*OFFICIAL* Alienware Area-51M R1 Owner's Lounge

@ Ultra Male #RESPECT for the hands down best spec A51M I think we will see for a long time!!

 

Dudes rolling in $$$$$$ lol. I plan on adding my own 1tb m.2 cheaper later and additional ram as needed.

 

How much did you pay for this system?(I'm sorry if I missed it somewhere)

Also, what is the difference in performance between a regular SSD like Samsung Evo and this Dell provided 1TB (+8GB SSD) Hybrid Drive ? Is the Samsung worth the upgrade?

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I wonder what would be the best 2666 memory to buy?

 

$4100, forgot to add the 330w adapter though. I emailed Donald regarding it.

 

Forget getting from Dell and use HID to get Samsung SSDs or you can choose w/o any SSDs if you already have one purchased during black friday sales.

BIOS update will be through WU.

 

@Ultra Male we ended up ordering together afterall haha!

Canceled my Dell Canada order and ordered through HID!

Emailed Donald and he fixed up my order mistakes lol. (Too hyped during ordering lol).

Custom Built Alienware Area-51M - 17.3" FHD 144Hz - i7-9700K(Delidded) - RTX 2080
Chassis Color
Black - Dark Side of the Moon
Processor
HIDevolution Delidded Intel 9th Gen Core i7-9700K 8 Core, 8 Thread, 12MB Cache, Processor, 3.6 - 4.9 GHz - installed by HIDevolution - $240.00
Video Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 - $450.00
Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut between Intel CPU Die and Integrated Heat Spreader (IHS) + GPU, Gelid GC Extreme between IHS + Heat Sink, and Fujipoly Extreme Thermal Pads on heat sensitive surfaces – BEST PERFORMANCE - installed by HIDevolution - $30.00
Alienware Graphics Amplifier
None
LCD Panel
17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS Display w/ NVIDIA G-SYNC + Tobii eyetracking technology - $200.00
Display Warranty
30 Days Zero Defective Pixel Warranty (perfect panel guarantee) - $35.00
System Memory (RAM)
HIDevolution Approved Standard 16GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 8GB) - installed by HIDevolution - $150.00
RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 1
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe 3D-VNAND SSD - Up to 3,500 MB/s Read-2,500 MB/s Write - Installed by HIDevolution - $200.00
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 2
None
2.5" Drive Bay
1TB (+8GB SSD) Hybrid Drive
Keyboard
Alienware TactX keyboard with per-key RGB LED AlienFX lighting, anti-ghosting, N-Key US Eng
Wireless Cards
Intel® Wireless-AC 9260 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 5.0 - $30.00
Operating System
Windows 10 Pro, 64bit, English, with Multi Language Support - $60.00
Operating System Clean Install
Yes, Clean Install of Windows - $15.00
Office Software
None
Power Adapter
240 Watt 3 Prong AC Adapter with 6 ft Power Cord (will work worldwide, includes FREE plug adapter for those without "U.S. style" outlets)
Extra Power Adapter
330 Watt 3 Prong AC Adapter with 6 ft Power Cord (will work worldwide, includes FREE plug adapter for those without "U.S. style" outlets) - $175.00
Internal Battery
Lithium Ion (90 Wh) Battery
Warranty and Service
1 Year Standard Support + 1 Year HIDevolution US Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
Accidental Damage Protection
None
HIDevolution International Pre-paid Shipping (HIPS) Service
None

 

That's the best thing you did. You see we don't know the thermals of that thing yet so it is imperative to get it from HIDevolution, let them test it and do their magic with their thermal mods.

In that case, you'd still get the Ultra Male Tweaks as well. Win-Win situation

Glad to be back in the Alienware Gaming Team man

I have 0 $$ of that man. I'm taking a loan. Seriously. Then I will sell my current laptop when I receive the Alienware to be able to survive.

Keep following my order thread, once they start building it, I will tell you what memory they will use as they'd test it to save you the trouble

Are you getting it from HIDevolution BTW?

 

No I got it from Dell. Thanks for the info and will be looking out for what they use, I am thinking of trying the hyperx 2666, I have it in another system and its been fantastic.

 

No problem, I'll let you know what RAM they use once the build starts.

 

Well atleast I paid cash for mine I don’t feel so bad lol

 

@drek20
Take pics of that system bro. I wanna see how the dark side of the moon color looks. We're mostly seen lunar light.

 

Ikr, even all the videos pretty mich just show the Lunar Light. Dissapointing. I will when it comes in forsure.

 

So I am about to order this through HID but don’t see the rtx 2080, just the gtx 1080 with auto upgrade to latest. What does this mean ? Will it arrive with the 2080?


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Means you'll receive the RTX 2080 once shipped

 

Yes that's how I ordered mine as well. Because that's how Dell has specced it but you will receive the equivalent of the GTX so in this case, the RTX 2080

Email [email protected] before you order if you want the NBR Forum discount

Also, if you get it from HIDevolution remember you get the Ultra Male Tweaks

1- Uninstallation of all the Windows Store Garbage Apps like 3D Paint, Print 3D, Alarms & Clock, Feedback Hub, Maps, Groove Music, News, Weather, etc.
2- Removing all Windows 10 Privacy Invasion stuff like Telemetry, collecting your activities that you do on your computer, sending your keystrokes to Microsoft, automatically installing suggested apps in the background, allowing Microsoft to conduct experiments on your laptop, disabling automatic driver updates through Windows updates, disabling Windows 10 ads, disabling Cortana, Cloud Search etc.
3- Disabling Microsoft Edge from starting up automatically in the background upon reboot.
4- Adjusting a lot of options in PC Settings like disabling Windows Tablet Mode (you have a laptop not a tablet), disabling suggestions appearing in the start menu, disabling automatically connecting to Paid WiFi Hotspots, disabling Game DVR which reduced performance in games, and a lot more.
5- Replacing Cortana with a much better search tool that finds results instantly called Everything which finds any file you want as soon as you start typing even a few letters of its name and it doesn't even rely on the Windows Indexing Service to do this!
6- Restoring the Classic Windows Photo Viewer from Windows 7
7- Restoring the Classic Windows 7 Start Menu
8- Restoring the Classic Calculator from Windows 7
9- Removal of the new and useless 3D Objects Folder that appears when you open "Computer"
10- Complet.ely disabling Windows Defender from its roots (including all scheduled tasks and startup files) for those who want to install their own AV. ESET NOD32 Antivirus is highly recommended if you want the utmost security with the least system performance impact.
11- Updating all drivers to the latest versions in case they weren't up to date.
12- Disabling Windows 10 Power Throttling which limits CPU performance in favor of more battery life
13- Overprovisioning your SSD anywhere between 10-20% depending on how much space you can spare to ensure optimal and consistent performance at all times.
14- Blocking the Google Chrome Software Reporter Tool (which causes a high system load when it is scanning files)
15- Preventing Microsoft Edge from running on startup in the background
16- Restoring the missing default power plans in Windows 10 (ie. High performance, Power saver, and adding the new Ultimate Performance Plan)
17- Creating a system restoration image so that you can restore your computer the way it was after I have tweaked it within a few minutes easily!

 

Without checking it out more thoroughly?

Seriously, what if you hate the keyboard?!?

 

I know Alienware keyboards and I love them. Ultra Male on his new Alienware taptop >>>

 

The keyboard looks very similar to their previous models.

I think if anyone has used the AW17 R1/AW18 onwards, they'll like the keyboard. I agree with @Ultra Male their keyboards are actually very nice.

That's the one thing they've been doing right all these years (except the m15/m17 models)

 

Well here is my order , 4K USD for this beast lol

Chassis Color
White - Lunar Light - $50.00

Processor
Intel 9th Gen Core i9-9900K 8 Core, 16 Thread, 16MB Cache, Processor, 3.6 - 5.0 GHz - $450.00

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 with automatic upgrade to latest-gen graphics technology when shipped - $450.00
Thermal Interface Materials

Gelid GC Extreme on CPU + GPU and Stock thermal pads – installed by HIDevolution - $35.00

Alienware Graphics Amplifier
None

LCD Panels
17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 144Hz Anti-Glare IPS Display w/ NVIDIA G-SYNC + Tobii eyetracking technology - $200.00

Display Warranty
Standard Alienware Pixel Warranty (warranted against 3+ defective pixels not on center of display - up 2 to defective pixels okay)

System Memory (RAM)
HIDevolution Approved Standard 16GB Dual Channel DDR4/2666MHz (2 x 8GB) - installed by HIDevolution - $150.00

RAID Options
no RAID (1st drive as primary boot drive, 2nd drive as storage drive)
M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 1
HIDevolution Approved 256GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD - installed by HIDevolution - $90.00

M.2 PCIe / SATA Slot 2
None

2.5" Drive Bay
1TB (+8GB SSD) Hybrid Drive

Keyboard
Alienware TactX keyboard with per-key RGB LED AlienFX lighting, anti-ghosting, N-Key US Eng

Wireless Cards
Killer Wireless-AC N1550 802.11 ac/a/g/n 2x2 NGFF w/ Bluetooth 5.0

Operating System
Windows 10 Home, 64bit, English,

Power Adapter
240 Watt 3 Prong AC Adapter with 6 ft Power Cord (will work worldwide, includes FREE plug adapter for those without "U.S. style" outlets)

Internal Battery
Lithium Ion (90 Wh) Battery

Warranty and Service
1 Year Standard Support + 1 Year HIDevolution US Warranty + LIFETIME HIDevolution Technical Support
Accidental Damage Protection
None

AW-A51M-ANSER7CR0011H 1 $4,174.00



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Congrats man! Welcome to the HIDevolution Gaming Team

 

Peace to you. I hope it works out for the best. However, (as always) by going with HIDevolution, you've eliminated some of the risk.

 

Woohoo! Another one joins us

 

Not sure if anyone pointed this out but there are some Area 51m bags coming out that you can order along with the area 51m. They only have pictures of the Gear Bag and they don't seem like they're sold separately currently. Maybe once the laptop is released they'll be available. I'll get the backpack most likely for mine.

 

Right on, if my vindicator 2.0 doesn’t fit it I’ll grab one.

 

So does HID get these systems empty and then they build into them or do they need to order them built from dell and then rip them apart for our builds? I’m a little ocd with my new Electronics and wondering if 0 fingerprints and original plastic covering is all there as if it’s brand new from the factory lol


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Ordered from dell.ca last Thursday..
- black
- i9 9900k
- 2080
- 32gb 2400mhz
- gsync 120hz
- 1tb (got my own m.2)
- 5yr premium warranty

$5226 CAD plus tax

Was told to expect delivery on Feb 14th... Order says March 1st...

 

I don't know you need to ask them but I wouldn't worry about fingerprints with them.

This image is from on of my old Clevo's that they built, notice the gloves... perfect thermal paste job. Quality at its best... that's their most senior tech *girl* called @thattechgirl_viv

 

Did you call about this price? That warranty they normally will cut back on price especially going 5 years.

 

awesome! congrats man

 

I believe it would have ended up being approx $5700 at regular price, guy on phone knocked off about $500... I asked him to go lower, he assured me that's the best his supervisor could do....

Regarding 2400mhz RAM, some people are saying dell.com is only listing 2400mhz because it's locked because of some architecture limitations, does HIDevolutions 2600mhz ram overcome this somehow?

 

My dell.ca order also says March 1, 2019. Im canceling it Monday once customer service opens though since I ordered through HID.
I will get it faster from HID also since it will be shipped to a USA address.

I imagine they buy the base model with your chosen video card/cpu/color and swap out to the purchased upgrades and do any purchased services like repaste etc.

Also I would not be worried about finger prints, I got a Asus Hero ii a few months ago that had the repaste and other upgrades done and it came 100% clean and free of finger prints. The laptop was lemon (not HID’s fault) though now I just avoid asus.

 

I got mine ordered today as well expected delivery is Feb 21 =( it's going to be a long wait
- black
- i9 9900k
- 2080
- 32gb 2400mhz

Going to sell my 15r3 GTX 1070 once received

 

Congrats!

 

Congrats man! So many orders! Did you order it from Dell directly?

 

Yup! and just used their 200 off coupon code I was torn between this and the new Aurora’s with the 2080 ti hopefully I don’t regret this route lol

 

So here's a question for you guys. I left my configuration at the stock 8gb as I plan on upgrading it myself. I noticed all of Dell's configurations only offer 2400Mhz. Do you guys think it would be safe to go with a 2666Mhz memory kit or should I stick with 2400Mhz?

 

Yes, the ram will just run at 2400mhz. We will probably get a bios update in the future to allow it to run st 2666mhz. 2400 is the current limitation.

HID is selling the 51m with 2666mhz ram if that makes you feel better

 

Well if that's the case I'll just grab 2666mhz kit then. The price difference between 2400 and 2666 is literally a few bucks. So not much need to split hairs.

 

2666Mhz should work. Idk why this is an issue with their system or what's going on. Intel spec also lists 2666mhz so it might be a dumb bios issue that gets fixed later.

 

Just made some changes to the order thanks to Don from HID:




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Looks like a monster. Great stuff...

 

2667MHz should work out of the box on new A51M's w/o BIOS updates. It seems Dell blacklisted RAM modules or timings are giving them a hard time to fallback to 2400MHz.
Higher than 2667MHz I don't know if it'll work properly.
HyperX modules manufactured post 2017 and late 2018 with Samsung B dies should work just fine on any PCs.

 

Looks like HID updated the 51m page to sell with the 180w + 330w power adapters now.

 

Yes spoke with Donald last night and he corrected it, this is what dell ships it with


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I emailed Donald to update my order. I built my exact order and it came out $175 usd cheaper with the changes. Big difference for me since thats like $225 CAD lol.

 

That’s a lot of money for a non sli machine.

 

Sad part is that even if it was sli, only 1 2080 would get used most of the time. I love sli, and hope it comes back, but it’s just terrible right now


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Agreed. After my A18, I got an Aorus X9 SLI, and I have to say those are greatest laptops I ever had. Sadly, SLI is less and less supported even in recent AAA games.

 

SLI was best (IMO) during 400/500/600 series days.

Even 700 series was fine but slowly from there it started going down hill.

900 series was the last gen with decent SLI support.

Although lots of games still support it today, just not as many back then.