Alienware X17 R2 Review!

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0:00 Intro
0:59 Specs
1:20 Design & Build Quality
1:43 Touchpad
2:00 Keyboard
2:56 Pricing
3:26 Ports
4:51 Battery
5:28 Sound Quality
6:01 Webcam
6:13 Fan Noise
6:34 Thermals
7:11 Performance
8:19 Creative App Puget Benchmarks
8:42 Gaming Benchmarks
9:04 Software
9:33 Display Quality
9:57 Top 3 Cons
10:43 Top 3 Pros
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[mikecrofts]

I've spent the last month researching my next laptop. I enjoyed your delivery and the cons don't really effect/bother me. I went for a I7/3070Ti which I think is the sweet spot for the resolution.
My first Alienware machine. Thanks for helping me make my decision.

[utfzq]

Man, I swear this is by far the most satisficing Alienware x17 r2 review. All the cons and pros are so well sum up, not a signal word is wasted. Thanks for your work and keeps producing this kind of quality content.

[ericbauer]

Been testing my x17 R2 for a week now and the speakers are actually really good as soon as you open up dolby atmos and switch to dynamic mode. Its the best sound ive heard from a laptop

[Molderianz]

Great review justin, however its almost always that the top model of any computer gets reviewed, and the results are often what you would expect from such specs. I think it would be great to at least mention the lower models with the 3060 and 3070, as im sure many people will be aiming for those. Thanks!

[mccdan]

Thanks for the great review. I think there is a second type of market for this kind of Laptops: Software engineer and obviously 3D artists. I am a software architect and I am also a casual gamer. I bought the fully loaded i9 version of the X17 R2 and absolutely love it. I run a lot of Docker containers and virtual machines and occasionally run 3D programs. My previous laptop was a Dell XPS 15 2020 fully loaded and I see a big difference in performance and fans noise. For non gaming stuff, I rarely ear the fans and the temperature is pretty low: 39-43 Celsius idle to about 60 when doing day to day tasks. Keep up the good work!

[John-snhl]

Your review was honestly the best I have seen. You will have millions of subscribers soon.

Why on earth would they remove the colored track pad and go backwards?

The things that still make 0 sense to me on a computer of this price as you mentioned:

-crap Webcam
-no lighted secondary keys
- no lights above plugs on back
-no number pad
-worse speakers than last year

None of this makes any sense at all. Thanks for making a video on it because most people don't point out this stuff.

[ourlifeforjesus]

Thank you for that nice Video! I ordered the R2 maxed out, as my first ever gaming Laptop as a Desktop replacement. The Design is just the best!

[wrennable]

never heard of you before.... but how the hell do you have less than 20K subs???? your production quality is fantastic.

[abhigyandatta]

The 3080ti+ i7, with 512GB SSD and normal keyboard on Dell sells for $3249 ($50 more for 1 TB SSD). I think that’s actually a pretty decent launch price considering the Raider with the same gpu and cpu goes for $3599. Dell’s annual 10% off sales are coming next month, could be worth it then.

[alessiochirenti]

My r2 is on the way, it should deliver in about 10 days and I can’t wait anymore!! It’s my first top quality gaming laptop so the hype is real.

I ordered one with i9 12th gen, 3080ti, 32gb ram, 165hz, 1Tb ssd and 3 years premium support. The total cost was just about 300€ more than the r1 with the same specs but with 11th gen and 3080, so I am more than happy to pay a few more to have the top of the top, even if it is just a small boost in performance.

Also, bad thing they removed rgb trackpad but great thing they redesigned the power brick, since I’ll take the laptop on the move and the last power brick was really unmanageable.

Thanks for the review tho, keep it up!

[RyanYu]

That's a lot of data man! Also, I love your B-rolls. they look so professional.

[ERINYES]

Picked up the R1 with an i9 and 3080 from scratch and dent for a steal! Best windows machine I ever owned. No regrets

[JGSW_]

Me watching this video on a Alienware X17 R2. Great Laptop. I was playing on an Alienware 15 R3 hand-me-down. I could only play semi-demanding games for like 10 minutes before it would get too hot and the gameplay would start to glitch. Then I worked alotta OT, saved money, and bought me this gorgeous laptop. Also the company I work for has a partnership with Dell so I got it on an Employee discount plus BlackFriday Sale discount. This laptop does get hot especially when playing on High Settings. A simple TCC command via Bios and you it lowers it to a programmable max temperature.

[danielm]

I ordered the x17 r2 today with i7, rtx 3070 ti, 32gb ram, cherry keyboard, 360 htz 1080p screen and 2TB ssd.

My chase rewards card declined the order because of their stupid fraud protection in much the same way they did for my hp omen 45l. After some cuss words to the operator they took protection off and was able to retry card on the same order.

The turning point for me was when dell offered a limited time 200 dollars off which put it at 2950 and 3126 after taxes. It would have only been 2800 without the upgraded keyboard and 360 htz screen but i decided to use my savings to get the upgrades.

[tracker]

Nice review again Justin keep'em coming. Cant wait for the Corsair i7300 full review ordered that one myself. Just got tired of Dells proprietary desktop for the pass 13 years and also had send back the Alienware R13 back in December after dealing with it for 5 days. The graphics card had a issue and they were trying to give me the run around for as long as they could but I didnt fall for it

[Aetherlight]

I actually just got the X17 R2 i9 / 3080Ti. The performance is amazing on it, though the fans do kick in to max seemingly randomly (sometimes when afk in-game) and it's pretty loud. The system also doesn't like opening chrome when in game, because that kicks the fans to max, as well. I can live with the secondary rgb not being lit, but I do wish there was a number pad and side ports. I got the standard keyboard and it really is amazing to type on. Best keyboard I've used. Overall, the system is a beast and I love it. I kind of wish there were more screen options, but the 1080p at 360 and 1 ms response is actually pretty perfect. I will take fps over a bit of resolution any day. Like you said, and I agree, the price point and availability compared to competition is worth it if you're trying to max out.

Edit: I also want to add, actually, that I am disappointed that HDR seems to not be supported for this screen. I would have expected it be standard on a system of this price point.

[adrianlobono]

Thank you for your honest review and hard work! I have the x17 3080 and really don't see the need to upgrade now. I see the laptop as a stop gap until love lace gpus come out.

[mattmoore]

I snagged one of the last r1s on Dells site. I9, 3080, 120 hz 4k screen and 64 gigs XMP ram. After discounts it was 2800, 3.1k after tax with 2 years premium support and 2 years accident protection. Everyone was talking about how overpriced they are. Without looking at what the current market prices is. They are comparing it to mythical computers that are "right around the corner" which will be fast and cheaper and also unavailable.

[danielm]

I called del in india and changed out my original order for a 1080p screen to the 4k screen and managed to keep my original 200 dollar discount. It backed up my ship date to may 13 now but worth it to me for getting the 4k screen over the 1080p 360.