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Dell Alienware m15 R6 Laptop: i7-11800H, 15.6" QHD 240Hz, RTX 3070, 1TB SSD Expired

$1466
$2,249.99
w/ Dell Preferred Account Financing + SD CB + Free S/H
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Dell Member Purchase Program has Dell Alienware m15 R6 Laptop for $1466.32 when you checkout w/ Dell Preferred Account as your method of payment following the steps below. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.

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  1. Click here to sign up for unique 10% off email coupon
  2. Click here to visit product page and add to cart
  3. Proceed to checkout
  4. Apply your unique 10% off email code
  5. Apply coupon code DPA5
  6. Checkout with Dell Preferred Account
  7. Total should now be $1466.32 + free shipping
Specs
  • Intel Core i7-11800H Processor (24 MB cache, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.60 GHz Turbo)
  • 15.6" 2560 x 1440 240Hz 2ms Display w/ G-Sync
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3200 MHz Memory
  • 1TB M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics
    • 3x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (one with PowerShare)
    • 1x Type-C (Includes Thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Display Port 1.4, and Power Delivery 15W Output (5V/3A) capabilities)
    • 1x HDMI 2.1
  • Alienware mSeries 4-Zone AlienFX RGB Keyboard
  • Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax
  • Windows 11 Home

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1. Register a Dell reward account if you don't have.
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3. Click this link for this exact deal: Link [dell.com] make sure it matches the description and list price is $1714.99 Click add to cart.
4. Proceed to checkout, apply "DPA5" coupon.
5. Apply your Dell 10% off coupon.
6. Proceed to checkout and check 1 Day express shipping for free.
7. Check first payment with Dell Financial Account, If you have Dell rewards, you can apply it now. However, you can't split payment w/ both Dell rewards and Dell Financial Account. You can put $1 on Dell Financial Account to utilize the 5% coupon but charge other payment on your credit card if you have other deals like 5% from Chase/BoA card, 10% from Amex or 699-120 from Amex.
8. Make sure the final price is $1,466.32 and you can get 3% from Dell rewards after delivery and cashbacks from SD too

Reason to choose this machine over m15 r5 Ryzen edition FP deal:
  1. Dell fixed mux switch and cuda cores on 3070, TGP boosted to 130w with BIOS update.
  2. RTX 3070 is better to use with QHD screen, G-sync and Advanced Optimus gives you more battery life on the go w/o switch Mux switch to reboot.
  3. QHD screen come w/ IR camera support windows hello, it have variety of usage not only for login authentication. Such as admin permission and 1Password, Dropbox.
  4. 1TB ssd and 16G DDR both are swappable, x15 or m15 r4 before can't swap memory.
  5. Intel 11 gen have better performance in than Ryzen 5800H, Alienware have more tweak optimization on fan profile and thermal than m15 r5.
  6. It has Thunderbolt 4 port with Power Deliver output
  7. Per Dell support page. r6 support [dell.com] XMP memory while r5 couldn't [dell.com]



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This one is a instant delivery with in days from us warehouse stock. That R4 is on backorder need resemble in China and wait until shipment clear on ports, estimation of delivery is May.
10870H is about 10-20% slower than 11800H both in multithreaded and single thread application.
R6 can swap DDR4 memory and it's 3200, you can upgrade to 32G or 64G. R5 came with soldered 16G memory and it's 2933.
R6 also support PCIE 4.0, the SSD should be substantially faster on specs.
R6 have QHD screen support windows hello, R4 is 1080p 300hz
R6 have Advanced Optimus and Mux switch, R4's always on dGPU thus battery will be a lot less when used in light workload.
Not sure what are you expect an $1400 gaming laptop's screen. It's 240hz QHD IPS 400nits screen and you can't find a miniLED or OLED even close to that refresh rate for less than $5000.
I fully agree his review on that unit and that moment he created the video review, but Jarrod's review happens before 2 important bios update and missed the bigger feature of QHD screen w/ windows hello IR camera:

1. bios update to add Mux switch
2. bios update to add extra power to 130w 3070 TGP instead of 115w

It's Dell's loss to send a premature and inferior unit for him to review. With adequate updates and a better screen like this one, I'd say there is no shortcoming on performance and rich in non gaming features. Alienware m15 never the top performer on market, it's m17 and x17's job.
And for R6 I listed those pros like XMP memory support, TB4 ports and 11800H performance boost are not addressed in that review too.​

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02-20-2022 at 03:03 PM.
02-20-2022 at 03:03 PM.
https://youtu.be/9NyGzjuydLk

JarrodsTech review of the alienware M15 R5(same chassis as the R6).
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What do i need to get the AAA coupon
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02-20-2022 at 03:58 PM.
02-20-2022 at 03:58 PM.
How does this compare to the Dell Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop with RTX 3070 that was recently on sale for $1215.99 (https://slickdeals.net/f/15628996-alienware-m15-r4-gaming-laptop-i7-10870h-rtx-3070-1tb-ssd-16g-memory-1080p-300hz-luna-white-per-key-rgb-req-dell-financial-1191-67)?
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Quote from jtree1 :
How does this compare to the Dell Alienware m15 R4 Gaming Laptop with RTX 3070 that was recently on sale for $1215.99 (https://slickdeals.net/f/15628996-alienware-m15-r4-gaming-laptop-i7-10870h-rtx-3070-1tb-ssd-16g-memory-1080p-300hz-luna-white-per-key-rgb-req-dell-financial-1191-67)?.
  • This one is a instant delivery with in days from us warehouse stock. That R4 is on backorder need resemble in China and wait until shipment clear on ports, estimation of delivery is May.
  • 10870H is about 10-20% slower than 11800H both in multithreaded and single thread application.
  • R6 can swap DDR4 memory and it's 3200, you can upgrade to 32G or 64G. R5 came with soldered 16G memory and it's 2933.
  • R6 also support PCIE 4.0, the SSD should be substantially faster on specs.
  • R6 have QHD screen support windows hello, R4 is 1080p 300hz
  • R6 have Advanced Optimus and Mux switch, R4's always on dGPU thus battery will be a lot less when used in light workload.




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Quote from BoastfulMice8832 :
https://youtu.be/9NyGzjuydLk

JarrodsTech review of the alienware M15 R5(same chassis as the R6).
I fully agree his review on that unit and that moment he created the video review, but Jarrod's review happens before 2 important bios update and missed the bigger feature of QHD screen w/ windows hello IR camera:

1. bios update to add Mux switch
2. bios update to add extra power to 130w 3070 TGP instead of 115w

It's Dell's loss to send a premature and inferior unit for him to review. With adequate updates and a better screen like this one, I'd say there is no shortcoming on performance and rich in non gaming features. Alienware m15 never the top performer on market, it's m17 and x17's job.
And for R6 I listed those pros like XMP memory support, TB4 ports and 11800H performance boost are not addressed in that review too.​
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02-20-2022 at 05:06 PM.
02-20-2022 at 05:06 PM.
Quote from BeaTles0ne :
How is this for mining crypto?

Depends on memory of the GPU. My 3070 has micron so hard to push past 59-60. Sadly about the same as my R4 3080 with Samsung memory
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For those with the Dell Preferred Account, have you had issues with account being inactivated or terminated for inactivity? I was reading on some sources people having their accounts closed after 6-12 months of not making purchases. I was weighing getting the financing option for the additional discount/promotions, but not if they inactivate/terminate accounts if you do not frequently use them. I would rather use that hard credit pull on a credit card where you can get nicer sign-up bonus than waste it on Dell for this discount if they are just going to close the account anyway if I am not purchasing with them once or twice a year.

Had DPA account for five years. Bought 2 Alienware laptops in 2017 and now three in 2022. No issues dormant for 4 years other than they keep increasing my limit trying to get me to buy more.
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I'm interested but I cannot tell what screen technology it's using for the 1440p screen. If it's LCD/LED, i'm not doing it.
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These specs in an M17 please.
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These specs in an M17 please.

They're launching it this year, but congratulation limited to Ryzen only: https://www.xda-developers.com/de...nched/amp/
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