Need some advise Buying a new Alienware 17

I am travling to USA in week or so and I want to buy new gaming laptop but i having doubt buying an aienware or an Asus ?

for asus i will be buying the BestBuy model for 1250$

Same CPU and GPU and RAM
1TB HDD
Full HD dispaly



on the other hand the Alienware 17 i want the basic model but for 1650$ ( 150$ for the Full HD display ) is there any deal cheaper way to buy the basic configartion then dell website ? please help me
Better battery life
Waaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy more cooler

Damn it just the best build quailty yet

PS : Can you install the nirmal; nvidia driver directly from nvidia website or you have to install from dell ????

 

I assume that Dell will have better support in the US and elsewhere.

I used the ASUS G750. It's not flimsy, but the lid, palmrest, and keyboard had more flex than I had expected, and the internal support structure is not rigid enough to compensate for that flex. My AW m17x r4 seems better-built, and I assume that the Alienware 17 is sturdier than both. The ASUS should have similar or better stock cooling than the 17, but maintaining and upgrading the AW's cooling is much easier. The AW's LG screen is better than the grainy Chi Mei screen ASUS uses for the G750.

 

thanks man for you info I really didnt know that AW screen is better
BTW I dont care about support since both same arent available here I only care about the upgradability and price

 

By "better," I mean that the screen has more accurate colors and is not as grainy.

The AW is much easier to upgrade--the ASUS's CPU is soldered, and I think that its GPU uses a proprietary MXM socket. Cheaper, not so much, but people in the US get good discounts on AWs.

 

You could try contacting the sales personnel via chat and ask them for any kind of deals that they may have.

 

I am also looking at buying an alienware 17 and am having trouble deciding on the right video card for me. My choices are the 860m, 770m and the m290x. I know about the 880m but that tacks on an amount of money I don't think I want to spend. This is the first gaming laptop I have ever bought so the more detailed answers I can get the better. I don't plan on playing any really demanding fps titles or anything as intense as crysis but I still want to be able to play other popular titles (dishonored, tomb raider, bioshock, etc.) at medium or higher settings.

Please let me know what you think.