OK PC peeps CPU question

[Lason]

I thought MSI announced the 570M was not going to be offered in their latest laptop?

I dont know but they have them.

http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?id=326

[CJ]

I dont know but they have them.

http://www.msimobile.com/level3_productpage.aspx?id=326

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/28/nvidia-announces-geforce-gtx-580m-and-570m-availability-in-the/

looks like it was last months model.

[roliath]

have you looked at sager or lotus?

[Lason]

Yep looked at the sagers and clevo's and while I can respect their performance, they have the asthetics of a school bus. I know thats some ricer mentality but I would like a decent keyboard and audio for that kind of money.

Honestly Im sold on the MSI or if I decide to splurge Ill go with the alienware.

[Lason]

For anyone that cares, I pulled the trigger last night on a new Alienware M18X laptop. Very excessive but I have wanted an alienware since before alienware was Dell so Ill just chalk this up as another check off my bucket list

1 225-0887 Alienware M18x Space Black Anodized Aluminum
1 317-8645 Intel Core i7 2860QM 2.5GHz (3.6GHz w/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
1 320-2796 Dual 2GB GDDR5 AMD Radeon HD 6990M AMD CrossFireX
1 342-2662 1TB RAID 0, 2x 500GB, 7200RPM Solid State Hybrid
1 330-6106 Personalized Nameplate Trigger
1 331-2426 Custom Nameplate
1 313-8797 AlienFX Color, Terra Green
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
1 421-5100 Internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with SoundBlaster MB Software
1 430-4332 Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming and Video
1 469-0549 Bluetooth 3.0
1 953-9090 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Extended Year(s)
1 953-9080 Dell Hardware Warranty Plus On-Site Service, Initial Year
1 953-9150 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
1 953-9100 Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
1 950-7447 4 Year Limited Warranty
1 990-4653 Accidental Damage Service, 4 Years
1 421-1719 Soft Contracts Consumer Accidental Damage Agreement for Alienware
1 421-1724 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement for Alienware
1 990-4683 Warranty Support, 3 Year Extended
1 994-3730 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 421-1360 Steam and Portal Factory Installed
1 421-1572 Alienhead Glow
1 421-1592 Alienhead Glow
1 430-4141 Internal 60GHz WirelessHD Transmitter
1 330-5090 Thank You for Purchasing AlienWare


Oh and disregard the 4 gig of RAM, Ill have more here waiting on it. Just cheaper to do myself.

[roliath]

not bad, i hope you called in your order as opposed to ordered online.
I saved a good 250 by doing that when I got my m15x.

and way glad to see you didn't fall into the nvidia trap with the 580!

[Lason]

No I did it online. I did find a $150 coupon and I get a discount through work although not much. One thing I found comical was Dell charges extra if you want to talk to someone here in the states for support as opposed to India. I got the extended accidental warranty but Ill be calling India, lol.

And no, the nvidia cards are WAY too much and little to no advantage over the 6990M's.

[LeXXon]

That is one sexy laptop, and the 6990M is suppose to be the fastest mobile video card out, bet it runs everything nice and silky smooth.

[Lason]

I got the hybrid hard drives because I cant afford 2 SSD's, one would have too little storage and I wasnt sure how it would have handled Raid0 with one SSD and one HDD. I figured the dual hybrids would work best but I have no expirience with them.

[roliath]

No I did it online. I did find a $150 coupon and I get a discount through work although not much. One thing I found comical was Dell charges extra if you want to talk to someone here in the states for support as opposed to India. I got the extended accidental warranty but Ill be calling India, lol.

And no, the nvidia cards are WAY too much and little to no advantage over the 6990M's.

well they are not that much fast than the 485's, like very very small bump in performance. amd wins this one hands down price/performance.

Even with US support you don't call into US, everytime I've had to deal with tech support my calls were routed to central america or something like that.

Also, repaste the cpu/gpu's immediately my m15x's quad and 5850 were caked with thermal paste.

[Lason]

Yeah I was thinking about repasting since I have to take it down as far as I do to get to the 2 RAM DIMM's under the keyboard.