- Randomly shuts down when on battery (intensive gaming)
- Reduced screen refresh rates on battery
- Very loud fan
- Hot right palm rest
- 3GB GT555m is only slightly better than the 1.5GB one (need more benchmarks)

Yeah that could be the question. Probably no longer play games after getting married, thanks for the reminder,
Need to revise the future plan.

alright then, will call up Dell for that...but if i were to add on my warranty service, can i do so after i get my laptop?...

what are you doing? from my knowledge, you have to be a GP for a while until you can specialize in 1 field...although i got a friend who is studying neurosurgery now....

Hi everyone, wanna check on something...

m17x-r3, may i know what speakers it comes with? i know its from Klipsch, but is it 5.1 ? coz i find the sound is still soft (or maybe i'm too use with my new speakers bombing), even though i have max the sound in terms of in-game and laptop, but still kinda soft, is that normal?

Appreciate the advise, thanks.

processor might possible, but not for graphics card, you want to change entire motherboard? better buy new system.
most of games more demanding on graphics card instead of processor.

Ok .. after some lengthy research .... since i was outdated for so long XD
I've made my choice for my future laptop + its accessories , I hope you guys can tell me your opinions + suggestions about it =D

I decided to go for an M17xR3, price after customization = RM 12k++

And about the accessories ... there are quite a few things im not so sure about >.< not sure are there better options but my current choices are :

1. Keyboard

a.Roccat Isku
b.Razer Black Widow Ultimate

2.Mouse

a.Roccat Kone+

3.Headphone

a.Steelseries 7H USB

4.Mousepad

a.Razer Destructor

5.Others

a.Roccat Apuri

I'm still searching for a monitor ...and considering wether should i buy speakers .... cause if im gonna rent a room .... i doubt i will have the chance to blast them... hope u guys can give me some advice on my choices =D btw roccat isku is not out yet =D but i think it will soon

btw my estimation is that all this will be around rm15k all together , if u guys can intro me to some good, honest , cheap shops i would be grateful =D
btw i live in malaysia ~ juz so u know =D shops at kl or jb area are fine for me =D

Grats on your purchase 
Might be good if you could check for any minor faults which (as been reported in NBR) so that can exchange before its too late 
I've been having a headache trying to find a suitable laptop sleeve and cooler pad for this monster, any suggestions bro? 

I have to admit the delivery time for your monster is very fast 
I'm impressed haha 
Okay okay, for the Cooler Pad, its either U2 or U3... since I've already got the U2, the cooling efficiency and size of the U2 for the M14x will determine whether the U3 is worth considering or not 
As for the sleeve and bag, its a shame that Dell Malaysia din't take in the M14x sleeve and M14x Orion backpack...
Might need to find some other alternatives... Seen some nice Case Logic ones (used them before for my Qosmio F60, they're very good), but it seems like the sleeve is not "thick" enough to accomodate the M14x, and that's going to be a problem since there isn't much notebook sleeves in shops 

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Added on May 15, 2011, 3:39 pm

There's a lot of notebook backpacks from other renowned brands right? 
but then of course those are not as big as the M17x Orion backpack... but they should be able to carry one M17x instead of 2   

Service complete... Lan port is functional again...
and i got a news for u all

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Added on May 18, 2011, 10:09 pmjust that dell technician told me:
M15xR3 - IS COMINGGGGGGGGG!!!!
the one thing i know is it got SECOND GEN PROC..
default colour for it is RED ONLY. 
and he play with it before...

lol, butthurt already? 
You haven't even got your hands on the M14x right>?
Well, let's wait and see what's really coming up 

Nvm la bro, its a great lappy anyway 

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Added on May 19, 2011, 4:08 pm

Wow, looks like gaming benchmarks are slightly different... Thanks for the heads up bro 
GTX series are still out of GT series' reach, even the old ones 

roccat is average for everythign , is there a excellent for gaming ?

New ownerlist added :

1 - [PF] T.J. @ M14x
2 - tjinn @ M14x

Anyone else please post here so I can update on the first page