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I want to custom build one and would like some opinions on what to put into it. I'd use it for moderate to heavy-ish gaming. I'd also use Photoshop and various other Adobe programs quite heavily. Price isn't a concern and having looked at other laptops, I like the look you get with an Alienware so I don't really want to buy anything else.

Graphics card:
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M
2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M

Memory:
6144MB (1x2GB + 1x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
12288MB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 (2x2GB + 2x4GB )
16384MB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
24576MB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 (2x4GB, 2x8GB)
32768MB 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 (4x8GB)

Hard drive:

Single Hard Drive

500GB 7,200rpm SATA 3Gb/s HDD
750GB 7,200rpm SATA 3Gb/s HDD
1TB 5,400rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
256GB Dell Mobility Solid State Drive 6Gb/s
512GB Dell Mobility Solid State Drive 6Gb/s
500GB 7,200 RPM + 32GB mSATA Caching SSD
750GB 7,200 RPM + 32GB mSATA Caching SSD

Dual Drive Options

1TB RAID 1 (2x1TB 5,400 rpm)

Wireless connectivity:

Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 2230 with Bluetooth 4.0
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO with Bluetooth 4.0

Thanks to anyone who replies.

You're paying a premium for a name with the Alienware.

Check these out instead:

http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php

http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=30028

Customise your own system and save serious cash as compared to the Alienware systems.

I'd say something along the lines of this:
GTX 570 1.2 GB
Atleast 8GB of ram
Sandy Bridge or Ivy (Which ever suits your budget) i7 if you can.
750+ PSU
1TB HDD
That should do nicely. Good luck