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Dell Technologies has
Dell Alienware m17 R5 Gaming Laptop on sale for
$1079.99 after
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Specs:
- 17.3" FHD 1920x1080, 360Hz 1ms, AMD FreeSync, ComfortView Plus Display
- AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (20 MB total cache, 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 4.90 GHz Max Boost Clock)
- 32GB (2x 16 GB) DDR5 4800 MHz RAM
- 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT 12GB GDDR6 Graphics
- 6 Cell, 97 Wh Integrated Battery
- MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO Bluetooth wireless card
- Windows 11 Home, English
- Ports:
- 2x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port
- 1x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port with PowerShare
- 1x Type-C Port Headphone and microphone combo) port
- 1 HDMI 2.1 Output Port
- 1 RJ45 Ethernet port
- 1 Power-adapter port
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Alienware has a very good cooling design, to control thermals, especially the 17 inch model, which has great heat dissipation.
This allows:
1. much less thermal throttling
2. higher wattage power fed into the graphics card
3. greater frame rates, and better performance
If you want a better idea of actual gaming performance, look at the wattage of the power supply, how much power the laptop supplies to the discrete graphics, and then look at actual frame rate and benchmark numbers from online reviews and YouTube videos.
This is the reason why you won't ever see 14" laptops with 4090 graphics accelerators. They can't handle the heat, can't supply enough power to the graphics, and even if they do try to squeeze it in, these laptops suffer from horrible thermal throttling.
The other comment is correct. These laptops are designed for different purposes. A 17" laptop is far less portable. Ever try taking a 17" laptop with a bag and power supply on an airplane? Setting it up on the seat? You will see how impractical it is, and where a 14" or 15" laptop make more sense. However, if you have it sitting 95% of the time on AC power as a desktop replacement, then the 17" with super high refresh is ideal for gaming, especially FPS. 17" is much more comfortable for long term use than 14 or 15".
So decide what kind of laptop you have a need for, and then find the best deal for a laptop in that segment. Don't go chasing after the best "deal" and end up with a laptop that is impractical for your daily use!
Personally I don't like Acer but honestly every companies quality control seems to be total garbage now so I can't really hold it against just them anymore.
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For anyone here, Was anyone ever able to deselect the premium bundled support before purchase? See my invoice shows they think that crap is worth almost $150 and thereby devalued the laptop price accordingly on the same invoice.
For anyone here, Was anyone ever able to deselect the premium bundled support before purchase? See my invoice shows they think that crap is worth almost $150 and thereby devalued the laptop price accordingly on the same invoice.
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Has anyone tried to return anything to the dell?
It's very difficult to remain up to date with laptops, because they become outdated very quickly. This Alienware has great specs. However if your work cosnists of CPU bound tasks it's worth waiting for a faster laptop.
Has anyone tried to return anything to the dell?
12th gen i7
Rtx 3070
16gb ram
2tb ssd
I keep hearing that mobile can't be compared like for like with desktops and that laptops can get hot and loud so I'm hoping someone on here can give a more relative comparison of the two.
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