Alienware M17 R5

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Managed to bag a refurbished M17 R5 for £800 just wondering if there’s something better for similar price or is that as good as it get?

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Ryzen 7 6800h
3070ti
QHD 165hz
16GB (2x8GB)
512GB NVME
 
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Thought I much. Just checking if there's any hidden bargains out there. Would like a 4070 legion but they're going for over 1k and pretty sure the price-performance ratio is no better than what I have now
 
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Thought I much. Just checking if there's any hidden bargains out there. Would like a 4070 legion but they're going for over 1k and pretty sure the price-performance ratio is no better than what I have now
in all fairness that 3070ti isn't far behind a 4070 and the m17r5 I reviewed was a pretty solid unit
 
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Looks good to me, the thing you need to check for is fTPM stutter, related to the AMD PSP. Some manufacturers patched theirBIOS with newer AGESA code which resolved the issue, but some, like Lenovo, did not.

I ended up returning an otherwise decent Lenovo Legion (well 2, mine and the wife's) because of it as it was a nightmare.

4070 is very similar to the 3070ti mobile, power limits being equal, 4070 just gains access to frame gen.
 
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