Who knows?
Maybe full HD will come as standard configuration for all alienwares if 3k is proposed.

Hi guys. Anyone of you guys experiencing M17X R4 BD ROM issue after upgrading to windows 8.1? Mine can be detected but if I insert any media, it can't read it, just make normal reading noise  & later eject it. I uninstall & reinstall the driver but no go. Next week I'll try fresh install windows 8 to see if the problem persist. FYI, I upgraded to Windows 8 from Windows 7 & later upgrade it further to 8.1. BTW my BD ROM is "HL-DT-ST DVDRWBD CA40N".

Today i went to singapore and try out a notebook with Two GTX 880m

crazy , i tell you this rig can easily beat desktop r9 290X  or even a GTX 680 - 770

Crysis 3 can run maximum settings still get 80+ fps

Local illegear service is pretty bad , their website is still outdated on some pages

Service times take days or even weeks

If you can travel to SG easily , then aftershockpc is a good choice even you are not because the service only take up to almost 3/4 less illegear service does

Aftershockpc won the best notebook electronics consumer last year even beat best denki and other retailer stores.

So that is pretty awesome

I like AW but their hardrive configurations are old and uses old SSDs from toshiba and sandisk + the price is crazy

Because of that Normal AW 14 from the current alienware malaysia cost around 7k without any SSD only few GB for cache while aftershockpc  cost around 7.5k with 3 yr warranty parts and service

256GB x 2 in raid 0 , 750GB western digital black and IC daimond thermal paste

AW 17 cost more than 10k with good spec or GTX 780m , that price can already buy a aftershockpc/clevo with TWO GTX 880m in SLi . Run anything on max settings even crysis 3 or elder scrolls online or even total rome
I am waiting for AW to refresh their 800m GPUs and see whether the price is good then i am going to decide which to buy

Same here
My M14x R1 is still working like a charm although suffering from pretty bad wear-and-tear Almost 3 years old already, no chance to claim my complete cover warranty! 
Its good to have support for an expensive performance machine like AW, or any other performance notebooks. And I'm really glad that Dell offers good warranty support + offers us the chance to extend warranty even after 3 years 

....But the recent AW series too thick already, don't like 

Can I know how far is your notebook from your router?

also mind passing me the latest drivers link

No wonder

Can you try moving 10 to 15 meters and tell me what does speed drops to or avgs up to?
Also I recommend you researching about ddwrt firmware for your router.

that system is quite a headache to disassemble but at my most effort, i will do my best.
or if you need guidance, you can watch this video. all you need is a philips and flat head screwdriver actually.

I found something weird, my GTX 260M is set at 1V by default as it supposed to be 0.9V for M15x. No wonder the temps reaching 90+C when gaming. Dropping to 0.9V makes it drop to 75C

Upgrade to GTX880M
Definitely worth the try.

Im thinking about to 'smuggle' a M17x at a cheap price and upgrade the graphics card. I very love the design of R3/4 than the R5.

i got a question guys... the LED light on my power button just keep switching to turqoise from blue (blue is the color i set) even though i kept everything at blue at the command centre...

any ideas? is it a defect?

edit : it is actually flickering... when i put it on blue it dims a bit then light back up...and rinse and repeat.

if i set it at orange it does nothing.....just stays there

im gonna call dell tomorrow morning!

Sager is actually good for self-maintenance. i can calculate, total dismantling the whole laptop takes about an hour.

well, might consider about it.
just hope it can support latest generation graphics card.

hi anyways to turn off the aleinware keyboard ligthing? my hand sweats after a while......

i jz reformated my m71xr3, and the alienfx/comand center can detect anything. i got a net framework error so i treid to install 3.5 but cant

mine was a dfo too unit buy at garage sale.. but lucky for me, it a new unit... canceled order because that time more customer canceling m17xr4 due to new release... got the unit... upgrade from 660 to 770... 32gb ram..ssd... and i didn't disappoint me until now...

maybe upgrading to 880 terus next... who knows.. hehehhe

So I just download those 6 patches and install them accordingly how they have mentioned to install em right? anything else?

As this sentence. 'Once you’ve downloaded Update 1, you will have six separate patches that need to be installed in a very specific order. ' confuses me. Is update 1 a different thing or these 6 patches will give u 8.1 update 1?