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    Is this Alienware Configuration worth the price?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by AirSinner, Sep 24, 2009.

  1. AirSinner

    AirSinner Notebook Evangelist

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    AlienWare M15x Configuration.

    Intel 17 720QM
    1GB GTX 260m
    15.6 1080p
    4GB Ram
    250 HD 7200 RPM
    Slot-Loaded Dual Layer DVD Burner
    9 - Cell Battery

    Price is 2626.19 CAN and this includes my 7 % discount from where I work. Without the discount the price would be 2826.28 CAN. With the specs and price as followed do you think its worth the price? Thank you.
     
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  2. Alien_M4v3r1kk

    Alien_M4v3r1kk Notebook Evangelist

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    Why do people never put the speed of their processors down? My mind isn't a memory bank for their speeds.

    It's a good price. What are you going to do with it?

    Edit: My post doesn't consider the CPU, I'll be back when I figure out the speed on it.

    Edit 2: Okay, 1.6 GHz isn't great for gaming, but the turboboost makes it go to 2.8 GHz, which is very good. I still don't understand exactly how turboboost works though. Whether it's just a factory installed overclock setting or the exact opposite of stealth mode.
     
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  3. Quadzilla

    Quadzilla The eye is watching you

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    It ramps up each core accordingly . So a single core is 2.8 ghz then dual core is a little less and so on until you hit all 4 cores which at that point would be 1.6ghz. I think its a very cool feature myself :).
     
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