Alienware 17 Pre-order Configuration Questions and Order Status Discussion - Part 5

i'll be installing SSDs cos the HDD is not good for gaming at 5400rpm...provided the weather here in Toronto eases and i can take a midday constitutional without having snow in my face!

 

Good call. This is going to be my first SSD so I'm excited to see the difference

 

my first SSDs were the corsair force 2 i think and it was good, and the ocz vertex 2 which was terrible and crashed a lot to where it killed the OS. this was around when i had the M11x R2 (the corsair force 2 was installed on that).

EDIT: still wondering if 500gb for a game drive is enough.

 

Depends man, I think I remember reading you had a lot of games, I'd go 1tb if I were you just to be on the safe side...

 

though i don't play them all

 

I wonder how long it will take for it to complete building? it's already been in their for at least 3 days

 

4 for mine. Ordered Saturday.

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still waiting or is it complete?

 

Hi,
I'm interested in the new Alienware 17 with 4th Gen i7-4700MQ ; 16GB ram; 500GB (8GB Hybrid, 5400 RPM) ; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M 2GB GDDR5.

I plan to add a 256GB ssd as the boot drive and keep the 500GB as the data drive.

If I order only 1 drive now, will there be a second hard drive bracket (caddy) to mount my upgrade drive in the future? Or will I have to order it separately?

 

it should come with an MSATA slot regardless of whether the original order asked for an MSATA SSD,

 

Waiting, will post when I get an update.

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i am hoping it gets shipped soon

 

I'm just hoping we don't get the cancel due to no GPU inventory lol

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i don't want to know what happens when it gets cancelled!

 

Thanks for the info. However, I need a full size SSD. So anybody here that got that model and that could check if there's an extra 2.5" drive cage in it?

 

it comes with 2 2.5" bays and a third if you remove the DVD/BD drive. I still think that getting an MSATA drive will give you more flexibility in what SSDs you can use.

 

The Alien has landed, I repeat, Alien has landed!

 

Yes there is an Msata slot on the motherboard under the palmrest and past the 24 + odd screws. It sounds abit much to get at it and at first it will seem like it but it only takes me a few minutes to access it now so it's no big deal.

 

i just need to know what screw type it needs.

 

I wish I had an answer for the screw size the msata slot uses since I have so many screws from so many machines I have worked on over the years I just found one that fits. I know the answer of the screw size is out there somewhere though.

 

I got a call about my order and they rep said there was no parts delay.

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Mine just shipped today. Seems like 5 days of solid production. Delivery on the 18th before 8pm.

 

Sweet! The rep said I may get a tracking number within the next 48 hours... So I better not keep pressing F5 all the time.

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EDIT: once I get word it has shipped then I'll order the SSDs.

 

still in the "in production" phase

btw, are muskhin SSDs any good? thinking of grabbing the chronos deluxe 480gb SSD to get my started.

 

Mine is at home waiting for me to open box

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The box was wet but the laptop is on. Maybe wrap the inner box or protect with plastic?

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OMG! Still hasn't changed

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Finally it shipped! I am now less worried

 

880M, 860M are up on the alineware config. No more 3D screen though

 

oh well, at least it wasn't the day after i ordered LOL

will have to see what AMDs equiv to the 900m series runs when they come out...so basically i'm skipping the 800m series.

 

No more 3D screen OUCH that sucks, glad I got one as it is awesome

 

I think there might be a shortage or comparability issue with the 800 series and the 3d Screen. I would not be surprised if in 2 weeks or so it comes back.

 

From what Alienware said on their Facebook, thats exactly it. They'll re-release the 3D screen for the 780m in the next few days, and will release it for the 880m in a while once they have the compatibility issues resolved.

 

I'm about to order the stock model with fullhd display. My Samsung 840 250gb is waiting at home so 500gb hdd is enough for me.

The (very kind) dell rep offered me the display for free

I think that's a good price. The 860m is good enough for me. I mean it's as fast as the 770m. I'm wondering if the 17 is comming with a maxwell or kepler.

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Well, there are TWO versions of the 860 from what I've read. One is Kepler, the other Maxwell... not sure which AW is using, gonna 'guess' Kepler.

 

That's what I meant with my last sentence

I'm going do order tomorrow. ETA for delivery is approx. 9 april. Then I can give further information about the gpu along with some gpu-z screenshots.

Has anyone an AW 17 with 860m yet?

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I ordered basic alienware 17(base) on 3/22/14 @3:30pm ,went pre-production right after that, then went on hold...since I used dell preferred account to pay,they called me to verify it was made by me then went to production right after I ended that call and been there sinces then ... 3/25/14 and still production but after talking on phone with reps ,they say it's highly to be delivered early sinces it's basic laptop and I have free one day shipping on it edd is 4/7/14

3/22/14 (pre-production/production)
3/22/14 - still in production
3/23/14 - still in production
3/24/14 - still in production
3/25/14 - still in production
3/26/14 - still in production
3/27/14 - still in production(update call they shipped it from manufacture (proab china lol) and is enroute to states to dell for software and tags
3/28/14 - still in production
3/29/14 - SHIPPED!!! (shows its shipped but wont get it till tuesday...:cry


4/1/14 - edd(updated)
4/7/14 edd(1 day shipping )


Waiting is killing me .

 

Nice. I think you'll really like it. Did you get the 765M? I have an AW 17 with that and I am able to play a lot of games, but I have to lower some settings, mainly anti-aliasing. But at 1080p, you don't exactly need this. So, it's nothing to be worried about.

Remember to update your drivers and run some tests. Also, download some temperature monitoring programs to make sure everything is running properly.

 

Yup 765m since from what I heard was 860m was pretty much same but little boost but not really needed it since it was just $47 extra lol I'll use it for ssd or ram chips

 

shoulda got the 780m or at least the 880m if you wanted to be up to date

 

Lol I'm good with 765m,I got money but not shelling out 500-700 for them since I already got ps4 I'm little low on PC gaming

 

Good choice either way man. Its a great machine and if you decide to upgrade down the line, its always an option

 

Woohoo order is placed:

Should arrive on 4/11/14. Can't wait

 

Yup it's easy to do in it alienware

 

Void this post

 

Got free one day shipping? If not I'll ask for it lol

 

i don't think i could have held out any longer for the 880m cos i needed a laptop to do my web stuff and a netbook just doesn't cut the mustard!

 

The 880M is practically the 780M, but with more VRAM. If you have the 780M, I wouldn't even bother upgrading until the 900M series comes out. Only those enthusiasts who must break records in benchmarking, and have money to blow, should upgrade.

Be happy with the 780M. The 880M is really nothing but its fat twin brother.

 

Yup u can always lower little graphics lol but my plan is to kinda in your same way,wait out till 900series or so and then upgrade

Tbh I come from Mac family lol I had macs since I was 7-8 so this laptop is beast let's just say it's better than Intel hd 3000&4000 series I have in my new MacBook pros

 

oh i am, just the timing sucked. if it had come out earlier i might have jumped on the 880m but it didn't though the 780m is no slouch.