Alienware Alpha “Steam Machine” gets SA pricing

Pricing of the Alienware Alpha from Dion Wired is based on which of the three processor options you select:
•Intel Core i3-4130T 2.9GHz – R10,500
•Intel i5-4590T 3GHz – R11,500
•Intel i7-4765T 3GHz – R12,500
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:sick:
 
Gfx cards based off a 860m? Really? One of the most important things in a PC for gaming and they using such a low end gfx card, what a waste, especially at that price. Custom build that and you can have a 960/280x in there. 2nd hand and you can get even better
 
Been looking at putting together an ITX build for the lounge...when I priced an i3-4160, GTX-960 build last week it came to around 9k. Admittedly, I was going to re-use an SSD + platter drive I had lying around and I see they have a 2Tb drive in there + a copy of Windows 8.1.

All in all, if there's some sort of warranty behind it, it's a less violent wallet-raping than I initially thought.
 
I'm busy with an 8k build that has a 4.5ghz 2500k cpu and a XFX double dissipation R9290 GPU, only thing I can appreciate about steam machines is the compact form factor.
 
I think companies are ripping the schite out of these steam machine builds which is a shame but people should just build their own!
 
CUDlybunny said:
I'm busy with an 8k build that has a 4.5ghz 2500k cpu and a XFX double dissipation R9290 GPU, only thing I can appreciate about steam machines is the compact form factor.
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Reusing a secondhand CPU means your build can't compare directly. Also, with itx the miniaturisation is pretty much all you're paying for...so if you're not building a small form factor setup, you shouldn't be comparing your build at all?

Not meaning to start a fight.
 
Neoprod said:
Reusing a secondhand CPU means your build can't compare directly. Also, with itx the miniaturisation is pretty much all you're paying for...so if you're not building a small form factor setup, you shouldn't be comparing your build at all?

Not meaning to start a fight.
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You should, because any gaming pc build makes a steam machine unnecessary. Like I said, the form factor is the only thing I can appreciate about them.
 
ponder said:
I think companies are ripping the schite out of these steam machine builds which is a shame but people should just build their own!
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I think there's about 20% profit in there somewhere split between Alienware and Dionwired. That's not a lot for a luxury item, I think? I'm waiting to see pricing from other OEM's...not sure they will be much cheaper.

Its interesting...Valve obviously wants these to sell like hotcakes so would be doing everything they can to get prices down while OEM's want a reasonable margin on the equipment.
 
CUDlybunny said:
You should, because any gaming pc build makes a steam machine unnecessary. Like I said, the form factor is the only thing I can appreciate about them.
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Cool, I get that. I'm more interested in what small form factor builds would cost compared to what steam machines are going to cost (not how many steam machine sales are cannibalised by m-atx, atx builds).
 
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