ALIENWARE LAPTOP

[brichard0625]

finally came in

[Spd229]

Pretty slick. I do like the look of it.

hope it works out awesome, I've yet to convince myself I need a gaming laptop as most of my trips keep me tied up most of the day anyway and a hacked psp gets me through till I pass out at night lol.

It is somewhat wild how the price to build a custom pc is hardly a gain against ordering one for a pretty solid unit anyway. The primary difference really is their pricing on the OS, companies just get it in bulk and get it cheap whereas you're stuck with over $140 for it.

[Jayde]

Originally Posted by Spd229

Pretty slick. I do like the look of it.

hope it works out awesome, I've yet to convince myself I need a gaming laptop as most of my trips keep me tied up most of the day anyway and a hacked psp gets me through till I pass out at night lol.

It is somewhat wild how the price to build a custom pc is hardly a gain against ordering one for a pretty solid unit anyway. The primary difference really is their pricing on the OS, companies just get it in bulk and get it cheap whereas you're stuck with over $140 for it.

I'd prefer a custom build over a pre-built model. Lets me order what I want and generally cheaper. Plus I enjoy building a new computer. Though, when it comes to the OS, I've used the same CD key for Windows 7 for 3/4 builds with no problem. Granted, I bought a retail Professional version. I find life to be easier to just buy a full version then trying to get a cracked copy.

[Spd229]

Originally Posted by Jayde

I'd prefer a custom build over a pre-built model. Lets me order what I want and generally cheaper. Plus I enjoy building a new computer. Though, when it comes to the OS, I've used the same CD key for Windows 7 for 3/4 builds with no problem. Granted, I bought a retail Professional version. I find life to be easier to just buy a full version then trying to get a cracked copy.

Oh I agree completely.

I've just done a few builds for people that have wanted their own and the pricing came out to be very similar between a dell custom build or pre-built machines from stores with similar specs.

This is also based on my experience in building low to mid range performance machines though, once you start getting into higher performance parts you can see a clear disparity between building your own and having one made for you.

[brichard0625]

So far everything is working great! Alot better than what i thought it would be. So far all the games i've run are working on high graphics which is a plus! even tho i got 8gb i had a 8gb ddr3 1600 laying around so now i have 12gb and everything is running even better so far im satisified. now for some logs on my custom intake

[Eurasianman]

Originally Posted by brichard0625

So far everything is working great! Alot better than what i thought it would be. So far all the games i've run are working on high graphics which is a plus! even tho i got 8gb i had a 8gb ddr3 1600 laying around so now i have 12gb and everything is running even better so far im satisified. now for some logs on my custom intake

Er, 8 + 8 = 16, not 12

On a side note, glad to hear it's working out for you. What GPU did it come with? As well as how hot does it get when gaming? I have an HP Envy 17 that has a quad core i7 with hyper-threading, 8 GB DDR3, an HD 5850, and 2 x 320 GB hard drives. The wrist pad area gets extremely warm when I game on it.

[Guff]

Originally Posted by Eurasianman

Er, 8 + 8 = 16, not 12

On a side note, glad to hear it's working out for you. What GPU did it come with? As well as how hot does it get when gaming? I have an HP Envy 17 that has a quad core i7 with hyper-threading, 8 GB DDR3, an HD 5850, and 2 x 320 GB hard drives. The wrist pad area gets extremely warm when I game on it.

He probably had 2x4GB and swapped one out for the 8GB. Thus, 12GB.

[Spd229]

Originally Posted by Eurasianman

Er, 8 + 8 = 16, not 12

On a side note, glad to hear it's working out for you. What GPU did it come with? As well as how hot does it get when gaming? I have an HP Envy 17 that has a quad core i7 with hyper-threading, 8 GB DDR3, an HD 5850, and 2 x 320 GB hard drives. The wrist pad area gets extremely warm when I game on it.

Maybe he has a different channel setup and could only use some of it? not sure if there are any triple channel setups out there right now though nor that there were laptops...

Or what Guff said. There's also that possibility.

Could easily be a typo though.

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Guff

He probably had 2x4GB and swapped one out for the 8GB. Thus, 12GB.

Yea he hit on the nail...my laptop came with 2x4gb so i took one out and added an 8gb thus giving me 12. Gpu i went with a PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M (3MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0). I was going to get a 7 and i should of but i wanted to use the extra money and get the SSD and the extra RAM and upgrade graphics card. I ordered another 8gb or ram so ill have 16gb. As far as getting hot i havent gamed on it long yet, maybe 25mins but it was barely warm. This laptop is only going to be used for work and school and something to watch movies, playing games once in a while, and ecutek.
On a side note this thing is heavy as shit tho lol..feel like im carrying my desktop around lol

[Eurasianman]

Originally Posted by brichard0625

Yea he hit on the nail...my laptop came with 2x4gb so i took one out and added an 8gb thus giving me 12. Gpu i went with a PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M (3MB Cache, up to 3.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0). I was going to get a 7 and i should of but i wanted to use the extra money and get the SSD and the extra RAM and upgrade graphics card. I ordered another 8gb or ram so ill have 16gb. As far as getting hot i havent gamed on it long yet, maybe 25mins but it was barely warm. This laptop is only going to be used for work and school and something to watch movies, playing games once in a while, and ecutek.
On a side note this thing is heavy as shit tho lol..feel like im carrying my desktop around lol

Just my $0.02. I would have gone with the i7 and saved money on the side for the SSD and extra RAM. Much easier to upgrade those parts compared to CPU. Overall, the system sounds solid.

[brichard0625]

Originally Posted by Eurasianman

Just my $0.02. I would have gone with the i7 and saved money on the side for the SSD and extra RAM. Much easier to upgrade those parts compared to CPU. Overall, the system sounds solid.

Yea i agree with you...i was kicked myself about it. Its ok tho, im not going to be doing much with the pc but school stuff and car datalogs. My desktop is a monster tho

[Dark]

Originally Posted by mechaghost

The Asus Republic of Gaming Laptops are better priced and have the same performance

This.

G55 should be great choice for a 15 incher.

[n2oinferno]

Originally Posted by Eurasianman

Just my $0.02. I would have gone with the i7 and saved money on the side for the SSD and extra RAM. Much easier to upgrade those parts compared to CPU. Overall, the system sounds solid.

For what reason, exactly? I was under the impression that the i7 and HT provided minimal, at best, gains for gaming. IMO, SSD will make the most difference in perceptive speed and snappiness of the system. Easier to upgrade, sure, but there are plenty of people that'd rather not have to image a new drive as soon as they get their computer.

Alienware computers sure are pretty, they're just sooooo expensive. Gotta say that I'd jump on one of their chassis if I had the chance at a reasonable price though. It's too bad they don't sell them separately anymore.

[Eurasianman]

Originally Posted by n2oinferno

For what reason, exactly? I was under the impression that the i7 and HT provided minimal, at best, gains for gaming.

Future proofing? I'd rather have the extra horsepower just to be safe. Besides, in some applications, 4 threads is becoming more utilized. As applications become more multithreaded, having those extra threads will help tremendously. And as I said earlier, CPU is a bit more difficult to replace then an HDD/SDD and RAM. But to each their own