how much does it worth

somebody is selling an alienware m17 R2 for 500$. Se said that the laptop is new 1.5 years and he almost never played with. here is the spec :

5.1 Audio, Intel Core i5 520m 2 , Ati 1 GB Radeon HD 4870

does it worth it ?

Thanks in advance

 

If it's true and it's in good condition, then YES!

 

For $500? Hell ya! Buy it. You can upgrade parts yourself after

one question though...what screen does it come with?

 

he says the screen is 900x1600

here is the picture of the laptop

 

hmmm, the screen isn't the best, but for $500, i'd still buy it.

 

i just called the guy and asked him more about the laptop spec:

RAM : 4GIG
Harddrive: 250 GIG

he said that he was planning to sell it for 750$ but his wife want absolutely get rid of the laptop so hes pushed to sell it for 500$ (my offer).

Also he said that there is no garrantee for the laptop and he doesnt have the receipt since the laptop was given by his brother.

I just want to make sure before doing anything wrong, because 500$ is not much but its all I have (im still a student). So, it is a hot deal or just a BS ?

Thanks !!!

 

generally it aint much money...
But if youre planning on upgrading it

Like Cpu upgrade + Gpu upgrade + Ram upgrade + Screen update it going to cost to much money for whats it worth

but if you like the way its specced just go with it but dont expect to much gaming experience with it.

 

if everything is on good working conditions, should i be able to run BF 3?

 

Like everyone said, this is the best-est deal I ever seen, even it is used but it is just 1.5 year old, and $500 is kinda underpriced, and like everyone said you can upgrade it later, for me I'd deal with him. If it was a M14x then I'd reconsider it because there's not much stuff to upgrade though.

Yes, more than enough to run it I guess.

 

Here are the minimum requirements for BF3:

Minimum System Requirements

OS: Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit
Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core (Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or Athlon X2 2.7 GHz)
Memory: 2 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card (NVIDIA): DirectX 10.0 graphics card with 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce 8, 9, 200, 300, 400 or 500 series with NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or higher performance)
Graphics Card (ATI): DirectX 10.0 graphics card with 512 MB RAM (AMD ATI Radeon 3000, 4000, 5000 or 6000 series with AMD ATI Radeon 3870 or higher performance)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive


Recommended System Requirements

OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor: Quad-core CPU
Memory: 4 GB
Hard Drive: 20 GB
Graphics Card: DirectX 11 graphics card with 1024 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560
or AMD ATI Radeon 6950)
Sound Card: DirectX Compatible
Keyboard and Mouse
DVD ROM Drive

 

There's a problem here. The M17x R2 has a 16:10 aspect ratio, therefor it should've been either a 1440x900 or a 1920x1200 maximum screen resolution.

The picture is indeed that of a M17x or a M17x R2.

How much do you trust this person?

 

The strength of the m17x R2 is the Aluminum chassis and the fact that it has 2 mxm vid card slots. So its a tweakers paradise

As its currently configured, you'll run BF3, but with a mobile 4870, you're looking at low to medium settings and perhaps reduced resolution

 

hah at that price, i would have bought it for parts alone!
heck a new mobo cost me around $300

 

i dont need it at all, but if someone offered it to me id buy it

 

yeah but we are comparing a new motherboard with a low end speced laptop

 

Yo, look at what Katalin said. If the guy's giving you the wrong resoutions. How can a person trying to sell a laptop not know its resolutions?


Please first call up the guy, and ask him the resolution. IF he sticks to his old answer. Then either its not a M17x R2 or he's attempting a scam on you.


Be careful man, though it might seem as a double bang for your buck type deal, losing 500 would still sting.

You could buy a decent SSD for that.

 

i mean a m17x r2 motherboard. also, since it's no longer made, the motherboard was tagged as "refurbished".

the same motherboard that's in the laptop he's thinking of buying. IMHO $500 for a complete working m17x r2 is worth it, it has huge upgrade potential and is a beast of a machine fully upgraded.

 

you can almost max it (without AA I guess), except for the 900p screen, it is a crazy deal, if you want to upgrade it, just go ahead buy it and put 6990m xfire on, will be crazy

 

just a quick question, where can we buy part for laptop ? for example i want to add 2 more gig for ram. where can i find it ? I live in montreal

thanks !!!

 

ram and hdd can be bought from almost any pc store.
its the other stuff (like keyboard, palm rest, screen) which are harder to get.

the ram you want is DDR3 - PC3-10700 (1333mhz)
at least for the r2, i'm sure the r3 supports faster/newer so not sure about that one.

 

what laptop do you have? You can get laptop memory online at newegg, tigerdirect, ncix etc...Or any local computer store will be able to order laptop memory...just make sure its SODIMM

For example, i got my laptop memory from ncix.ca...ordered it online when it was on sale and picked it up in a real ncix store

 

i have the alienware m17x r2. the one that i bought from the guy

here is the spec :

Processor, I5-520M, 2.4, 3MB, Arrandale, 35W, C2
MODULE..., DUAL IN-LINE MEMORY MODULE..., 4GB, 1066MHZ, DDR3, 2X2G
Card, Graphics, Hard Drive, 4870, Parker, Mid-Life Kicker (ATI RADEON HD 4870)
HARD DRIVE..., 250GB, S2, 7.2K, 2.5, SGT-HOLL

if i want to add more ram for my laptop, should i buy the same type (dual) ?

if yes, what should be a good price for me to buy a 4 more gig ram ?

thanks !!!!

 

The laptop has only two RAM slots, so for now you are limited to maximum two sticks of 4Gb each @1333Mhz.

But if you're not doing anything that requires that much, 8Gb is still plenty for most average users.

 

Good to see the deal wasn't a scam!

Enjoy your new toy

 

no you can put 2x 8 gb sticks in R2 to

 

My bad, that's actually what I meant hence the second paragraph.

 

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I paid around $39 + tax for 2x4gig Gskill ddr3 1333 Sodimms at ncix.ca ... this was a great deal 6 months ago, but today, you can find it for even cheaper.

Just wait for a sale, laptop ram is relatively cheap

 

do you mean that if i want the ram upgrade, i have to remove the old ram before placing the new ram ? too bad if so, i was planing to buy 2x 2gig ram and just add em to the existent ram

 

That is correct, you'll have to remove the old ram and install new ram...however, 8gigs costs $40 now (Canadian) so don't lose too much sleep over it

 

lol thanks, last question : can u give me the link from newegg for example for the ram that i should buy. just to make sure im buying the right one

thanks !!!

 

here:

Newegg.ca - G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) 204-Pin DDR3 SO-DIMM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Laptop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBSQ

unless you needed it immediately, i'd look for a sale. Check out Ncix.ca and canadacomputers.com

 

all right thanks !