Buyers Remorse? M17x r2

I won't lie; I'm flat out terrible at making large purchases. I finally pulled the trigger on an M17x r2 from the Dell Outlet, and am looking for some opinions on the specs and price.

OS : Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor : i7-720QM
Display : 1920x1200 RGB LED
Memory : 4 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333 MHz (2 DIMMs)
Hard Drive : TWO 500 GB SATA (7200 RPM)
GPU : Crossfire 1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 5870
Color : Lunar Silver

Total : $1620 (Tax + Shipping Included)

Do you think I made the right decision? Any advice as a new owner of an M17x? I have a three week period to return it for a full refund so what problems should I look for, and what tests should I run?

 

That seems like an amazing deal to me. I'd be happy with that, especially considering the R3 coming out may not be as powerful as the R2.

 

That deal is pretty sick, that's a keeper IMO.

 

I spent 1200 more for 8 gigs, 285sli, Red color instead of silver, and Bluray. I was very apprehensive about the purchase, and was doubting whether I made the right choice...then the laptop came in the mail, wow...Let me tell you something, this is the nicest piece of electronics that I have ever purchased, it's a thing of beauty, you will not be disappointed, trust me. Keep that sucker.

 

That's a VERY good deal. Keep it. I spent $1500 for the laptop in my sig for example.

 

Very good deal indeed! I paid 4000 euro for my PC whit these stats:

Alienware M17x-R2 | i7 Q720 1.60ghz | 6gb DDR3 1333mhz RAM | Crossfire 5870 1gb, 950mhz mem | 1920 by 1200 display | 500gb 7200 rpm hdd

 

I only went with a one year warranty when I made the purchase, but from what I've read, most people recommend at least two, even three, years of warranty coverage. Does anybody have any advice on this? If I should upgrade, how much time do I have to make the choice?

 

Stellar deal. My sig CP was 2500 and change.

 

Although it is much cheaper to get the warrantly when ordering the CP, you can order it anytime you wish before your 1 year is up. I heard that it may be cheaper to order if before the 21 day old threshold too.

I only ordered a 1 year warranty and will plan on upgrading it around next nov/dec with some pointers others listed in this forum.

Word of advice, always try to talk dell down in price..that's something I didn't do when ordering my computer...

 

Congrats on your purchase,very nice price i may say!
Just browse the m17x section there are a lot of tips this community offered and continue to do so.Just don't freak out most of them sound worst then they actually are.
Hope you'll enjoy it!

 

Wow great deal!

Grats!

 

I ordered a 3 year complete care 2 days after my M17x was delivered, it cost me $775, plus they gave me a $75 gift card, so basically $700.

I had negotiated a good price, and got a bonus incentive of $100 for keeping the system...So you may have more wiggle room on pricing for that, truthfully, I think I had a little more room, but was tired of haggling with the rep about pricing, I had put them through enough upon purchase.

 

I did the samething you did, two days after I got my 17x I upgraded from a 1 year standard to a 3 year complete care. They quoted me 775 at first but I told them I was under the 21 day buy back and they lowerd it to 270 with the $75 gift card. If your still under your 21 days call them back and get them to fix it, could save you some nice cash.

 

I went from the 1 year to the 3 years 1 day before it got delivered and they just charged me the difference of what was advertised when I built it. Either way, if it within the 21 days, should just be the difference.

 

that's a heck of a deal, i paid $700 for the laptop in my sig

 

Wow, thanks for the tip, I'll try that.

 

Used? New? Fill us in, how'd you get that deal???