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    About to buy M17x R3, decent price or?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Juanderful, Jul 16, 2011.

  1. Juanderful

    Juanderful Notebook Consultant

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    What do you guys think of this configuration? Do you think I could get a better price?

    M17x R3
    Intel Core i7 2630QM 2.0GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
    Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
    320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
    8GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz (4 DIMMs)
    Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)
    2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6970M
    17.3 inch Wide FHD ( 1920 x 1080 60Hz) WLED Display
    Intel 6250 Wireless-N (2x2) Half Mini-Card
    1 Year Warranty

    $1717.16 (after tax/shipping)
     
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  2. NateN34@gmail.com

    [email protected] Notebook Consultant

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    How on earth did you get that price?
     
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  3. Juanderful

    Juanderful Notebook Consultant

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    Mm, I thought this price is around what everyone else is getting? I applied the $50 off coupon code online (combined with 10% off promotion), saved it to my cart, and just called in to ask for discounts. After a bit of talking, the foreign rep ended up giving me this price.

    Though, I must point out that I didn't get any extended warranty, only standard 1 year.
     
    Juanderful, Jul 16, 2011
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  4. jackfsc2

    jackfsc2 Notebook Geek

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    Looks to me like you got 300 dollars off even after discount.
     
    jackfsc2, Jul 16, 2011
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  5. Jas71

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    If I were you I would leave it at 4GB of RAM and upgrade to the 6990m. Even if you don't upgrade to the 6990m, you can easily upgrade the RAM to 8GB your self with much better RAM for cheaper. Unless, you are completely against upgrading yourself.
     
    Jas71, Jul 16, 2011
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