Alienware m17x R2 Review - Part 2

PART 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3uQYD_oo5U

Part 2 of 2 - Video review of Alienware m17x R2 mobile gaming laptop. Our first review! Hope you enjoy. Please leave comments and suggestions, like, rate, subscribe for more reviews, previews and news. All criticism and feedback is appreciated and welcomed, but please keep it constructive. Offensive comments will be removed. Thanks! Visit us @ www.tomstech.ca!

Covered:

-Alienware Command Center
-AlienFX
-AlienFusion
-AlienTouch
-AlienSense

Specs:

Price: $4,871 CAD (Including the Orion Backpack, G700 Mouse, Extra Battery (9 Cell) and TaxtX Headset)

Processor: Intel Core i7 920xm Extreme Edition Processor with 4 physical cores and 8 logical threads running at 2.0ghz w/ 3.2 ghz Intel Turbo Mode
Ram: 8gb DDR3 Dual Channel 1333mhz Memory
Display: 1920x1200 Native RGB-LED-LCD HD screen
Video: AMD/ATI Radeon 5870x2 in CrossFireX mode (1024mb Dedicated vram per card for a total of 2048mb dedicated & 4851mb total available vram)
HD: 2x512gb 7,200 rpm in Raid 0 array for total of 1TB of storage
OD: Slot-loading CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW, BD-ROM/R/RW Blu-Ray Drive
Sound: Internal 2.1 software-surround, external 7.1 full surround
Extras: Bi-directional stereo array microphone, webcam
Wireless: Bluetooth 2, 802.11 B/G/N 3xMIMO Intel Extreme WiFi Controller
Ports: 4xUSB 2.0, 1x E-Sata/USB w/ PowerShare, 1xIEEE1394, 1xRJ45, 1xDP, 1xHDMI, 1xVGA, ExpressCard+SD Slots, 7.1 Analogue Audio Output

Venting: Left, Right, Rear, and Bottom of the laptop.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• Alienware
• m17x
• R2
• Alienware m17x
• Alienware m17x R2
• Gaming Laptop
• Review
• Laptop Review
• Gaming Laptop Review

[MaxTech4u]

Hey I am ordering this laptop soon, because it it better than the R3 I believe. I play games like TF2 Wow Battlefield, will this laptop handle them well I opted for the 900pscreen.

[tomstechca]

@MaxTech4u You would be right to an extent that it is better than the R3 (video performance wise). And you should not have any issues playing WoW, TF2, or Battlefield. =) Still, I would suggest this only if you need the mobility. Otherwise get a desktop. =)

[deathborne25]

Hmm, they should have made the disk loading slot light up as well.

[tomstechca]

@deathborne25 I agree. But maybe then it would have been too many lights? Who knows :-p

[Peace7Maker]

how come a R2 costed you so much when the R3 is out... ?

[tomstechca]

@Peace7Maker The R2 costs more for a variety of reasons. First and foremost the build quality is superior to that of the R3, so in materials alone you are paying more for sure. Secondly, the R3 doesn't come (or at least, didn't come at the time of ordering for me) with an option to add a second GPU (video card). Speaking of materials by the way - the R2 is wrapped in anodized aluminum (anodized being an electro-chemical process by which the aluminum is fortified and protected against damage.)

[lillweez99]

This shit makes me drool can't wait 2 months meed mine now

[CanadianDH]

What logitech mouse was that?

[MrZUHEER]

still*

[MrZUHEER]

@888MikeM888 u can turn it to max its ok cuz when u turn it to max the fbs atill 80 abd more

[888MikeM888]

Will I be able to run this on max graphics with Crysis 2? Or would I need to up the graphics card for that?

[randumCheez]

How do you activate the built in mic on the mx17?

[dualCodelex]

im buying 70 lottery tickets to get this

[MaxTech4u]

@tomstechca I have a gaming Desktop with a Phenom II X4 Oc 4ghz 4gb ram 2 5870, I just need a gaming laptop