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    Which M17x do I have?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by snoop86, Apr 1, 2015.

  1. snoop86

    snoop86 Newbie

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    hi all i recently got my m17x from my college course an i'm trying to figure out which one it is as i am trying to get new themes for it an they are all saying they are incompatible, i've been getting them from: http://www.alienwarefxthemes.com/ I have tried everything from standard m17x to the r4, i have also attatched a pic of my keyboard as i noticed there seems to be a few different types thanks.

    The specs are:
    Alienware M17x 2014
    I7-4910Q quad core 2.9 ghz
    32gb of ram
    64bit windows 8.1
    880m Nvidia gpu

     
    snoop86, Apr 1, 2015
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  2. Game7a1

    Game7a1 ?

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    You have the Alienware 17 R1, or known as the Alienware m17x R5 "Ranger" in some regions.
    The R4 never shipped with a Haswell or 800m GPU.
     
    Game7a1, Apr 1, 2015
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  3. MogRules

    MogRules Notebook Deity

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    Also known as the last upgradable generation of Alienware :(

    As Game7a1 already pointed out, you have an Alienware 17 R1 my friend.
     
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2015
    MogRules, Apr 1, 2015
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  4. Klk450

    Klk450 Notebook Evangelist

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    Yup that's an Alienware 17 R5 ranger. Also sometimes called R1 but it's the 5th iteration of alienware.
     
    Klk450, Apr 1, 2015
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  5. TomJGX

    TomJGX I HATE BGA!

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    Lol Op as everyone has said, you got the model number wrong..
     
    TomJGX, Apr 3, 2015
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  6. Alienware-Wasserman

    Alienware-Wasserman Company Representative

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    As confirmed above, that's a AW17 R1. aka: Ranger
    The same one I have, the keyboard gave her in.
    Also, it was quite common for them to have the Windows 8 OS installed.
     
    Alienware-Wasserman, Apr 3, 2015
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