The Ultimate Extreme Gaming Machine

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By Cristopher Fowers

Gaming computers are like most things in life—there is always a bigger fish in the sea. But.. what if price wasn’t a factor and you could build your dream gaming PC and catch that elusive big fish? After pondering this question and envisioning our dream machine, we turned to Alienware—a company that knows the ins and outs of gaming PCs.

Here are the specs on our ultimate extreme gaming machine:

Model:

Alienware Aurora ALX

Operating System:

Genuine Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Service Pack 2

Warranty:

3–year AlienCare Toll–Free 24/7 Phone Support with Onsite Service

Chassis:

Alienware ALX Full–Tower Chassis in Saucer Silver with Terra Green neon lights and AlienIce and Acoustic Dampening

Thermal Management System:

Alienware ALX Active Liquid Cooling System

Power Supply

850 Watt Alienware Approved Turbo Cool SLI

Graphics Processor

Quad NVIDIA SLI technology featuring four GeForce 7900 GPUs

Monitors

Dual Samsung SyncMaster 320P 32” 8ms HDCP Ready Wide LCD monitors (For more information on gaming monitors, see Monitors for Games Review )

Motherboard

Alienware NVidia nForce 4 SLI X16

Memory

4 GB Low Latency DDR PC–3200 SDRAM at 400 MHz – 4 x 1024

Hard Drive

GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/NCQ & 16 Mb Cache

Primary Optical Drive

16x Dual Layer DVD+–R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology

Secondary Optical Drive

16x Dual Layer DVD+–R/W Drive w/LightScribe Technology

Sound Card

Creative Sound Blaster X–FI Elite Pro High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology

Speakers

Alienware ALX 5.1 Home Theater System by Klipsch

Removable Storage

Alienware 28-1 Digital Media Reader/Writer

The price tag on this computer is $11,364 and worth every penny. This PC is so fast you’ll almost see the enemy’s next move before he makes it on your 32” Samsung Widescreen. The extra monitor can display gaming statistics, your items list and more. The Sound Blaster soundcard and 5.1 channel Klipsch speakers will make World of Warcraft, Lineage or you favorite game sound as good as it looks.

This system, with its astounding processor and 4 GB RAM, will handle as many programs as you want to run. With the help of a fast Internet connection, you can play your game, download music, burn a DVD and run a security suite in the background, all at the same time.

The Aurora ALX, with our configurations, will write two DVDs at the same time and both drives come with LightScribe Technology. This handy feature will scribe a title and picture onto the DVD or CD.

The sleek silver chassis and green glow emanating from the side vents make this computer look as good as it performs.

For information on more ”reasonable” gaming computers, see the Gaming Computer Review.