Alienware M17 *OFFICIAL* Owner's Lounge

Sounds like you need the redundancy of 2 PCs. Keep one for work and one for play.

 

I'd prefer a reliable laptop. I had a Dell M1710 for a two years and the things just ran problem free.

 

Regardless of the brand/type it's still a single point of failure that can affect your work.

 

Oh.. i know. I have a dedicated gaming rig at home and i have an HP Pavilion dv9000 I can use as a backup. I just like to have everything in one place!

The only thing i play on my laptop is WOW.. i save the other stuff for my gaming rig.


So i just got off the phone with "Oscar" from AW and they're cross shipping a video card so i dont have to send it in for repair!

 

Well i have intel SSD as a primary hdd for couple of weeks now, and never experinced any issues so far. the windows boot/shutdown down are fast and also the game loading times too are compared to the 320 gb 7200 drive

 

Have you run hdtune yet to see what read speeds you are getting??

 

Here you go....

 

Well, I emailed AW, and got the following (despite them confusing my question about the M17 for the M15x). I think I'll go for the basic drive, and upgrade myself when I can get a pair of Vertex drives...

That said, sujaym has basically just confirmed the SATA-II support with those benchmarks.

Dear Alienware Customer,

Thank you for contacting Alienware.

In regard to your inquiry, the SATA controller on the m15x system is a SATA II controller. We use SSD units from known manufacturers like Samsung and Trascend among others, but we cannot guarantee which SSD brand you will receive as it all depends on stock availability and which manufacturer has ready to ship drives.

All SSD units offered on our systems have been tested and validated on our systems for best performance. Although you can add your own drives to your system, keep in mind that we will only provide support for parts we sell directly.

If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.


Best regards,

Milton Sanchez
Electronic Support - Sales Department

 

ok just installed my qx9300, so far i have a stable overclock of 3.2ghz, i will bench soon, i wonder how high this chip will go

 

according to intel.... 3.5 ghz stable.

 

that was a great chip man. tested very well!!

 

Post your temps.

 

here are my 3dmark 06 results at 3.2ghz...gpu's are stock clocks...temps are maxed out at about 74c

 

What resolution are you on?
is you gpus overclocked?
did you do any modifacations to your M17?

 

the rez is stock 1280x900.....the gpu's are stock....i didnt mod the m17 at all just used the .28 bios from zfactor

 

nice! (10 char)

 

looks great!!! i just hope i get this google mess taken care of now. DO NOT USE GOOGLE CHECKOUT EVER. they are horrible i will never use them again

 

told you man the t9400's are HOT even the 9300 runs cooler

 

yeah i may not even keep the cpu at 3.2ghz 24/7...no need to right now...3ghz is good...but the max i have hit so far is 3.325ghz...and thats just with the multiplyer, im gonna use setfsb to pump up the fsb also...3.5ghz FTW!!!

 

no i remember you told me. but i was just wanted to know before i get mines

 

ummm, google checkout?

 

lol yeah i sold a chip to halo and they are screwing me now with payment. long story.. they are aweful. not halo's fault though.

 

aahhh. and halo is big flossin' your shinny new qx9300...lol...i seen him. he already testing the heat threshold...lol

just trying to lighten a lessor mood my friend...

 

So they upped my delivery date to today and they have confirmed that I am getting it today

This is also bad because I haven't ordered my RAM yet and I need 4 GIGS of RAM. Can anyone show me what kind I need and maybe recommend some places to get it? Thanks for the time.

 

are you from the US of A, cAr0uS3L?

 

Yes, and I know that alot of people are going to say goto newegg but I'd rather hit up a store so I can get it today.

 

You need 2x2GB DDR3 PC8500/1066MHz 204pin SO-DIMMs

Such as these

As for where, depends what you have near by, but these are not commonly stocked by stores (specialist memory for latest laptops only), so I doubt you'll find them easily.

 

oh, right. well then i haven't a clue where

you will need DDR3 SO-DIMM PC-8500 RAM with 204 pins.

 

I knew I should have just had them install it!! Sigh.. haha

 

You can overnight it from the link I gave above for $16.99 to have it tomorrow by midday, and still save a nice chunk of change from the AW price...

 

yeah i have a problem with impatience especially when its going to be sitting around until I can get 4 gigs in it :/

 

ughh you can do plenty of things with 2 gigs i game on 2 since i haven't got paid yet.... fear 2 5 mins ago maxed out

 

i heard 64 bit vista doesnt work well with 2 gigs

 

and where'd you hear that?

 

it works fine trust me..... i have played fallout 3 grid WOW fear 2 crysis warhead all on 2 gigs and every one of them maxed out except crysis ....btw i have a 1440 screen if your wondering.

 

ok cool. everyone who has talked to me before knows how much of a noob I am with computers so I am just making sure I won't be disappointed. Tonight I want to open that sucker up and get installing and maybe get some WoW time in. I just want to make sure it will be running fast and it won't mess up when I install the 4 gigs tomorrow.

 

...WoW runs good expect triple digit fps on 1440 as for 1900 i think your lookin over 60 all the time so you will won't notice anythign higher any way.

good luck, it will run fine with 2 gigs 4 is just better

 

Hi guys any1 has any idea hows empire total war running on the m17?? I have quadcore 2.26ghz 4gb ram and 3870 crossfire mode..but i did not get any AA effects in the demo though they were switched on..any1 else played the demo please reply..thnx

 

Im a great fan of Total War series. I haven't play the demo yet, so can't answer Your question.

Could U please tell me what kind of performance did U get with the demo? Besides AA and AF issues was it possible to max it out under native?

Cheers

Luke

 

Selling my t9400
http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=4590949#post4590949
if anyone is intrested.

 

yes it works really well in maxed-out settings..i definitely recommend u to try it out

 

Thanks Man

 

hi all just a quicky

im after getting some ddr3 1333 4gig of ram 2x2gig of ebay

do they have to be matched pair or anything like this, does it matter,

do you get dual channel with ddr3

 

Buying two equal rams puts you on the better side

Yes

Greetings
Julian

 

cheers bud thanks for the advice

 

np

Greetings
Julian

 

anyone else upgrading to the qx9300?

 

I just ran a virus scan on my M17 using Avast! and I came across a warniing of a possible Trojan called OSCust.exe.

It is located in c:\windows\system32\oem.

After I looked it up I found it to be from AW.

However I'm not to sure and just wanted to ask you guys, Virus or Good?

 

Found this for you:

Source: http://forums.tentonhammer.com/showthread.php?t=34992

 

Read that, but that was his only post.