Why? Aren't the present ones ones offered good enough for you?

I would rather max it since it wouldn't make much difference on pricing...

Running at resolutions above 1920 x 1080 will eat into your framerates despite having a GPU as powerful as the 1070. I'd think it would provide a minimal increase in eye candy... but a much bigger hit in playability.

It depends what you want to do with your computer. I bought it to game with.

I am unsure if the brightness factors in here though. The 1920 x 1080 is rated as 300 nits. The higher res ones 400 nits. I've yet to see a review comparing these two screens though so I don't know how better the 400 nits screens are. In any case, they weren't available when I clicked "buy".

I have the 17R4 with 1920 x 1080. I'm very happy with my purchase decision. This thing is an amazing gaming machine.

Am looking at a unit of Alienware 15 r3 from amazon. anyone bought from amazon before? will we kena from kastam?

if the delivery agent handling it you will need to pay some money during delivery time. i bought few unit last time,
1 unit kena tax around RM220 (approximately +/-)

now should be more wif gst

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback. What about the panel with G-SYNC vs non-G-SYNC?

That panel is not offering in MY deal as well. Wait or not to wait? TQ

I'm not in hurry to change but I think very likely I"ll get 1 unit. Torn between 13" or 15" since I travel alot. 1060 vs 1070 & weight... tough choice...

The 2560 x 1440 is a GSync panel. This was not available when I ordered. I don't know how much nicer it is compared to the 1920 x 1080 one that I got.

I have no regrets though. I figure if I wanted a higher res/brighter display I could just get an external LCD. If you're planning to travel with it do NOT get the 17. This guy is HUGE.

17" is definitely out of my target. 2.4KG (excl. charger brick) is actually quite heavy to hand carry at airport. That's why I'm thinking to sacrifice GPU power for 13" Alienware...

I have to carry 2 laptop, 1 for personal use after work and 1 for company laptop during travel... so weight is important...

Hello Lads, I'm planning to upgrade the ram of my Alienware 17 R2. Just wanted to double confirm here since I don't wanna waste money buying the wrong stuff, what type of ram should I buy? is it SODIMM DDR3 or DDR3L?

AW13 u better wait kabylake lo

btw alienware 15 & 17 i doing yr end clearance

Seem like Dell is waiting for 7-series HQ part to be released before selling AW13 in Malaysia.

Hi all sifus,

I just got my alienware 15 r3, GTX1070,
I must say, this bad boy is really well build and powerful,
I can play most of the demanding title with at least 60fps and above,
it almost as powerful as my x51 r2 modded with GTX1070.

at I least I would say, money well spend!!

Hello thar fellow Aliens,

So my power brick was fried due to a power surge a week or so ago. Buying a new adapter, and do you think buying a 330W brick is alright?

Also, been thinking about either buying a new desktop or just upgrade my current M17x R4.

6GB RAM, 500GB HDD, GTX 660M

I reckon I'd upgrade the RAM to 8GB or so, since I multitask a ton. I heard that doing 2x4GB is better than 1x8GB, would love your input on that, maybe for future proofing, just get 1x8GB and buy more 8GB sticks in the future just for the fun of it? XD

And do you guys think getting an mSata SSD be good for it?

Upgrades I've been thinking of...

1. Storage

HDD - Add 1TB along with the current 500GB (7200 RPM preferably?)
SSD - Add 1 mSATA SSD at 128GB (Just for Windows)

2. RAM

1 x 8GB - 1600mhz, 204 pins, Any brands recommended? (Should I get a 1866 instead?)
Future - Add 3 more 8GB

3. GPU

GTX 660M - Any upgrades recommended? Below RM1500 preferably.

Any input and recommendations are greatly apreciated! Pretty sure you guys are better at this than I am.

ur r4 should hv extra slot for hdd.. n go for 2 x 8gb addition

alienware A17FHD-70813G price at RM5800. is it worth?

This post has been edited by stryfox: Jan 4 2017, 01:23 AM

this spec ?

Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ-2.6GHz
8GB DDR4 RAM
1TB SATA HDD
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX970M
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
1 Years Dell ProSupport

yes. room for upgrade? ssd? review?

not worth, as look at the ces 17 (global consumer electronics and consumer technology tradeshow) that on going now, numerous of newer model with gtx1050 , GTX ti , 7 th gen has announce

Thanks bro. just thinking to buy old model for less than RM6k. upgrade from my current AW 14