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@owenthereal

2 жыл бұрын

Can you review the MSI aegis rs 11th gen?

@JARRYDTHEPAIN

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't using the water cooling icon false advertising when there is no water cooling? Check the store page and see if there is a claim of 'water cooling' for this PC.

@jacobwisner7821

2 жыл бұрын

I'd be curious what an $1800 newegg/ABS system would compare to this abomination. Obviously would be a better deal strictly from standardized name-brand parts.

@TechyBen

2 жыл бұрын

That 5800 is gonna die. Due to my 5600x arriving with a dead core, I got a second hand 5800x instead but used the 5600 heat sink. The 5800 was not happy on it, and almost overheated. Is now running fine on a bigger cooler. So that tiny OEM cooler being smaller than the 5600x *stock* cooler is just asking for the CPU to thermal throttle. :(

@derpg8602

2 жыл бұрын

Gamer nexus can you take a look on the hp pavilion gaming pc it would be awesome if you do it Thank you

"Dude, you're getting a Dell" has devolved from an early-2000s marketing slogan into an undisguised threat that parents use on their disobedient children.

@dragontales1999

2 жыл бұрын

It's more like a baffled reaction from a person to his friend. "Dude, you're getting a Dell! Why?!" It makes me so sad how soccer moms and grandmas buy these cheap ass computers for their preteens and they have no idea what they're doing.

@Rogerkonijntje

2 жыл бұрын

hahahaha

@nosirrahx

2 жыл бұрын

"You have been found guilty of scalping GPUs. You are hereby sentenced to getting a Dell, dude." Back to you Steve.

@cardinaldriver

2 жыл бұрын

No, it turned into a concerned question, "Dude, you're getting a DELL?!?!?"🤣

@AtomicOverdrive

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO

Interesting how this is called "Alienware" when bad build quality and performance for the money isn't alien at all for Dell products

@JayFlowie

2 жыл бұрын

Aliens were discovered in the 90s and haven't increased their technology since.

@garrickstokes

2 жыл бұрын

The moment he opened the side panel I thought "Well it looks like a Dell" 😆

@charlesfuzak

2 жыл бұрын

Buh dum tssss

@likilike501

2 жыл бұрын

At least you can have an extended warranty.

@TheAnxiousAardvark

2 жыл бұрын

"You bought a Dell. You're going to hell" was a common refrain within one support team.

My opinion of this PC went from "it's not THAT bad" to "how the hell is this even being sold" real fast.

@leedlefly

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah when disassembled that thing doesn't even look worth $1800. $18 is more like it

@TheFinagle

2 жыл бұрын

@@leedlefly Dell's are not, and never have been, worth the air they displace from the room they are in. Even when they bought alienware they didn't suddenly start making or selling anything worth existing, they only destroyed what *used to be* a good brand name.

@brandonjohnson4121

2 жыл бұрын

@VaderxG This isn't blue because of intel. It's an AMD Ryzen build. The board just happens to be blue. Many PCBs are blue or green, they're coated other colors when they're visible just to look better.

@mattb6646

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware is 90% marketing and 10% shitty hardware

@TotallyNotFraz

2 жыл бұрын

they hide the crappiness by a decent looking case, just decent

I know it's kinda of late, but since becoming a Dell warranty technician I can definitely tell you those instructions are for us to figure out how to take the piece of junk apart

@haven216

2 жыл бұрын

I feel bad that you have to deal with this lazy bloated crap

@stillnotchill2560

2 жыл бұрын

Do they just try to sell old parts laying around and throw stuff together?

@SouthBayLA1310

2 жыл бұрын

@@stillnotchill2560 sure

@retrowave69

2 жыл бұрын

@@SouthBayLA1310 sure =/= yes

@black_death7097

Жыл бұрын

@@stillnotchill2560 Nearly all replaceable parts are refurbished and Dell is cheap enough to force the customers to wait for refurbished parts to be available instead of providing new parts.

That CPU cooling "solution" is just embarrassing honestly

@xSupra

2 жыл бұрын

Certified Dell moment

@technologyanimals

2 жыл бұрын

$5 cooler. Get out, Dell.

@branpurn

2 жыл бұрын

It looks like the PC prop from Portal 1's back office levels

@td8648

2 жыл бұрын

In under $800 PC? "Understandable" but close to 2k? Shame

@cringelordthecrt4410

2 жыл бұрын

i had a nearly identical one come out of a pre-built lenovo from 2010, just a normal office PC i got because i had no money and it was really cheap it wasnt even adequate for that poor thing let alone a gaming rig

This build diminishes the "Better than Dell" award.

@user-pj6oc5gy2q

2 жыл бұрын

Dell out here competing with themselves to make the worst prebuilt

@cjolney

2 жыл бұрын

Demonstrates*

@nasanierulastname2997

2 жыл бұрын

@@cjolney Literally ANYTHING would be better than Dell if this is any sign, as such, it diminishes the value of such a merit, sadly.

@d0h

2 жыл бұрын

Well... they got bought by dell like 15 years ago... so that probably explains a lot...

@tezcanaslan2877

2 жыл бұрын

Ironically Alienware belongs to Dell

Honestly a marvel of modern engineering how they managed to make a pc from 2002 look like a modern pc

@bluespartan076

10 ай бұрын

Ricer PC

I worked for Alienware back in 2004 before the Dell acquisition. I can honestly say that back then the majority of the employees were actual gamers and were really excited to work for the company. If you said you worked for Alienware back then, (in Miami) you were pretty cool. And while they were always extremely expensive I can say that they were built with care and the techs that worked on the computers returned for tech support were VERY intelligent and avid gamers. Its sad to see what the company has become.

@Welshmanshots

Жыл бұрын

I remember going to my dad's friends house and he had a Alienware PC and it looked insane, ever since then I wanted one but when I found out that dell acquired them and basically made downgraded them I decided just to build my own.

@astererratum6546

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. I remember the og Alienware. While it wasn't my dream PC, I definitely marveled at it when I came across it. Shame how big business always ruin a good thing.

@citizenspaghetti

11 ай бұрын

Back when having an alienware was a brag.

Steve: "That's lazy and cheap!" Dell execs looking at their profit margins: "you're god damn right"

@CharlesVanNoland

2 жыл бұрын

Preceded by: "SAY MY NAME...."

@snowhawk4049

2 жыл бұрын

When I was very young I always thought that Alienware PCs are the best you can get. In hindsight I was very lucky to have built back then my own PC instead of purchasing an overpriced Dell "gaming" one.

@weedthepeople2795

2 жыл бұрын

ya flashy and cool on the outside (sorta).....and generic AF on the inside

@mikefowler301

2 жыл бұрын

And they don't use Crisco and a shoe horn...................It's dry baby!

@weedthepeople2795

2 жыл бұрын

@@snowhawk4049 Alienware was an excellent brand once.....then they were bought by Dell.....been downhill ever since

"We have very high standards because we want the computer to work"

@darrianweathington1923

2 жыл бұрын

In today's technological world, that's the highest standard... is that it works without it costing as much as a house.

@NoelNolNull

2 жыл бұрын

Now that just sounds plain unreasonable.

@enzito_sdf6978

2 жыл бұрын

say what you want about consoles, but at least you plug them in and they sort of work. it's sad that console manufacturers get away with shittier performance because they have no real competition in the non-tech savy world. imagine if dell used all their global reach and money to put out THE gaming prebuilt instead of crap ewaste.

@steveqi9309

2 жыл бұрын

@@enzito_sdf6978 wdym shittier performance? A PC with the same spec as a console will generally perform worse because consoles are more optimized hardware wise and software wise.

@enzito_sdf6978

2 жыл бұрын

@@steveqi9309 yeah, you're right on that, but consoles still are less flexible and last less than even a basic pc since they lack upgradeability.

At $2k for a rig that doesn't even have a heatsink on it's VRM, it is legitimately a scam rig. I'd trust a dodgy PC ad on craiglist more than I would trust Alienware.

@draketurtle4169

2 жыл бұрын

I could spend less money, get a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh case and have a superior rig with a case that isn’t trying it’s hardest to strangle it’s own airflow. This has three fans including the cpu cooler… the case I mention, can have 3 front, two top, one back and two inside to help cool the gpu if you really wanted.

@davidjohn3710

2 жыл бұрын

@@draketurtle4169 The people who buy these prebuilts are inexperienced people who are not interesed in learning how to build a pc due to lack of interest or confidence or they just dont have the time to build one.

@draketurtle4169

2 жыл бұрын

@@davidjohn3710 I suppose that is true, I have an interest in getting a good setup but most importantly one thst is cheap but as reliable as I can get, the people who buy from them see the brand/design first.

@nicofeigns3321

2 жыл бұрын

@@draketurtle4169 I bought nearly the same thing in the vid but several upgrades on it. Close to $2,500. Stepdad is an IT guy & has been, I can solemnly say that when he opened it up to check it out, it looked nothing like this. Can run any game at 200+ FPS, haven’t really strained it any other way

@chefcc90

2 жыл бұрын

@@draketurtle4169 damn good case. I am running one of those currently. Can attest to its easy access and we'll formed interior making it easy to work with

A lot of these pre built websites include an optional professional wiring upgrade or upgraded shipping protection. Which is fucking ridiculous in my eyes. If someone is paying an up charge in parts for you to build a pc you should wire it professionally and neatly regardless. If you’re shipping a computer it should be packed with care regardless.

@sleepysmiler

2 жыл бұрын

LMAO clearly the non-professional wiring option is finding some random grandma off the street to put it together

@CruelestChris

2 жыл бұрын

For the prices they charge you should get wiring done by a Buddist monk at the top of a mountain who only does one computer in his entire life and immediately dies feeling fulfilled.

@shaanm6360

2 жыл бұрын

@@CruelestChris lmao

@McV1llaiN

2 жыл бұрын

@@CruelestChris this f guy gets it....

This pc lowered the bar even further for the _"better than Dell"_ award.

@myopicautisticmetal9035

2 жыл бұрын

All they did was apply new plastic sides to the same metal Chassis as my aurora I got in 2019, everything looks exactly the same.

@looncraz

2 жыл бұрын

@@myopicautisticmetal9035 Little has changed on these systems for far longer than that.

@aaronzylstra6044

2 жыл бұрын

Which is funny, because they’re both made by Dell!

@Fearzzy

2 жыл бұрын

@@looncraz had an alienware aurora r4 from like 2011 and the airflow was complete dog even back then, same plastic on metal build but i was a kid so i didnt know better so im assuming thats the buyers theyre still praying on^ OH, and mine had cls that stopped working after like a year so i had to buy a new one...

@alkzavaleta7876

2 жыл бұрын

I thought that was impossible

"McAffee is speeding up your app" Someone has a sense of humor there

@evertonc1448

2 жыл бұрын

wacked

@chodicuss1889

2 жыл бұрын

It goes so fast it breaks the space-time Fabric and makes it appears slow

@christopherschmeltz3333

2 жыл бұрын

"McAfee is trying to not slow down your app as much" was obviously rejected by the marketing department... 🤣

@azmc4940

2 жыл бұрын

It could be that McAffee speeds up various bloatware background processes by allocating more system resources to them 🤨

@cc0767

2 жыл бұрын

McAffee did not kill himself

I remember when Alienware was a small company that was going well beyond what everyone else was doing, putting 1T HDs in a system when companies like Dell were stuck at 500G and placing water coolers in their system. I miss the old Alienware.

@SluggyBoi

2 жыл бұрын

Money changes people, money changes companies

@Demopans5990

Жыл бұрын

@@SluggyBoi What happens when finance suits become CEOs

I used to work for Dell, in XPS support between late 2006 and mid-2008, I'm not sure if I'm amused or horrified that Dell is still using the business model of "We sell garbage to morons."

That heatsink is an insult. Honestly how much would it cost to get a slightly better cooler that actually covers all the dies?

@XxGorillaGodxX

2 жыл бұрын

Now they're called _dies_ for a reason

@WeirdSeagul

2 жыл бұрын

$1 per system

@garmack12

2 жыл бұрын

Probably not actually all that much worse than the 92mm AIOs they used to call overclocking ready.

@actually_it_is_rocket_science

2 жыл бұрын

On the site its $20 to upgrade to water cooling

@KibitoAkuya

2 жыл бұрын

Even worse after the apparently stellar effort they put on their 3090

Alienware: "Only Dell can be worse than Dell."

@mrrogers07

2 жыл бұрын

Is that like saying the only war France ever won was the French Revolution? Someone from France had to win.

@AwesomeBlackDude

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrrogers07 Remember when Dell was a good PC built? Yeah I know it was a long, long, long, long, time ago but do you remember? 😬

@mrrogers07

2 жыл бұрын

@@AwesomeBlackDude That I do. I also remember when Gateway 2000 and Zeos were great too!

@AwesomeBlackDude

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrrogers07 Well, I don't recall ever being inside a Dell retail store I never see ones, but I have been inside a Gateway computer store. 😉

Not so long ago, I had never built a PC. And to date, I have built exactly one. But the thought of it was intimidating so I started looking at pre-built options. At the time, Micro Center was running a special on an Aurora R10 with a Ryzen 5900X and 3080 ti for $2K and 12 months 0% interest financing. So I went on down to Micro Center to look at one with the intention of buying one. The guy at MC who was helping me seemed like he wanted to say something about my choice, but was understandably biting his tongue, as I am sure that MC has a very financially beneficial relationship with Dell and their staff is probably trained to not bad mouth them. So I made the purchase. To say the experience with how the PC performed was disappointing was an understatement. Any attempt to run games in full-screen mode was met with constant display flickering or just outright going to black for 3-10 seconds before coming back. More frustrating than the performance was the customer service. I basically got run around in a circle for 90 minutes while being disconnected and talking to one indifferent person after another while getting no support on the issue. So I promptly did a factory reset on the machine and took it back to MC. I was frustrated and decided that I was going to watch as many PC build tutorials as possible. I went back a couple of weeks later and had someone help me spec out a similarly equipped unit that included a Ryzen 5900X, EVGA Geforce RTX 3080 Ti, 1 TB NVME SSD, MSI Tomahawk X570s, EVGA 1000W Gold PSU, 32GB of Corsair RAM, Corsair H150i AIO, and a Lian Li Lancool II Mesh to house it all. It ended up costing me $200 more for a VASTLY superior PC that also looks amazing and doesn't lock me into buying a whole new PC when that hunk of junk R10 inevitably broke down. To anyone who is looking at pre-built options, just know that I was and to a degree still am a tech idiot. Did I make mistakes and have to redo things here and there during the build? Absolutely! Did I have to keep referencing videos and googling things to get it all done? You bet your ass I did! But I figured it out and took the time to make everything look and run perfect. My point is that it is not as difficult as you think. You can definitely build your own PC and it will mean more to you when you're done. Don't be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. Trust me when I say, if I can build a PC, so can you. I sincerely appreciate channels like Gamers Nexus and other quality content creators in the tech space who educate everyday Joe's like me to help us learn what to buy and what to stay away from and also put out quality content to help people get through their first build and have a quality working PC.

@spacewoag4572

Жыл бұрын

did you reuse any of the components from the dell pc in the diy build? im sure the cpu and ram could be reused but i don't know. the way to go is to factory reset the windows install as soon as you get a prebuilt to get rid of the shit

@nickysantoro314

Жыл бұрын

@@spacewoag4572 I did not. I returned the entire system after realizing it was a dud and that Dell's customer service was absolute trash. My current system was built from scratch with off the shelf components.

@yosefshekelberg5433

Жыл бұрын

I've been building my own since like 2008 or something. Every four or five years. It's always a mess though, I suck at cable management and I insist on making SFX builds. Getting a 3080 and a liquid AIO in an SFX case was... Interesting. Cables look a damb mess. Don't even care, it's got decent thermals and runs.

@jamesbuckwas6575

Жыл бұрын

@@deveneleven400 I'm not the original commenter, but I used LTT's first-person PC build guide when building my first PC. They've come out with a longer guide that goes over component selections, but I don't remember if that included a guide on how to build the computer.

@bigbubba0439

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! My whole family has been Mac, but I paid for the parts and built my own pc after months of researching and obsessing. Just so people know how little intelligence you need to build a pc, the first time I tried to turn it on (before I put it in the case) it didn't do anything. The lights on the cpu fan turned on, along with the power supply fan, but the cpu fan didn't turn on (and the heatsink didn't even get warm. Turns out after quite a bit of troubleshooting I didn't plug in an extra cable into the *power supply*. I had put the cpu power cable into the motherboard, but I hadn't put *all* of the cpu connectors into the power supply (I have a modular power supply). Since then, it has worked fine ever since.

I have the Aurora R5 and the interior layout is identical to the R10, other than the components. Same hinged PSU, same pop-off side panel, everything. Insane how they've felt the need to change nothing except the plastic shell over the last 5 years.

7:33 You're mistreating the symbol on the box. It means: "you will cry when you see the cooling"

@nick_bag

2 жыл бұрын

get this to the top

@TimBoundy

2 жыл бұрын

The picture on the website literally shows a water cooler installed though.

@shaneeslick

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@johngangemi1361

2 жыл бұрын

Or could it be you'll cry because you have been ripped off.

I'm just waiting for the Alienware UFO handheld

@cooldave10

2 жыл бұрын

I'm good on that Chief, A New Challenger Approached not sure if you heard, The Steam Deck.

@SRC267

2 жыл бұрын

@@cooldave10 I know about it. But I like the design of the UFO, with Xbox like controller placement.

@jawmedia7575

2 жыл бұрын

You can't hold a ufo handheld. You only get shitty low quality video clips of Alienware ufo handhelds

@batterypwrlow

2 жыл бұрын

Our luck its just gonna be a Raspberry Pi equivalent Ryzen with a terrible screen and Steam Controller style touch pads for joysticks

@user-nw7kf6nl2y

2 жыл бұрын

deadass thought everyone forgot about it

I couldn't stop laughing at the CPU cooler. It's literally the same one they use in their now ancient OptiPlex 790 MT.

@charleswp71

Жыл бұрын

That thing has been around unchanged for much longer than that, I have one in a junk parts box that came off a core 2 duo, it's the exact same cooler lol.

@drygordspellweaver8761

11 ай бұрын

Pretty sure it’s the same one from 2000

@showbizwisconsin8350

5 ай бұрын

Back then, they used copper slugs, so they were arguably BETTER.

Just wow. I always thought of Alienware stuff as just being overpriced and not worth your money, but I never realized just the amount of corners that Dell attempts to cut and the amount of things that they cheap out in with their PCs. To cut as many corners and cheap out in as many things as they did in an 1800 dollar pc is just unacceptable and embarrassing. What a lousy job.

I remember when I was a kid seeing Alienware and thinking it was the coolest pc I’ve ever seen now I just realize that that’s their entire marketing strategy… appeal to children so you can get away with half assing the internals

@conchobar

2 жыл бұрын

There was a time when Alienware was a top notch brand. Its only after they were acquired by Dell....

@invisalats841

2 жыл бұрын

@@conchobar Alienware before Dell did about the same quality of builds, bloated price, bad cooling.

@conchobar

2 жыл бұрын

@@invisalats841 You must have not seen Gamers Nexus videos on the new Alienware Auroras.

@juke414

2 жыл бұрын

Same I grew up wanting only a alien ware or razor

@dasnicenoob6140

2 жыл бұрын

@@conchobar i think their monitors are pretty decent I like mine

"this $1800 cooler came with this computer." that is a priceless intro.

@xxSWxxNINJA

2 жыл бұрын

More like this $1600 RTX 3060 came with this $200 cooler and something that looks like a computer...

@krozareq

2 жыл бұрын

LOL. And they require a 1000watt PSU. It's obvious why, because a PSU producing any more heat would cause the CPU to possibly go into thermal shutdown so they need a PSU that will have a low power demand-to-overhead.

@MsThekiller02

2 жыл бұрын

@@krozareq OMG didn't think about that, that makes sense. Even Dell knows this is a garbage system so it only makes sense to put a PSU that is functionally idle at all times. Scumbags

"Plastic Edgelord" is about the best, most succinct description of Alienware's design philosophy I've yet seen.

Two years later but Id love to see a review of the R16. They changed the case (finally)!

@JoseGonzalez-ic7nl

Ай бұрын

They have a review up

@ChairmanMeow1

Ай бұрын

@@JoseGonzalez-ic7nl I could be wrong but I couldnt find any reviews of the R16, the newest one was the R15. I have no intention of ever buying one, but I WAS curious if they had fixed the case issues or not.

@ChairmanMeow1

Ай бұрын

@@JoseGonzalez-ic7nl omg never mind I found it, was included in another video. Seems like although it wasnt perfect, it was at least improved. I like it when we as a group (pc enjoyers) can actually make an impact on these big corps.

I love the fact he said they order anonymously and even have different shipping addresses so he can get a unit the average Joe would buy.

@eatcum

2 жыл бұрын

Bahahaha fr? Will they not ship knowing it's him? Kinda saying somn because in theory a multi million dollar company should not at all be fearful of a KZreadr and yet they are, almost as if HE would find something an average joe wouldn't

@andrewmanthey5759

2 жыл бұрын

@@eatcum I think it has more to do with him not wanting them to send a better or different unit knowing that he will be reviewing it for a large audience. Either way they are such an atrocious company

@BoltyLive

2 жыл бұрын

@@eatcum No it’s the opposite, if they knew who he was they would likely send a specifically chosen/made version so if he makes a video it will come off positively

@Rastei

2 жыл бұрын

@@eatcum You are not the smartest guy around there.

@spd3ictpro

2 жыл бұрын

@@eatcum it's eliminate any possibility of bias from the company. Big company do realise the impact of social media on their sales.

Yes been waiting to see him tear down and review an Alienware. This should be good

@GamersNexus

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, "GOOD" in one way. Build quality is not that way!

@Kben01

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both.

@leonardsmith82

2 жыл бұрын

This should be good because it's going to be really bad 🍿😁

@pocketlint82

2 жыл бұрын

My God it's even worse than I thought smh

@gmualum08

2 жыл бұрын

@@pocketlint82 agree! My God the air cooler they put in that thing for $1,800 is like pissing on the customer and not even calling it rain 🌧️ ugh 😩

I work for Dell and repair their laptops and desktops for warranty repair. The case itself is a optiplex reuse just with a crazy exterior shell. I do enjoy the power supply swinging out since its easy to access the things under neath as well as the replaceability of that part. Though in terms of the "quality" its not the best no. Dell does try to emphasize reusablibity. In other words, create 1 product that can be reused about 10 ways. Thats the same thing for their enterprise servers.

@MentalLemur

Жыл бұрын

Wait a min hold up. I know its late now, but perhaps thats the case in serverland but definitely not for consumer/business desktops. They’re far from “reusable”, but instead its just “lets not re-tool this ancient piece of garbage chassis from 2001 and strap an eye catching piece of plastic on the front”. Similar to HP in this way. Even among their own proprietary parts they are not interchangeable. For example ive been working on multiple Optiplex 7050 sff and 7060 MT models i bought for bulk pricing bc theyre e-waste after initial 5yr usage. For fun decided to mod one of the 7060 MT as a mini gaming pc by cutting a giant hole in the side panel, removing the board, snapping out the case mount cpu cooler standoffs, and installing an aftermarket 6 heatpipe downdraft cooler on the i7-8700. Checked pinouts and keying between the stock PSU (no pcie power) and the G5 5000 PSU (6 pin pcie power i wanted). It appeared to match identically with the exception of the G5 PSU having an additional 4pin CPU connector, which. Normally doesnt matter and just ziptied the slack and extra connector back. Installed 92mm rgb exhaust and intake fans after cutting apart the useless steel hinged hard drive/cd drive case to make more room for the gpu. Installed rgb remote controller and everything. Went to boot it (looks quite good actually) with an RX 6600 and 6500xt (tried both) and the board refuses to post with the psu. Evidently Dell is the only company on the planet that makes a psu that wont work with a board with the same pinouts if both 4pin cpu connectors are not plugged in… so in short, hard disagree on the “reusability” angle. Theyre just cheap, and low quality, and proprietary as possible. Sorry but you work for a garbage company that pumps out e-waste to keep earnings reports high and can be outperformed by a random named $300 Chinese motherboard with an embedded i9-11980hk and pcie slots and at least the chinese board has heatsinks on the vrm despite the chip being mobile only…. Id rather buy 100 more of the chinese boards than work on a single other dell or hp box once im done selling through this lot im refurbing because its such a horrific pain in the ass to diagnose. Also, tell your company to unlock fan control ffs and update their bios from a locked down 2007 windows xp skin. Id rather it be the generic low res one with more options (chinese board also does better in this regard, literally everything is unlocked) than one that looks pretty but you cant do any tuning with. F- Dell. Nothing against you personally, of course

@skarloeythomas5172

4 ай бұрын

@@MentalLemur reusable for dell, not you

This is so Gateway 2000. It even has an PSU directly over the CPU. Never thought I'd see this kind of case layout again. Of course it made sense back then as CPU TDP was like 30W MAX before the Pentium 4 came out.

I guess it's not just the laptops.

@ffwast

2 жыл бұрын

Never was.

@84MadHatter

2 жыл бұрын

there are laptops with better airflow LOL

@delamain2077

2 жыл бұрын

Wow this is a crazy roast. 🤣

@scottburgess2263

2 жыл бұрын

Love your work Jarrod! I'm not sure about the USA, but the r11/r12 models were getting pretty steep discounts at the peak of the GPU price hike a few months ago, often the systems were selling for less than the GPU they shipped with in Aus. Not long after dell 3080's and empty or gpu mismatched r11's starting popping up all over the usual 2nd hand market sites. Even at that discounted price, I personally still felt ripped off with what I received as someone whose built all my PC's til then.

@ccricers

2 жыл бұрын

They should’ve followed through with the UFO handheld. Now they’re gonna lose vs. Valve with that

"It's not enough for it to be overpriced, it also has to be garbage." -Dell Executive (probably)

@falsem1nd

2 жыл бұрын

lmao

@pirojfmifhghek566

2 жыл бұрын

I would bet that the chassis literally is garbage. They probably had a pile of ancient computer cases sitting in a warehouse, destined for the dump and some higher-up said "hey, I think we might be able to re-use this. Someone fetch me an engineer--and make sure you put a collar on this one! The last one got away."

@Mr371312

2 жыл бұрын

"but make it look cool from the outside"

@LordOOTFD

2 жыл бұрын

They just fired every case designer who worked on anything but servers, and forced one of them to design all their cases in a week.

Honestly if anyone ever bought me an alien ware PC as a gift I would feel flat out disrespected .

@veganninja5886

Жыл бұрын

what would you suggest a good gaming pc? Im trying to get a new one but dont know much about them

@trevorallen8514

Жыл бұрын

@@veganninja5886 all depends what kind of budget are you looking at ?

@johnpage6188

Жыл бұрын

My wife did, I had her return it. Didn’t even open the box.

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

Жыл бұрын

Whats sad is back in the day Alienware was the only big gaming pc maker. Like wayyyy back in the day.. they sold great custom pcs.. but thrn were bougjt out and turned to this

@jeepsblackpowderandlights4305

Жыл бұрын

@@veganninja5886 i auggest you do research of current cpus and gpus out today. And learn whicj ones are top of the line or mid range and low end.. and go based on that for some prebuilt system. Dont ever just go based off some company saying (gaming system) and flashy lights. That or i suggest you learn to build a computer yourself.. its fun

I love watching you take this stuff apart. It's hilarious 🤣

my favorite part about Alienware is how the plastic makes the computer twice as big

@LargeBanana

2 жыл бұрын

@KZread is highkey garbage If you are talking about Alienware Area 51M, don't you dare talk shit about it. It's one of the best system ever made, a true desktop replacement. Replaceable parts, runs very cool, it's a godlike desktop replacement. It isn't so much a laptop, thing is fucking massive. But it's basically a PC with screen attached that can be moved from location to location easier. Sadly, everything else Alienware makes are utter garbage and they stopped making Area 51M and tried to pursue thinness like monkeys.

@stephenhood2948

2 жыл бұрын

In an effort to make it look "cool" they completely destroyed any chance of airflow. These things are like Bic lighters, use them until they wont work and throw them away.

@scientist_nick

2 жыл бұрын

Plastic = 100, Space to Performance Ratio = 100/0

@plebisMaximus

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenhood2948 Except Bic lighters are dirt cheap and Alienware computers will cost you your life savings and a testicle.

@davidjones5059

2 жыл бұрын

wolf in sheeps clothing

I love how prior to getting into building PCs I used to have the impression that these Alienware stuff had to be good cause of their price tag, really goes to show the knowledge disparity between enthusiasts and your typical consumer

@danielharvison7510

2 жыл бұрын

Also the pure avarice in the eyes of a Dell executive when they see how much they can get away with charging for this kind of crap. And how little they can spend on actual product "quality".

@Nachoscrosshair

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware used to be decent. Once dell bought them they went down the toilet.

@CatCubed

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware has great monitors, but their computers are god awful even at high-end

@control_the_pet_population

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nachoscrosshair Agreed. While they were always overpriced, Alienware made a lot of pretty decent to actually good PCs before Dell aquired them.

@Paulkjoss

2 жыл бұрын

Back before I got myself more educated on PCs (thanks in part to Gamers Nexus) I bought an Alienware R4 laptop - an expensive machine that I assumed had to be awesome coz it cost so much… Wanted to love it so much, but it was a regretful purchase…

having an alienware laptop, all I can say is that during winter, it was making my room warmer by running real toasty not doing much. a long FIFA session and the room would raise in temperature a few degrees. it also sounds like a vacuum cleaner is on at all times.

I remember 30 years ago my mother wanted to upgrade her modem in her year old Dell computer. It had an onboard modem and I needed to add one in an expansion slot. What a hassle. After looking inside that computer I was not impressed with Dell and have not touched their products since. Good to know things haven't changed much.

This is literally the Precision 3630 chassis, we have hundreds of them in the office that I support. Fun fact: VRMs at 10:50 are coming *with* a heatsink now and everytime we service one of these towers DELL sends a heatsink to install free of charge.

@RHINO_Mk_II

2 жыл бұрын

They certainly aren't sending out free components out of the kindness of their hearts, I bet they smelled another lawsuit coming.

@NextEevolution

2 жыл бұрын

Hey you think you csn send one for me? Unbelievable that Dell sends any unit they ship without a vrm heatsink. It's worse than planned obsolescence. It's planned failure.

@lucidnonsense942

2 жыл бұрын

THAT'S where I've seen those chassis! We supply ex-lease IT hw to non-profits, had to replace a few power supplies as they seem to fail ground tests regularly, so I had to make a bunch of adapters for ATX-whateverthehelldell's socket is.

@Vortexcube

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucidnonsense942 What do you mean by ground test? At least it seems like they have their power supplies together now... too bad about the rest of the computer though

@TheDarkestPhoenix

2 жыл бұрын

I had a feeling, it looked like they put a pre-existing case in a plastic cocoon. Probably to cut costs.

In a sane world, they could be sued for this machine.

@AstralS7orm

2 жыл бұрын

They can, when the VRM explodes and takes your data with it. Not even a heatsink next to a 100 C generating CPU sinking mostly into the copper on the mainboard.

@GrimTactics

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by “sane”? Everyone is already sue happy so they could if they wanted. On what grounds? I’m sure they could argue, you got exactly what they advertised to you. Btw - I can’t stand Dell machines. They’ve screwed me over more than once, and our business decided to switch from Lenovo to Dell 3-4 years ago and we’ve had more DoA machines than I care to count. So not fanboying, just making a point.

@duxnihilo

2 жыл бұрын

@@GrimTactics They advertised a PC with a cooling solution so stupid it throttles when under heavy workload and could even melt?

Love your content very informative and having broken down everything to a T goes to show that u have done ur homework

Impressed by this channel. Good shit

While we're scrambling for components, Dell is happily throwing them into piles of crap like this

@Null-iu7db

2 жыл бұрын

Makes it easy for me to strip them down when stupid people buy them and then toss them when they break in 2 weeks lol

@SenatorNorman

2 жыл бұрын

@@Null-iu7db oooooh, how do you get them?

@Null-iu7db

2 жыл бұрын

@@SenatorNorman Recycle centers and donation centers. There's hundreds that 99% of the time end up in landfills and not actually recycled. Just look up near you tech donation or recycle centers. Also asking neighbors helps too.

@simonblanchard2676

Жыл бұрын

@@SenatorNorman alienware bunker warehouse cyber-dumpsters

Seeing high demand parts being wasted like this hurts

@kylemccaffrey3298

2 жыл бұрын

100% this

Love how at 4:56 when he mentions that you can play music on the "grill," the subtitles say [Music]

great videos as always ,can always count on you to clear things up!!Thank U!! also will the fractal torrent fit a 360mm aio and also if u can recommend a good 360mm

7:41 That's not a water drop... that's Dell saying "Shed a tear 😢, kind stranger, for the cooling performance of this device"

@adreanmarantz2103

2 жыл бұрын

ok, I legit lol'ed at that. well done.

@flimermithrandir

2 жыл бұрын

But what if its sweat?

It looks like my air purifier mixed with the PS5

@bernardschmitt6389

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda like on of those dyson fans.

@infasis

2 жыл бұрын

I think Alienware took inspiration from Dyson and Sony took inspiration from Alienware :p

@mikem2253

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine if Alienware ran PS5 cooling?

@infasis

2 жыл бұрын

@@thomaserickson5737 This case design was actually around in the middle of like 2019, so I'm not sure if that was enough time for Sony to copy them or not, but they definitely got it from Dyson and not Sony

@flipzmadmax5494

2 жыл бұрын

An air purifier, ahhh shit lol

I was going to purchase a new prebuilt from a know on line retailer . When I got the DEII in the kart it was no longer listed as a 5 gz it was some where around 2 . I have seen Dells bios .. junk little to no options same as the case and motherboard .. like your review stated . I opted to to a custom build spent a bit more but achieved results . Consumers need to be educated keep up the good work . Last new build was 20 years back . This was awesome .

Help, I'm addicted to watching GN Pre-Built Reviews, the more critical the better. I'm never going to buy a pre-built so why can't I stop watching?

I knew this would be terrible, but this is MUCH WORSE than anticipated.

“A warranty with e-waste attached to it.” A beautiful way to summarize the Dell G5 5000.

@InservioLetum

2 жыл бұрын

Tiny typo, mate : the last two words should be "summarize Dell."

@InservioLetum

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyk192 PRETTY bad? I received my Alienware just after the takeover and had to send it back for repair three times in the FIRST YEAR ALONE. I freely admit that makes me bitter and biased against them, but they do make some frankly repulsive costcutting choices under the Alienware brand.

I got a dell 3070 whenever finding cards was hard during Covid. The card itself was actually really good, had good boost clocks it had some room for overclocking a little.

would love to see you all do a corsair prebuilt

12:33 "Where the air goes, nobody knows", when is this shirt going into production?

The pre-built equivalent of the “our expectations for you were low, but HOLY FUCK” sign.

@johngangemi1361

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@grumpycat1178

2 жыл бұрын

Take this 👍

2:49 "It was attached to newegg, who has some of the worst customer support we have yet tested" Oh that aged like fine wine

@Bladedcloud6159

2 жыл бұрын

Tastes exquisitely.

I love that Steve doesn’t hold the punches. This is what we need in every consumer product.

@VynZography

2 жыл бұрын

He buys his own review units, not freebies like sooo many other reviewers.

@nepnep6894

2 жыл бұрын

It would be amusing to see him review a Dell workstation and be absolutely shocked the quality difference between their business/enterprise products and consumer products.

“where the air goes, nobody knows” -all of us at these terrible prebuilts

@hunzhurte

2 жыл бұрын

I literally scrolled past this commet the exact moment steven said it

@hariman7727

2 жыл бұрын

I could probably build a better computer case out of a pet cage and zip ties.

@hunzhurte

2 жыл бұрын

@@hariman7727 It's so bad, literally no computer case at all would be better than this.

I do think that it would be kinda rad to have a case with cooling also modeled after one of those ionic breeze fan things, instead of just the look as shown here.

I'm so glad I started to build my own computers again. It's been ten years so I almost bought a pre built but decided to relearn everything, now I have a sick rig and haven't been ripped the fuck off.

You’d almost suspect Intel was paying Dell to sabotage the AMD boxes if it wasn’t for the fact that the Intel boxes are total garbage too.

@keonxd8918

2 жыл бұрын

Dell always favors Intel

@garricksl

2 жыл бұрын

dell still selling crap Optiplex to business and recycled the design to Ailenware

@andyastrand

2 жыл бұрын

Favouring in pricing and marketing and range certainly, but clearly not when it comes to technical expertise

@andyenglish4303

2 жыл бұрын

@@andyastrand You can't utilize what you don't have.

@MrArcticPOWER

2 жыл бұрын

There's actually a lot of stories about Intel sabotaging their G5 laptops with rizer cpus through bios updates. These updates gets installed automatically by Windows Updates and significantly slows the computer down and give a lot worst gaming performances.

Oh hey, something to add to that Class-Action Lawsuit case.

@muckymucks

2 жыл бұрын

A $100 million settlement, customers each get 17 cents. Don’t spend it all in one place.

@criostasis

2 жыл бұрын

Never go class action, always hire your own lawyer.

@LoLiTzTommyy

2 жыл бұрын

@@criostasis I get what you're saying but Dell is out $100 million where as I doubt they'd pay any single user $100 million. I'd rather say fuck you to Dell tbh.

@dakoderii4221

2 жыл бұрын

@@muckymucks One more cent than what l3iden "saved" us for the "racist" July 4th barbecue.

@mikefowler301

2 жыл бұрын

@@LoLiTzTommyy Amen to that! It's like saying to the Judge saying to Dell: Bailiff whack his peepee

We have a shitload of different Dell Optiplexes at my work and I swear this interior looks almost exactly the same as at least two models. The swinging PSU reminds me of the Dell running WinXP my parents had.

It’s amazing how Alienware is still in business

Dell: “We are the worst OEM builders out there!” Alienware: “Hold my-“ Dell: “I OWN YOU!!!”

@fatsu

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

@chexmixkitty

2 жыл бұрын

All I hear is Hades from Hercules

@Nersify

2 жыл бұрын

Dell: “We are the worst OEM builders out there!” Alienware: “Hold my-“ Dell: "Hold my-" Alienware: "Hold my-" Dell: "Hold my-" Alienware: "Hold my-" Dell: "Hold my-" Alienware: "Hold my-" Dell: "Hold my-" Alienware: "Hold my-"... There you go, yw.

@dasbertl

2 жыл бұрын

Must be something that has more power than beer what their designers drink. Maybe denatured alcohol

@Shaunessy

2 жыл бұрын

I own a S2417DG from DELL and I love it. So some things they do great and other things they do shitty. That is why I love GN, because they hide their buys and then give us an honest review about products that these companies are selling us.

Ironically, Dell was a company that pushed the plastic air tunnel hooked to the cpu cooler pushing hot air out the pc. Ideal for this situation...so, where is it?

@NightRogue77

2 жыл бұрын

Dude that piece costs like five cents man what do you want??

@dennis7437

2 жыл бұрын

@@NightRogue77 yeah bro they still need to make a small profit, they are a company not a charity!

@jirakj

2 жыл бұрын

Intel stopped supporting that configuration. Techquickie just did a video of discontinued parts where that was featured.

@rockgod2131

2 жыл бұрын

It's interesting because you can find it in much less high performance and cheaper systems than this.

@devdylan6152

2 жыл бұрын

dude if you have good thermals than you can't learn to rely on their support services and get the opportunity to buy a new system when this one wears out. They just want the best for you, after all..... dude. You got a dell.

I’ve only seen 5 min of this video and I love this guy

I recently took apart my dell family pc from 2005 to recover some old hard drives. The internals look so similar to this

air is technically the gas form of liquid air Alienware does it again, revolutionary

@GamersNexus

2 жыл бұрын

GENIUS. I think they're hiring for marketing!

@mariuss4766

2 жыл бұрын

@@GamersNexus maybe its crammed in enough that they assumed airpressure is high enough to assume liquid state of the air? Well i think nitrogen would be first. So its techically "liquid" nitrogen cooling

@ris1989

2 жыл бұрын

@@GamersNexus the 1800$ R10 has a "Low-Profile Smart Cooling CPU", so technically they didn't lied but they don't show this cooler either and description should say "Low-Profile Cheap Cooling CPU".

@spencechan

2 жыл бұрын

Nitrogen cooling, revolutionary!

@robertbackhaus8911

2 жыл бұрын

@@ris1989 Yup, "smart cooling' means 'rely on the CPU's inbuilt throttling to prevent it melting. Old trick.

That "aliens" impression caught me off guard lmao. That was hilarious.

@AnalogFoundry

2 жыл бұрын

@GOKUL V it's literally in the first 15 seconds. 0:12.

A guy with a lisp and soft hands reviews computers. I'm hooked.

I'm def glad I watched this before pulling the trigger. I'll just go ahead an update what I already got

Alienware is quite extraordinary, staying in business while having 0 return customers is a real feat.

@holdyourcolors

2 жыл бұрын

Idiots always return. I have a co-worker who fried his alienware gaming laptop. Bought a new one the same day.

@randomidiot8142

2 жыл бұрын

Who needs return customers and good products with a steady supply of new idiots being produced that love buying crap every day?

@theblackneon5396

2 жыл бұрын

Millenials who get into money are buying based on rumours from 2008.

@redacted5035

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware is a money laundering operation for international drug cartels

@John_Doe27

2 жыл бұрын

@@notlNSIGHT most likely a joke, autismo. not everything on the internet is serious statement. 😑

My expectations were incredibly low, yet Dell somehow still managed to not meet them.

@MLWJ1993

2 жыл бұрын

🤔

@EssJay1095

2 жыл бұрын

You could say my expectations were on the floor, and Dell dug a tunnel underneath them.

5:37 This case reminds me of an old Dell. The sliding lock crap with a dangerously sharp edged awkward metal case with plastic around it to give the appearance of worth. Like spraying dog crap with perfume.

I was given a 2009ish spec Alienware tower a few years back and it was a solid build. Lots of nice components and the case was really well built. I would have reused the case and PSU but nice work Dell...they made them with custom fittings. Oh well, stripped of the parts and sent to the recycling.

The funniest, also the saddest thing from this is the “uniqueness” of Dell’s design

@Artsificial

2 жыл бұрын

Man, have you seen Dell's machines from the 1990s? Not only were their "custom" hardware solutions absolute garbage already, but finding drivers to them feels like doing Sumerian Sudoku blindfolded.

@perwestermark8920

2 жыл бұрын

Dell decides to deliver a P4 machine to me, where yhe tem9 srnsor for the CPU was in yhe path of the CPU fan. Talk about oscillation. The fan went high-speed. Cooled the temp sensor. The fan stopped. The sensor got hot. The fan returned to crazy speed. A full day with the fan switching between slow and fast was no joke... That made me seriously dislike Dell, and I have never stopped.

@stewiepid4385

2 жыл бұрын

@@Artsificial Oooo! Sumerian Sudoku while blindfolded. I did Sumerian Sudoku while injecting methamphetamine once. Once.

@fensoxx

2 жыл бұрын

I repaired so many dells in the nineties and early ‘00s. Every case is a f@&$ing nightmare. Horrendous cable management… and airflow? Wtf is that?

@broken_font1881

2 жыл бұрын

@@stewiepid4385 sounds like a CEO Mindset 😎👉🏻👉🏻

Saw this in the store. was just curious about the insides. Thanks for sharing 🤔

@pumkin610

2 жыл бұрын

@@SaImanKayani Hello from the future future.

@TapZz_FPS

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this in Best Buy lol, I thought it looked sick and I WAS gonna drop the money on it. THANK YOU for showing me the piece of shit I’d receive.

@megapet777

2 жыл бұрын

@@TapZz_FPS Btw like 90% of prebuilt computers are shit tier like this, I would really recommend to just build pc or pay someone to build it for you at least.

@megapet777

2 жыл бұрын

@@Djuntas Well I live in Finland and most OEMs aren't great. Because they use weird mobos, weird PSUs, usually single stick of ram and very small coolers and their cases are most often very air restricted. I'm not trying to hate on prebuilt PCs and that's good that yours is doing well, but prebuilt just aren't at same quality level with aftermarket parts. Also one big downside to prebuilts are their limited upgradability. (Btw I think biggest upside of prebuilts is that the warranty covers the whole PC at once, so if it breaks you dont have to troubleshoot anything. Although some companies offer building the PC from the components you choose and then the whole PC gets warranty so I think thats still the best choice, at least if you are PC enthusiast.)

@Djuntas

2 жыл бұрын

@@megapet777 Yea local laws and everything, but if you buy from an OEM in Denmark you get 2 year warranty, and IIRC even 14 days return policies. Biggest part of doing it right is buying one with standard of the shelf parts. Mine is that 100%. A good old NZXT H400 case, Asus mobo and 970 gpu strix etc. Just very standard. I actually bought this spec, cause at that time it was cheaper to buy from them than build yourself. And now that is even more true hehe. Anyway as I mentioned, call their support, plague them and be "that guy", annoy them, bug them, make them listen - I did that, cause I did not want their stupid AIO cooler and I also think I got a better PSU, both not as standard options on their site.

The stunning thing is how surprising literally none of this is.

i'm glad i watched this! 30 minutes ago i was disappointed in not getting an alin... at a good sale price. so any recommendations for a tower that is compatible with a 3080 3090 video card?

Shocking how this literally looks like an early 2000s pre-built. Absolutely disgusting job from Alienware, as always

@DrMurdercock

2 жыл бұрын

You mean Dell* Alienware have been Dells for MANY, MANY years

@Da2Pat

2 жыл бұрын

And some peps out there feeling and acting cool cause they spent an ass full of cash for that crap. Really that makes me more sad than its entertaining

@XBullitt16X

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding, its so fucking awful, that if if the price was slashed in half, it still wouldn't be worth it.

@VladIDrago

2 жыл бұрын

Inside Alienware is the same shit just like MEDION... . The same problem with drivers... .

@estebansevilla2229

2 жыл бұрын

I used to work at their call center in Costa Rica, ever since they were bought by Dell the quality of the technical service and the build fell dramatically. We used to do liquid cooling when it was not a thing, we did research and development and tested all parts, we had a lab to test them, if a user had compatibility issues we could immediately find all the parts for testing and when there was hardware issues we could claim it to the vendor. Then we got fired one by one and were replaced by cheaper and very inexperienced techs.

"This is lazy and cheap." Yeah, sounds like Dell in a nutshell. 🤣

@kmeleon33

2 жыл бұрын

Funny that they are. Dell own Alienware line.

@raul0ca

2 жыл бұрын

Trying to sell extended care warranties

@dycedargselderbrother5353

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware's persistently good reputation, at least among the non-builder PC population, is a bit mystifying. This PC is basically the current day version of the SFF Optiplex GX series found in every office since the year 2000. The shell is slightly more ostentatious but it still looks cosmopolitan corporate-friendly by emulating the Dyson look.

@xnoreq

2 жыл бұрын

Alienware is Dell.

@darrinthorpe9292

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like China in a nutshell.

Lol hey the sponsor is for the case I bought for my recent build what a coincidence.

I have r11 and this puppy revs up like a jet engine.

Why is nobody talking about how Steve nailed the "ancient aliens" meme though?

@TeriyakiDynamite

2 жыл бұрын

Watching Steve quote old internet memes gives me life

@Natzawa

2 жыл бұрын

That’s the first thing I noticed in the video lol.

@Zarcondeegrissom

2 жыл бұрын

we all know the pyramids were landing platforms for goa'uld ships, nothing new. Jaffa, KREE! lol.

@OmahcronOmni

2 жыл бұрын

That meme reference made my day xD

@TheSwayzeTrain

2 жыл бұрын

I like MacGyver.

Its so sad. When I was a teeny tot, Alienware was the "omg you got one of those, you parents must be rich" now its the "Dude you got a dell?" - with a horrified face instead of excited....

@LiLBitsDK

2 жыл бұрын

yeah it's sad times... they used to be sweet... now they are total trash and you are better off just buying your money in the furnace

@ThePhoenix198

2 жыл бұрын

@@LiLBitsDK They might have been "sweet" viewed through adolescent eyes back in the 90s/00s. But we're all a bit older and wiser now. Well, most of us are ...

@Interknetz

2 жыл бұрын

Back then I kept saying they were shit. They never were good, but alas impressionable people as per usual will get a hard on over something that looks nice; and thus the Alienware craze.

I used to have a Dell XPS from back when quad core was virtually new. The inside was exactly like that. It ran for a few years for me and eventually started popping capacitors. After 4 pops, the system gave up the ghost. Surprising, really, that it lived after that kind of damage for a short while. Didn't know then what I know now it I wouldn't have continued computing on it.

Great review, I ordered nine.

I can always count on GN to revive those dead memes

*Dell guy* : "They really hated our PC what should we do?" *Other Dell guy* "... Charge more????" *first Dell guy* "OMG.. Genius!"

@mrn234

2 жыл бұрын

Dell Stock holders: STONKS!

@qwerfa

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe sell them that "on site" warranty that requires them to send the computer to us anyway.

Hey! Can you please do a review of the R13 (Intel) or R14 (Ryzen) versions of Alienware? It seems like some of the issues you mentioned with the R10 were taken care off. The new case looks fabulous! Wondering how their "cryo-tech" cooling technology actually performs. Might just be marketing gimmick? Does their DDR5 RAM actually hold up to other off-the-shelf options? Given the larger case design, can I possibly replace the Motherboard in future if required? I would really like to hear your review before even considering buying it. Thanks!

That's nothing. My friend has an $4000 Alienware that arrived with zero thermal compound on the CPU. It was shutting down out of the box, he asked me to look at it. They never removed the protective plastic on the heatsink, nor applied any thermal compound.

Steve reviewing bad prebuilds: "I'm smiling but I'm really f*cking furious."

@shaneeslick

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Definitely a case of have to laugh so you don't cry for all the people who don't understand & buy one

Such a sad end of Alienware (I'm still old enough to remember them pre-dell)

@socmonki

2 жыл бұрын

Still have my wifes Alienware from 2003, pre-Dell. They were pretty slick back then. As soon as Dell bought them I knew it was over. I build now, much better option.

@fridaycaliforniaa236

2 жыл бұрын

@@socmonki Same for me. The bio-design thingies from the early 2000s where really good. Now it's nothing but a disaster... 😔

I picked up an Alienware tower from Best Buy in Nov 2016 with a 1080 GTX for $1300...thing still runs like a champ in 2022 and surprisingly has lasted longer than any PC I've ever owned...the reliability impresses me greatly!

I know it's not that long since this review but would be interesting to see the GN opinion on the R13. It almost seems usable...