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Alienware M15 R5 Laptop: Ryzen R7 5800H, 16GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, RTX 3060 Expired

$1180
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Dell Home & Office has Alienware M15 Ryzen Edition R5 Laptop on sale for $1179.99. Additionally, you may earn 2.5% in Slickdeals Cashback before purchase when you follow the cashback instructions below (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • AMD Ryzen R7 5800H 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor
  • 15.6" 1920x1080 165Hz 3ms with ComfortView Plus Display
  • 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
  • 256GB PCIe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 6GB GDDR6 Video Card
  • Color: Dark Side of the Moon with High Endurance Clear Coat and Silky Smooth Finish
  • Alienware mSeries 4-Zone AlienFX RGB keyboard
  • Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 802.11ax 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 10-Home 64-Bit (Free upgrade to Windows 11 when available)
  • Ports
    • 3x SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
    • 1x SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
  • 6-Cell 86WHr Battery
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Hello SD.

Dell has the Alienware m15 r5 for $1180 again except you dont need to finance this time.

Specs:
Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5
AMD Ryzen R7 5800H (8-Core, 20MB Total Cache, up to 4.4 GHz Max Boost Clock)
Windows 10 Home English
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060 6GB GDDR6
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) 165Hz 3ms with ComfortView Plus
16GB DDR4 3200MHz
256GB PCIe M.2 SSD
Alienware mSeries 4-Zone AlienFX RGB keyboard
Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 802.11ax 2x2 Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.2

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Its pretty decent for the specs you get. Build quality and heat has been an issue for this model though.
We use a few Dell Inspiron and Alienware systems in my house every day... only issue was really my 7559 4K laptop due to a weak hinge - covered under warranty twice over 3 years. Just dropped out of warranty.

IDK... If you are into tech and are polite to the techs I have never had an issue. Quick phone or web chat and either a tech or a box sent out next day. Pending parts of course.

My Alienware 17 R1 (Ranger) with the i7-4900MQ / RTX 780 is still running strong after 7 years. I used it every day for 10-16 hours a day for 5 of those and then used the 7559 for about a year followed by my m17 r1. The m17 r1 has been used about 10-16 hours a day for the past year and only minor heat issues if the heatsinks got clogged.

m17 r1 was upgraded to 64GB, second nvme disk added, and of course OS rebuilt with Win10 Enterprise. Used 90% of the time on my lap and although I picked up better paste and pads to replace the OEM ones, I never had a need for non-gaming use. Gaming times go on a cooling pad to keep things stable.

The system I had originally purchased for my replacement was a Lenovo P71 with pretty much identical specs (i7-980xh one had a RTX3000, one RTX 4000 and one with a 5000). Alienware only has a 2060 max-P, but all of the Lenovo's ran super hot to the point where I could not use it on my lap. I run the AW m17r1 in shorts w/o issue.

The P71 did seem faster though as the IOPS felt faster when driving multiple VMs. Granted, the drives in there may have been faster than my Samsung 970 Evo.

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07-07-2021 at 05:50 PM.
07-07-2021 at 05:50 PM.
does this R5 have vapor cooling chamber for better cooling than R4?

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AprilWatermelon
07-07-2021 at 06:03 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:03 PM.
Now I don't feel bad for missing the WEEKEND10 deal earlier at 1280 or sth….
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07-07-2021 at 06:14 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:14 PM.
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A serious issue? Someone I know is eyeing this for VR but in general they don't play that demanding of games.

Mostly going with this for CPU and GPU for the price, they missed the dell deal a couple days ago.

Serious yes, 100C temps, trackpad is very bad and has wobbling issues.
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07-07-2021 at 06:15 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:15 PM.
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I just bought that G15 Del from the July 4 sale. Is this a better deal?

No, both have same lower quality so not really worth it
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07-07-2021 at 06:16 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:16 PM.
Quote from EvilTechie :
does this R5 have vapor cooling chamber for better cooling than R4?

No it's way way worse cooling then R4. That's why the R4 was never this low priced, it legit didn't go below 1500$.. meanwhile these R5's are way less.

Essentially these alienware R5's are low quality rebrands of their Dell G series laptops. That's right the alienware R5 isn't an alienware, really, it's a Dell G series(not high quality) repackage. The alienware x15 is the successor to the R4, but that is a really bad laptop.
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07-07-2021 at 06:18 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:18 PM.
I bought a Dell computer last month XPS8940 and it randomly freezes and restarts by itself. Tried to get support to fix it but nothing works. They sent someone out to replace the motherboard but guy never showed.

I asked for a refund or replacement but they wouldn't provide it until certain criterias are met. So here I am, wasting my time and with a Dell computer that doesn't work properly.

Just wanted to share my first and most likely last experience with Dell computers.
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07-07-2021 at 06:30 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:30 PM.
Quote from Jurkdoy :
I bought a Dell computer last month XPS8940 and it randomly freezes and restarts by itself. Tried to get support to fix it but nothing works. They sent someone out to replace the motherboard but guy never showed.

I asked for a refund or replacement but they wouldn't provide it until certain criterias are met. So here I am, wasting my time and with a Dell computer that doesn't work properly.

Just wanted to share my first and most likely last experience with Dell computers.
That could be a thermal issue, but did you try rebuilding the operating system? Basically, pull down the windows 10 media creator and create a bootable USB disk. https://support.microsoft.com/en-...c3b507420d

Then do a custom install where you purge the entire hard drive. Clean install w/o the recovery partition/etc. Then install none of Dells' crap since certain parts of it were exploited yet again to potentially allow remote control. Also, don't install any crappy antivirus to slug things down. You can also monitor Task Manager to see if something is chewing up the resources.

That will not help if it is truly a thermal issue though and you could try undervolting in the short term. Since that is a desktop things are in theory a bit easier, but random freezes could be software or hardware related. Even something a simple as a bad or loose stick of RAM. So, you could also swap the RAM if you are willing.
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PowerfulClub4936
07-07-2021 at 06:37 PM.
07-07-2021 at 06:37 PM.
You should say 115W+15W for the 3060. For completeness.

And you have the Legion 5 5800H 3060 further down the page....
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07-07-2021 at 07:01 PM.
07-07-2021 at 07:01 PM.
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07-07-2021 at 07:14 PM.
07-07-2021 at 07:14 PM.
Quote from PowerfulClub4936 :
You should say 115W+15W for the 3060. For completeness.

And you have the Legion 5 5800H 3060 further down the page....
Hello I don't understand specs well can you please elaborate?
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07-07-2021 at 07:17 PM.
07-07-2021 at 07:17 PM.
+15W or +10W?
I know the G15 deal was +10W. So this R5 is different?
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07-07-2021 at 07:26 PM.
07-07-2021 at 07:26 PM.
Nah fam. Wait on that Asus G15 when it goes on sale. U get 1TB Nvme, Ryzen 5900HS CPU, 90Wh battery life, Dolby Atmos speakers (louder) and perhaps better thermals.

Only good thing I guess about this laptop is 2.1 HDMI (120Hz via HDMI). Same RAM, GPU, WiFi card, 165Hz screen and everything else.
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07-07-2021 at 07:31 PM.
07-07-2021 at 07:31 PM.
Quote from duijver :
We use a few Dell Inspiron and Alienware systems in my house every day... only issue was really my 7559 4K laptop due to a weak hinge - covered under warranty twice over 3 years. Just dropped out of warranty.

IDK... If you are into tech and are polite to the techs I have never had an issue. Quick phone or web chat and either a tech or a box sent out next day. Pending parts of course.

My Alienware 17 R1 (Ranger) with the i7-4900MQ / RTX 780 is still running strong after 7 years. I used it every day for 10-16 hours a day for 5 of those and then used the 7559 for about a year followed by my m17 r1. The m17 r1 has been used about 10-16 hours a day for the past year and only minor heat issues if the heatsinks got clogged.

m17 r1 was upgraded to 64GB, second nvme disk added, and of course OS rebuilt with Win10 Enterprise. Used 90% of the time on my lap and although I picked up better paste and pads to replace the OEM ones, I never had a need for non-gaming use. Gaming times go on a cooling pad to keep things stable.

The system I had originally purchased for my replacement was a Lenovo P71 with pretty much identical specs (i7-980xh one had a RTX3000, one RTX 4000 and one with a 5000). Alienware only has a 2060 max-P, but all of the Lenovo's ran super hot to the point where I could not use it on my lap. I run the AW m17r1 in shorts w/o issue.

The P71 did seem faster though as the IOPS felt faster when driving multiple VMs. Granted, the drives in there may have been faster than my Samsung 970 Evo.
My department at work has a large amount of Dells and most have problems after a short amount of time. Now, most were desktops, but I actually tried to fix a few as some looked like they had bad power supplies. Most everything about them was proprietary and an absolute pain to replace. They were built with crap parts and just horrible.

And, Dell CS was atrocious when I dealt with them a few times. Sent parts to the wrong address, couldn't help diagnosis a problem, etc...

Not to mention, my friend got a Dell (that was also shipped to the wrong address) a a few months ago and they charged like $70 for the "free" warranty.

In my opinion, they are a crap company.

Apparently, they are still doing it. Just looked this up:

https://youtu.be/4DMg6hUudHE

and this:

https://youtu.be/Go5tLO6ipxw?t=79

Computer companies are like cable companies. They all have their problems, but Dell, to me, is by far the worst. It's funny you mention Lenovo. I find I have the least problems with Lenovo.
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07-07-2021 at 08:34 PM.
07-07-2021 at 08:34 PM.
This or Legion Pro for 1000 ?

Lenovo Legion 5 2021: 15.6" FHD 165Hz IPS, Ryzen 7 5800H, 16GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSD, RTX 3050 Ti, Win10H @ $999.99 (Pre-Order, Aug-24)
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07-07-2021 at 08:38 PM.
07-07-2021 at 08:38 PM.
Quote from robj144 :
My department at work has a large amount of Dells and most have problems after a short amount of time. Now, most were desktops, but I actually tried to fix a few as some looked like they had bad power supplies. Most everything about them was proprietary and an absolute pain to replace. They were built with crap parts and just horrible.

And, Dell CS was atrocious when I dealt with them a few times. Sent parts to the wrong address, couldn't help diagnosis a problem, etc...

Not to mention, my friend got a Dell (that was also shipped to the wrong address) a a few months ago and they charged like $70 for the "free" warranty.

In my opinion, they are a crap company.

Apparently, they are still doing it. Just looked this up:

https://youtu.be/4DMg6hUudHE

and this:

https://youtu.be/Go5tLO6ipxw?t=193

Computer companies are like cable companies. They all have their problems, but Dell, to me, is by far the worst. It's funny you mention Lenovo. I find I have the least problems with Lenovo.

Quite unfortunate. I used Dell personally for almost 20 years and bought various desktop and laptop for friends and family (70 - 80 of them). I have had a couple of bad models but the rest have been decent especially refurbished (good value). I work with many companies that use Dell and they were ok. I am not sure how it went so wrong for you. On the other hand, I would never ever buy Lenovo. I avoid Chinese brand tech company whenever I know.
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