can i join the club lol

i bought an acer and upgraded the ram hoping i could do some 3d editing and play some warcraft but i couldnt do neither barely without laggin really bad so i went and gave the acer to my dad and finnaly fulfilled my dream of getting an alienware the end price was 6k just b/c the machine itself is a big investment so i got the highest possible warrenty so im really excited to finnaly own a alienware

 

btw i got the m17x laptop

 

Welcome to the Club

You well enjoy the m17x

 

welcome to the club. you should change your screename... :laugh:

 

Welcome m17x are great don't listen to gealous people,enjoy the machine and probably ask a mod to change your username

 

Ach, it helps keep in check his humble origins

 

6,000 US dollars? What are the specs?

 

i missed the price on the first time through. 6k must have every hardware upgrade available....

 

just for gits and shiggles (slow day here....)

i made it to 6 grand, easily...

base system ~ 1800
nebula red ~ 100
i7 940XM ~ 1250
Win7 Ult ~ 150
8GB RAM ~ 350
SLI 285Ms ~ 525
256GB SSD ~ 600
256GB SSD ~ 600
RGB LED ~ 200
Intel wifi ~ 60
BluRay ~ 150
4 year Prem ~ 560
~~ 6345

 

god gawd man for 6k i hope the computer will do the 3d editing on its own and get you to level 1,000,000 in WOW . I think you are the first one that deserves the title of "BEAST" for your setup. Please post up specs so we can see how you did in the configuration. A little bit more money and you could have bought a car

 

that's ridiculous, $6k? if you call the order line you could get the same setup for $4300 or less.

 

$6,000 ???? post your specs thats alot of money

 

It looks like he didn't bargain with them for the price and did a straight online config for the max specs. You should cancel the order, call Dell and bargain for a minimum 15% discount.

 

lol,

From the spelling of his post, I wouldn't pay much attention to his addition skills. I think he should have taken 4k of that and purchased a lifetime supply of hooked on phonics

 

30% off, that's pretty good. how do you do that? or is it all the dr6500se's advice thread?

i wouldn't pay 4k either. i'd get it at the outlet for $2500.

 

Wow nice way to welcome a new member, lets see can't spell can't add not as smart as you are, bummer Oh and Merry Christmas too!

 

Some posts do sound rude but I think most of us are just concerned he paid too much and should try bargaining to save money. In this economy, saving every dollar counts even on luxury items.

 

it's so overpriced....

base system - it's 1799
nebula red - 100
i7 940XM - you can get brand new, sealed, for $850. you can get cheaper if you get an ES QS which is imvho the very same thing. anyway less $400
that's the UPGRADE price. you are paying 1250$ MORE. so it's 400less+i5 cpu that you can sell easily for $100.
Win7 Ult - 150 legit box retail versions sells for $100 less $50
8GB RAM - branded 2x 4gb DDR3 1333MHZ = $100 less $250 and sell 2x2gb included!
SLI 285Ms - 425now less $100
256GB SSD - you can get crucial SATA III for $550. those crappy samsung sells for $450
256GB SSD - same thing so x2 it's less $300 and you can sell the included 320gb 7200rpm for $50
RGB LED - 200
Intel wifi - 30 on ebay less $30
BluRay - not even BR recorder! you can find it for 100 max! less $50
4 year Prem - 560

easily more then $1000!!!

 

Yo dude, cancel your order. 6,000 dollars is something you shouldn't be paying for that. More like 3-4.5k tops. Try to bargain with some reps and get your own RAM sticks and SSDs. They're extremely easy to install. When I was a noob and didn't know smack about computers, I got walked through on how to install my own CPU just from a video lol.


Plus, if you're willing to spend 6k on a computer, I recommend getting a desktop and a laptop, so you can have the max performance @ home and the max performance on the go.
IMO, go for the M15x or M11x for under 2k and then a desktop for 4k. You can get pretty beast systems in both areas.

http://www.amazon.com/Alienware-m15...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1293201342&sr=1-1
5850 and 6 GB Ram under 1.6k

Then you can get an Area-51 in the outlet with 5970x2, 12GB ram, 1TB HDD(4 Empty Slots for SSD), and Core i7 extreme for less than 3.3k. All you need then is a screen, keyboard, SSD, and mouse and you're ready to go.


OR


You can simply haggle down your current decision and save some money for a good mouse or some games by haggling with a rep, like free NBD shipping and 4 Year Warranty + 15% discount. Be like, I was looking at another workstation from Clevo and their prices were much cheaper or something like that.
Plus you can cut the SSDs and 8GB Ram by buying them off of Newegg, which will cost like 90 bucks for a good set of 1333mhz 8GB kit and 500 Dollars for a extremely quick SSD.

 

Yeah, 6K sounds like a record! I thought I had gone big at $4300, but then I didn't get SSDs or the Blu-ray drive. Then Calif. taxed me $400 for the "privilege" of buying it, so $4700 is about what I'm in it for. I doubt I'll do that again, but then I've said that before and done it again.

 

i rounded it off it was actually 5800 as far as specs i got the highest possible there was in hardware and i got the 4 yr premium warranty plus lojack just incase it gets stolen and it was 5900 after everything when i got the battery upgrade

als the starting unit i selected was called bleeding graphics which started out at 2200 and i just went from there

heres the specs for everyone
Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum
Intel Core i7 940XM Quad Core Processor, 2.13GHz (3.33GHz Turbo Mode, 8M Cache)
8GB Dual Channel Memory (2x 4GB DDR3)
Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
SLI 1GB GDDR3 Nvidia GeForce GTX 285M
256GB SSD - Samsung Solid State Drive
Name Plate Engraving
Personalized Nameplate Trigger
AlienFX Color Astral Aqua
Alienware Command Center, M17x
Genuine Windows 7 Ultimate, 64bit, English
DataSafe Local BackUp
PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 Software
Nero 9 Media Burning Software
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
5.1 Channel Audio
Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 6300 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO Technology
Automatic Updates: On
4 Year Limited Warranty
Accidental Damage Service, 4 Years
Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Extended Year
Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Initial Year
Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, 3 Year Extended
1 922-3410 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, Initial Year
Warranty Support, 3 Year Extended
Warranty Support, Initial Year
Your Tech Team Unlimited POS SKU - 4 YR valid contract
Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware
Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
Lojack Theft Protection Premium bundle with Laptop for 1 Year Upsell
Lojack Theft Protection Premium bundle with Laptop for 1 Year Upsell
S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Notebooks
Alien Red Glyphs
Alien Red Glyphs
Bluetooth 2.1 with EDR

 

btw the laptop itself was 4300 something the extra warranty is what jacked it up but i figure with such an investment like this why not have it protected

 

sure. you don't want to be robbed twice.
(since you were already robbed by alienware)

 

Go instigate elsewhere.

 

I agree with Joker need to save as much as you can, but I also know the best warranty through Dell is very very high.
3 year complete care with 2 extra year warranty was 786.00
but for a close to 5k lappy well worth the peace of mind. The money I saved since it is a replacement for a 2100.00 outlet

 

Join the club? You can very well be the president!

That is one screaming laptop

 

hahahahaha

 

i know some of u were concerned about the price, im not to concerned about it.i wanted it so i got it,im pretty sure i could of saved a lot of money,but it doesn't bother me really

 

Nice computer. Very expensive. With that money, I'd rather save it or make down payment on a new car

 

wow, i had it nailed - except for the 2nd ssd....

it's a seriously nice piece of kit, but as long as you're cool knowing you paid at least $1000 more than you had to, who are we to complain...

make sure you enjoy it!

 

couple questions about your setup and if you will benefit from Nvidia cards or Ati. You said you do 3d editing and since you are aware of Nvdia's CUDA technology and the benefits in certain apps. Do you know if you actually need Nvidia specifically for the apps you use or you can get by with ATI. The ati is much more powerful for gaming but Nvidia is much more powerful for apps that utilize Nvidia technologies like CUDA.

Secondly i hope you did not think that by spending a bunch of money some how your laptop will work from the get go....oh no you are just as likely to have crashes, BSOD or any other glitch like someone who spends 1/5 of what you spend. please read up on updates, mods and tweaks you can perform to get the most bang....well you kinda blew the bang for buck but whatever i guess what i meant to say is.... the most BENEFIT for your $$$.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/6935480-post22.html

 

the nvidia was a personal choice i never was a fan of ati regardless even in my desktop i have nvidia

 

when i get my laptop i will def check that thread out thanks abunch

 

so yea im suppose to be receiving my laptop on Monday the 10th and im a little worried b/c i just got through reading some of the posts on Dells/Alienware forum and it wasn't pretty. so im asking if i should be worried, i know dells a big company and i would like to think they try there best with customer support but im not so sure maybe im just paranoid who knows hahahaha