Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview
We tested the Alienware Aurora ALX as configured from the system builder. Then, we compared the results to three, recently reviewed Core i7 systems to give a sense of just how well it performs in light of some competing offerings.
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System 1: Alienware Aurora ALX Intel Core i7 975 3.33GHz Alienware X58 MicroATX 6GB Corsair DDR3-1600 ATI Radeon 5870 CrossFire 1TB Seagate HDD RAID 0 Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 4,074.00 USD |
System 2: CyberPower Gamer Extreme 3000 Intel Core i7 860 2.8GHz Asus P7P55D Delux P55 4GB Kingston DDR3-1600 EVGA NVIDIA GTX 295 1.5TB Seagate HDD Vista Home Premium x64 Price: $ 1,599.00 USD |
System 3: Digital Storm Custom 950 Si Intel Core i7 920 3.97GHz EVGA X58 Motherboard 6GB Corsair DDR3-1333 GeForce GTX 285 1.5TB Seagate HDD Vista Home Premium X64 Price: $ 3,265.00 USD |
System 4: iBuyPower Gamer Paladin F970 Intel Core i7 965 3.2GHz Asus P6T Deluxe V2 X58 12GB Corsair DDR3-1333 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 128GB SSD / 1TB HDD Vista Ultimate 64-bit Price: $ 3,111.00 USD |
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We began testing with SiSoftware's SANDRA, which stands for System ANalyzer, Diagnostic and Reporting Assistant. Each test wwas run at the processor's stock speed of 3.33GHz with Hyper-threading and turbo mode enabled.
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Its easy to see from the graphs that the parts used in this system are high-performance in every way. If money is no object, you can't buy a faster platform than the Intel Core i7 975 with an X58 chipset motherboard.
