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    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Jovan for PREZ, Jul 25, 2011.

  1. Jovan for PREZ

    Jovan for PREZ Notebook Consultant

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    I am in the process of saving up my money working for my parents (7 hr days for about 50 dollars) and before I was going to get an R3 M11x, but I decided why not throw in 100 dollars more and get a M14X? But then of course I needed to get all these upgrade :). I want to know if these stats will run pretty much everything I throw at it. Mainly Starcraft 2, maybe some Crysis. I'm sure it will breeze through the Excel stuff I am working on, and other things of that nature. Here are the specs, and please be sure to leave any coupons or things that aren't necessary in a reply, I do like saving money :p .
    Alienware M14x
    Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish, Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

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    Estimated Ship date: 8/4/2011


    $1,583.00

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    Catalog Number: 29 DKCWBU1
    Module Description Description Product Code & SKU Product Code & SKU
    System Color Stealth Black with Soft Touch Finish SBLK [225-0790]
    Operating System Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English AW71HPE [420-9691][420-9956][421-5789]
    Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.9GHz w/Turbo Boost, 6MB Cache) I2630 [317-6678]
    Memory 6GB DDR3 at 1600MHz 6G2D16 [317-6668]
    A/C Adapter Alienware M14X 150W A/C Adapter 150W [331-2069]
    Display Panel 14.0" High Def+ (900p/1600x900) with WLED backlight LED900P [320-2228]
    Video Card 1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus™ technology NV15GB [318-0644]
    Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 500G [342-2567]
    Nameplate Personalized Plate (763-234-1479) NPLATE [330-6106][331-2070]
    AlienFX Mars Red RED [313-8791][421-4816]
    Hinge Up Hinge Up WLAN -BLACK HUB [318-0641]
    Adobe Reader Acrobat SW Adobe Acrobat X Reader ADOBEX [410-0548]
    Optical Drive 8x SuperMulti DVD±R/RW Slot Load Optical Drive 8XDVD [318-1166][421-1305]
    Audio Soundblaster® X-Fi™ Hi Def Audio - Software Enabled SBXFI [421-4817]
    Wireless Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO for Gaming & Video KW1130N [430-4331]
    Hardware Support Services 1 Year Basic Plan S1OS [421-1721][950-3337][950-9797][951-9680][951-9700][994-3730]
    Pre-Installed Software Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed STEAM [421-1360]
    OS Customization Alienhead 3D WAL1 [421-1573][421-1591]
    Mobile Broadband None NOMB [469-0503]
    WirelessHD None NOWHD [469-0500]
    Bluetooth Internal Bluetooth 3.0 BT [430-4097]
    Standard Nameplate Trigger Thank you for Purchasing Alienware NOPLATE [330-5090]
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    Jovan for PREZ, Jul 25, 2011
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  2. TitanGod

    TitanGod Notebook Evangelist

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  3. soulhacker

    soulhacker Notebook Consultant

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    your pretty much set with those specs....i play SC2 all day with no problems at all, you can check my specs in my sig
     
    soulhacker, Jul 25, 2011
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  4. Gearsguy

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    If youre not in Canada, Id go for 4gb of ram and upgrade yourself. Alot cheaper
     
    Gearsguy, Jul 25, 2011
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