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I'm thinking of buying a new desktop computer and i can't decide which one of these two computers should i choose. The first computer is the Alienware Aurora R3 and the second computer is the HP Pavilion Elite HPE-590uk. im looking for power, speed and which one generally better. Here are the specs for the ALienware Aurora R3 - CHASSIS COLOURAlienware Aurora Matte Black 875W Chassis PROCESSOR3.4GHz Intel® Core™ i7-2600K (8MB Cache) Quad Core Unlocked Processor with overclocked Turbo Boost t OPERATING SYSTEMEnglish Genuine Windows®7 Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) GRAPHICS CARDSingle 1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 460 MEMORY3072MB (3x1GB) 1333MHz DDR3 Memory HARD DRIVE1TB - SATA-II, 7,200rpm, 32MB Cache OPTICAL DRIVEDVD+/-RW (Read/Write) 24x SOUND CARDIntegrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio WIRELESS CONNECTIVITYDell 1525 Wireless PCIe Network Card 802.11n MEDIA READERAlienware 19-in-1 Media card reader SERVICES AND SUPPORT1Yr Next Day Hardware Support included with your PC PREMIUM SOUNDDell AY410 Multimedia Desktop Speaker KEYBOARDAlienware Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY) MOUSEAlienware Optical Mouse Dell System Media KitAlienware Aurora Resource DVD Shipping DocumentsEnglish - Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord Gedis Bundle ReferenceD05ASW01 Order InformationAlienware Aurora (R3) DT Order - UK Standard Warranty1 year Next Business Day Hardware Support included with your PC AutoMatic UpdatesAutoMatic Updates : AutoMatic updates - On Here are the specs for the HP Pavilion Elite HPE-590uk- Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor - 3.4 GHz (up to 3.8 GHz with Turbo Boost) - 5 GT/s DMI - 8 MB L3 Cache - Quad-core - Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (virtual 8-core processing) Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64-bit RAM - 8GB installed DDR3 RAM - 4 x DIMM slots (2 available) - 16GB maximum RAM capacity Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GT 420 - 2GB dedicated memory Hard drive 1.5 TB SATA (5400rpm) Optical disk drive SuperMulti Blu-ray Burner with LightScribe Technology Memory card reader 15-in-1 memory card reader USB 8 x USB 2.0 Modem/Ethernet Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN WiFi Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n Video interface 1 x HDMI 1 x DVI (VGA via adapter) Audio interface 6 x analogue audio 1 x digital audio TV output HDMI Extension card slot 3 x PCI-Express x1 1 x PCI-Express x16 1 x MiniCard Keyboard & Mouse Wireless keyboard Wireless optical mouse Additional features DVB-T TV tuner (Freeview) Accessories included Power cord, keyboard, mouse, HP Win7 Media Center Remote Control Software included Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 (60 days live update) Recovery partition (including possibility to recover system, applications and drivers separately) Optional re-allocation of recovery partition Recovery CD/DVD creation tool Windows Media Center HP Power Assistant HP MediaSmart Suite Windows Live Applications Cyberlink DVDSuite HP Music Station HP Games Console Norton Online Backup (30-day trial) EasyBits Magic Desktop Microsoft Internet Explorer Adobe Reader Adobe Flash Player The Alienware costs £1,321.38 and the HP Pavilion Elite HPE-590uk costs £949.99. Which one is better? Help

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1. Alienware use only 3 GB for RAM but HP use 16 GB. I choose HP for affordable price and included Blu-Ray to play media. HP had 1.5 TB and Alien only 1 TB. If you want power and speed, HP it's better with 16GB DDR3. Alienware better if you want a high multimedia processing.
2. >You forgot to put the HP specs here, but here it is on the net: http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ie/en/ho/WF06b/12454-12454-3329740-64546-64546-5035344-5049796.html My advice is not to buy the Alienware because it is a lot more expensive and the difference is just in the namebrand. The HP looks very similar and I would go with the HP instead. You can always upgrade the HP with better or different parts IF you order the computer from them on line and speak to an HP sales rep. You can do this on line with HP and chat with them on their chat site directly. HP also has good return and repair policies and a quick turn around time in case you need to RMA it for repair. One other thing, the HP model has 8 gigs of RAM while the ALienware only has 3??? What the heck is that all about?