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    Did Alienware fixed their ****?

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by arladeveze, Jul 11, 2017.

  1. arladeveze

    arladeveze Notebook Enthusiast

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    Im looking forward buying an AW15R3 with a 1070gtx but im not sure if I should keep waiting a little bit longer. Any thoughts?
     
    arladeveze, Jul 11, 2017
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    ThatOldGuy Notebook Virtuoso

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    Any reason you want the AW 15 in particular? Its very big, in fact the AW 17 is only 1" wider and 1" deeper.
     
    ThatOldGuy, Jul 11, 2017
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    Price ;)
     
    arladeveze, Jul 11, 2017
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    Yes and no. They fixed some stuff, but the thermals are still not as good as they can be. So expect to take it apart and do a re-paste and maybe even a re-pad. Not too sure if the issue with the WiFi card connectors was fixed or not.

    best answer is something ThatOldGuy said in another thread:
     
    kyussmanchu, Jul 12, 2017
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  5. Vasudev

    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You can buy from HID EVOLUTION with all fixes and good thermal paste and pads to get best performance. Or buy p870km3 from HID EVOLUTION with prema BIOS .
     
    Vasudev, Jul 12, 2017
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    I can deal with some tinkering :) Thx!
     
    arladeveze, Jul 12, 2017
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    There are a ton of great guides on here if you need em and the folks on here are pretty darn helpful too. Good Luck!
     
    kyussmanchu, Jul 12, 2017
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    Wait..... or get a evga laptop..... >.< if they had a PCIe external GPU I would buy evga. There ftw3 is sick
     
    NA087, Jul 13, 2017
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    Starting at $1899 USD with only GTX 1060 makes that a tough buy to justify.
     
    ThatOldGuy, Jul 13, 2017
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