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    Need advice for purchasing Alienware m17x from HIDEVOLUTION

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by simbeane, Jul 13, 2011.

  1. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    I'm planning to purchase an Alienware m17x from HIDevolution.com - Specializing in customized computers, electronics, and mobile devices for gamers and professionals. I have never bought any laptop from an online seller. Im not sure if this seller is a reliable seller or not, are they selling brand new and quality laptops? They also offer some more options for ram that are installed by hidevolution and those options seem to be very reasonable to me. But I still worry, has anyone ever purchased Alienware laptops from this seller, please leave your opinion about this seller and your advice.
    Thanks alot :)
     
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    airacutie Notebook Consultant

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    I just purchased Orion Backpack for M17x as it is not available in my country. It was delivered without problems and quite fast to my surprise.
     
    airacutie, Jul 13, 2011
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    Mooneyd Notebook Consultant

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    Do a search on the forums regarding HID - there is plenty of information here regarding peoples experience with them.

    If you cant find the threads on the site search do a search on google and make sure you include "NBR" or "Notebook Review Forum".

    Personally I used them (and I live in the UK) and they were fine. However you need to make sure you know all the costs (VAT, Import TAX, Shipping abroad, Warranty exchanges etc)
     
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  4. simbeane

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    Has anyone ordered with any option installed by hidevolution such as ram or something else? because I wanna choose kingston hyperx 16gb 1600mhz ram installed by hidevolution. That ram is even cheaper than the stock ram installed by Alienware. Do you guys think that would not affect the original quality of the laptop?
     
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    Brabostaan Notebook Deity

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    Bought my first R3 from them without any problems.

    I woul buy the laptop as stock as possible and add RAM/HDD/SSD myself.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 13, 2011
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  6. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    what do u mean as stock as possible? i dont get it.
    how is the HD6990m? is it as good as GTX580m?
     
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    Without RAM/HDD upgrade's. You can do that yourself and probably cheaper.

    If HID adds RAM or an HDD/SSD that is not offered by Dell its not covered by the Dell warrenty.

    Nobody knows about the GPU's yet.
     
    Brabostaan, Jul 13, 2011
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    Geoffxx Notebook Evangelist

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    correct, upgrade it yourself, HID keep the stock hardware like ram cpu's etc something I overlooked when I bought mine, I assumed the original hardware would be sent along with the system but it wasn't
     
    Geoffxx, Jul 14, 2011
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    Mooneyd Notebook Consultant

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    Im pretty sure they cant do that - since HID will add their own markup to the original price supplied by Dell you own all the original components. Buy it stock, ask HID to upgrade parts if you wish and tell them you want the components they removed as you legally own them.
     
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    hey, I wanna purchase a m17x r3 from HID, I would upgrade the ram to kingston hyperx 16gb 1600mhz which is $250 (installed by HID), while the stock upgrade of 16gb ram 1333mhz which cost $350. I dont know why the stock upgrade is much more expensive than the HID upgrade.

    If i go for kingston hyperx 16gb 1600mhz, would it affect the performance or quality of the m17x??? You are using an m17x with kingston hyperx ram, can you tell me how u have been experiencing with?
     
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    Has anyone upgraded to IC diamond thermal compound installed by HIDevolution yet?
     
    simbeane, Jul 15, 2011
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    lukimonki Notebook Geek

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    It costs $350 because thats dell's price I'd say you should get stock 4gb ram and get the kingston from new egg yourself they're 95 for 2x4gb rite now i believe and also i think my friend was telling me dat u get a free 4gb flash drive too dont it might've ended already this was a couple of days ago Newegg.com - Laptop Memory,kingston hyperx ddr3 1600 heres the link take ur pick.
     
    lukimonki, Jul 15, 2011
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  13. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    So which kingston hyperx do Hidevolution use to install? Pnp or so dimm ram?
     
    simbeane, Jul 16, 2011
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    lukimonki Notebook Geek

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    they use the dimm (4x4gb)m17x r3 has 4 dimm slots so if u want the whole 16gbs ur gonna need to get at the 2 under the palmrest too
     
    lukimonki, Jul 16, 2011
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  15. simbeane

    simbeane Notebook Geek

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    Well i mean which type of kingston hyperx ram they use, there are 2 type of kingston hyperx ram, one called pnp and another called So Dimm
     
    simbeane, Jul 16, 2011
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  16. lukimonki

    lukimonki Notebook Geek

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    oh sorry that im not sure about
     
    lukimonki, Jul 16, 2011
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