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1/23/13 8:05:35 PM#21
I picked up an Alianware M14x i7-3840, 12Gigs RAM, GT650M and put in a 300Gig Intel SSD. Damn thing runs the heck out of any game I have installed so far. Battery life on the other hand sucks...... I hate that the battery is internal. Dual video cards is nice. I wish I had picked up the M17x .....
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1/23/13 8:10:35 PM#22
Dont buy alien crap mate its junk and customer service is crap. Get a better laptop for less. Your buying a name not a solid peace of hardware. IMO I wouldn't get a laptop unless you need the space or mobil side of a laptop. You can buy a better Desktop and save cash not to mention upgrading Desktops is cheap and easy where as a Laptop once its maxed on ram or a bigger HD thats pretty much it no real Upgrading.
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1/23/13 8:16:54 PM#23
Asus makes some beastly laptops for really good prices. Love mine and I spent just under 1k.
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Tibbz
Hard Core Member
Joined: 7/05/07
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a group" |
1/24/13 1:30:07 PM#24
MSI all the way right now.
A GT60 with a 670mx or 675mx would be cheaper than the Alienware and run better. I purchased the wife a GT60 with the 670mx and 3630qm and i cant say how surprised I am on how cool it runs, even gaming. It runs very similair to a i5+ATI7770 system. the steel keyboard and killer nic is a bonus as well. |
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1/24/13 1:38:41 PM#25
Originally posted by drunkensolja
Holy crap that's sweet. |
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Tibbz
Hard Core Member
Joined: 7/05/07
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in a group" |
1/24/13 2:43:01 PM#26
MSI has the same one with better quality for much cheaper I would HIGHLY suggest a 670MX or 675MX over teh 670/675M. Keplar vs Fermi aside, the MX is cooler, quieter and overclocks better with much less power. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834722019 |
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1/24/13 3:12:00 PM#27
Originally posted by Tibbz Then why did you link a laptop with a GTX 675M and not 675MX? The reason the MX is cooler and quieter is precisely because it's Kepler rather than Fermi. Getting about 70% better performance per watt is an enormous advantage. The only reason the 675M is still on the market is that Nvidia made way too many of the chips and now needs to get rid of them. Its AMD contemporary, the Radeon HD 6970M has been off the market for a long time. Overclocking a laptop is a bad idea. In order to overclock properly, you need hardware that is way overkill on power delivery and cooling, and you can't get that in a laptop. |
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