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    Alienware 18 vs 17R5 - replacement by Dell

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by tialex, Jan 11, 2019.

  1. tialex

    tialex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everyone, posted this in the Alienware 18 forum but thought I would get your input.

    Water damage to my Alienware 18 (SLI gtx 880m, I7 4870, 16gb ram). They are looking to offer me the 17R5. I requested to have the specs before I sign off, I just wanted to hear from you guys if it is worth it. Will update with the actual specs
     
    tialex, Jan 11, 2019
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    Alienware 18 has little future left and has too many limitations.

    Sounds like you're getting a deal but have to know what the specs are.
     
    Reciever, Jan 11, 2019
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    Definitely a deal IMO, assuming 8750H+1060
     
    Mastermind5200, Jan 11, 2019
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    tialex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just got the specs, here they are

    Alienware 17 R5
    Video Card
    NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 OC with 8GB GDDR5
    Processor
    8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-8750H (6-Core, 9MB Cache, up to 4.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
    LCD
    17.3" FHD 1920x1080 60Hz Anti-Glare 300-nits IPS Black Chassis
    Memory
    16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 2666MHz
    Hard Drive
    256GB M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB 7200RPM SATA HDD
     
    tialex, Jan 14, 2019
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    Could certainly do much worse
     
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    tialex Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok, I will accept. I just got a new P65-F1 and looking forward to hooking up a good cpu to play some of my games. Thanks
     
    tialex, Jan 14, 2019
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