Alien ware,Dell



Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 8700M GT - SLI EnabledChassis: 17″ WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD with Clearview Technology - Stealth BlackProcessor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7600 2.33GHz 4MB Cache 667MHz FSBMemory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 2048MBNotebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV TunerSystem Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache)Optical Drives : 2x Blu-ray Writer/DVD±RW BurnerWireless Network Card: Internal Intel® PRO Wireless 3945 a/b/g Mini-CardSound Card : Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme AudioMouse: Razer Copperhead™ High Precision Gaming Mouse - Chaos Green Edition
Cool right? The only problem was the payment: $4400, now this WAAAAAAY more than I can afford so, upset, I’ve closed alien ware’s page and went to dell.com as i remembered they had some good gaming notebooks. I chose a 17″ inch notebook, it’s actually a XPS 1730 with the following configuration
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T7500 (2.2GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® XP Professional - English

MEMORY
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE
Speed: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) Free Fall Sensor

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)

VIDEO CARD
NVIDIA®GeForce®8700M GT graphics

WIRELESS CARDS
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 a/g Mini Card

BATTERY OPTIONS
85 WHr Lithium Ion Battery (9-cell)

SOUND OPTIONS
High Definition Audio 2.0
Nothing too fancy, this was actually the cheapest model they had($2500), if I were to go all the way, I would have got the same model but added a couple of features, it would had looked something like this
PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme X7900 (2.8GHz/800Mhz FSB, 4MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate Edition - English

MEMORY
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

HARD DRIVE
RAID Performance: 400GB (2×200GB) 7200RPM Free Fall Sensor

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
CD / DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)

VIDEO CARD
NVIDIA®SLI™Dual GeForce®8700MGT with 512MB GDDR3 Memory

WIRELESS CARDS
Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965a/g/n Mini Card

BATTERY OPTIONS
9-cell Primary Battery and 9-cell additional Lithium Ion Battery

EXTERNAL MODEM
Dell External Mini USB Modem

SOUND OPTIONS
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition