I have to agree with RoadClosed I broke the connectors on my laptop pretty much the same way. I risked it and soldered it my self and lucked out that I had no problems. He's right it is not an easy job. And I hear Nokia, dead HDDs bite.

Both the new Dell and the Alienware are awesome. If you are looking for a good comparison chek out TechTV's gaming laptop roundup. They had the Dell winning on pure proformance, but the Alienware on over all.