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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
https://deals.dell.com/en-us/mpp/...etail/9mxn
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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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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.
You be fair, they both suck ;-)
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.
i guess thats what you get for separate business units competing against each other
but the problem is, there is one VP that manages the whole dell gaming and alienware...
This could be in limited a supply. Good luck!
I get you don't want to support Lenovo, but Lenovo's stuff is far higher in quality at least.
I get you don't want to support Lenovo, but Lenovo's stuff is far higher in quality at least.
Anyway, back to my P71 purchases since I picked up 3 of the units for business. The major difference was one had an RTX 3000, one the RTX 4000, and the last one RTX 5000. Even at a deep discount (SD) the systems were expensive with the RTX 5000 around $3200 I believe.
I used all three before handing two out to the client and my intention was to keep one of them for myself. All had QC issues and the forums at the time were less than friendly.
- New model that was discontinued rather quickly. Maybe it was just a bad apple to begin with. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thin...e%3Abv0a
- Users could not get parts (MB failures) a few months after delivery. I could not get a replacement on my RTX 3000 that failed from multiple days (8 hours a day) GPU stress test.
- The RTX 3000 performed about a well as the RTX 4000 and 5000 after throttling. It seemed like a software issue, but the RTX 4000 was definitely the fastest when it worked. When throttled it was slower than the RTX 3000.
- One out of 3 systems had MB failures when doing a mix of 3dMark and Superposition for several days. The other two seemed to fry the GPU since after the first day the 4000 and 5000 series laptop cut performance by a 2/3 (estimate) and even a total OS rebuild did not help.
- All three laptops had varying degree of screen bleeding. All three were 4K screens.
- Lenovo was absolutely no help in resolving and could not get parts. They went as far as telling me that they would send me new units and that sounded strange since they had no MB for replacements. I reinforced that I had three units and all three had the issues with the video card and LCD bleeding.
Not the most structured, but a bit of a rant/discussion if anyone is interested. All vendors/manufacturers have their issues and this goes for individual parts and full systems.
Heck, I saw that Gigabyte has issues with their motherboards failing on AMD.
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I have a 100W USB-C charger.
https://deals.dell.com/en-us/mpp/...etail/9dab
Anyway, back to my P71 purchases since I picked up 3 of the units for business. The major difference was one had an RTX 3000, one the RTX 4000, and the last one RTX 5000. Even at a deep discount (SD) the systems were expensive with the RTX 5000 around $3200 I believe.
I used all three before handing two out to the client and my intention was to keep one of them for myself. All had QC issues and the forums at the time were less than friendly.
- New model that was discontinued rather quickly. Maybe it was just a bad apple to begin with. https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/thin...e%3Abv0a
- Users could not get parts (MB failures) a few months after delivery. I could not get a replacement on my RTX 3000 that failed from multiple days (8 hours a day) GPU stress test.
- The RTX 3000 performed about a well as the RTX 4000 and 5000 after throttling. It seemed like a software issue, but the RTX 4000 was definitely the fastest when it worked. When throttled it was slower than the RTX 3000.
- One out of 3 systems had MB failures when doing a mix of 3dMark and Superposition for several days. The other two seemed to fry the GPU since after the first day the 4000 and 5000 series laptop cut performance by a 2/3 (estimate) and even a total OS rebuild did not help.
- All three laptops had varying degree of screen bleeding. All three were 4K screens.
- Lenovo was absolutely no help in resolving and could not get parts. They went as far as telling me that they would send me new units and that sounded strange since they had no MB for replacements. I reinforced that I had three units and all three had the issues with the video card and LCD bleeding.
Not the most structured, but a bit of a rant/discussion if anyone is interested. All vendors/manufacturers have their issues and this goes for individual parts and full systems.
Heck, I saw that Gigabyte has issues with their motherboards failing on AMD.
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They say light bleed is fine and thermal performance was great.
Also, I was confused by your naming of the cards. I was like RTX 4000 and 5000? Are you in a time machine? They're Quadro cards, not RTX.
By the way, I got a Lenovo workstation laptop for work about 6 years ago. It was a beast with zero problems at all... still runs today.
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They say light bleed is fine and thermal performance was great.
Also, I was confused by your naming of the cards. I was like RTX 4000 and 5000? Are you in a time machine? They're Quadro cards, not RTX.
By the way, I got a Lenovo workstation laptop for work about 6 years ago. It was a beast with zero problems at all... still runs today.
https://www.notebookche
ThinkPad P73 Mobile Workstation - Good
Status:
Received*
Qty:
1
Price:
$2,258.12
Part No: 20QRCTO1WW
Configuration Details
● Intel® Core™ i7-9750H (2.60GHz, up to 4.50GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
● Windows 10 Pro 64
● Windows 10 Pro 64 English
● 17.3" UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS, anti-glare, 400 nits, Dolby Vision™ HDR
● 64GB (32GB + 32GB) DDR4 2666MHz
● NVIDIA Quadro RTX3000 6GB
● IR & 720p HD camera with ThinkShutter
● X-Rite Pantone Factory Color Calibration
● Backlit Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
● Fingerprint Reader
● NFC
● Fingerprint
● Enabled Discrete TPM2.0
● 512GB Solid State Drive, M.2 PCIe-NVMe, Opal
● 512GB
● Smart Card Reader
● 6 Cell Li-Polymer, 99Wh
● 230W AC Adapter
● Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.0
● 17.3" UHD(3840 x 2160) IPS, 400nits, Anti-Glare, No Touch, IR-Camera, Mic, WLAN
● Publication-English
● 1 Year Depot or Carry-in
https://www.notebookche
ThinkPad P73 Mobile Workstation - Good
Status:
Received*
Qty:
1
Price:
$2,258.12
Part No: 20QRCTO1WW
Configuration Details
● Intel® Core™ i7-9750H (2.60GHz, up to 4.50GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
● Windows 10 Pro 64
● Windows 10 Pro 64 English
● 17.3" UHD (3840 x 2160) IPS, anti-glare, 400 nits, Dolby Vision™ HDR
● 64GB (32GB + 32GB) DDR4 2666MHz
● NVIDIA Quadro RTX3000 6GB
● IR & 720p HD camera with ThinkShutter
● X-Rite Pantone Factory Color Calibration
● Backlit Keyboard with Number Pad - US English
● Fingerprint Reader
● NFC
● Fingerprint
● Enabled Discrete TPM2.0
● 512GB Solid State Drive, M.2 PCIe-NVMe, Opal
● 512GB
● Smart Card Reader
● 6 Cell Li-Polymer, 99Wh
● 230W AC Adapter
● Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) & Bluetooth® 5.0
● 17.3" UHD(3840 x 2160) IPS, 400nits, Anti-Glare, No Touch, IR-Camera, Mic, WLAN
● Publication-English
● 1 Year Depot or Carry-in
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