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    I bid thee all farewell! (My thanks to you all...)

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by imglidinhere, Jun 26, 2012.

  1. imglidinhere

    imglidinhere Notebook Deity

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    Well... as it turns out, I've sold the X505 I had and the new owner is here in town. Good friend of mine he is, and he loves that thing. He was using an older desktop machine that was using an older E6400 CPU, 2GB RAM, a 160GB HDD, and a REALLY REALLY old 7300 LE GPU...and...dare I say it...XP... :eek:

    But I'd like to thank you all for the tremendous amount of help you all were. :) It was awesome. Even though the Qosmio line wasn't as popular as most would agree, I did manage to turn a few heads with it and had one of the managers at Best Buy jot down a few notes on it and apparently wanted to see if they could start selling the Qosmio too. XD He loved the new models and thought it might add a bit more competition too. :p

    But alas, I needed a bit more horsepower in the end and found it with a killer deal. Makwu, here on NBR, sold me his M17x R2 for $900. It featured a single 6970M when I bought it and now it has two in CrossfireX. Specs are as follows:


    ---Alienware M17x R2---

    ~ Space Black~
    17.1" R G B 102% Color Gamut Screen @ 1920x1200
    Intel Core i7-920XM - Limited to 55w Max. TDP via ThrottleStop 4.0 4c/8t
    8GB(2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz RAM
    CrossfireX AMD Radeon 2GB 6970Ms - Undervolted to 1.0v & Underclocked to 650/900
    128GB Kingston V+100 Series Sata II SSD - Operating System
    500GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid Drive - Games and Data
    Slot Loading x8 Blu-Ray Reader/x24 DVD Burner
    Intel Wireless-N DW1520 WiFi Card
    Flextronics 240w Power Adapter - :D

    And the old machine next:

    ---Toshiba Qosmio X505-Q892---

    18.4" LED Screen @ 1680x945
    Intel Core i5-460M - Operated @ 2.8GHz under standard settings 2c/4t
    8GB(2x4GB) G.Skill DDR3 1066MHz RAM
    Nvidia Geforce 1.5GB GTX 460M - Overclocked to 750/1500/1600
    120GB OCZ Vertex 2 Sata II SSD - Operating System
    500GB 7200RPM Samsung Sata II HDD - Games and Data
    x24 CD/DVD Super-Multi Drive
    Intel 'Centrino' Wireless-N 6300 WiFi Card
    Toshiba 180w Power Adapter

    And last but not least, here's the 3DMark Vantage Score I got with the new machine and comparing it to the overclocked X505. :D

    Result


    Took a LOT of work to get this running and I have to admit...the Harmon/Kardon speakers in the Toshiba had WAY more bass than the ones in the Alienware do. XD
     
    imglidinhere, Jun 26, 2012
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  2. alexUW

    alexUW Notebook Virtuoso

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    Awww you switched teams! :p

    P.S.- That is one heck of a GPU upgrade though. Good luck with your new laptop.
     
    alexUW, Jun 27, 2012
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