Alienware 17 or m18x

kauto

kauto

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Hello,

I am looking to spend around £1500 on an alienware laptop. I had pretty much chosen the m17x with a 680m for under £1500. However, when I went to order it they decided to remove the m17x from sale!

So I am left now with 3 options...a baseline m18x with a 680m, a baseline 17 with a 765m or a baseline 17 with a 770m (approx 250 quid more than the 765m).

Does anyone have any views on which they would go for? Apologies for not putting up full specs but I am on my phone.

Thanks
 
kauto said:
Hello,

I am looking to spend around £1500 on an alienware laptop. I had pretty much chosen the m17x with a 680m for under £1500. However, when I went to order it they decided to remove the m17x from sale!

So I am left now with 3 options...a baseline m18x with a 680m, a baseline 17 with a 765m or a baseline 17 with a 770m (approx 250 quid more than the 765m).

Does anyone have any views on which they would go for? Apologies for not putting up full specs but I am on my phone.

Thanks
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You seen the new OcUK 8970M models?

Also later this week we shall be taking pre-orders on the new OcUK GTX 770 and GTX 780 models too. :)

Also our pricing should be about £200 less for equal in spec/performance. :)
 
OCUK Gaming laptops are very good.
I've bought one in the past and highly recommend them over the Alienware ones, you end up paying a premium for the Alienware brand :S
 
NoodleKing said:
OCUK Gaming laptops are very good.
I've bought one in the past and highly recommend them over the Alienware ones, you end up paying a premium for the Alienware brand :S
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I won't knock Alienware because I really like their stuff, but as you do say you do pay extra for the brand, unless you get one when DELL do their amazing deals.

Though right now for £1200-£1500 you should be settling for no less than 8970M, GTX 770 or GTX 780.

The graphics is the single most important factor about a gaming laptop as the latest games can struggle on the lower end GPU's such as GTX 660M and 765M or lower.
 
You can get a very good deal if you order them by calling Dell.

if you're lucky you can get like 40% off.

Alienwares look good, I had a M11x R3 which I loved, too bad they don't make ones like that anyone. ): There's that 11" Clevo with Nvidia 650m graphics (W110ER) but it's not the same.

If I had to pick, I would pick 15" Sager/Clevo.
 
Hi guys thanks for the responses. Ended up taking the plunge and went for:

Alienware 17 Base
4th Gen Intel Core i7-4700MQ (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost) (Standard) 17.3 inch (439.42 mm) WLED FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare Display
Alienware 17 Anodized Aluminum
8GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz
750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Slot-Loading 8x SuperMulti Drive (DVDR/RW)
Cyberlink Power DVD BD
240W AC Adapter
8-cell Lithium Ion (86 wHr) Battery
UK 250V Power Cord
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M with 3GB GDDR5
Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and Bluetooth 4.0
5G WiFi Broadcom 4352 802.11n/ac and Bluetooth 4.0 driver
Internal UK/Irish (QWERTY) Keyboard
Operating System : Windows 8 64bit, English

I managed to upgrade to the 770m and the screen to the FHD version. It came to around 1669 online so I called them and after a bit of haggling I got them down to 1500 on the dot so very happy :)
 
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