Alienware m18x or m17x r4?

one was 660m other one don't know - usually when aiming to get one just selecting without checking as that the quickest way :P
 
Guys, I see there hasn't been much activity on the forum for a while.

I managed to basket the following system today:

Base Alienware M17X R4
Processor Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3740QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium
Memory 16 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2x8GB)
Hard Disk Drive 256 GB Mobility Solid State Drive
Media Bay 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
Display : 17.3 Inch Wide Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED
Video Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GTX 680
Software Back Up Media Not Included
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
Network Interface Card Wireless : Intel Centrino Advanced-N 2230 (2x2, a/g/n) + Bluetooth
System Color AlienFX Colour : Plasma Purple
LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch – Stealth Black
Laptop Battery Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Keyboard Internal Qwerty Keyboard
Hardware Upgrade Camera : Integrated Skype HD Certified FullHD Camera with dual digital Microphones
Adapters 240W A/C Adapter

£1281 delivered.

I've thought about it but it's too much for me. Plus I'd rather have the cheaper but equally as good 7970 and a Blu-Ray player.

I'll release it at a specified time in the next 10 minutes if requested, otherwise I'll just leave it in my basket until it automatically goes back on the itinery (around 14:38).

Hope it helps someone though.
 
Base Alienware M17X R4
Processor Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
Operating System Windows® 8
Memory 6 GB DDR3 Dual Channel 1600MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive 32 GB SSD SRT enhancement
500 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Media Bay 8X DVD+/-RW Drive
NoteBook Screen Display : 17.3 Inch Wide Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED
Video Graphics: 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GTX 680
Software Back Up Media Not Included
Windows® 8 64bit (Englilsh)
Network Interface Card Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103
Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1103 Card
System Color AlienFX Colour : Quasar Blue
LCD Back Cover : Soft Touch – Stealth Black
Laptop Battery Battery : Primary 9-cell 90W/HR LI-ION
Keyboard Internal Qwerty Keyboard
Hardware Upgrade Camera : Integrated Skype HD Certified FullHD Camera with dual digital Microphones
Adapters 240W A/C Adapter
Power Supply: 250V AC Adapter


Sub-total £1,133.52

Anyone? Holding in basket
 
Thanks for helping us out Sindoh87.

Shows how much extra the 680M is. I saw an R4 a couple weeks ago with near identical spec but with the 7970 and it was a whole £200 cheaper. Wow! I guess anything under £1200 is still a bargain if a buyer wants the 680 though. That's if they can get one on the outlet, lol.
 
I'm sure there was a 7970 yesterday when I scanned the few that were available. Managed to basket one with 680 yesterday for first time in ages but was simply too expensive. I'm actually after one with the 7970 (and Blu-Ray), lol. You after a specific spec too?
 
Sindoh87 said:
It was actually a re-release, it seems the original buyer wasn't convinced - many 660s today still no elusive 7970
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The 680 is listed again. 1150 notes for 680 not bad tbh ...tempted ...especially as Nvidia and AMD released the 8970 and 780 with same architecture and core-nothing new...

Any1 interested? As it will be out of the basked 17-40
 
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Probably. But then again a little there from the slightly higher clocks and little from the "new" Hanswell and we could end up a hefty 10% maybe? My only concern is that even if performance would be on the same level we will have to pay extra - because its NEW on a market.

With regards to NVIDIA

"The rumor says GTX 780M and GTX 770M are almost identical to their predecessors, with no changes to the CUDA cores count. The question is, are we talking about the GTX 680MX (with full GK104 GPU) or the GTX 680M (GK104 with 1344 cores). Also the difference would be in clocks, where the GTX 780M would be clocked at 900 MHz (GTX 680M has 720 MHz clock). What the new listing also confirms is that the card would feature 4GB of GDDR5 memory, just like its predecessor. The GeForce GTX 770M would probably follow the same path. This card also has the same memory size as the current GTX 670M — 3GB"

When comes to AMD there is info about MSI lunching new GX70 laptop with AMD 8970:

The HD 8970M is the successor to the 7970M however specifications wise it isn’t much different at all. The Radeon HD 8970M is based on the same Pitcairn architecture used on the 7970M featuring 1280 (1D) stream processors, 80 texture mapping units and 2GB memory that runs across an 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface. "
So from the marketing graph ;) 6.7% faster then 680 and 10% faster then 7970 if that actually what's going to happend




Both companies are doing same thing ,possibly delaying the new cards for the next year ...

Another thing - maybe some one could share their thought - would outlet have the new revisions of m17x m18x straight away or some time will have to pass untill they will even try to list them ? Didn't look in there before R4 arrived so not sure how quick the listings popped out
 
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Nice info, tereu. Makes for some interesting reading. I guess the 680 and 7970 made a big leap from what was available last year that this year the jump wouldn't be as substantial.

Since the outlet sells refurbs only, we'll have to wait for a couple weeks most likely until we see the new revisions appear. I think the R4 came out in May last year and the first refurbs came through in June. I remember days where 15+ laptops were added on the occasional day last July and August. If only it was like that now, lol.
 
I've decided it's time to upgrade from my xps m1730! It's been faithful for years but I think it's time for a change.

Those outlet prices on the m17x r4's with the 680 cards are probably about the max i'm willing to pay, am going to have to watch carefully to see if i can bag one.

Need at the 2.4ghz quad core processor as well minimum!

Ebay hasn't been much luck.

Anywhere else you lot can recommend to look?
 
Outlet not always generous I tell ya :< For the last couple of days only saw 1 with 680...for 1155 notes (DVD RW isntead BR but thats minor) Not sure even if the time shifted or not....

Really the price is a lottery. Sometimes could be had <1k sometimes you have R3 listed for weeks cause of the silly price...
 
yeah the 780m looks like the 680mx in my imac. Its basically an underclocked GTX680.
There is loads of overclocking headroom in mine and I can push it above GTX680 clocks!
 
not sure if anyone is looking for a portable gaming alienware but while looking myself for just normal laptops icame across 5x mx14r2 they have the 650m card in but for a 14 inch i suppose that decent

2 there for 530

add vat totals 635

just thought id let you guys know
 
M18x R2 with Dual 680m 2gb on right now.


Alienware M18X - R2
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: 18.4 Inch Widescreen Full High Definition (1920X1080) WLED LCD
Graphics: Dual 2 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
Back Up Media Not Included
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Home Premium (64Bit OS)
Wireless : Intel Centrino Advanced-N 2230 (2x2, a/g/n) + Bluetooth
AlienFX Colour : Quasar Blue
LCD Back Cover : Cosmic Black
Battery : Primary 12-cell 97W/HR LI-ION
Internal Qwerty Keyboard
Camera : 2.1 Megapixel Certified Full HD Camera with dual digital microphones

Price........ £1,401.30
 
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