doesn't mean I want to spend my time assembling a PC to play games on, learn how to put in liquid cooling, and if i mess something up, it's all my fault. alienware has horrible technical support, but sometimes they can actually help if you mess up, or service your computer if YOU mess it up yourself. a newbie computer builder is only going to put himself into risky territory by trying to build one himself, and if he happens to damage one of his components in the process, he just threw away $400 for a video card.

I'm happy that some people can go out there and build their own stuff. that's great for them. it's empowering. almost as empowering as having a 6 figure annual salary. for those people, we can afford to buy machines to play on, and have the safety net of being able to pay someone to fix it.