I priced the entry-level version on Newegg as closely as possible.
$179.99 2TB WD Caviar Black
$959.98 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 480
$149.99 Creative Fatal1ty sound card w/front panel
$379.99 Silverstone 1500W PSU
$189.99 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600
$359.99 Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard
$284.99 Intel Core i7-930
$219.99 Plextor 12x Blu-ray burner (Pioneer wasn't available)
$339.98 2x OCZ Vertex2 SSD
$299.99 Xbox 360 Slim 250GB
$ 23.28 Shipping
$3388.16 Total
No idea what the custom cooling and case cost, but this will at least get you started on your own version. I'm guessing the cooling, case, and extras *could* run about $1000 for a total of $4388.16. That still leaves quite a margin before advertising and salaries are considered, but it's probably right in line with what Dell/Alienware would charge for something similar (*no research was done for this statement*).
$7k? The xbox 360 slim is $299.99, and my gaming rig is just about as good (despite the liquid cooling) and it only cost me $1500.00 after it was all said and done...Triple the cost? For what? The convenience of having the 360 and a PC in one? I don't think so.
I was marginally interested until the SSDs in RAID0... aside from my misgivings about SSDs in general, RAID0 is just a bad idea 99% of the time. Overpriced and DO NOT WANT.
The water cooled xbox is a cool idea but I'm not sure there's any reason to have that linked with a ridiculous computer.
Also, the corded controller seems off... is this supposed to sit quietly under your uber-screen tv? I'm not sure I'm ready for the concept of computers-as-furniture.
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"Only __________ in a $7k package?" can be said to many of the specs in that system.
$179.99 2TB WD Caviar Black
$959.98 2x EVGA GeForce GTX 480
$149.99 Creative Fatal1ty sound card w/front panel
$379.99 Silverstone 1500W PSU
$189.99 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600
$359.99 Asus Rampage III Extreme motherboard
$284.99 Intel Core i7-930
$219.99 Plextor 12x Blu-ray burner (Pioneer wasn't available)
$339.98 2x OCZ Vertex2 SSD
$299.99 Xbox 360 Slim 250GB
$ 23.28 Shipping
$3388.16 Total
No idea what the custom cooling and case cost, but this will at least get you started on your own version. I'm guessing the cooling, case, and extras *could* run about $1000 for a total of $4388.16. That still leaves quite a margin before advertising and salaries are considered, but it's probably right in line with what Dell/Alienware would charge for something similar (*no research was done for this statement*).
i'll buy 3
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Also, the corded controller seems off... is this supposed to sit quietly under your uber-screen tv? I'm not sure I'm ready for the concept of computers-as-furniture.
I could pay for college with that...
Or you could skip both and have fun playing games
WAYYY more fun building your own