deadbydawn

haha, nice hello there dude and thx for the welcome! wtf. hmm, well, i don't really care but i still feel f'd in the a$$ for spending all that money and not get to customize everything haha ;-)

funny thing, i just realized after researching on the net, that if from alienware switzerland, it isn't possible to customize the "custom"-nameplate engraving. it just comes with the generic one (model name i guess). i remember that i couldn't see any option anywhere while putting together my configuration... it's a detail, but i think this is once more dell behaving BSish...

[MENTION=5]Brian K.[/MENTION] ah i see, thx!

Thanks a lot =) I caaaan't wait =)) Btw, what does "EOL" mean?

I'm downloading all the neccessary drivers and Tools now Is there a software which controlls the switching of the internal HD3000 graphics adapter to the (in my case) 6990m?

yeah that was what i just thought...no need of alien respawn if i clean install it anyways.. i probably won't even bother about the factory restore disks as i won't need them anyways. i will probably take an image as soon as i got everything set up the way i want it minus the games.

yeah i already read this, thx!what i'm wondering, is: is i.e. alienrespawn included in the commandcenter? if this list is (pretty) much everything that is needed then i find it quite awesome as it is not a lot of crap plunging the system.

@mw86 thanks a lot yeah i was not planing on upgrading to more ram, but to faster ones. but i will at first sort things out like you said. i will do a clean install using windows ultimate .i left the home premium on the order, as i have plenty of other (original) windows 7 versions flying around here. only thing i'm a bit worried doinga clean install is that all the tools that came with it are wiped. especially as i don't know what tools are really needed at first. i will probably do the same with my data, as i got an external USB 3.0 1 TB hd which i'm not really using at the moment. and since evn my macs can write on to NTFS disks, i won't have to worry about file-system compatibility throughout my own computers..

Nice! That was the only downpart on Avast i think. Those Update-Popups. Especially when listening to music and suddenly the popup appears...had quite a few shock-moments ;-) Haha, well yeah, I will do that for sure :-) =)

ok cool thing, thanks! in the end, what i want to do is to keep the "unnessessary" stress on the machine as low as possible, also with only running as many services as nessessary. i'm really psyched to see how it will perform.

i read about that, but i haven't tried it yet nor do i know someone who did. so it's usefull u say. hmm, i think then i will probably give it a try.

I Actually don't need a huge amount of storage, as it will only be used to do gaming on. I got a Macbook Air and a Macbook Pro to do work on. But anyways, this will be my next headache... what i surely do want is the pictures to be available on all of my machines. Now before it was no problem, as some tools synched it perfectly between different iPhotos (never mind my opinion on this software..........) but now, since Windows comes into play again, it will be a whole new story ;-) By the way, I'm using Avast Free as my Anti-Virus software, as I experienced it as not using a lot of resources. What do you guys use as AV protection?

Okay, then I'll do this instead of the RAID0 stripe. Thanks a lot

Ah really? I thought of a RAID Stripe of two SSDs as to be the best drive-configuration there is. So what would you recomend? To get rid of RAID0 and use a SSD + HD Combination of two discs?

Hi Brian K., thx a lot for the welcome! Oh crap, I thought I included the specs... - M17X Stealth Black - FHD-WLED-LCD (1920x1080) - Intel 2670QM - 8GB Dual Channel - 640 GB Raid 0 (2 x 320 GB) - 2 GB HD6990 Okay, so you recommend e complete new installation right to begin with. Good thing to know! The machine will be just for gaming, nothing else. I plan on adding better Memory (thinking about HyperX) and RAID 0 SSD in the future, but as RAID 0 SSD will be e "little" bit expensive, this will be a future upgrade. Can't wait to get the machine!

Hi all :-) I was reading through the forum and got one question stuck in my head: What is there to do, after the M17X-R3 arrived? I have been reading a lot about the different BIOS, BIOS unlocks etc., all the different drivers and so on. Besides configuring Windows and getting rid of all the unwanted stuff which comes pre-installed, updating the drivers etc. what are the first steps any of you M17X-R3 experienced ones would do? I mean special stuff like, if you would install a specific graphics driver which works "best" or flashing a special BIOS. I'm trying to get a checklist together, maybe it's even possible to update this list as time goes on (Updates, Mods etc.) and use it as a reference for new installs etc. I was reading quite a lot, now the only thing for me to do is to pray that there isn't already a thread like this anywhere on here in order to save myself from the digital executioin because of double-threading ;-) Best regards deadbydawn

First off hello everyone on here :-) After reading a lot in this forum, i finally got my order for an m17x-r3 in :-D here are the specs of the machine i ordered: - M17X Stealth Black - FHD-WLED-LCD (1920x1080) - Intel 2670QM - 8GB Dual Channel - 640 GB Raid 0 (2 x 320 GB) - 2 GB HD6990 Now it's time for me to wait for the arrival of the alien....and I don't like waiting ;-))