*OFFICIAL* Alienware 14 Owner's Lounge Thread

You shouldn't have any trouble with it, I haven't heard any news of throttling cards. If anything comes up just send me a PM and I'll get on it asap.

You can, it won't void your warranty.

 

I was concerned if they throttle if they hit 67C like the GT 650m. Is what i meant.

 

From my understanding with GPU Boost 2.0, 80*C is like the max temp the GPU will go but it will like overclock itself base on temps. I could be wrong though because it's a mobile GPU, does anyone know?

 

It's certainly not something that's supposed to happen. If it does, call it in as any problem under warranty.

 

Edit wrong part of forum

 

My Alienware 14 shipped yesterday at 1:05 AM from TN (to NC). Expected delivery is tomorrow! Super excited!

Upgrades on Base 14 Model:
- Memory : 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz
- Graphics : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5
- 750GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s + 64GB mSATA SSD Caching
- Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BD-ROM, DVD/RW, CD-RW)
- Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and Bluetooth 4.0
- 14.0 inch (355.6 mm) WLED FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare Display
- Accidental Damage Service, 1 Year

Thanks for all the info guys! NBR has been a great resource during the "In-Production" wait!

 

Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and Bluetooth 4.0, that's the same as the Killer NIC 1202 right?

I've been reading reviews on the 1202, and it's a very nice wifi card. Is the Ethernet port also Killer NIC?

All AW 14 models come with the Killer 1202 correct?

 

No, it replaces the base Wireless Card of: Killer NIC 1202 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 4.0.

I've read good things about the Killer NIC 1202 as well, but wanted to go with 802.11 ac as it's more "future-proof" with 802.11 ac most likely becoming the standard (as opposed to N) in the next few years.

 

Low end models come with the 1202 Killer. It is also the NIC. Yes.

The top end models come with Broadcom. It supports ac which is gigabit wifi.

 

So the Broadcom 4352 is better then the 1202?

 

Do the new models still come with Windows and driver discs?

 

Broadcom 4352 supports 802.11 ac which is a newer / better Wireless standard (draft still?) then 802.11 n. The Killer NIC 1202 does not support 802.11 ac.

802.11 ac (i.e. gigabit wi-fi) can be up to 3 times faster in bandwidth then 802.11 n in theory. Of course, to see this increased throughput you'd need to buy a new Wireless Router that supports the 802.11 ac standard (around $150-$200+ currently).

 

Nope, no CDs.

 

Thanks for the pics Asher. I can tell from looking at the pics of the screen that it is IPS and has a very rich color which explains the 72% color gamut. I gotta ask you this though, if you can check real close, is the screen really clear without the smudgy grainy look on it? I know some Chi Mei panel especially their matte screens have that grainy look on their screens.

Can you also tell me what manufacturer the panel is? You can do this by going to your device manager then to monitors and then properties and then details tab then arrow down to hardware id.

 

Hey, what are your thoughts on the screen? I've heard it is really dark. And is there anything else you do not like about the laptop?

 

My new AW 14 arrived today and came with Windows CD and resources CD.

 

Well I stand corrected

Did you order Windows 7 by any chance?

 

Post some screens and benchmarks russchilds.

 

It did for me, windows 7 disc and resources disk

 

it says: MONITOR\AUO113D
Hope this helps you out (A) It's a little bit grainy if you move closer but I don't mind when using it with normal distance.

 

I've now played for over an hour (dead island on max settings, not that demanding but still) and here is a screen of my HWmonitor:



the fan noise was still the same!

I'm now going to take some pictures for you, don't feel like sleeping just yet

 

Those seem like some decent temps so far :thumbup:

 

Here they finally are, some pictures of your requested things (A) Notice how I zoomed in on the screen in picture 4 while the screen remains excellent
I feel this is the best laptop I could have gotten and I don't regret ordering this at all!
The quality of my pictures aren't great, sorry for that. I don't have much experience shooting on low ISO in a dark room

 

barely playable, but if you would set it one step lower it was great

edit: this was a response to: Asher, what FPS did you get when playing on Ultra? Might aswell buy the AW 14 than instead of the Clevo P170SM.
from: 1nstance

 

Allright man, thanks.

 

Well, there already are some pictures posted around the web, I even posted a link a few pages back to some japanese forum which had a lot of great quality pictures!
If you look around this thread you would find some more pictures but yeah..
If you still want them, here they are :



sorry for the really low quality, lighting conditions are really bad and I'm not an experienced photographer

 

here is another picture from the top (It couldn't fit in the post above me )

 

Sorry guess I just got want to see as many pics as I can. I was experiencing some doubt, but these have me anxious to get mine! Shipped today

Thanks for the pics :thumbup:

 

No need to feel sorry mate
I love to help out but I thought you might not have seen the pictures I posted before haha

congrats on your new system! I'm sure you will be loving it just as much as I do

 

Is the screen too dark for you? anything you don't like about this laptop? Would appreciate a response
Cheers

 

Can you pick up chicks with this laptop? Maybe I should change my lights to purple. Lol

Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

 

I think it's not too dark, I can go outside and still see everything well because of the anti-glare. If it had even an higher brightness, I would probably always set it at around half the capabilities, even outside.
So I really like the screen. The one thing that's not that nice is the edge, it cuts in your wrists, but if positioned correctly it isn't a problem. One other thing is the switching between the GPU's, I don't quite understand it so I always use the reboot option (which is bound to fn + f5 ). But still not that much of an issue.

For me, this is the best laptop I could buy. I don't regret it at all!

Cheers!

edit: scrap that GPU thing, I didn't know about the white-list feature thanks to Kevinmcg I know it now

 

Well, of course it says something about the person using it. But it isn't that over the top and it looks like a beast, so the ''çhicks'' wouldn't mind. So I think you wouldn't pick them up, but they won't think like ''what a geek!'' in a negative way. It's actually quite interesting instead of the always ruling macbook (ruling in the way most people have it). It's something different and I bet they'll like it.

Source: My girlfriend likes this laptop a lot

 

That's an impressive game collection you got there on Steam, Asher .

 

Haha, thanks!
Humble bundle made a lot of this possible, plus the steam discounts. I really love steam's cloud service I guess

 

I ordered my computer on 6/14 with 1080p and 765m, my edd is 7/22 but i think its going to come much sooner? Anyone on the same boat. I live in Connecticut?

 

In regards to the keyboard, is it mechanical or membrane?

 

I just received my Alienware 14 about 2 hours ago with 1080p and 765m. My EDD date was 7/18 and I ordered on 6/17. East coast US as well.

 

Was it unexpected or did your order ship on the order status page?

 

It was expected. I received a shipping email from Dell on 7/1 and when I checked the Order Status it did show shipped with the tracking number.

 

@Mysfit,

Gratz on your laptop bro, can you please post CPU/GPU load and idle thermals while gaming? Use HWMonitor if you can.

Thanks!

 

It's not mechanical
I don't really need an mechanical keyboard anyway, but it kind of sucks that there was this guy in one of the e3 vids showing the alienware 14 and saying it has an mechanical structure to it (it was a person from alienware who said that).
But still the keyboard does a really good job and feels so nice

 

He meant that the keyboard has a metal plate underneath for good response and minimal flex. A Dell rep on this forum corroborated it.

 

Oooh I see.. thanks for correcting me then!
It's not like I expected a mechanical keyboard in the first place so I don't really mind .

 

Could you take the back plate off? I've been dying to see what it looks like inside.

 

Just ordered mine the estimated arivial date is 7/24 but i need it for summer school which starts that day... any hope of getting it earlier then expected?

 

Just order mine July 2nd, my EDD is August 1st x_X, I'm from México so it has to travel a long way to get here

1 210-AAOY Alienware 14 : Standard Base
1 340-ABEV Documentation, Spanish
1 370-AANG 16GB Dual Channel DDR3L at 1600MHz
1 400-AARN 64GB mSATA SSD Cache
1 429-AACX Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader
1 470-AAKE US 110V Power Cord
1 490-BBFM NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5
1 555-BBEQ Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and Bluetoo
1 580-ABDR Spanish Keyboard
1 619-ABUO WIN 8 EM,64,SPN,CSMR,LATAM
1 658-BBOD Broadcom 4352 Driver
1 916-1247 NO WARRANTY YRS 2-3 (NBD) LA/BZ
1 939-3806 HW WRTY + SVC,ANWNB1NBDM2,UNY,INIT,LA
1 939-3826 BASIC NBD OS,ANWNB1NBDM2,UNY, INIT, LA
1 939-3876 COMPLETE CARE SVC,ANW NB,BAND 2,1 YR,LA
1 320-BBCS Anodized Aluminum
1 328-BBDH Shipping Material
1 338-BCDR 4th Gen Intel Core i7-4800MQ
1 340-ACQQ Not Included
1 340-ACXS MOD,PLCMT,LTR,ANW,SPN,WW
1 391-BBDL 14 inch WLED FHD (1920 x 1080) Display
1 430-XYGQ Cyberlink Media Suite BD
1 450-AAGT Power Supply : Alienware 150W AC Adapter
1 451-BBBZ Primary 6-cell 69W/HR
1 640-BBLF Software Alienware Command Center 3.0
1 658-BBMG Resource DVD

The same day I order it enter into production it was really fast for me... I hope it get before the EDD

 

I would help you out but I'm not sure if it would void the warranty..
If it doesn't void the warranty I guess I could do that! I'll see when I get the time

 

Hey, I ordered mine the same day, and the EDD is August 20th! And I'm in France....

EDIT: my bad, it was the backpack EDD of my alienware is July 17th! yey!

 

You will not void the warranty if you do not damage the system.