The Alienware 17 Laptop Appreciation Thread

Neil King · 22 Apr 2017 at 22:28

Vargas said:
If you haven't done so have a look at this thread, 7820 can still get high temps. I had a repaste done by the Dell engineer.

You have 6820 that was repasted?.....What's the temps like now?....... I read 7820hk is a lot easier to repaste yourself.

Rannoch · 22 Apr 2017 at 22:31

I'll run a test when i get a chance.

Neil King · 22 Apr 2017 at 22:35

Vargas said:
I'll run a test when i get a chance.

Ok thanks.

Teknobry · 23 Apr 2017 at 11:54

Vargas said:
Selling mine on the MM if anyone's interested

already? how come?

Rannoch · 23 Apr 2017 at 12:08

Teknobry said:
already? how come?

Building a pc with the 1080ti. Don't need both I'm afraid

waldaize · 23 Apr 2017 at 14:16

Where's the Dell temp 6820 repaste thread?

Rannoch · 23 Apr 2017 at 14:17

waldaize said:
Where's the Dell temp 6820 repaste thread?

There isn't one.

Besty · 24 Apr 2017 at 13:59

MrFunex said:
Besty - where did you get the calibrated profile from for the screen?

I picked up the calibrated profile from the laptopreview website forum.

Besty · 24 Apr 2017 at 14:13

NanimalMother said:
Does anyone have the new style 15? I'm looking at it (against the new Aorusx5 v7). What is the build quality like? Is it an aluminium style body? I've looked at the "epic silver" but every photo has the garish pink neon trim. Is that standard or can the colours be changed? It's well specc'd for the money too. I'm hesitant as I've mostly heard Alienware are all fur coat no knickers since Dell bought them.

I also run 13 inch Macbook Pro's for work and whilst the Alienware's do not use aluminium the build quality is very, very good and both approaches to construction have their pros and cons. From my own experiences, I think its fair to say that if Alienware did have major design or quality issues they were resolved by the time they launched the Skylake R3 models.

If the 15 is like the 17, the 'garish pink' is just an LED light and it can be configured to be any colour or switched off. You can see this from the photo I have uploaded above from the Alienware 17 where the 'Alienware' lettering below the screen is switched off and the trim colour is neon blue with a green hint.

Teknobry · 24 Apr 2017 at 18:50

waldaize said:
Where's the Dell temp 6820 repaste thread?

its on notebook forum.

TommyV · 24 Apr 2017 at 20:15

What are the noise levels like with these at load?

Teknobry · 24 Apr 2017 at 20:46

I've only heard the fans on full power when I set them to it to see what it was like.
Sounded like a couple of small laptop fans spinning fast, lol. Fair bit of noise from them.

Never got them near that though in gaming. They do ramp up a bit but I don't find it an issue. I can only suggest hearing it in person if you're tempted on getting one.

MrFunex · 24 Apr 2017 at 21:27

TommyV said:
What are the noise levels like with these at load?

The two fans are quite large, so it's more of a whoosh than a whine. They spin up to about 60% during heavy gaming, maybe a bit quicker if you overclock.

Besty · 24 Apr 2017 at 22:23

used the speakers for the first time on the new r4 today and wow - big improvement over the r3 in terms of quality and they also go loud !

Rannoch · 24 Apr 2017 at 22:27

They are loud speakers, been playing Battlefield 1 tonight, looks great at 1440p g-sync.

Neil King · 25 Apr 2017 at 14:52

I'm thinking of getting a refurbished 6700/1070 instead of a 6820/1080 due to running cool with no throttling and saving around £300, is there much of a real world performance difference between a 1070 and 1080 at 1440p?......Also is 256GB SSD(with 1TB HDD) enough space for games?

Rannoch · 25 Apr 2017 at 15:12

What screen is on that model?

Neil King · 25 Apr 2017 at 15:19

Vargas said:
What screen is on that model?

1440p.

£1463 with code.

MrFunex · 25 Apr 2017 at 15:47

Neil King said:
I'm thinking of getting a refurbished 6700/1070 instead of a 6820/1080 due to running cool with no throttling and saving around £300, is there much of a real world performance difference between a 1070 and 1080 at 1440p?......Also is 256GB SSD(with 1TB HDD) enough space for games?

Who's getting throttling on the 1080 model? Wouldn't believe everything I read online! There seem to be a few people who want to return these laptops just because they break 60C on full load :rolleyes:

Neil King · 25 Apr 2017 at 16:25

MrFunex said:
Who's getting throttling on the 1080 model? Wouldn't believe everything I read online! There seem to be a few people who want to return these laptops just because they break 60C on full load

lol, that's crazy, it's just reports i've read on the Alienware 17 R4 thread on notebookreview forums with people saying temps go over 90C when playing demanding games and they need to repaste CPU even on the newer 7820hk whilst the 6800/7800's seem to run cooler, any thoughts on my previous question asking for advice?