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So I got my 2920xm in and it seems like its a pretty decent sample. It hits 4.5 GHz stable pretty well in Vantage and Wprime. Anyway, I'm still learning the ins and outs of 2920xm overclocking but for now, here's a preview of what I'm getting:

Show me your battlestation. Videos and pictures of your rooms and desk setups are all welcome. Co-pilots welcome too.

Dell released BIOS revision A09 for the Alienware M17x R3. Under "fixes and enhancements" it says So it seems they have done something similar to the BIOS as with the most recent M14x BIOS, this might result in lower SSD speeds. It has been said that Dell changed the BIOS so that it really applies to the SATA 3 specifications, with the result that some SSDs don't completely adhere to these specs might now run at SATA II speeds. Firmware updates of the SSD vendors might fix this. SSD manufacturers will probably say that the controller on the motherboard is the issue and not the SSD itself... I have no idea what is actually true, fact is that the SATA 3 didn't get removed, it still works with some drives. Anyway, I recommend everyone to use this BIOS since the SATA "enhancement" or whatever you want to call this is certainly not the single change in there. Dell always fixes a lot of other small bugs and improves the BIOS, expect this to be true for this revision as well. Download link: M17x R3 BIOS A09

yeah I was going to get one but I already have 95GB on my OS drive and that's programs only. and my storage drive is 141GB and that's nothing compared to the 2-3TB I had. I understand the speed thing I really do and I really want one in this system considering everything have done to it already but until the price of a large drive comes down to the $100-200 mark I just can't see having a mega fast drive but no room to do anything with it. 64GB SSD's are still $120+ and I can't see paying 2 dollars a gig to load a file 10 seconds faster. I bet when the price wars start up, which they will I will have one in this machine soon after. Now that this machine is where its at I can't afford to do any more upgrades. I have a powerful machine and I have to accept that there will be a few out there that are faster but I know that the metal plate under this one has my name on it LOL.

LOL me and Bruna just stopped with out Coca addiction a while ago. Man, we were burning through 3-4 bottles each day. EDIT: And when i say "Coca" i mean the beverage

Dovah and kiin

Yeah theyre my co-pilots. Their job is to give me that evil look while I play Skyrim

Coca Cola is my primary source of food.