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    Putting together an Alienware laptop?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by Mr_Pants, Mar 13, 2011.

  1. Mr_Pants

    Mr_Pants Notebook Enthusiast

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    Mr_Pants, Mar 13, 2011
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    Drek_Alots Notebook Guru

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    According to the listing you'll need a CPU, RAM and HD. I was unaware that AW had bare bones systems... I'm kind of skeptical.
     
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    The guy has good feedback and everything is legit.
    It also needs a graphics card.
    So badicly I need to know what CPU I should get, how much RAM it can hold, and how big of a hardrive it can hold. Also a graphics card that would be good.
    (and how to put it together.)
     
    Mr_Pants, Mar 13, 2011
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    So you bought it before doing that kind of research?
     
    Rogue-OP, Mar 13, 2011
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    Mr_Pants Notebook Enthusiast

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    No; I got it for free. So I'm trying to figure out how to work this out.
     
    Mr_Pants, Mar 13, 2011
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    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    GPU - 8700m gt, 8800m GTX, 9800m GT. SLI option
    ECU - T9300, T9500, x9000 extreme
    HDD - Any standard HDD, can fit up to two. RAID option SSD works also
    RAM - 667mhz, DDR2, up to 8 gig with a 64 bit operationg system.
    Optical Drive - Again standard lap top drive but will need the Alienware adapter to fit.

    Go to this link to find the how to's for the lap top.
    Alienware : The Best Custom Built Gaming PC for the Ultimate PC Gamer!

    Ive got one since my last deployment, love it. Let me know if I can offer any help.
     
    usmc1488, Mar 14, 2011
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    DellWUR Company Representative

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    Building sounds a lot more fun than buying for sure, wish AW offered kits.
     
    DellWUR, Mar 14, 2011
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  8. kevmanw4301

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    I'm thinking of getting one of those. The best GPU's are dual 4850's, very rare. I'd go with dual 3870's.
     
    kevmanw4301, Mar 15, 2011
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    granyte ATI+AMD -> DAAMIT

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    this is the m17x 4850 are likely a little to much for it and 3870 are untested we don,t know if it accept ATI
     
    granyte, Mar 19, 2011
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    It originally came with 4850's? Theres a chace you can get 5870's in it.
     
    kevmanw4301, Mar 19, 2011
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    No, the M17 white book based lap top came with 3870's. The proprietary Area 51 M17x came with dual 8800gtx/9800m gt's as its most powerful option as far as GPU's. The m17x didnt have an option for ATI cards like its little brother M15x.
     
    usmc1488, Mar 19, 2011
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    Sorry, confusing with the m17x, which originally came with dual 4850's. There were multiple 17 alienwares, so I was mistaken.
     
    kevmanw4301, Mar 19, 2011
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    No reason to be sorry bud. Yeah AW has put out waaaaaaaaaaay to many notebooks that have "M17" in it's name.
     
    usmc1488, Mar 19, 2011
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  14. kevmanw4301

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    Yeah. I like the M17x the most. I've owned an M17x and m17x R2.
     
    kevmanw4301, Mar 19, 2011
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