Advice on Alienware Laptop

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equinox654

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Hey guys,

Im selling my desktop to my cousin and I am gonna order a laptop off the dell outlet tomorrow.

Im looking at a few configs of alienwares.

My main coice is

  • Alienware M15x Laptop
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
  • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 640 GB SATA II Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
  • 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
  • Slot Load Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW & BD-ROM)
  • 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850

This one is $1579 /w 20% $1263


  • Alienware M17x Laptop
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9600 (2.80GHz/1066Mhz FSB/6MB cache)
  • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 320 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
  • 8 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (2 DIMMs)
  • 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
  • SLi, Dual nVidia GeForce GTX 280 1024MB
Price $1719 with 20% off coupon $1375 dont really wannna spend more than that.

Last config is


  • Alienware M17x R2 Laptop
  • Processor: Intel Core i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
  • Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
  • 500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
  • 6 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHZ
  • 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
  • 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
This one comes out to 1239 after coupon.

The 15" has the best specs, but in the 17" I could stick the 80gb intel SSD that im keeping. The coupon ends friday so im not gonna be able to save any more money.

This only has to hold me over until around tax time. Ill do a new build then. Hopefully sandybridge and some new video cards will be out. Ill the alienware as a lan and recliner computer then.

If you guys have a better suggestion let me know.
I saw a m17x at frys a couple of months back and was floored at the design and build quality.
Budget is around 1300-1400
 
Lol i dont think theres much difference between the two. When your already like 9 pounds and extra 1.5 pounds isnt gonna hurt.

I used to have a xps m170.
17" 1920x1200
pentium m 2.0
7800m gtx
I kept that laptop almost a year. Thats the longest ive ever kept one lol. Its 7800 was almost as fast as the desktop version... so at the time I could play everything maxed out.

I keep doing this... Ill build a desktop. Run it about 6 months then sell and get laptop, then ill sell the laptop and throw a few hundred in and get a better system than I had before.

I think the problem is that I keep getting macbook pros. Every game runs like shit on them and makes me miss my desktop
 
You could always purchase a optical drive bay converter for the 15" and run 2 HDs, put the SSD in it and use it as the boot drive.

I would agree with the others and say the 15 is the better deal, but it also depends on the resolution. If the 15" has a lower max the 5850 should be more than adequate.
 
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