Like the title says can you beat the price point of a Alienware Alpha. Now don't get me wrong I have never been a big fan of Alienware and normally they are just overpriced old hardware in a bundle.
But these bundles and what they can do dose seem really good at there price point.
Here is the most cheap model and its spec.
Alienware Alpha i3 4130T 4GB 500GB - $549 "Comes with about $100 worth of games"
Alienware Alpha Specs Processor: Intel Core i3-4130T Dual-Core Processor (3M Cache, 2.9GHz)
Operating System: Exclusive Alienware Alpha Console Interface w/ Microsoft Windows 8.1 64 Bit, English
Chassis: Alpha chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU 2GB GDDR5
Video Card: Alpha chassis with NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU 2GB GDDR5
Memory: 4GB DDR3L 1600MHz Memory
Hard Drive: 500GB SATA 6Gb/s
Game Controller: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (Black) with USB adapter
Wireless: Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 1x1 + Bluetooth 4.0
Slots: 2x DDR3 SoDIMM Sockets
Ports: External Chassis Connections, 2x USB 2.0 (Front), 2x USB 3.0 (Back), 1x RJ45 GbE, 1x HDMI-Out 1.4a, 1x HDMI-In, 1x optical audio out (Toslink)
1x DC in
Internal Chassis Connections 1x USB 2.0 - Tool-less access via bottom door
That is the most cheap model and ill post a link showing the rest. http://www.gamestop.com/collection/alienware-alpha
I made a thread awhile back looking into getting a PC and at the end of the month I will be finally getting a new PC. But these cought my eye and I really want to see how well the $900 one runs. Gamespot did review of this model here and it ran games like Tomb Raider at 1080p near 60fps on high settings.
It also doubles as a PC of course so I do believe you can just hook a USB Mouse and Keyboard in and use it like a normal PC.
So guys tell me what do you think of this setup and can the price point be beat at all.
I am really wondering now that finally I can get me a PC like I been wanting to. I am waiting until near the end of the month to post "another" pc build thread since I have done some already in the past. I would have gotten one sooner but RL things got in the way
So what do you guys think and I am going to try to update the thread with a video of the High end model.
Edit: I still may just build me a desktop but this I though was interesting and was wondering if you can beat its price point.
DigitalFroundry doing a benchmark