Alienware m18x or m17x r4?

thedinks · 1 Mar 2013 at 17:10

Alternatively if you give someone off here who wants it the service tag number whilst it's in your basket and then that person phones up dell, I'm pretty sure the sales guy/girl at dell can process the order from the basket.

Might be worth trying.

TommyV · 5 Mar 2013 at 09:18

ninja2000 said:
The belkin 17" slim back pack is the best I have come across so far (also had the targus). It cost me £21, great build quality, fits the 17x nicely (and even the18x at a squeeze) and looks good.

Thanks. Ended up snagging this, and a 10.1" belkin sleeve delivered for 17 quid with the voucher applied. Nice!

ninja2000 · 5 Mar 2013 at 16:22

no problem, wow you got a bargain there!

Adam182 · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:01

ninja2000 said:
The belkin 17" slim back pack is the best I have come across so far (also had the targus). It cost me £21, great build quality, fits the 17x nicely (and even the18x at a squeeze) and looks good.

I also use this bag, its fantastic for the price. I used to carry both my m17x's in it

- Adam

ninja2000 · 7 Mar 2013 at 14:19

anyone blag the 7970m? as usual I was too slow

thepharcyde · 8 Mar 2013 at 19:18

What link are you using, what times should I be looking. Never seen one for sale 3pm ive looked. So many Outlet versions on eBay at a premium no doubt .

modis · 8 Mar 2013 at 21:09

with audio drivers are better for aw m17x r4 laptop ?

trisx1x · 11 Mar 2013 at 14:25

Anyone ever heard of Dell changing the time? Popped on randomly at 13.45 today and they had a medium spec m17x R4 with a 900 screen on. Then nothing at the normal time.

alienwisher · 11 Mar 2013 at 14:33

trisx1x said:
Anyone ever heard of Dell changing the time? Popped on randomly at 13.45 today and they had a medium spec m17x R4 with a 900 screen on. Then nothing at the normal time.

Interesting. Also noticed an R3 which I don't think was there yesterday.

Paul N · 11 Mar 2013 at 15:24

Got fed up waiting on the Outlet, never going to find exactly what I want, so went ahead and bought new today. Got the following:

Alienware M17x
3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
8192MB (2x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ HD 7970M
500GB 7,200rpm SATA 3Gb/s HDD
17.3" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
English Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)
DVD+/-RW (Read/Write)
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO with Bluetooth 4.0

£1349 (10% coupon, free delivery coupon), and hopefully about £1270 with 6% cashback if it tracks. I think overall that's a pretty good price.

My only concern is the hard drive. Would have preferred a SSD, but dell are asking £360 extra for one. Is it easy enough to swap in a SSD and reload the OS?

iv-tecman · 11 Mar 2013 at 15:56

SSD is easy enough to fit, and its easy to re-install the OS, just do an alien respawn to a USB disk and you're all set to go.

£1349 is a good price for the spec, over a £100 less then I paid, but then I did opt for a blue ray drive, which I hardly use anyhow..

alienwisher · 11 Mar 2013 at 16:15

trisx1x said:
Anyone ever heard of Dell changing the time? Popped on randomly at 13.45 today and they had a medium spec m17x R4 with a 900 screen on. Then nothing at the normal time.

Was that the one with the following specs?

Base Alienware M17X R4
Processor Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Operating System Operating System : Windows® 7 Professional
Memory 32 GB Memory 1600MHz Dual Channel DDR3 (4x8GB)
Hard Disk Drive 1 TB SATA II Hard Drive (5400RPM)
256 GB Mobility Solid State Drive
Optical Drive : BluRay Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read & write)
NoteBook Screen Display : 17.3 Inch WideHD+ (1600 x 900 ) WLED LCD
Video Graphics : 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
Software English Windows 7 Professional SP1 (64 Bit)
Network Interface Card Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103
Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103 Card
LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch – Stealth Black
Laptop Battery Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION

£1255.75 delivered.

If so, it's still doing the rounds. Very strange spec. Why not pay the same for 7970 and £60 more for the 1080P screen, then it's a substantial piece of kit.

trisx1x · 11 Mar 2013 at 16:35

Yup that was the one mate. Like i said, saw it at about 13.30, then nothing at the usual time. And if Dell don't put any on at the weekend it must have been put on early, cant have been floating around since Friday could it?

Very strange spec too. Do you think the guy forgot to add the HD screen and cancelled the order?

alienwisher · 11 Mar 2013 at 16:49

trisx1x said:
Yup that was the one mate. Like i said, saw it at about 13.30, then nothing at the usual time. And if Dell don't put any on at the weekend it must have been put on early, cant have been floating around since Friday could it?

Very strange spec too. Do you think the guy forgot to add the HD screen and cancelled the order?

Quite possibly. It's weird someone would spend £2800 but have the basic screen which is about the cheapest upgrade option :confused:

. I also think some people have the funds available and just want to take these systems for a test drive for a few days, then send them back under DSR, only having to pay the return P&P :rolleyes:

trisx1x · 12 Mar 2013 at 14:23

Nothing on there again at the normal time.

tereu5 · 12 Mar 2013 at 14:50

just wondering if they randomised the listing times perhaps?

tereu5 · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:22

hmmm
Sale rep chat : "The inventory gets refreshed twice a day: 03:00 am and 03:00 pm UK time zone so if you want you can wait may be it might give you more options"

tereu5 · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:23

so something changed? could any1 confirm that? Nothing on the listing for the last few days on the usual 14:15+ slot time ...
soz should edit previous...

ninja2000 · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:27

not sure but I thought i saw some xps 13 added at 14:18

ninja2000 · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:27

might as well give 3 a try though, who is up for the 3am one though