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    What's this M15X worth?

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by SlimShady, Mar 1, 2012.

  1. SlimShady

    SlimShady ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒ&

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    A friend of mine has this and I am thinking of buying it from him as a project. Trying to get an idea of a fair price to offer him for it.

    Also would like to know what upgrade potential this rig has.


    Area-51® m15x

    Design & Display: Silver Skullcap Design
    Display: 15.4" WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p)
    System Lighting: Alienware® AlienFX®
    System Lighting - Blue Video
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® Series - 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8700M GT
    Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9300 2.5GHz (6MB Cache 800MHz FSB) Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
    Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 667MHz – 2 x 1024MB System Drive: 2 X 750GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
    Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
    Wireless: Internal Intel® Wireless 4965 a/b/g/Draft-N
    Mini-Card Sound Card : External Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Card Keyboard Options: AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard – Exclusive Design
    AlienRespawn: AlienRespawn v2.0 Recovery DVD – Windows Vista® Edition Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder Alienware Extras: Alienware®
    Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Protective Cloth Sleeve
    Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Keyboard Diagram Overlay
    Alienware Extras: Area-51® m15x Smooth Mylar Touchpad
    Avatar: Alien Cyborg
    Window Style: Graphite Window Style
    Mouse Pointers: Standard Mouse Pointers
    Wallpaper: Alien Schematic
    Power Plan: High Performance
    Automatic Updates: Automatic Updates On
    Sidebar Gadgets: Calendar
    Sidebar Gadgets: CPU Meter RSS
     
    SlimShady, Mar 1, 2012
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  2. JohnnyFlash

    JohnnyFlash Notebook Virtuoso

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    $250-300 maybe.
     
    JohnnyFlash, Mar 1, 2012
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  3. Ldmoose

    Ldmoose Notebook Consultant

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    Not much upgrade potential there... I would pass on it.
     
    Ldmoose, Mar 1, 2012
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  4. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    That's a pre Dell area-51 m15x not a M15x.
    I'd say ~300-350$
     
    katalin_2003, Mar 1, 2012
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  5. daminibeast

    daminibeast Notebook Geek

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    Id say buy it. If you could get it for $300 to $350 max.

    Sell the 8700GT and the 2GB of ram.

    Upgrade to a GTX 260 or 280. (Heck Ive got a 9800m GT T9300 CPU and 4gbs of RAM and it chomps though all my games with max settings, except for MW3 I have to turn down 2 texture settings down to "high" instead of "extra".) lol.

    Grab 4 to 8GBs of ram.

    It would be one beast of a Laptop.

    Only downer is the hinge system is weak, but an easy fix nonetheless.
    You could upgrade the processer but the biggest CPU upgrade wouldnt be that much of a difference for the $...
     
    daminibeast, Mar 2, 2012
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  6. usmc1488

    usmc1488 Notebook Evangelist

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    Buy an Area 51 M17x Bare Bones, which I just happen to be selling :), transfer over the components, and you will have a lap top that can still run the latest drivers, and you can up grade to dual GTX280m like me.
     
    usmc1488, Mar 4, 2012
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