Alienware m18x or m17x r4?

Was wondering, do you guys make use of laptop coolers? With a dual gpu laptop coming i am considering to get one. But then also as I don't intend to overlock it and I am thinking maybe I should not bother as it may make the unit look a bit ugly siting on one.


Meaker said:
Repasted and replaced copper ramsinks on the contact plate with copper ones lol:

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What can I say, mobile graphics cards at 1.05ghz get hot.
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Just looked at your previous result and that is a huge jump in results. Got to love these new mobile gpu's, they really have made a huge leap in catching up desktop graphics cards.

Do you intend to overclock often meaker? Or dare may I say have a 24/7 oc running?
 
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There are some really good M17x3's on the outlet right now like this

Alienware M17x R3
Alienware M17xR3
Processor: Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00GHz, 6MB cache, Quad Core) with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.80 GHz
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz (2 DIMMs)
750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
750 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Optical Drive: 12.7x Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Display: 17.3-inch Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990M
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
Wireless: Dell 375 Bluetooth Card
Wireless : Dell Wireless 1501 wireless-N
Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Internal Backlit Keyboard


Click here for available options and upgrades
Price: £747.95
Price excl. VAT and delivery

Alienware M17x R3
Alienware M17xR3 : Stealth Black
Processor: Intel Core i7-2760QM (2.40Ghz, 6MB, 4C)
Operating System : Windows 7 Professional
8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600 MHz Memory (4 DIMMs)
500 GB 2.5inch 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Data Burst Cache SATA II Hybrid Hard Drive
Optical Drive : 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Display: 17.3-inch Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990M
English Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64 Bit)
Wireless: Dell 375 Bluetooth Card
Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103
Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Internal Backlit Keyboard


Click here for available options and upgrades
Price: £812.75
Price excl. VAT

Alienware M17x R3
Alienware M17xR3 : Stealth Black
Processor: Intel Core i7-2860QM (2.50 GHz with Turbo Boost up to 3.60 GHz)
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
16 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz Memory (4 DIMMs)
500 GB 2.5inch 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Data Burst Cache SATA II Hybrid Hard Drive
Optical Drive: 12.7x Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
Display: 17.3-inch Wide FHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
Wireless: Dell 375 Bluetooth Card
Wireless : Dell Wireless 1501 wireless-N
Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Internal Backlit Keyboard


Click here for available options and upgrades
Price: £947.13
Price excl.
 
When did you guys make your order, so I get rough idea how long it may take for my one to come :)

Usually from outlet it is 1-2 weeks from order date to receiving from what I remember.

EDIY: Also did you guys receive your dell outlet purchases on the exact estimated delivery date or is there a chance it may come earlier. My one is now saying estimated 13th.
 
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7970m on stock speeds.

played bf3 for a bit on ultra. singleplayer got about 30fps on a 64player caspien i got about 55. will post more accurate benchmarks at somepoint.


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yeah mate, keep ur eye on the outlet and grab an mx17 r4 or sometimes an mx18 comes on for under a grand. need to be quick though.
 
neoboy259 said:
Yeah it's been shipped. Hopefully Monday or Tuesday too. Can't bloody wait!

Just seen an m18x with dual 7970m on the outlet. Had my finger over the buy button for a second!
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I dont think its worth the extra for that (assuming it was a good 3 or 400 more).

Mines in hinkly, so i guess its gonna be tomorrow, ours were probably shipping buddies :)

I was happy going for the 1600x900 screen as im sure it will run everything on full detail at that res, while the odd thing might struggle at 1080p, previous dell screens ive had have not looked that great scaling.

Just need to sell my macbook retina now if i can if i get on with the alienware, if its horrifically noisy id keep the macbook and send back the alienware.
 
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