Alienware & RAM? Area-51M R2 vs. M17 R3 (The Angry Layman)

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09.06.2017

[gjvah]

The machines you're comparing are different classes my dude. Desktop vs mobile parts makes a noticeable difference.

[tomb]

Yah, I wish I got a Clevo with the same specs. Friggen dells has locked the XMP functions if you don't buy it with 64 at 2900 or 32 at 3200 on the Alienware A51m r2

[stnilus]

I purchased a M51 R2 with the 360hz screen, 32gb 3200mhz ram, a 10700k and a 2070 super. I did this because the prices on midrange and higher GPUs are so exorbitant that any cost savings from building a tower are gone, and I wouldn't even be able to take it with me on business trips. Thin and light gaming laptops were a mistake. My m15 r4 with a 1070 cooked itself to death after a year of use and if I hadn't bought the warranty I would have eaten the cost of it. I think the mistake I made was thinking it would handle VR. Yes, it can produce playable framerates, but it cannot keep itself cool enough long term. My hope is that the M51 will give me enough thermal overhead to provide high refresh rates and some WMR VR gaming on the side without cooking itself to death. I don't care about 4k. 4k is a meme. To Dell's credit, they sent someone to my house to fix it in 3 business days. Their warranty is actually worth the money. The comparison to Apple is valid I guess. I think most of the hatred is just sour grapes from people who can't afford nice things because they're not willing to work hard for them. If you call Dell directly and ask nicely they will take a lot off the price and even throw in some goodies. I got almost 1k off the sticker price for my laptop and even got a free hoodie.

[justswitched]

I hate how u can’t upgrade the 2060 or 5700 to the 300 hz panel . They force you to get the 2070 super.

[hurricaneaquatics]

I just bought an M17 R3 a week ago. It's the rtx 2070 with 300hz screen. To my utter disgust, you can't upgrade the RAM and I got 16gb. I wonder how long 16gb will be good for? I am super tempted to send it back and get the base model Area 51M R2 for around 2100. I paid 1650 for my current and its a beast. Not sure what to do as the Area 51m R2 is a 2060. Thoughts? Especially on the 16gb RAM. That should be enough for a long time, but open to thoughts. Oh as an edit, I got the exact machine you were looking at for 1660.00 US Dollars. So that was a smoking deal, hate to give it up over soldered RAM.