My new system

Well again I enter the phase game the system I have ordered:

[1] Aurora™ Star Wars Edition Dark Side

Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4400+ with HyperTransport and Dual Core Technology
Operating System (Office software not included): Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Warranty: 4-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service / AlienAutopsy / Respawn
Exclusive Star Wars Extras: Dark Side Desktop Skin - FREE !
Exclusive Star Wars Extras: Dark Side Desktop Wallpaper - FREE !
Exclusive Star Wars Extras: Membership to Hyperspace Online, the Official Star Wars Fan Club - FREE !
Exclusive Star Wars Extras: Sony Star Wars Video Journey Music Samples - FREE !
Chassis: Alienware® Star Wars Full-Tower Case - Dark Side
Power Supply: Alienware® 650 Watt ATX 2.0 Power Supply
Motherboard: Alienware® NVidia nForce™4 SLI™ X16 Motherboard
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel Low-Latency DDR PC-3200 at 400MHz - 2 x 1024MB
Graphics Processor: Dual 512MB PCI-Express x16 NVIDIA® GeForce™ 7900 GTX - SLI Enabled
Video Optimizer: AlienAdrenaline: Video Performance Optimizer
Chassis Upgrades: Alienware® Acoustic Dampening with AlienIce™ 2.0 Video Cooling
System Drive: Extreme Performance (RAID 0) - 320GB RAID0 (2 x 160GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ NCQ & 16MB Cache)
Primary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
Secondary CD ROM/DVD ROM: 16x Dual Layer DVD±R/W Drive
Sound Card: Alienware® Edition Sound Blaster® X-Fi® High Definition 7.1 Audio with XRAM Technology

I was originally going to go with the Aurora 7500 but stumbled on this nice setup. And amazingly enough, its 120 dollars cheaper for the exact same components and the nice case artwork. I already own a 5620D and a 766 laptop and am quite excited about finally getting one of their desktops. My current p4 3.2 with a gig of ram and a 5950 ultra card only scored a 456 on 3dmark 06 (tells you how long it has been since I last upgraded). I certaily expect to see a bit higher numbers with this new machine. I will keep you all posted as to its progress (looking like the second week of may).

Phase 3 now

After finalizing their credit (hey why not use their money for 6 months?) my system has now arrived at phase 3. I think though due to the fact that not only my video cards (7900 gtx) but now also the memory is on backorder, i am sure I will not see this system for another couple of weeks or more. So far though, I have to say that my entire experience with Alienware has been quite enjoyable. Everyone I have talked to has been very courteous, knowledgable, and quick to do whatever it takes to answer my questions. So even though this will take a bit to complete, im certain that I will be quite pleased with my new machine. I know when it does arrive, I will reseat all the cards, check all the connections and be certain that nothing was jarred loose by the shipping. Then I shall post pictures and benchmarks.

wow very quick....

Yesterday phase 3 today phase 5 I guess they had the parts in stock after all the hopefull ship date is may 1st.

Now entered phase 8, seems they are quickly processing it. Hopefully I will recieve this by the middle of next week.

Well I guess they found something wrong... its now back to phase 5... heh was getting excited there for a minute.

double post sorry for that

Well seems they fixed the issue and now my order is now in phase 9. I expect that since i live in Florida as well that it shouldnt take but a day to actually ship so I may have this by wed or Thur.

Whoooo !!

System is on the truck and ready to be at my house today! Will post pictures and preliminary benchmarks after it arrives!