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Alienware M17x R4 Review (i7 3610QM/ AMD HD7970M)

The Alienware M17x ships in a large heavy duty cardboard box with the Alienware logo on both sides.

Inside this box is another box, this time featuring some very attractive Alien artwork.

A third box, this time containing all the accessories, which can be adjusted on the system specification page. Alienware include a branded, high grade mouse mat, software discs, user manual, power adapter and regional specific power plug.

The Delta branded power adapter is large, but Dell have managed to reduce the thickness. It is rated to work worldwide between 100-240V at 19.5V/12.3A.

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15 comments

  1. Well I never thought I would say it, but £1,700 is actually pretty good value for that machine. must be their best priced laptop in a long time. I might end up going for a 128GB SSD though as 64GB is borderline.

  2. Thats a nice looking system. good pictures of the keyboard, is that the Star Trek font they use? lol.

  3. What a spec, my dream laptop. The ivy bridge mobile processors look good, but not really such a huge advancement for Intel.

    Shame they didnt use an AMD processor, but I suppose it wouldnt be popular.

  4. Dell confuse me, some of their pricing upgrades are decent, like the HD7970 but the memory options can be excessive. the fact that this is easy to open makes me want to spec the memory as LOW as possible, then get some from amazon, like the corsair veageance (16gb for £100 on amazon for 1600mhz! 2x8gb!).

    Can this computer take 8GB memory sticks?

  5. Hi Warren, yes it can take 8gb memory sticks. go for it !

  6. I dont mind dell machines. (its basically dell) – but I think id opt for a precision with Quadro for work. The only concern i have is dell batteries, ive had three other machines now and all the batteries fail after a year.

  7. I ordered one, now to deal with my wife 🙁

  8. You are mad buying one of these ! you could build one for much less ! alienware are a ripoff.

  9. Dont talk nonsense, this isn’t a desktop system. you can’t make a laptop. half the parts aren’t widely available for a start.

  10. Yes there are cheaper options like the vortex 3 from pcspecialist but they look cheap compared to Alienware. This is also cheaper than an apple too and has better spec. I’m sold on it