Alienware M17 *OFFICIAL* Owner's Lounge

M17 SYSTEM

Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 P8400 2.26GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Chassis: 17-Inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technolog
Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard – Alienware Exclusive Design - Astral Blue
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card: Internal Wireless b/g (Full Mini-Card)
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: M17 Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: M17 Keyboard Diagram Overlay


On Phase 9 Shipped
Arrived

 

OMG, i know you are excited as I am with our order. Do you have to create 1 thread for each M17 we order?

 

Just to update people on their progress and what they come up with.

 

OK, i am going to hijack your thread and other M17 thread when my ordered is updated.

It's still at phase 2, btw.

 

What is your estimated ship date?

 

hey u stole my title

 

how much was that?

 

Yours is The Story so far.

 

1700US Good price

 

very good price

 

I hijacked this thread again and it's now the "Official M17 Owner's Lounge." Congrats for starting the thread.

 

im trying to fight the urge to sell my Sager and buy the m17 i want to wait for the new 4xxx series but i want one now

cant wait for some reviews

 

Why would u want to sell a your faster setup for a slower one!?

 

why not?
the graphics upgrades for the Sager is too much
i really like the look of the m17

 

I would expect a 11.5k-12k 3dmark score on this system.

 

I hope we don't get any backorder s or delays.

 

mine is estimated to be the 18th.

Btw, why get the Respawn disc?

 

Cause I don't want to manually install every driver when I have to reformat the system

 

You tried Ghost?

 

What is Ghost?

 

ok guys i have a little update i decided not to go with aw 2x 250gb in raid because it ways overpriced and just got a 320gb 7200 16mb cache witch is actually faster and used the 300 bucks i saved to upgrade to the qx9300 cpu! wahoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! only thing is takes 4 days longer to ship but w/e HURRAH m17 ftw!

 

Whats your estimated ship date?

 

Dude, each 320 gb harddrive is only 100$ if you buy it retail from Canada with longer warranty. AW canada is charging +369 on top of the 160gb hd for only 2x250 HD. But you do whatever you like.

 

fusion i said im not getting the 2x 250 and instead getting the 320 7200 16mb cache and witht the saved 329 getting the qx9300

 

After getting the respawn disk, I found it to be a complete and total waste. first of all, it's what was installed when you bought the system. which is drivers that will be outdated, pretty much as soon as you open the box. furthermore, it will only do a complete wipe to start fresh... which is great if you only run one o/s. add to that the complete lack of options or ideas, plus the fact that it's also included in an EISA partition at the end of the primary harddisk...

Factor all that by the fact that they still give you an O/S disk for the system... (with all but the darn drivers, which you can download from the webpage, and the ones from the page would be newer than any respawn version)... and I really don't understand why I wasted the cash.

... this was the situation with my m15x anyways.

however, if you only ever have one O/S on your harddrive, and you don't know how to move an EISA formatted partition to DVD, and you don't mind the old versions of all the drivers and software for your system... then by all means. buy it. beyond that, I'm not sure why anyone would.

 

Alright I took of the Respaw out of my order my orders comes to a total of 2056USD with Shipping

 

sweet price for that system.

 

That respawn disc is a way to make some money.
the DVD cost $.30.

 

I am still at phase 2 on the third day.

arghhhhhhhhhhhh........should i cxl the order?

j/k

 

good joke lol

 

are you in US?

 

Yeah

 

i loled haha

 

i see alot of people getting the 2.26 ghz cpu, what would i see a great perfromance increase from?

2.53 ghz 6mb cache or if i upgraded to 4 gigs ram.

 

if u do things like encoding that use more cache then yes. ram i would definetly go for 4gb though

 

Cant wait, been reading these forums for awhile and crossing my fingers that this lappy is built well


M17®

Graphics Processor : Dual 512MB ATI® Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 – CrossFireX™ Enabled!

Processor: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T9400 2.53GHz (6MB Cache 1066MHz FSB)

Display: 17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 LCD (1200p) with Clearview Technology

Fingerprint Reader: Integrated Biometric Fingerprint Reader

Keyboard Options: Illuminated Keyboard - English

Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1067MHz - 2 x 1024MB

System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 250GB 7200 RPM SATA with Free Fall Protection

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit - English
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner

Optical Drives: 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)

Wireless Network Card: Internal Realtek Wireless LAN b/g Mini Card

Sound Hardware: Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound

Additional Power: Additional AC Adapter - Alienware® M17 230 Watt Auto-switch AC Adapter

SubTotal: € 1 843,00
Discount: € 0,00
Vat: € 0,00
Shipping: € 43,58
Order Total: € 1 886,58


Estimated shipping date: 6 december

 

nice config, it should serve you well.

 

man i can wait to ga my beasty mmmmmm qx93000 *drools*

 

I just notice the 230 watts power brick.
How much is that?

 

59 euro + tax

 

Sorry, but I have to announce that my AW is on phase 5 today. Just for the record. It was ordered on the 3rd late night.

How long does it take from 5 to 8?

 

your already in stage 5!!!!!!!!!!! im only in stage 3

 

Did you call in everyday to check?

 

no im just using the online 1

 

I check the online one every 5 minutes and check with cs rep eveyday.
Now, the online is up to date with cs rep.
The online one was phase 2 yesterday.

 

Hi guys! I just ordered one too-


Video/Graphics Card: Dual 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 3870 - CrossFireX™ Enabled!
Processor: Intel® Core™2 P8400 2.26GHz (3MB Cache, 1066MHz FSB)
Chassis: 17-Inch WideXGA+ 1440 x 900 LCD (720p)
Keyboard Options: Non-Illuminated Keyboard – with Numeric Pad - No color options available
Operating System (Office software not included): Windows Vista® Home Premium (64-bit Edition) with Service Pack 1
Notebook Tuners and Remotes: Without Media Center Remote Control or TV Tuner
Memory: 2GB Dual Channel DDR3 SO-DIMM at 1066MHz – 2 x 1024MB
System Drive: Single Drive Configuration - 160GB 7,200RPM (8MB Cache) w/ Free Fall Protection
Optical Drives : 8x Dual Layer Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)
Wireless Network Card: Internal Wireless b/g (Full Mini-Card)
Sound Card : Internal High-Definition Audio with Surround Sound
Warranty: 1-Year AlienCare Onsite Service and 24/7 Toll-Free Phone Support
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mesh Cap
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mousepad
Alienware Extras: Alienware® Mobile Binder
Alienware Extras: Owner Identification Card
Alienware Extras: M17 Protective Cloth Sleeve
Alienware Extras: M17 Keyboard Diagram Overlay

So I'm being cheap since I originally wanted to spend no more than 1k (After being one of the very first to find and benchmark those new Asus's with the 9800M GS's...) but when I saw this setup... I had to.

Phase 3 is what my order status tells me. Cant wait to benchmark it, and hopefully, there will be a way to upgrade to those delicious 4870's some day

 

NICE, it's **** hard to find someone cheaper than me, I got the light keyboard.

Where did you find the benchmark for the G71g? or 9800m gs? Show me plz.

 

Haha, I embrace the cheap-ness completely... (well, I wasnt going to be cheap with the Sony I had planned to build... but dual 3870's > single 3650... )



Edit: I had a URL in here but I guess I dont have enough rep or posts to make it work, so i'd say just click my name and look back at my post history... I dont have many, and I think the one I was going to use was the third one up from the bottom

 

the 4850x2 will be better then the 4870 there actually could be dual 4850x2s mmmmmm 4 graphics chips *drools* along with my qx9300 *drools even more*

 

Ahhhh don't tell me that~! Now I am excited!

From what I've seen thus far from searching, the GPU's aren't soldered, either... (though I'll have to check my own to confirm... and cause I like messing with hardware myself

Is it possible to upgrade the processor to a Qcore later? I looked quickly through this thread and thought I saw something about it, but I've got to leave shortly, no time for research...