Alienware m17x spec help

jubei

jubei

jubei

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Hey guys,

I know alienwares are generally considered a waste of money (by myself until now too). But i have been converted after seeing them in the flesh and am leaning towards getting one now but a little troubled on my spec.

I can either buy from outlet and just hope for good spec, or if i buy new with various discounts n codes i can get about 300 off of the price.

The things i am stuck on are:

would you get a 2760qm with 1080p or a 2670 with 120hz 1080 with 3d glasses for the same cost?

Would you opt for the 500 hybrid drive or the 750 7200rpm if intending to add SSD for OS.

6990m or the 580m? both cost about the same right now.

Finally, the 6300 intel wireless card or the killer 1103?

Cheers for input.
 
For 1415 delivered i can get new:

2670qm, 4gig(will upgrade myself as dell prices are insane), 500hybrid drive, 580m, 1080p 3d screen, intel 6300 wifi.

Hows that lookin? To spec similar up on custom laptops with the 3d screen n 580 comes to about 1600 due to the insane costs of 580 in most places.
 
Cheers guys, what did u pay for yours dinks? Is the 580m a better card than the 6990?

I will wait n see what pops up on the outlet today else mite just order it new for the 1415 n try topcashback for 5%, have never used that site before though so no idea how it really works n such lol.
 
Also anyone know if the alienware is sata3 or not? If i order it today i also want to order an SSD from here to put in it n want to make sure i get the right ssd and not one of the newer ones if the alienware doesnt support it. Will i need any kind of bracket to get it to work in the laptop?

Would likely get the crucial m4 128gig if that will work without too much fiddling?
 
How did you get it so cheap mate? I used e-value, epp and a voucher code and lowest i cld get it was the 1415. Maybe better speaking to a rep?
 
Called n spoke to a rep who said that the promo was just for xmas and cant match it. Then said he would get me a call back tomorrow from the epp team who could try to help.

Hopefully can net me my 17x for 1300 or less and i will order it, else think i will hold off for now.
 
I get where you are coming from, but the alienware can be had cheaper using e-value codes etc, n dell are massively overpricing hdd and memory. 130 i think to upgrade ram to 8gig etc. hundreds for the extra hdd. Both which can be bought for sod all and installed self.

Am looking to have an ssd for my OS drive not raid anyway man, n can pick up a ram kit for about 60 quid. It might end up costing me overall prolly 50 quid more than teh samsung, but the 10% is worth 50 quid to me yeah :)

Dont get me wrong i think the sammy looks nice, just kinda set on grabbing myself an alienware now for my needs.
 
yeah the third one on dmxdimension is the one i used to get 3d screen cheaper. Also a free delivery code, and i had employee purchase program through work for 8% off. Either way am waiting on a callback from a rep today to try n get the price down a little more.

Notebookreview forums have a thread on how to get the alienwares cheaper lol, worth checking out.
 
According to people on nbr, soon equates to 5 months from now wtih the lower end cards, and about 8 months for the good ones.
 
Lowest price dell could quote me for the alienware wtih 3d and 580m was 1360 inc. Told them i will leave it for now as i am still on the fence.
 
Purgatory said:
Still expensive, still does not come with bluray and im guessing its all at the basic setup too apart from the 3d screen and 580m. The memory and harddrives are way too small and will cost more to update them and by time you do that it all adds up even buying them elsewhere.

I'm hoping OCUK can sort the price out today on the Samsung, if not i'm ordering it elsewhere. It's a hell of a laptop for £1365 and only have to add another 8GB of ram for £40 and it's perfect for work and gaming.
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Any luck getting a more reasonable price out of them?
 
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