I really doubt that Alienware’s motherboard would use similar VRMs on them. These, among other things, impact your ability to keep your overclocked system stable.
Innuendo, hearsay, opinions and myths are not facts. The fact is that I opened up my case and looked inside my Aurora R3 and the components were all except the video cards of comparable quality to the best you can get in other systems or from newegg.com. The video cards were OEM reference cards. Not bad cards but not great either. I believe that the mother board was at the time a top of the line mini-ATX intel gaming motherboard.
Yes, you can spend more for components if you build your own system. They may be better components but I am not sure that a $300 motherboard is better than a $150 motherboard unless you are trying to set 3DMark records.
Please stop speculating on which components Alienware computers have in them. If you want to know which components your Alienware system would have in it, why dont you call Alienware and ask them?
1.800.Alienware
(1-800-254-3692)If your salesperson cant answer your questions, call tech support and ask them. I am sure they will be happy to answer your questions.
Would you by any chance be selling or in any way affiliated to Alienware..? I find your aggressive defending of Alienware very puzzling.
Facts are facts – you pay a premium for the shining lights of the Alienware, compared to what you can build your self. Granted if you are in the segment of Alienware (young and/or new to hardware) and like the overly plasticky and spacey look of their various lines – then by all means enjoy your time with it. But by claiming that Alienware give better/equal value and bang for the buck – as a home built system, is just silly.
Finally – please remove the High End from this post title – nothing about your pc is high end. As per the word high-end, it would have to be just about the best throughout the system – and e.g. 2 × 560ti, is quite far from high-end – a GTX 670 barely qualify + your CPU is two generations old.
Sorry to burst your bubble mate, but time just moves fast in this world of hardware. Maybe you paid high-end price for your system back in the day, but that does not mean it is high-end today