Nah, I just sold some old stuff I had laying around on eBay and had some extra cash.
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
The silver looks awesome guys, don't worry
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i use mine to much so i decided to get silver so they dont show
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the epp and 5% made me look again and just do it
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That added 5% surely made quite a few of us pull the trigger, hope Dell keeps tabs in this forum (this thread specifically) and realizes how much this discount offers help in making a decision and keep discounts coming.
I also got the Lunar Silver, I did considered the red for a bit but yeah, it was bit much for me as well.
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yes, space isn't a issue since MXM cards dimensions are all the same
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As long as AW updates the bios with the proper microcode, we're good. I don't think the 5870 or any other mxm 3.0b cards will be a problem.
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Nvidia cards dont matter since they all use G92
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So, what it be better to to buy an external blu ray player instead of taking the whole computer apart to install a slot load blu ray player?
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for you ? prolly yea it would be better ... for me ? ..... maybe not
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Hey guys I'm somewhat new to the forums, I've been following the g73jh for a while until Alienware refreshed the m17x and I couldn't resist. It also helped with the 10% EPP discount, free Nebula Red upgrade, and $175 off on top of all that! $2505 before taxes (was $2973), have to wait and pay on Monday because the dell rep couldn't get the discounts to process correctly. But I will definitely be getting it.
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I think i also am going to get the m17x eventually, probably from the outlet, but from over the years it is a pretty reasonable price compared to when it was its own separate entity. Why did you change anyway moo? Also i want to know if i op to get single 4870, how much money will it cost to buy it seperate from Alienware? I saw prices high as 600 dollars! Also i was chatting with a alienware guy and he told me there is no more student discounts for the machine anyway is that true? No more dell EP?
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An m17x with those 2 ati hd 4870 gpu's costs about 3400€ here. Would it be worth waiting for the 5 series? Or would those dual ati hd 5*** cards make the price rise compared to the 3400€ (which is really my max budget).
I know it might be early to talk about dual ati 5 series cards while they just started offering dual ati hd 4 series (in belgium) but since direct x11 might be more comonly used in the future I wonder if it might be worth the wait. I guess most of you are also planing on using such an expensive gaming machine for more than 2 years so ... any comments? -
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Well it depends, the 4870 dual was available before in Europe, but they were tweaking the sys config setup on the site as they've just switched to allowing us to order I7 in europe (about a week ago it was still showing Core2).
Whether its worth waiting really depends on what happens at Cebit I'd say. If you dont need to order now, wait and see what happens then, if you want to order imminently then I'd say go for it, it's quite likely if the 5870s come out they'll be compatible with the M17xR2 once a BIOS release is available (both cards use the same form factor, BIOS would be the only thing preventing compatability, especially as the R2 M17x is using an Intel, not Nvidia chipset)
The major benefit of the 5870ms on the new R2 M17x will be much lower power consumption, especially at idle, and perhaps slightly better crossfire utilisation and minimum FPS (the core is optimised very slightly). DX11 is a nice bonus, as is eyefinity support, but they're not really the major excitement of the new cards, just a bonus.
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Man you guys ordered two R2s? Definately more off the wall then I am lol. Fiance would stab me with the second M17X. Then she might go to the garage and tip over my bike
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Rengsey R. H. Jr. I Never Slept
I also ordered one.
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missed it
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
I think yesterday was a good day for Alienware/Dell haha
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haha, for sure
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My M17 is already packed up. For the time being all I have is my Thinkpad.
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Who has the closest shipping date? I have 2/10.
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I did have an 02/01 date... then I changed to get an EPP from work.... now it's 02/04...with overnight and hopefully no delays in build, shipping, etc I should get it on 02/05.
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Busy time for Dell... Just updated my sig, estimated date Feb 17
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mine was updated to NBD free of charge.. that's nice of DELL
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cookinwitdiesel Retired Bencher
ya they did that for my current laptop as well, as well as reimbursing me what I had paid for the snail shipping I picked lol
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I'm still trying to decide if I should keep my first order or not. I'll decide by Monday before I ask my rep to get me NBD on the second order. As of right now I have a 2-2 and 2-17 ETA.
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well, 2 AW is better than one if you can afford it
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It really depends if I want to sell it on my own or not. I can easily return the 1st one when the second arrives.
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What's the reasoning ? you think you can sell it better than the price you payed ?
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I was going to order a 2nd one after I got the 5%.
It would have saved me $150 but not worth the hassle as I already got a good deal.
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Maybe I'll do that with mine, instead of giving it back to Dell....
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I think that had they allowed international shipping all dell international websites would go out of business
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