Hi there,
Looking for a good deal on an Alienware Alpha i3 (currently $799 at Dell). Pretty much limited to buying from Dell (?), but price doesn’t seem to be moving at the moment, unless there is a boxing day type sale comes up at Dell. Appreciate any coupons/other options anyone may have.
I've had a look at refurbished models and they're using an older processer and slower HD, so probably not preferable.
Thanks.
Thanks. Out of interest, when did you get that deal?
At the end of November. It took about two weeks for it to actually arrive (build + delivery).
I got the upgraded model with Win 8.1 and a controller.
Some disk benchmarks to give you some idea of the 7200rpm drive.
included 7200rpm drive:
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 124.431 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 113.676 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.257 MB/s [ 306.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 1.109 MB/s [ 270.8 IOPS]
with my (old 2012) Sandisk Extreme 120gb SSD:
Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 480.937 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 136.290 MB/s
Random Read 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 79.331 MB/s [ 19367.9 IOPS]
Random Write 4KiB (Q= 32,T= 1) : 108.440 MB/s [ 26474.6 IOPS]
Sequential write speeds would be much faster with a modern ssd.
Thanks rakkie.
Are you happy with it?
Surprised that Dell have deals on just about everything other than the Alpha at the moment.
Found these coupons on the Cashrewards site, with 5% the best deal on Alienware.
http://www.cashrewards.com.au/dell-australia#coupons
Anyone else know of anything better around?
Thanks
If you can wait for the next set of ebay deals, you can probably get it at a decent discount. I got one for around $620 (20% off + cashback).