*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owner's Lounge

Sleey0..,....

 

it applies the 7% once you add it to card dude....

 

If you go to the bottom of the M15X page very bottom you will see a customize button use that one I had the same problem using EPP this worked.

 

Now I got the thing in my cart were going to find out in a min. One more question I have before I do this: How much (if any) bigger will the 9 cell be? I want it, but not if it looks like a big brick hanging out the back, I want it to look sleek

 

Bubba this link is broken. Can you fix? please.

 

On Intel's mobiel i7 products page, it shows an
Cyberpower Xplorer X6-6720. What the hell is that? Anyone know?
I'm asking because it is spec'ed with Switchable Graphics (UMA + ATI M92), i7 and 15 inch screen. Anyone know what UMA + M92 is? (Pardon my ignorance)

 

I admit after seeing this I went over to powernotebooks and xoticpc to price out the clevo equivalent. As soon as I saw $200 dead pixel guaranty I closed out the screen. I don't want to pay the extra insurance to guaranty satisfaction. I'll continue to stick with Dell. I'm thinking of buying the base model with just a screen upgrade and upgrade the rest myself.

 

Dell's cashback is now 15% with bing. Search "Dell desktop" on bing and it gives 15%. Does it work with the M15x?

 

http://www.intel.com/technology/turboboost/index.htm

Thanks for the link, so basically it's saying that if you have an Intel Core i7 720QM core processor at 1.6GHZ it'll go up to 2.8GHZ at max with 1 core?

So depending on the application you have running it'll change depending on your workload?

If I'm running WoW for example it'll run at say 2.4GHZ and if I open up a video editing application it'll pump out the extra .4GHZ for that extra power?

Thanks for the help guys

 

the less cores it is using, the higher the clock can be, it is pretty much that simple. It shuts down cores that are not needed (single or dual threaded apps)

 

Well with Xotic you can return the machine if your not happy with no restocking fee i do believe. So if it had a dead pixel just return for refund. Not saying its better then what Dell would do but its something to keep in mind if you really wanted the Clevo more then the M15x.

 

They should remove that option. It'll turn customers away.

 

They have had it there forever i do believe and i think thats Sagers policy not Xotics . One thing i noticed is there CPU prices seem much more reasonable compared to Dells ?. 280mGTX standard ? very nice stuff really.

 

well I just looked around at the clevo version, and the only downside I found is it is uglier, otherwise it crushes the M15x for price and power. Imho

 

Yes it does . If looks are not of issue then the Clevo is hands down the best choice period. I dont think it looks ugly but more so its just a plain jane machine.

 

What about the OC options for the Clevo?

 

Not to sure on that one yet as i have not seen anyone that has it yet . Not sure if the M15x will have it either ??.

 

the M15x will for sure, it was in the user manual - BIOS OC including even ram voltages haha (and THEY [M15x] can turn off SpeedStep but WE [M17x]can't )

 

I have to say you guys are absolutely nuts.....72 pages in 1 day? Holy &$&%@Q^%$&^@$

 

we got a lot on our minds

 

Well thats impressive . Still not sold though on the 260m card being the best option mainly because i wonder if its a dumbed down version like Asus uses . Underclocked right out of the box.

 

I have an extra to 280 to play with.

 

wow good find. i followed bing to dell and the m15x.
it looks like it works.
idk forsure though

 

Lol I just realized.....due to their limited GPU options AW is offering, this (unlike the M17x) is NOT the most powerful notebook of its size.

The clevo is. Way to go AW...you had the ball, and dropped right in front of the end zone

So this is really not All Powerful

 

Thats funny mine only says 15 pages .

 

Oh i know you do drake but your not part of the average consumer who does not have an extra 280 kickin around . Still think the Clevo is the best 15inch option period . 1920x1080 screen is 40 bucks more , Standard 280m GTX and the extreme CPU is what $740 bucks more ?. Sounds like a total beast of a 15inch thats for certain .

 

Quad

I am sure the 260 is the same one as the M17x. It wouldn't make sense to stock 2 260's.

 

where is the fun in being average?!

 

Does anyone know if this applies to the M15x?

 

It sure seems to work with the M15x.

Any product on the Home Office Dell site will work.

Not bad. I'll take the discount up front though

I have used Bing and it takes like 60 days to get your cashback amount

 

They wouldnt have to really stock 2 different ones just a different Vbios would differentiate the 2 . The only reason i even think its downclocked is because of the crappy 240m they have as a standard card . I could be totally wrong though .

 

I'll let you know when it gets here

If I don't like it, it's going back!

 

No more smartbay????

 

Oh i know .. Was going to ask if you had a return sticker already to go ?? .

 

Not quite, smartie pants ::sticking toungue out:::

LOL

Dell knows me by now... Sad, huh?

 

I doubt they would even need to downclock it. The difference in cooling between the M15x and the Asus G51 is HUGE so they wont have to cut corners like that

No more smart bay. That was a feature on the notebooks made by Quanta, these new ones are all made by Flextronics

 

Lol forget Dell knowing you . We know you all to well .

 

better to be known than unknown

usually....

 

:::feelin the love:::

Now, the fist thing I need to do when it gets here is put my shiny, new X25-m G2 in (just came in today)

 

Sorry Dio...
fixed: Free TactX with qualifying Alienware purchase... M15x and 17x

http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/tgs_landing_page?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

 

That link is broken. If my orders in already can I not get the mouse for free?

 

It is not the mouse that is free, it is a headset.

Try contacting Dell to see if you can get it.

 

FYI... It seems that bing has been cracking down on anyone using coupons and using cashback. They cancel the cashback since it was used with a "promo" pricing. This is in reference to epp or coupon codes only.


edit: is my headset link still not working?? It works for me... can someone please confirm?

 

It works

 

It isn't working for me

 

Just priced a system for myself, just for the heck of it. It seems like this gives you about the best value:

SYSTEM COLOR
Alienware M15x, Cosmic Black

PROCESSOR
Intel Core i7 820QM 1.73GHz (3.06GHz Turbo Mode, 8MB Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit) + Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Coupon - English

VIDEO CARD
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M

LCD PANEL
15.6-inch WideHD+ 1600x900 (900p) WLED

MEMORY
3GB DDR3 at 1066MHz

HARD DRIVE
500GB SATAII 7,200RPM

INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE
Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)

BATTERY OPTIONS
Primary - 6-cell (56Watt) Lithium-Ion Battery

WARRANTY AND SERVICE
1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis


$2,174 USD

Not too shabby I 'spose.

 

i just talked to a representative.
the Bing cashback only works with the Inspiron and Studio notebooks...

 

Review of the i7 920QM up on laptopmag.com.

Clevo vs. the M17x. Graphics benchmarks are trash since they bottleneck the SLI with low resolutions but the rest of the info seems good. The Clevo actually has less battery life than the M17x while running SLI.

 

How do you guys get the student discount? I did so a while back but can't seem to find where to go to get it.

 

How much of a performance increase am I likely to get from 720QM to 820QM? Is it worth nearly £410 (approx $670)?? Stock it is only .13 GHz but the turbo speed gives an increase of .23 and there you also get an extra 2MB cache.

I'm going to pretty much pull the trigger on this, and I could probably stretch the extra 410, but I'm just not sure if it is worth it?

I'm not a very intensive gamer, but I will be playing cod mw2 when it comes up. Will I get a massive performance increase?

Thanks