*OFFICIAL* "All Powerful" M17x-R2 Edition Owners Lounge!

Hi guys, I just made my order,
i7 820qm, Dual ati cards in xfire, 2x320gb in raid 0 and the rest is stock.

I hope this beast stands to its reputation.
God bless all...

 

You didn't upgrade to the RGB LED display?

 

No, they are not offering this anymore in the UK and according to my sales rep they decided not to offer it here again. Its not a stock problem as I understood from him. They just called it off .
Since I use my external display ( Samsung T240 ) which will provide me with everything I will need for the moment, I thought to go with the stock display instead of wasting another £80 on ccfl display.

I hope I can order the upgrade later if they offer it again.

 

The upgrade is gonna cost you a fortune.

 

True, but currently I have no option but to order it this way . I just hope to see the RGB LED provided online agian in the next weeks but according to my rep its just been called off and they will not offer it anymore in the UK. Man UK site sucks

 

Your rep lied to you so he could make a commission.

 

Lunar Silver - Anodized Aluminum $2,587.90 $2,587.90
Intel Core i7 720QM 1.6GHz (2.8 GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz
Alienware M17x 240W A/C Adapter
17-inch WideUXGA 1920 x 1200 RGB LED (1200p)
1GB ATI Radeon Mobility HD 4870
128GB Solid State Drive
500GB 7,200RPM SATA-II HDD
3 Year Limited Warranty
CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Inspiron, 3 Year

in architecture major, so i'll do the gpu upgrade in a year or so, what do you guys think? and helpful comments? i want to order really soon.

 

I've been told you can extend the warranty to 3 year towards the end of your 1st year for the same price you would have paid when you bought it. You would probably be better off just getting 1 year complete care and the 2nd video card, and spend the money buying the next 2 years of warranty in a year.

 

it sounds like a good idea, and the price is the same, but are you sure about the warranty upgrade? because i've asked the rep that upgrading from 1 year basic to 3 year advanced warranty after like 10 months would be more expensive than if i buy the 3 year advanced now. but i understand that you're saying getting 1 year advanced and then before it expires buy another 2 years and it'll be the same price? can anyone confirm this?

 

He may did, but still no option for the screen to select. I think I will just wait and see if they wait and see if they will offer it again.

 

Here in the UK, my rep told me you can upgrade the warrenty later just before the end of this year for the same price now.

 

i had an online chat with a sales rep and indeed they stopped it... any way have mailed my rep regarding this and hopefully he will sort it out... else i will wait untill it is back... wont get it with the ccfl screen any way...

 

Hello mate, will you pm me if you got any news on it?

 

I talked to another agent now and he said he will get back to me with more info shortly. Will keep posting the status. RGB IS A MUST!!!

Edit: RGB DISCONTINUED IN UK. Reason: UNKNOWN. TIME PERIOD: INDEFINITLY.

 

Great, I will be chasing the screen subject also, though I already made my purchase.

 

Why Dell always F***up UK customers? They still charge us more !

 

They dont care about Europe- simples. One of the reasons Im now Clevo.

 

No offence to my brothers in Europe, but they love US costumers. I just landed a monstrous deal. Lol. I'll post details in a bit. I'm still on the line.

Edit: This could be a record. Lol.

 

Get 2 , I can't get a deal yet

 

We'll see if it's a record or not

 

I get a M17x Replacement for a Studio 1747. I see the RGB on an Studio XPS 16 and on my Studio 1747 and dont like it. The M17x comes with Dual CCFL, i am curious how it looks.

 

An M1730 owner with 8700 SLi ended up with a fully maxed R2 - extreme i7 and crossfire radeons for a replacement. I think that's a record in its own right. But congratulations, WaR.

 

Despite all what I read about the Dell UK, I just couldn't turn my back to this machine

 

The CCFL on the M17x is very poor.

You may not like RGBLED, but I guarantee you won't like the CCFL on it either.

 

hey guys i am downloading vantage to see how it runs on the r2 give me couple min.

 

Can we PLEASE get some detailed comments, pics, etc of the RGBLED?

Pretty Please?

 

May be lack of RGB is a good thing For now coz I have another reason to wait till march for ATI 5870 to come out. TBH A STRONG REASON IT IS. Coz I can't take it with Ccfl.

 

the rgb screen is beutyfull but i don't have camera with me. edit i have my selfphone is not good

 

Witcher, can you test for throttling on it? See if it has it like the M15x.

 

i will do it tonight, i am doing benchmarks now

 

Hopefully your aftercare is better than mine was then!

 

Thnx mate, I will just have to pray its not like yours.

 

so no one's waiting another month for 5870s? I personally think it's happening in March CeBIT 2010

 

Nope, if I really need the 5870s, I'll sell the 4870s for $1000 on eBay and grab the 5870s from Dell. Remember, this isn't some Asus, we're not stuck with 1 non-upgradeable card.

 

right, it's not that asus i'm thinking grab it now already you are all tempting me now

 

How easy is it to switch display output on the Aleinwares? I know on my Dells you can hit Fn F8 to cycle through the connected display options.

 

In windows 7 you can just hit Winkey+p and switch displays through the menu there.

 

I don't mean to sound negative but I doubt this will work. Seeing as how any m17x r1 owners that have nvidia cards with stutter are getting upgraded to 4870's for free by dell.

There won't be much of a market for the 4870's considering mostly everyone will have them.

 

There's always a market for them.

 

Ha! I made it to the M17x-R2! And, without any details, it practically didn't cost me a thing. Of course, my R1 must disappear.

I knew my MBA would be good for something. I negotiated my way to an R2 just like Nomad negotiates his way through the mothership in Crysis

Edit: OK, finally managed to write down my specs. It's not a monster but:

Dual 4870
RGB LED
720QM
1 TB

The kick of it is that a co-worker bought my R1 with 4870's for over $2000 today. With this new order it cancelled out. But not only that, in the end I managed to make a little over $100 in net profit for me. Beat that Sleey0
I am so relieved. Thank you stuttering. Also, I would post my invoice but I will hold on until I have the system in my hands first. Lol.

 

You haven't posted how much you are actually paying Dell.

 

I don't know right now exactly but it comes to about $1975 or so before tax. I guess that's how much they are getting from me in the end. I like to think it was analogous to a swap to an R2.

 

Well, that IS a very good deal.

My discount comes close, but about $125 difference.

 

depends what your getting

 

I'll give you that, but you have connections. I only have my word and my sword. I'm learning from your bad ways. You are a very bad influence. At some point I will catch up to you

 

ROTFLMAO!

Well, congrats on the system and I am sure you'll love it

 

Very nice. I found a very generous agent and got an excellent price on mine too Paid $3100 (before tax) for the system in my sig. If I hadn't gone with a 920xm or 3 yrs warranty it would've been substantially cheaper.

 

Geez Joker, I think I am going to hire you to negotiate my next computer purchase. That sounds like a good deal for what your getting.

 

Ok I'm home. No light bleed on the screen that I can see so far.

 

Screen is 300 nits. I compared it to my wife's Sony FW. It's just as bright with better colors.