Just got the SSD? I'll have to move my M4 to the new machine after I get it.  Don't think I need a new one yet. Then gotta spend a butt load on ram again.

That's long gone. Now we're talking angry wife who doesn't drink coffee.

same same

Yyp. But from myside u can customize with 120hz but dont wan 3d. Save some bucks, haha

yeah. i hope to see better applications of the technology but it's really not that useful for now.

by the way, after a few months with .ac router, intel 7260 is stable. (fluctuating between 433 to 866.7 mbps; no disconnection)

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i've been looking a matte screen protector for my M14x R2 all these while. But no luck couldnt find any leh 
any idea where can get ?

yeah a lot at ebay; but taobao is cheaper.

yeah.. :/ cooling is key for high-performance gaming laptops. to have efficient heat dissipation, you need good fans, larger heat sinks, but most if not all, plenty of space to have good airflow and to house a better cooling system.

weird stuff: w8.1 activation seems unstable. when you put the laptop to sleep for some times then wake it up, sometimes it shows that w8.1 is not activated. you can observe that the windows version and build number at the lower right corner of your desktop.

once you're connected to the internet, it's back to the activated status.

again, you can back up the activation tokens with atm after w8.1 activation WITH PHONE (must be activated with phone; it doesn't work with online activation; this is for w8.1 only). the best practice to me is to install a fresh copy of w8.1; install all drivers; activate through phone; back the tokens up.

Edit: if you wanna have bios windows fastboot working, stick to w8. w8.1 fastboot doesnt work well in my case even if i had a13 bios.

Lol! How're the new stuff that you've installed? Please share with us

imo the older drivers for 7260ac works better with my .ac router at home (full 867mbps almost always).

hahaha! it's better to keep the screws in organized manners in a container with compartments (and don't do it on your bed)

Wah, all also using AC routers. I'm still on Wireless G only.

sure i keep them all lol!
change it when you really really need it to me i still prefer wired.

Anyone knows where to get spare fan for the discontinued Alienware M15x laptop? Might I add that the warranty is dead for a few years too. 

The fan just died like yesterday, hardly spinning as no air can be felt at the end of the vents, exactly opposite for the right side, which is constantly spinning at 4k - 4.7k RPM. And by looking at HWiNFO, sometimes the fan for CPU isn't displaying any monitoring data, even if it is, it is only less than 1k RPM. 

And the overheating is causing they system to auto shutdown once it reaches 100 degrees, even without any major game play, it's pretty much stuck at a reading of 90 degrees. 

Still waiting for Dell to send me a quotation price for the fan, but for the time being, I'm also looking for alternatives.   

"Reviving" the warranty is gonna cost me RM990

Thanks 

.. or you can send a pm to putochip123.

mansooriqbal, i have tested this: for aw, you literally do not need thermal paste for cpu and the cooling is as effective.