Alienware m18x or m17x r4?

•Alienware M17X R4
•Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
•Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
•6 GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1600MHz (2 DIMMs)
•500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
•8X DVD+/-RW Drive
•Display : 17.3 Inch Wide Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED
•Graphics : 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
•English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
•Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103 Card
•Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103
•AlienFX Colour : Plasma Purple
•LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch – Stealth Black
•Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
•Internal Qwerty Keyboard
•Camera : Integrated Skype HD Certified FullHD Camera with dual digital Microphones

£1,090.84 inc VAT

That was a great price. Unfortunately I clicked on the one with a 675M first so lost out on it.
 
RobK said:
•Alienware M17X R4
•Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
•Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
•6 GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1600MHz (2 DIMMs)
•500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
•8X DVD+/-RW Drive
•Display : 17.3 Inch Wide Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED
•Graphics : 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
•English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
•Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103 Card
•Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103
•AlienFX Colour : Plasma Purple
•LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch – Stealth Black
•Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
•Internal Qwerty Keyboard
•Camera : Integrated Skype HD Certified FullHD Camera with dual digital Microphones

£1,090.84 inc VAT

That was a great price. Unfortunately I clicked on the one with a 675M first so lost out on it.
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Gutted, would have loved that one! one day I will get lucky
 
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Dead pixel :( Annoying as it is right in the middle of the screen. Hopefully i will get a quick response from dell
 
There is more then 1, that black one seems the most prominent one - there also seems to be a group of grey ones to the side which i couldnt picture too well. Admittedly i thought it was a smudge/dirt as ive been in pretty poor lighting conditions however i have just given the screen an alcohol clean and they are apparent. Normally they want around 6 dead pixels before they do anything, will have to see what is said!
 
Are you able to download all of the alienware stuff if you do a full reinstall of windows? As I was wanting to put my two current ssd drives in my m17x when it arrives
 
KiiYzOo said:
Are you able to download all of the alienware stuff if you do a full reinstall of windows? As I was wanting to put my two current ssd drives in my m17x when it arrives
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nIckEl101 said:
I'll be doing the same, I there's a cd/dvd that comes with it, that has all the necessary software.
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If you have a new machine you should get the drivers DVD. If you got it on the Outlet, you'll need to put your service tag in and manually download all the drivers and install them in the correct order.
Windows 7 install guide:
http://support.dell.com/support/top...&l=en&s=gen&cs=&dgc=SM&cid=249387&lid=4345490
And the initial drivers required:
http://support.dell.com/support/top...&l=en&s=gen&cs=&dgc=SM&cid=249387&lid=4369806

Hope that helps. Back home from being away with stupidly slow internet :mad: so I'm hoping to nab myself an Alienware before the new year :cool:
 
The drivers on the Dell support site can be quite out of date, especially the graphics card ones that are often updated. I normally go to the device manufacturers' web sites and get the latest versions of everything. Takes a while though!
 
Think I'm gonna be waiting a long long time to pull the trigger fast enough on the outlet for an M17x, started looking last week and boy do they go fast!

Anyone managed to get much of a discount when calling the sales line? I've only been offered a paltry 100GBP off a system priced online at 1900GBP?
 
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