New Alienware M17

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New and improved! i love it, really want one! with 1500 whats the best stuff to upgrade? i was thinkin of upgradin the procesor to the Duo T9400, upgrade the keyboard and also get the tv tuner and remote! any suggestions as to other ways to spend the 500?

EDIT: Also the better internet adapter
 
It's worth it :)
I'm holding out for MSI GT725 or GT727, I missed out on a laptop with rubbish CPU, 17", 8800GTX for £688... for the money I couldn't find anything better.
 
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Korduo said:
It's worth it :)
I'm holding out for MSI GT725 or GT727, I missed out on a laptop with rubbish CPU, 17", 8800GTX for £688... for the money I couldn't find anything better.
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Im looking at the GT725 as well, its out for pre-order at around 1200 atm, which is bloody good for what you get in that laptop.
 
I nearly bought a M1730 from auction, but I ran out of bullets, didn't want to spend more then £1300.

Looked at the M17 and checked out some Clevo re-branded ones and I liked the Quads, but again costing too much.

When I normally hear Alienware I don't even even bother looking coz its usually priced around £2-3k for anything decent, I think M17 standard + 1920x1200 + 3870x2 for under just under £1500 is ok, but out of my reach.

Im looking at the GT725 as well, its out for pre-order at around 1200 atm, which is bloody good for what you get in that laptop.
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I only found a place taking pre-orders, but never heard of them. Any ideas when we can get these? I heard its around Feb, but not 100% sure.
I hope OcUK gets them. I agree it seems a very good buy.
 
i know i want the alienware, i definitely dont want to buy a dell ever again! and the msi doesnt look that great to me, what i wanted to know is what the best way to spend the £500 upgrade money on on the m17
 
Korduo said:
I only found a place taking pre-orders, but never heard of them. Any ideas when we can get these? I heard its around Feb, but not 100% sure.
I hope OcUK gets them. I agree it seems a very good buy.
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I have heard early Feb as well, someone asked MSI directly and posted their reply. They also pointed out the place I would imagine you found places taking pre-orders, who I have also never heard of, not sure if its trustworthy so take it at face value really.
 
How the hell are they fitting 2 x 3870's in a laptop case?! Fair enough, it's huge - but surely not that big :o

And how hot would it run? A quad core CPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 2x 256GB SSD, and 2 x 3870's?! Surely it must have it's own in-built AC unit!
 
slylittlefox said:
How the hell are they fitting 2 x 3870's in a laptop case?! Fair enough, it's huge - but surely not that big :o

And how hot would it run? A quad core CPU, 4GB DDR3 RAM, 2x 256GB SSD, and 2 x 3870's?! Surely it must have it's own in-built AC unit!
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The 3870s (and all other dedicated mobile GPUS) are nothing like the desktop parts to look at. They come on MXM modules which are roughly 6-8cm square. The '3870X2' in a laptop is actually two seperate 3870's connected in CF.

They can get away with fitting them into laptop cases by power saving features and also clock speed / feature reduction (thus lowering their power consumption and heat output).

As an example my Advent 6555 has a HD4850 mobility GPU which has the full feature set from the desktop 4850GPU. The clocks however are 500/1700 down from the 625/2000 of the desktop card.
 
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