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They are very low on all types of gpus my rep was saying to me recently.

Yeah likely cuz they're transitioning over to the new 600m series for nVidia and 7000 series for AMD. My new M18x is on the fedex truck, should be here any minute now.

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Yeah likely cuz they're transitioning over to the new 600m series for nVidia and 7000 series for AMD. My new M18x is on the fedex truck, should be here any minute now.

Great they can give me their old 580m sli then hahaha wow this was quick for the new series...

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Great they can give me their old 580m sli then hahaha wow this was quick for the new series...

Well my new one is here and it works great but has one stick pixel on a black background. Fortunately my other M18x has a perfect display so I'm going to swap them.

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Well my new one is here and it works great but has one stick pixel on a black background. Fortunately my other M18x has a perfect display so I'm going to swap them.

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im glad you had the other display available to do so. I hate those kind of details that just make it unacceptable... nothing seems to be sent without issue. i had 3 broken tabs on bottom cover, pinched fan wire and gnarled keyboard ribbon due to factory neglect... no 4ghz overclock when recieved didnt want but was charged for it... just annoying we have issues on such "high end equipment"

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im glad you had the other display available to do so. I hate those kind of details that just make it unacceptable... nothing seems to be sent without issue. i had 3 broken tabs on bottom cover, pinched fan wire and gnarled keyboard ribbon due to factory neglect... no 4ghz overclock when recieved didnt want but was charged for it... just annoying we have issues on such "high end equipment"

Yeah this will give me a chance to check the rest of the build and fix it if there's any problems. But to be fair this stuck pixel is so small most people would never notice it., I'm just very picky and dead pixels are the first thing I search for in a new computer.

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me too. the first thing i check is the screen. if the screen is jacked then nothing else really matters. so far i pretty happy with my rig just a few weird boot issues that just comes and goes.

Like what kinda boot issues?

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its really nothing major, prolly was my fault. one is sometimes it won't boot without being plugged in, brian told me it was because i oc'ed the cpu bclk. never had that problem with r3. another is once in awhile it won't recognize my drive when booting, so i get the no device found. just picking up the laptop and shaking it a little solves that problem. i've check to see if an wires were loose but nothing???

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I don't use the battery a lot but ill try no bsclk over lock and a bsclk over lock on battery to see if mine does this too. We should see if this is consistent I'll add it to over lock guide. Sounds though like issues I have not ran into... perhaps keep an eye on things maybe you need a mobo to solve it... No boot issues since day one... If baseclock is too high windows won't boot but it depends on the silicon. If you are shooting for 107 bsclk it may not happen but who knows... Me 105.13 max to boot to windows and 105.06 for bench. But your R3 got 107 so who knows

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Quantity Item Number Description
1 225-0887 Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum
1 317-8642 Intel Core i7 2960XM 2.7GHz (3.7GHz with Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache)
1 317-8691 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz 2DIMMS
1 331-2428 Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
1 320-2269 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
1 320-2318 Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M NVIDIA SLI Enabled
1 342-3649 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
1 313-8791 AlienFX Color, Mars Red
1 421-5099 Alienware Command Center, M18X
1 420-9691 DataSafe Local BackUp
1 420-9956 PC Restore
1 421-0092 DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
1 421-5789 Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Service Pack 1, English, w/Media
1 410-0548 Adobe Acrobat Reader
1 318-0843 Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader, BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW
1 421-1305 Roxio Creator Starter
1 318-0770 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
1 430-4332 Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming and Video
1 469-0549 Bluetooth 3.0
1 410-0572 McAfee Security Center, 30 Day, CNB
1 953-9080 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 953-9100 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 421-1723 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
1 994-3730 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 421-1586 Alienhead Chrome Red
1 421-1596 Alienhead Chrome Red
1 430-4141 Internal 60GHz WirelessHD Transmitter
1 331-2425 Standard Nameplate



I have the following ready to drop in. Momentus Xt 750GB, Samsung 870 256GB and 16GB Kingston HyperX PNP 1600

Mine was ordered on the 12/31/11 Delivery Due on the 19th
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I have just returned an AW M14X yesterday and ordered an AW M18X thru AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange System). Just wasn't a fan of the Nvidia GTX 555M Optimus GPU. The following is a list of features I ordered:

Item Description Quantity Unit Price Ext Price
System Color;Nebula Red Anodized Aluminum 1 $2,482.75 $2,482.75
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 2860QM 2.5GHz (3.6GHz with Turbo Boost, 8MB Cache)
Memory: 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz (2DIMMS)
A/C Adapter: Alienware M18x 330W A/C Adapter
Display Panel: 18.4-inch WideFHD 1920 x 1080 WLED
Video Card: Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580M – NVIDIA® SLI® Enabled
Hard Drive: 500GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s
Nameplate: Personalized Plate ("1SGRET")
AlienFX: Mars Red
Operating System: Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit
Adobe Reader Acrobat SW: Adobe Acrobat X Reader
Optical Drive: Slot-Load Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Sound: Internal High-Definition 5.1 Surround Sound Audio
Wireless and Bluetooth: Intel® Advanced-N 6200 a/g/n 2x2 MIMO Technology and Bluetooth 3.0
Security Software: McAfee SecurityCenter, 30-Days Trial
Hardware Support Services: 1 Year Basic Plan
Pre-Installed Software: Steam and Portal™ Factory Installed
Alien Wallpaper: Alienhead Chrome Red
Standard Nameplate Trigger: Thank you for Purchasing Alienware
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Total: $2,482.75







Estimated delivery date is 01/24/2012. So looking forward to this machine! Edited by 1sgret
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Welcome to Tech|Inferno 1sgret! That's a good configuration but I'd either opt for a 2960xm processor or down grade to 2760qm and save money. The 2860qm isn't a popular choice because it offers little to no gain over a cheaper priced 2760qm.

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Everyone, Dell sent me a 240watt adapter with my purchase of a dual 680M R2. It works. However, SLI cannot be enabled and Turbo Boost will fail. I had CPU speeds of 12X 1200mhz on my 3720QM. This has been resolved after a major uphill battle with dell. If anyone finds that they cannot SLI or that there CPU is running at minimal speeds, I hope those searching for those terms will find this information helpful.

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Everyone, Dell sent me a 240watt adapter with my purchase of a dual 680M R2. It works. However, SLI cannot be enabled and Turbo Boost will fail. I had CPU speeds of 12X 1200mhz on my 3720QM. This has been resolved after a major uphill battle with dell. If anyone finds that they cannot SLI or that there CPU is running at minimal speeds, I hope those searching for those terms will find this information helpful.

Im glad you got it all worked out. Thats a nice configuration there Congratulations.

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