M17x Max SPEC!!

i`m so dissapointed for my new bought M15x and jus placed my order for M17X. Here is my ordered Spec:
-Metallic Saucer Silver Base 1
D720P -Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Extreme Mobile Processor QX930 1
0 (2.53GHz/ 1066 FSB/ 12MB C
V8977 - Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme Label 1
K001R -17.0" Beyond HD 1200p WUXGA (1920x1200) CCFL Disp 1
lay with TrueLife TM
FDI-712 -Integrated 2.0 mega pixel web cam -
W795M -8GB Dual-channel 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 4GB) 1
FDI-705 -1TB 7200RPM SATA RAID 0 (2 x 500GB) -
D113N -500GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive 1
D114N -500GB 7200RPM 2nd SATA Hard Drive 1
Y924N -RAID 0 (Striped Disk Array) 1
C465T -Dual HDD Bracket 1
U004P -Slot Load Fixed Blu-ray BD-ROM / DVD + /-RW Combo 1
Drive
C847N -SLI(TM) Dual 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 2 1
80M
K734T -Dell Wireless 1510 802.11n Half Mini-Card (MY) 1
VR59M -Dell(TM) Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal mini-ca 1
rd
CTX0X -Bluetooth Info Mod 1
D582J -9-cell Primary Battery 1
BCC-002 -No Case -
U777M -Shipment Box 1
R355H -Power Cord (UK) 1
Y573P -AlienFX(R) Illuminated Keyboard (English) 1
Is anyone know how much the estimated weight?

 

i'm at a loss of words.

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nice config?

 

same here i want it so bad lol

The m15x ....what u gonna do with that?

this may belong in side topics as it doesn't have any technical issues

 

I need one of these.

 

From Tech Specs tab on AW Website:

Dimensions
Height: 51.31mm to 53.59mm (2.02 inches to 2.11 inches) – Front to Back
Width: 405.89mm (15.98 inches)
Depth: 321.31mm (12.65 inches)
Weight: Starting at 5.3kg* (11.68 pounds)

 

i will gonna sell my M15X. it really cant satisfied me.
btw all i know about is a starting weight at 5.3kg..wat about the weight after installed all the spec tat i included? wat do u guys think the M17x with Max spec? any conflict?

 

proably 13.5 pounds... my best guess

 

a bit heavier, but not much. 12-13 pounds.

 

Aww

very close to max spec

missing the Raid 0 SSD's

 

it means the weight about 2 M15X?

 

wat is that Scytus? sorry for my poor knowledge

is that a Super Solid Drive?

 

if that's how you measure the weight of something... not quite. more like one and a half, or one and and three quarters of an m15x.

 

for a "maximum config", you'd need to have the top-end storage option: two 256GB SSDs.

 

^^^ yup

10char

 

i skiped the SSD. does it any effect? i can replace it in the future?

 

well, SSDs are, simply put, much much faster than HDDs. so your machine will be a bit slower with HDDs than with SSDs, especially when loading the OS or games. an example:

boot time with HDD: 40 seconds
boot time with SSD: 15 seconds

 

WoW i see. its a big different! so can i replace it myself after i got the machine? cos i wanna try it with HDD first..if really cant satisfied me maybe i`ll change my mine in the future.

 

yea, I myself am getting 4GB 1333mhz RAM instead of 8 GB so I can swap in the Raid 0 SSD's with the same money.

As I've been reading its basically recommended, as the RAM will get cheaper (and I'll be buying some when that happens )

 

Yes you can replace it yourself, shouldn't be a problem

 

yes, you can replace your HDDs with SSDs later on without much difficulty.

 

If it was me I would drop the 8GB of ram to 4GB and use the extra cash to upgrade to the 256SSD in Raid.

either way nice config!

 

Nice config, except I would not have chosen RAID 0 . . . it is an unreliable storage solution since you are depending on two drives; the risk of data loss is therefore doubled.

 

im gonna get dual 500gb hdds and wait for 500gb ssds to release and get cheaper so i can buy 2 of those....

 

it seem i really should change the HDD to SSD right now...

 

Would you say the same for SSD's? seeing how they're less prone to fail/break down. And course countering in the performance..

(I personally will backup once a week to an external)

 

if you want to do that, just call up Alienware's CS and have them change your order. also, i'd suggest going with RAID 1 or no RAID at all, for data security reasons (unless you have an external backup solution or plan on setting one up).

 

wat is the different with RAID 1 and RAID 0?

 

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=wiki+RAID+1

 

it suprised me about the price for SSD 512GB(2x256)!!
the most expensive thing in the spec.

 

yeah, SSDs are pretty costly these days. prices will fall eventually, but for now, many still consider them a bit cost-prohibitive.

 

it seem the RAID 1 is better than RAID 0. SO wat about the speed between both? especially for gaming.

 

Never tested it for gaming but 2 hdd working for you will be faster than one.

 

RAID 0 will certainly be faster than RAID 1.

 

yeah! i like faster in everythings and thats wat i wan

 

Do the SSDs also have space used up for nothing?

Like when you buy a brand new 500GB HDD, you are actually only getting 440GBs or around that.

 

that's not "space used for nothing". that's advertising. companies will advertise a drive as "500GB" because it has 500x1000MB. however, 1GB actually has 10 24MB, so you never really get the advertised space.

depending on the SSD, you won't get this. the OCZ drives, for example, are branded as "60GB", and really do contain 60GB of space. other manufacturers sell the same drive as "64GB" due to the misleading calculation shown above.

 

oh I knew about the 1024 thing, but never really thought much about it.

Would this is considered false advertisement?

anyways back on toopic:
that thing is a beast.

 

it isn't, actually, because "Giga" and "Mega" (along with "Kilo" and "Tera" etc.) are actually defined as 1000^x, for example, a kilogram is 1000 grams. the 10 24 thing is just because of the binary nature of computers.

 

Actually, our site editors have found SSDs to be unrelaible. Half of the ones we have received for testing (over a dozen) have failed.

For gaming it does not matter, the storage medium has no bearing on in-game performance.
RAID 0 is not comparable with RAID 1 either; they have different purposes.

Yes, but only in specific instances. Also as I noted, the extra speed comes at a price - doubled risk of data loss. For general usage there will be no perceivable difference between RAID 0 and a single drive or RAID 1. RAID 0 is very over-hyped.

 

RAID 0 will only be faster using hardware raid... not intel fakeraid...

 

I have a noob question. My M17X I ordered without raid. I just have the 256gb SSD. I am still able to buy a second similar SSD and have my PC into Raid 0?

The reason I ask is because I am not certain that the RAID controller comes standard.

 

Yes you can but it would have been twice as cheap to get it with the system. Plus you'll have to call them to get the second hdd bracket.

 

I did not know that. My mistake. Well too bad for me.

 

Negative.

It's software raid but u will see a big performance increase specially when using only 2 HDS (can't say the same for 8...)

BTW... Sorry but i don't think that this is the best time to buy big SSD's...

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1406326/intel-34nm-nand-ssds-launch-weeks

 

Hopefully that will drive prices down.

 

Do you plan to adopt? I want to live with you.

 

Guys, how well does the Dual GTX 280 running in Crysis? can i max out all the setting with the spec tat i list out?

 

i should think so.

 

yea they are running a average of 33 FPS on high ...... @ 1900 res

 

I think I can average close to 40 on high if I can get my drivers to stop crashing.