Using Alienware's BEST Laptop... 8 Years Later!

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Today we're cleaning up and using a cheap Alienware 17 laptop I bought from Facebook Marketplace. As far as I know this was the best one from 2014. But can you still game on this 8 year old device? Let's find out :)

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[mbrooker]

I rebuild/refurbish these laptops as a little side hobby and it's fun to see other people still using them. They were the last of the truly upgradeable Alienware laptops. They can even take a Quadro RTX 3000.

[wizzrobe]

I used one of these with for a while and stuck in a 4930mx and put in an MSI 1070 MXM. With some other mods and some custom heatsinks, it performed quite well. The only limitation was the max of around 118-122 watts the MXM slot could provide for the GPU.

[Obie]

I ended up going with the ASUS Rog Strix 17incher in October of 2014. My unit was equipped with 12 gigs of ram and the GTX 860m Maxwell GPU. This gaming Laptop is still a beast and I use it as my mobile Vacation/travel system when away. Rock solid and surprisingly fast to this day. I can't believe it's been 8 years since I bought new!? Great Laptop when Laptops were built like tanks. Thanks Psivewri for the review!

[iSamYTBackup]

for the money that's a damn good laptop

[Code_String]

Damn, seeing this is.. something. I have an m17x R4 and 17 R1 laying around. They were the main laptops before I gave everyone appropriate 2021/2022 laptops. Loved their modularity, it made me a lot more confident at dismantling laptops entirely.

Albeit these computers aren't being used much anymore, I've planned on getting rid of the MXM GPUs and keep them as backup/server machines with a little touch of novelty.

[WweBreezybre]

I was trying to stop mine from constantly restarting a couple months back. Maybe the gpu fan shutting off may have been my problem. I'll have to give that fan curve program a shot to see if it'll fix my problem.

[Gadgetman]

One of the best things about this particular model is how if you wire a PS3/console to the HDMI it doubles as a handy on the go monitor with really good sound, I loved mine until the mobo went belly up and cooked both my GPU and itself, awesome video dude!!

[CYBRK]

My rule for gaming laptops: they are fine AS LONG as you dont expect to play the latest games. Usually theyre better for games that came out 3 - 5 years ago. Of course for small indie games they're fine.

[Wile._E_Shitterman]

my uncle had bought this around when it came out and i grew up playing this, he passed in 2018 and got passed down to me and played it practically every day, sadly it stopped working, probably fixable but it's great to see that this laptop is still a good option for today

[siamfoxtyson]

I have an Alienware 18, had it for 2 years, it's still a beast today!

[thomasmacdonough]

I still use a very similar laptop to this, a late 2015-17R3 with a 4k display, 970M, i7 and 16gigs of ram. Its served me well for 7 years, and by God it'll serve me many more. Its archaic, gets hot asf, and weighs half a ton, yet it's still strong enough to do what I need it to do, truly a fantastic machine.

[mitchelldrake]

This was my first gaming laptop and I still use it after upgrading some parts. It basically functions as a desktop for me

[stevens]

I remember wanting one of these. Their desktops at the time had the same light/material design

[unicodefox]

I actually had the 14" version of this machine, not as high specced though (4th gen i5, GTX 750M, 8GB DDR3 & shipped 750GB WD Black), and it was a TANK (I have let the magic smoke out, twice, and it still works) and ran better than newer machines in some environments due to the massive amounts of cooling.

[unbrokendawn]

would like to see some mkb related contents from you, psiverwri. especially that you own a keychron q8 @ 6:30. Would love to see you modding that keeb

[frostqueenmag]

If that thing costs $3000 out of the store it better last forever

[notfrostydev]

I have always wanted one of those when it was released.

[Jack_Meadows]

Nice Keychron Q8! Just pi ked one up myself and love the Aloce layout 😃

[Cmdrbzrd]

Mobile Haswell processors are still great, and the graphics card can still be upgraded quite a bit. Would be a venerable machine with 32GB of ram, a large SSD(Or two), an I7-4810MQ and at least a 980M.

[SgtFurby]

Still rocking my 2015 Alienware 17 R3.

Replaced the battery once, 6 years later.

Will likely have to replace the battery again at a similar interval.

Fantastic unit.

Will be with me until it finally dies.