1. By Christine, Katie, Lucas, and Sean
GAMING COMPUTERS
By Christine, Katie, Lucas, and Sean
Apple
Macbook Pro
HP Envy 17 3D
Dell
Alienware M18x

2. The Decision
Dell
Alienware M18x

3. The Specifics PROCESSOR
Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.8GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
MEMORY
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz (2DIMMS)

4. The Specifics HARD DRIVE 320GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH
Intel® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0
RAM
512 GB

5. Software Steam Games Portal 2 – World of Warcraft Starcraft 2
Initial download is free, each game costs money and takes up space
Portal 2 –
Intel Processor - Pentium 4 3.0GHz
RAM (Memory) - 1 GB
Hard Disk Space - 8 GB
World of Warcraft
Intel Pentium GHz
RAM GB or more
HD space GB available
Starcraft 2
2.6 GHz Pentium
12 GB available HD space
1 GB RAM

6. $$$$ MONEY $$$$ Budget: $3000.00 PC Price: $2,349.00 Software Prices:
Stream: free + games (average $20.00 per game)
Portal 2: $39.99
War of Warcraft: 19.75
Starcraft 2: $44.99
Final Price: $2, x

7. Review
“Performance is something that the Alienware M18x has in abundance and then some. With dual graphics cards, a Sandy Bridge Intel Core i7 CPU overclocked to 4GHz and large amounts of RAM this gaming beast found rendering fast-paced action in Call of Duty: Black Ops on full detail settings easier than a walk in the park” – Chris Martin , The Inquirer