I am looking for advise based on experience between Dell XPS and Alienware. I have an old XPS that I've updated over the years but it's not up to the games I'm trying to play now. ARK Survival I have to play at the lowest setting and Elden Ring won't even run because my GPU is too old for v12 DirectX, and even some older games I have to disable shadows, etc.
I'm an IT guy and capable of building my own but have no interest in that. I've been a Dell user at home and at work for years, I'm comfortable with the equipment, etc. I am not interested in any build your own suggestions, just not interested. I know my choice will cost more, don't care.
Here's the dilemma. For about the same cost I can get a XPS with every upgraded component I can choose from the website. Or, I can get an Alienware that is as good without the upgrades.
In this situation I'm thinking that the Alienware may be designed with superior cooling and airflow. I wonder about the XPS cooling after I finish adding every high performance thing I can to it. Just because the website says it's possible doesn't make it a good decision.
I had an Alienware years ago when they were still Alienware. Nice machine, ran games great, water cooled, dual GPU's, had the occasional plumbing problem to fix, replaced the power supply once. I have no idea what has happened since Dell bought them, assume things are more reliable and standard, could be wrong.
If anyone has dealt with either a fully packed XPS or modern Alienware I'll appreciate hearing what you think about them.
I'm an IT guy and capable of building my own but have no interest in that. I've been a Dell user at home and at work for years, I'm comfortable with the equipment, etc. I am not interested in any build your own suggestions, just not interested. I know my choice will cost more, don't care.
Here's the dilemma. For about the same cost I can get a XPS with every upgraded component I can choose from the website. Or, I can get an Alienware that is as good without the upgrades.
In this situation I'm thinking that the Alienware may be designed with superior cooling and airflow. I wonder about the XPS cooling after I finish adding every high performance thing I can to it. Just because the website says it's possible doesn't make it a good decision.
I had an Alienware years ago when they were still Alienware. Nice machine, ran games great, water cooled, dual GPU's, had the occasional plumbing problem to fix, replaced the power supply once. I have no idea what has happened since Dell bought them, assume things are more reliable and standard, could be wrong.
If anyone has dealt with either a fully packed XPS or modern Alienware I'll appreciate hearing what you think about them.
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