*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M15x Owners Lounge, *Part 3*

Yep, I don't plan on gaming much. I always feel like I am wasting time when I'm playing video games.

I got it for the 8 Logical cores the i7-720QM has. I need to run about 3-4 Vm's at the same time so I need a lot of CPU cores to run them well enough to be useful. I also opted for the 240M to save money and then put that money into a new SSD. I think you made a good choice. The nVidia 240M is still a vary powerful graphics processor. It can play Crysis at most stuff High and still get 20FPS. Also, I read one report that the 240M in this M15x REALLY has 1GB of GRAM not just 512MB like Dell has on their website. Not confirmed yet though. I'll know when I get mine and make a nice clear post to confirm Y/N.

 

LoL, that "Stealth Mode" reminds me of the Kill Switch on my motorcycle....

"Owe crap.... Start... START... Owe My what now... PLEASE START..!!!
Woops the kill switch was on.... move along nothing to see here..... "

 

Lol can't really name anything either, wait i did like windows 98.

 

Ya, I took that post down because I thought it was a little to trollish. But I am glad you took it the right way. (light hearted and what ever MS dose suck)

Win98. I like wind98 too. There is no file permissions so it is crazy easy to build botnets with them Though at that time I ... well no Linux was good by 1998... Right .. 6 years old. Maybe still lacking some needed applications.. I don't know. Solaris was good then but I don't think that it ran on x86 chips.

You know OS/2 Warp was the thing to run in 1998.

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Well I just ordered a Intel X25x G2 80GB.
It is slower then the OCZ ones but it has just that little bit more space. It was a vary tough call though. Mainly because I know the OCZ ones are good but I don't know about the Intel ones.

Owe, The new G2 Intel X25m SSD's Do have TRIM. So, if anyone wanting to get the Intel SSD. Make sure you get the "Silver" one that has G2 in the ID. The (First Gen) X25m's are all "Black", don't get that one. They cost basically the same so there is no benefit at this point.

Funny though Hu, the one guy that was saying not to get the Intel.. Got the Intel.. Classic.

 

Just ordered the G9 Laser Mouse from Logitech it is $99 on their website with a $60 coupon code logi_g9_2510 good until 2/11

Got it for $43 shipping and tax included.

 

Um, G9? That was replaced by the G9x quite a few months ago. I got the G9x at BestBuy shortly after Christmas- it was on sale for $65. Not much difference though, the G9x is exactly the same as the G9, it just has a slightly more sensitive laser (I think 5400 dpi vs. 5000 dpi).

 

That's a sweet mouse

 

Logitech MX revolution all the way O_O

 

HDD temp still reads the same in HWMonitor. When I first boot up the computer after being off for several hours, the hard drives read right around room temperature after boot up, so it doesn't seem to be a sensor issue.

It does drop to the mid/upper-mid 40's while gaming, down from a high of 50~52C idle. Not sure I understand why the hard drive is running so hot, especially while idle... the fans at a higher RPM seem to be cooling the drive off a bit while gaming. I just don't feel comfortable with a hard drive so warm when I'm not really doing much of anything besides web browsing.

Oh, and thank you for the input and suggestions so far, InappropriateName_3.

 

What kind of battery life is every one getting when not gaming?

 

should i get it from nvideia website or will it be on dell suport downloads ?

 

They are sending me a brand new laptop....will be here in 7-10 days and I get to keep using this one until the new one arrives.

Dell came through.

I will be making a video on this current issue I had, so others can test their new systems and ensure this doesn't happen.

Oh, and I get 2 hrs and 30 minutes of battery with my LCD brightness set to 3 bars, which is the lowest brightness I can tolerate.

 

Keep me posted but i think you should be fine, try to get others with same specs to confirm this.

yeah go to nvidia website, http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index5.aspx?lang=en-us
choose 200m series and your operating system and download.

sweet!!! good going, yeah try to see if people with the same specs have this issues or not. hopefully yours is just a one off.

 

Does anyone know how I can ensure that the speed of my memory is, in fact, 1333 mhz? For some reason I feel that I have the 1066, which is not what I paid for....just wanna make sure b4 they send out the new one!

 

on into your bios -pick advanced than pick performance option. it should tell you the ram mhz. also check if it says single or duo channel

 

1333 single

 

Hmmmm, I checked SIW (System Information for Windows) and it says I have DDR3 1333MHz memory but it's running at 667. IDK, could it be because my system is idle?

EDIT: Scratch that, SIW gives the same numbers on my Desktop which has 1600MHz RAM.

 

so on my invoice, it says "4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz 2 x 2048MB"

And in bios it was 1333 "single"

What exactly does this mean?

 

don't worry its duo channel but its a bug in the bios, keeps reporting single channel.

 

Actually forget that, SIW gives the same numbers on my Desktop which has 1600MHz RAM.

 

I'm running mine with an ancient 17' display and wondering about whether it's safe to keep the M15x closed during this i.e. does the keyboard add anything to the ventilation?

Still waiting for Dell ANZ (Aust/NZ) to sort themselves out and get me a DP->HDMI adaptor so I can get the AW2210. Apparently it'll take them 4-6 weeks... Unfortunately not much locally available, which is why going with Dell.

 

Awesome! You are a very helpful resource.

+rep

 

closing the lid is fine, make sure to change the power setting for closing the lid.

 

Anyone know of any reason the starting price just dropped £65 on the UK website? (its gone from 999 to 935) and I cant seem to find any hardware that's been removed?

Also how long till dell refreshed the gfx in these? I want to buy one but im not spending £ 1200 now when I could wait a month and get a more future proof product.

Finally do the alienware prices normally increase after they get a new gfx in them, and how much?

 

i don't know about uk price, but when price drop for US it was for a lower starting configuration. we don't have an exact date for new gpu yet, but i'm thinking around 3 months, but everything is just spectulations. with new gpu should cost around $200-$300 US more. Even after new gpu is release, we won't know if it going to have any issues or not. look at new M17x r2 just release and we are finding issues with the 920xm with 4870's. so you would have to wait for release and then wait to see if it has any issues. keep in mind that nothing is future proof.

 

Ran a 3d mark Vantage:

gpu- 4872
cpu- 10596....geez inaproppriate, you got a 33,000!?

I feel small, even though this thing flies.

 

Anyone know a working coupon code? I am so close yet so far from purchasing the configuration I want

 

WOW !

My Order has Shipped new eta Monday 2/8/2010 4 days sooner then original eta
I have Next day delivery but it is Friday so I have to wait 3 days. Classic. Owe well, I just hope the thing is flawless, fingers crossed.. knock on wood.

Too bad I just ordered the SSD and didn't get fast delivery. The eta is still 2/12 on that. I wasn't expecting the M15x until 2/12. No problem really. Linux is so easy. I can just install Linux on the HDD then when I get the new SSD. Just make a tar ball, copy it over, and unpack it on the SSD. Takes all of 20mins.
I love Linux.

 

I think you should call the phone # I posted ... boy like 20 pages back now... call that one or call the one a couple pages before that the student discount one. Both are the "Public Sector" sales department.

Call them and say your in school. Then just start telling the person all the specs you want. Maybe even over do it a little, that way you have some options your willing to downgrade. Then start to haggle and get the price down. They guy on the phone makes money fore every sale. It is in his best interest to make a deal for you. I bet you'll get at lest $200 off. There are also deals that they can only give over the phone and not on the web.

Never order on the Web. You'll get ripped off. Trust me I almost did that.

 

the number for epp is 866-257-4711

and congrats echoblack.

 

I'm one of the thanksgiving shoppers. Lucky to have my M15X. Took it to my internal medicine research class (mostly mac people) today. All the mac people were like wow! The look on their face was totally worth the 1.5K I spent on this rig

Anyway, anyone got their $50 dell rebate card yet? It's been over 8 weeks now. I was wondering if I'm the only one they forgot

 

Hum, I'd call dell and ask about the rebate card.

Thanks InappropriateName_3 for the congrats & Thanks for posting that good phone # again. I'll try to give you a rep point again. The last time it didn't work I guess.

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Hay hay, I guess I I'm getting the SSD in time. ETA 2/9 for the SSD. Good stuff I'll have one day with the HDD in it to test the laptop out for defects and stuff. That takes about a day anyway. Then I'll get the SSD the next day.

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Ya, and your M15x was cheaper then there Core2 MacPro.

 

Just got an email that my order has shipped. Will be here Tuesday 2/9. I have tracking #. Just yesterday I called the 1-800# and the ship date was 2/11. So, nice surprise!! Delivery may be changed though by fed ex cause we are getting slammed with 2 feet of snow here in Northern VA.

 

its cool rep really isn't needed, just glad to help.

 

Thats super cool. I bet your laptop and mine arrived in the same shipment. Your going to be one super cool gaming grandma

 

Damn, everyone is making me feel like I overpayed :-/

For my set up, the price before taxes was 2058, but I got free overnight shipping.

 

No, you didn't over pay. You got the big 500GB 7200rpm harddrive, 9cell battery, and 260M. You got a good box. Just forget about it. Nothing good is going to come form racking your brain about the price. You got all the goodies, 1080p, big battery, big harddrive, Quad Core i7, fast GPU with 1GB of dedicated RAM. It's all good.

The 260M is $200 more then mine. The 9cell is another $100, The 500GB Harddrive is... what $100?. I paid $1663. + your upgrades...=$2063.

 

yeah like echoblack said your all good. you got a good deal so don't worry too much.

 

LoL, try buying tech gear in the south pacific. I payed over $3000us for mine

 

man my osd just failed on me. none of the buttons works. if you have this issue, you can solve it by powering off, unplug it take out the battery and push the power button for 20 sec. put everything back and it should work again. don't know if this is a A03 problem or not, but i'm seeing alot of people with the same issue. but thats the fix if you should have this problem.

 

I installed iTunes for the first time today and hooked up my iphone and to my surprise..................I didn't have one issue. It recognized the phone just fine after a brief driver installation. It also synced up just fine. Now I didn't do a full sync, I just added some apps manually. This is good news, but I'd trade iPhone issues over throttling any day of the week

 

So when do you guys this will be upgraded to a higher graphics card and rgb led?

 

I don't think anyone here knows. InappropriateName_3 speculates it will be a few months. But who knows. They just came out with M17x R2 so maybe it is just around the corner. However, even after it is out, you may want to wait a few weeks to see if it has any problems.

 

Yay! Got a call from dell support last night, said it has been shipped and will be here on 02/08/2010. Which is a full week earlier then the estimated date of the 15th. Only downside now is that I can't wait for the weekend to end. Hrmmm maybe i can speed up time somehow....

 

Well you did better than I did. I got the same system except for the battery and overnight shipping and total order was $2268

 

Following up on the HDD heat issue that concerned me earlier in case anyone runs into the same issue...

It somehow escaped me that Steam was downloading games and that likely had an effect on the HDD temps I was seeing (50-52C). I still noticed some high 40 marks while web surfing at times even when Steam wasn't downloading anything. I checked my processes/services and corresponding hard drive I/O reads and writes. It turned out Dell's DataSafe (or whatever it's called) was hitting the hard drive a lot. I uninstalled DataSafe, and since then my temps have hovered around the low 40Cs, so I am happy. I'm not entirely sure DataSafe was exactly the culprit, but I haven't had temp issues since. Thanks again, InappropriateName_3.

Side note :: it appears by the model name being reported in SIW and HWMonitor that the 320 GB HDD that was put in my M15x is a Western Digital Scorpio black hard drive...very nice.

Oh, and grats to all the others with new M15xs in their hands or on the way.

 

I like my M15x
I mean, I love it
Anyone here has L4D2?

 

good to hear you found the culprit, i forgot about data safe because i removed it the first day, just a note if you uninstall it you can't respawn the system with your existing data. yeah the western digital is sweet, the seagate was having to many issues.

L4D2 yes I love that game, but TF2 is the game i play most. funny its the cheapest game i bought and it brings me the most fun even after 2 years.

 

I have TF2 also, but I've never played it. add me on steam (soccerthierry) and invite me the next time you're alone w/ your M15x =D

 

Yea, i've had two instances, and i must say, if you are indeed in the right, paypal will take your side.

Just make sure you have everything documented, from e-mails, posting page information, recepit, delivery confirmations, order numbers, and basically anything you can use to prove your case.

I got my money back pretty quickly after i took the required steps to file a dispute.

As an experienced seller/buyer from ebay, just remeber this: when purchasing/selling online, make a seperate folder in your email named "ebay" and put all e-mails, info, tracking numbers etc.. in that folder, and DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING. untill you have received your item and are happy, that is.