Alienware v/s Custom Rig

[skeletor]

You can purchase a much faster desktop and a fast laptop in less than 65% of that price.

Alienware laptops are not laptops. They are suitcase heaters.

I have i5-2500k + HD 6950. A computer similar to mine should cost ~70k. i5-2500k + HD 6950 >> i7-2830QM + GTX 580M in games.

 

[patrick4]

i5-2500k + HD 6950 >> i7-2830QM + GTX 580M in games.

i did not know that.. then why is there soo much difference in price??

i thought the i7 2860 + gtx 580 is faster and better for gaming.. seeing all the talk about the gtx 580 being the fastest single core gpu in planet etc etc..

 

[whitestar_999]

GTX 580M is not the same or even close to GTX 580 just because there is only a difference of "M".

 

[skeletor]

i did not know that.. then why is there soo much difference in price??

i thought the i7 2860 + gtx 580 is faster and better for gaming.. seeing all the talk about the gtx 580 being the fastest single core gpu in planet etc etc..

You missed the M.

Hardware is all about being specific. GTX 580M = GTX 460 approximately.

Secondly, HD 7970 is the fastest GPU chip on the planet for now.

 

[patrick4]

"M" stands for mobile right?

Just checked the nvidia site.. 580M is just about 75% GPU of 580 is..

 

[Sarath]

I think it would be better to buy just one PC now, Desk or Laptop. The rest can be saved up for upgrades.

I would go with the rig only if there is atleast 20% better specs.

I seem to have blatantly missed this line.

A rough estimate would be that you would get atleast twice the pwerformance in a custom rig than an assembled one. Although that is highly questionable the benefits will definitely be more than 20% eyes closed.

If you are looking for VFM you can spend a lakh on desktop to get more power than the Alienware you are looking at.

I have an i5-2500k / HD6970 and I'm sure it will be able to beat the Alienware rig you are talking about. It cost me 65k for the core system w/o accessories.

I think you'd be better with a custom rig or if you still want to get an Alienware I suggest you get it from Amricca as it's cheaper there.

 

[skeletor]

Just checked the nvidia site.. 580M is just about 75% GPU of 580 is..

No. It is ~50-60%. Around GTX 460 in performance like I said.

 

[coderunknown]

^^ he is right. GTX580M is 75% of GTX580. but what he missed is even at 75% die size its way too big and hot to be packed into a laptop. solution? lower clock speed which results in GTX560 like performance.

copied from Anandtech:

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M 2GB GDDR5
(384 CUDA cores, 620MHz/1240MHz/3GHz core/shader/memory clocks, 256-bit memory bus)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
(512 CUDA cores, 772Mhz/1544Mhz/4008MHz core/shader/memory clocks, 384-bit memory bus)

so its 75% core but at such low clock, thats a real waste of money.

 

[skeletor]

^^ yes. I talked in absolute performance terms.

Performance wise, it is GTX 460/HD 6850-like only.

HD 6970M = HD 6770 performance. HD 6990M isn't exactly HD 6850 in performance terms. GTX 580M slots in between them ~GTX 460.

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[stayhot96]

it would be much better to make a custom rig because rigs can be easily repaired or even u can replace the inside components or upgrade them......

 

[doomgiver]

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