Alienware - R3 17.3" Gaming Laptop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive + 256GB Solid State Drive - Epic Silver
Model: AW17R37092SLV
SKU: 4590902
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Customers are impressed with the R3 17.3" Gaming Laptop's performance and graphics capabilities, finding it smooth, fast, and able to handle demanding games at high settings. The large SSD is also praised for minimizing loading times, and the build quality is considered excellent. There were no negative customer comments reported.
I have owned many gaming laptops. The last two I owned were from Asus and while they were great, they are just in a different league from the alienware. This model came with a 256g PCIE SSD. I ordered a second one and configured a raid 0 stripe, so my boot volume is 500g PCIE raid 0. Very fast. In addition I replaced the 1tb hdd with a 1tb sata drive for raw storage. This model supports the external graphics amplifier. It is a must have. i put a AMD 390x in the amplifier and can play Doom on ultra settings. Also having the amplifier future proofs the laptop as newer FULL LENGTH cards can be put in. The onboard 980m can play doom at near ultra settings maxed out, but as with ANY laptop without upgradeable graphics, it was doomed from the day of purchase. Having an upgradeable external enclosure helps a lot with keeping my purchase from becoming outdated. The build quality is excellent and the keyboard is a 10. The track pad is GOOD but not the same as a MAC... The Macs simply have the best track pads in the industry. Upgrading is very easy on this model. Flip over and take a screw off. I highly recommend this model. Spend a little more. Do not buy any model without an external upgradeable graphics option.
Posted by JudgeNeil
Very great labtop you really get what you pay for. Yes it is very expensive but you can't beat the quality out performs all the competition. Worth saving up for graphics are great strongly recommend buying cool matter for thought can get hot when playing games.
Posted by RavenX815
Love the aesthetics (compared to my original preffered company Asus who has been doing G*d knows what after their very successful "stealth bomber" look) and love that I can throw anything at this machine and it makes mince meat out of it. Love not being tied down to red backlights on my keyboard and the DDR4 Memory along with the 6th generation Skylake...you will not be disappointed.
Posted by garcia400