M17x Order Status Discussion - Part 4

They threw in second day shipping for me too, did anyone else get their gift card to spend on their site as well, they said mine would be around $95.00 and $30.00 off Military Veteran discount.

 

I didnt recieve mine yet, I got a lot of gift cards though, 1 $200 and another $122 or something . haggled for free 8gb ram heres my total order :
$2,673.53
3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3820QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz(haggled for free upgrade of 2gb lol)
2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 7970M
17.3-inch WideFHD1920 x 1080 60Hz WLED (woo 1080p lol 900 is dumb)
750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s + 32GB mSATA caching SSD
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming and Video and Bluetooth 4.0
And basic win 7, cd-rom drive, microsoft office lol
see that your from TN, mine shipped from NASHVILLE, TN so you'd probably get yours fast

 

I hope so, Memphis is Fed Ex's main hub, if it comes Fed Ex, my EDD is 6/13, you spent some jack, I opted for the pretty much the basic. I am a hands on kind of guy, used to build towers for people years ago. So I am going to get into the nuts and bolts of this thing. Got plans for a Samsung 830 ssd 256g for OS and maybe a game or two and a RAM upgrade to 8, maybe 16. Oh and by the way that's my order face <-------....

 

I am getting the student discount for a $200 ecard, and a 5% ecard + free 2day shipping with dell advantage. I complained some and they are "supposed" to process a $100 discount after I receive the computer.
I paid $2,281.73 after taxes for basic m17x plus nvidia 675m + 3d screen. After I sell the cards to a place that buys gift cards ill be looking at roughly $1904. I was searching on the forum and someone mentioned a place that buys gift cards, does anyone know the site? Thanks.

 

Not sure why you'd get the 3d screen...

 

[COLOR=0000FF]Im fairly technical myself (I was considering building) but such a new goodie I dont want to open it for atleast 3 months... probably upgrade 2 more sticks of 4gb ram ... and possibly a cpu and/or gpu like 3-4years from now... hard drives and stuff (750gb+32caching ssd) will be plenty for me because right now my laptop(granted its not gaming quality) is only 300gb and I've only used about 40gb. Good luck on your order being speedy =D[/COLOR]

 

For nvidia's 3d vision of course

 

I purposely didnt get that because amd was cheaper + more powerful and 3d wasnt compatible with amd and I kinda wouldn't use it, just like blue ray so I think it was a good move to save some $$$

 

Pretty much the same. Not to mention I dislike 3D, but even if I was okay with 3D, the fact I couldn't get an 7970m was a deal breaker.

 

I have always disliked Amd in every way, I like nvidia, and I WANTED the 3d, so I got it, what's wrong with that?

 

I think we will receive Gift card after 1/2 weeks after receiving the system

 

The rep who was recommended to me didn't have an open line so I shot him an email. It begins.

 

If someone is busy,it gets transferred to his backup who is from the same team,They would be able to give you the same discounts as the initial one.Give it a try if you are in a hurry .

 

[COLOR=0000FF]absolutely nothing as long as its what you want[/COLOR]

 

Eh, I'm not in a rush. I'd prefer to wait for him.

 

Nothing, if that's what you want, as is said below.

I don't particularly like either company - but I do want the best performance out of my card, and right now that's the 7970m. If you don't like AMD and don't want it out of principle, that's always your choice

I agree.

 

Got all my upgrades from Newegg today, now I just need my laptop. Ugh!

 

On the subject of upgrades, anyone know if you have the base RAM configuration whether they put the DIMMs on the bottom cover side or under the keyboard?

Or what configuration they use (1 6gb stick or 2 x 3gb)?

Also, do they include a SATA cable in the empty drive cage?

Thanks!

 

They're in the bottom slots, behind the back cover, 1x2gb and 1x4gb.

And yes, I believe the second drive bay is ready to accept a SATA drive.

 

To answer the first two questions you had -

-> The base ram sticks are installed on the bottom side.

-> It comes in a 4GB+2GB setup. 3GB sticks don't exist man 1GB modules are the only odd-number modules that exist, to the best of my knowledge.. computers with 3GB ram come with 1GB+2GB..

 

I believe that website is www.plasticjungle.com, though I can't vouch for their authenticity since I've never used them myself. I normally go the eBay route.

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Got mine today as promised...but at 6pm from a FedEx employee in a Budget cutaway van.

All I can say is wow!

 

Did anybody order on the 24th and get theirs shipped out Friday?

 

I ordered on the 4th of May haven't got mine yet.

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Wow, I feel really bad for you! I hope you get that thing soon! I was talking about the US though.

 

I ordered the same exact config. Ordered it on the 30th, when did you order yours? Are planning on any upgrades?

 

I ordered it on the 23rd.

I plan to repaste, swap RAM, put in a SSD, and maybe a better CPU.

 

Got mine today!

Called the courier in the morning. They said it hadn't arrived in my city yet, and that they expect delivery tomorrow. 5 minutes after I hung up the phone I got a call from the lobby saying there was a guy here with a delivery from dell..

Woot. So far I've installed chrome and logged into steam and that's about it. Can I assume dell has already updated my drivers etc?

Is there a thread somewhere that lists things you should do/install to a new M17x?

Also, I's like to setup networking and transfer large files like diablo 3 installation etc. I heard there was some program that behaves like remote desktop but also does file transfers etc. Does that ring a bell? I need something like that so if anyone could recommend a program like that please do

 

haha yeah i am getting a bit frustrated must admit, as i don't have a computer

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Just checking in to see if there was anybody who ordered on the 31st of May (US) and on the phone... what EDDs did your reps give you? Mine said the 'official' date he can give me is the 20th of June (free 2day shipping, so it ships on 18th) but he told me to expect it much earlier than that.. so, anything you'd like to share?

 

Ordered on the 5/25, EDD 6/8, shipped just now with next day!

I'm excited!

 

I ordered on 5/26 with EDD 6/8, so you give me hope mine will ship tomorrow with next day delivery!

 

Dude, you two make me feel like if I had ordered this just 5 days earlier, I could have got it in 12-15 days less !!! had financial issues though.. paychecks not going through oh whatever, the wait will be long but worth it! Let us know how you like your laptops congrats!

 

Their quotes are usually ~12-16 days, and most of the time they either ship early or late, seems like very few units actually hit on the EDD, so you might get lucky!

 

You can see from my sig that I've owned quite a few Dell products. Every one of them shipped at least 1 day early for me.

 

Sam here,ordered 25,shipped today should be here tomorrow ...

 

I am wondering how is Windows 8 upgrade offer going to work for custom built laptops. The upgrade offer began on June 2nd and any laptops purchased before don't count. But with Alienware does the shipping date count as purchase date or the date when you placed your order?

 

Probably order date - though either way I'd be screwed since it shipped on June 1st

 

Hmmm...I ordered on the 24th with an EDD of 6/8. Similar specs, too. 3610QM, 7970M, 750GB HDD & Killer Wireless were the only upgrades I had. I did get the 3yr extended warranty, but can't see that impacting when it would ship. No shipment notice yet, and I have been spamming my order status page to see if anything has changed. I did get an e-mail talking about how easy it is to transfer my old data to my new computer, so I've got that going for me.

Oh well, as long as it gets here by Friday I will be good.

 

I7-3820 and hd7970 ordered on 25/5, just finish building getting ready to ship to singapore....edd 11/6 but asked to expidite the order hoping it arrives by 8/6 so that can play on the weekend

 

Everyone needs to also take into account their location and what factory is building their system.

Lets say you and your neighbor both order the same build at the same time. Your order is sent to "X" factory and his order is sent to "Y" factory. Depending on the current que at each factory and if they have all the parts available, will depend on who gets their system first.

There is more than one factory that builds these systems. I'm not sure how Dell chooses whose system is built where. I ordered mine while I was in North Carolina and my system was being built in China. I've read people from overseas having their systems built in the US.

 

Alienwhen glad to hear that yours.

I got mine today. Finally the wait is over I need to check the usual stuff for any issues then all is good

 

This is absolutely true, and there is more than one factory in the US. Mine came out of California and I know there seems to be a Texas and at least one other factory.

 

What do you mean check the usual stuff for issues? Is there a known list of issues to check when you receive your M17x????? I would hope a system in this price range would come flawless.

 

Do share what checks are necessary... I know about the dead pixel check but other than that? Overheating, usb ports and all?

 

Ordered 6/4 estimated delivery 6/22...

 

From what I read people had there m17x arriving with some minor issues which can be fixed via software updates. Like sound card issues. Touchpad issues.
but some people had issues when trying to boot the system with the dedicated graphics only,optical draive not working, usb ports not working and overheating like noobzpro said. And dadealus as far as I know there is no known issues list.

noobzpro these are the things I checked so far, these checks that I did are based purely on what I think is necessary. I will do some bechmarks once I get all my software installed -

the optical drive for palyback
switched to dedicated graphics only and ran unigene heaven
transferred files from usb 3.0 and 2.0 drives to and from the laptop
Played music with the built-in speakers as well as using a headset
ran gpu-z and cpu-z to comfirm the correct details
all the keys in the keyboard to see if there are any missing inputs
tried all the options in The Alienware Command centre


So far the only issue I have is that my "Alienware" light on the display is not working all the other lights are working perfectly. I'm trying to find a solution for that. I'm sure its a software issue and can be fixed without having to call tech support. I'm on the process of updating all drivers. I will post on the progress later.

 

My order is on the truck . Super excited to get it tonight.

If it's any consolation, I ordered 5/22 and it's delivered 6/5.

 

Ordered 5/26 with overnight shipping, EDD 6/8. Still listed "In Production". Maybe my early delivery blessings have run out.

 

Ordered 5/26 with EDD 6/11 - Still In Production

>>>Just canceled my order. I have found that the r4 is way too expensive and much more than I actually need though thoughts of the 7970m and its raw power makes me regret it just a little bit LOL. The games I play should run fine on the new system.

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