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    Area-51 M18X R2 - The Alienware Strikes Back....

    Discussion in 'Alienware 18 and M18x' started by Oodle-Bear, Oct 10, 2012.

  1. Oodle-Bear

    Oodle-Bear Alienware Mug, Testpilot

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    The winds on the Alienware plain are howling, the chill in the air takes your breath away. Only the glow from the lonely Alienware M18X R2 can keep the cold at bay...

    Tuesday 9th October 2012

    my original order has been canceled and after much deliberation I have now re-ordered and if anything got more than I bargained for... :)

    Processor : 3rd Generation Intel Core i7-3940XM (8MB Cache, up to 3.9GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
    Display : 18.4" WideFHD (1920 x 1080) WLED LCD
    LCD Back Cover : Nebula Red - Anodized Aluminum
    Memory : 16GB (4x4096) 1866MHz DDR3 Dual Channel Kingson HyperX
    Hard Drive : 512GB RAID 0 (2x256GB) Solid State Drives
    Optical Drive : BluRay Combo (Blu-ray read only, DVD, CD read & write)
    Graphics : Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
    Operating System : English Windows 7 SP1 Professional (64 BIT)
    3 Years NBD with Premium Phone Support
    3 years Accidental Damage Protection


    Wednesday 10Th October 2012 - Am

    Order Confirmed... Pre-Production Stage.

    Thursday 10th October 2012 - Pm

    In Production

    Monday 15th October 2012

    The Alienware has landed. She's waiting at home for me...:yes:
     
  2. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    You got yourself a monster there. Enjoy.
    I wish dell offered blue ray writers as an option though.
     
  3. Oodle-Bear

    Oodle-Bear Alienware Mug, Testpilot

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    Thanks T,

    To be honest I'm surprised that with the premium systems that they are, a BluRay player isn't standard, given that the screen is full HD.

    I can't wait to see what she can do.

    OB
     
  4. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Nice system! I ordered mine on the 8th and cannot wait until it gets here, ha ha.

    Let's tear down the 40k 3D Mark Vantage barrier, shall we? :cool:
     
  5. Oodle-Bear

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    I'd like to run mine at 4.5Ghz, as Mr Fox dos but, not sure how to...

    OB

    Order Status.jpg :eek:
     
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    You must use The Force...
     
  7. Oodle-Bear

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    Be guided by you I will...
     
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    Mr. Fox BGA Filth-Hating Elitist®

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    Thanks to Brother John, we have good records. You guys should visit the benching thread a little more often. ;)

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    # USER VER CPU CARD LINK SCORE GPU PHYSX COMBINED GT1 FPS GT2 FPS GT3 FPS GT4 FPS CLOCKS
    1 tecrp1 R2 3920XM GTX680M LINK P13131 14729 11500 8203 68.48 67.22 91.83 45.51 1035/1350
    2 Johnksss R1 2960XM GTX680M LINK P12954 14956 10781 7616 67.29 68.53 94.50 46.56 923/1200
    3 Mr Fox R1 2920XM_QS GTX680M LINK P12875 14832 10692 7650 69.02 69.28 91.59 45.08 920/1200
    4 Postal Painmaker R2 3920XM GTX680M LINK P12812 14621 10531 7996 67.56 67.00 90.37 45.19 1030/1200
    5 Riri-Fifi R2 3920XM_QS HD7970M LINK P12717 13794 11064 9343 56.28 65.34 88.20 44.88 1050/1620
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    # USER VER CPU CARD LINK SCORE GPU CPU GT1 FPS GT2 FPS CPU1 OPS CPU2 OPS CLOCKS
    1 Johnksss R1 2960XM GTX680M LINK P42020 46928 31983 136.76 138.19 4456.51 41.62 1035/1325
    2 Postal Painmaker R2 3920XM GTX680M LINK P40891 46079 30566 133.44 136.56 4221.33 40.72 1030/1200
    3 Mr Fox R1 2920XM_QS GTX680M LINK P40582 45608 30500 133.38 133.81 4259.44 39.45 920/1200
    4 RiRi-FiFi R2 3920XM_QS HD7970M LINK P40667 45213 31244 140.52 124.07 4296.87 42.08 1035/1500
    5 DumbDumb R2 2960XM GTX680M LINK P40490 44637 31663 133.18 128.23 4434.78 40.63 958/1010
     
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  10. TBoneSan

    TBoneSan Laptop Fiend

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    Did you off the 7970's Mr Fox ?
    I'd check out the benchmark thread more but the old 3610qm doesn't let me join in :(
     
  11. J.Dre

    J.Dre Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah, I remember. I've seen that before...I just meant "let's bulldoze the 40k mark" (shove it out of the way - piece of cake, etc.), not really "brake it down", ha ha. My apologies for the misunderstanding.

    I would like to hit 44,000. But for now, I want to game! ;)
     
  12. Oodle-Bear

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    Hi guys,

    I was away over the weekend but, then I got home and checked my email, I found that on Saturday 13th October, I had two emails from Dell. one with an invoice and the other with tracking details for my now shipped M18X... :eek:

    I have watched it via the UPS linked page travel across the world from China and this morning is in out for delivery :biggrin:

    Today will now drag as I want to get home and play :laugh:

    I'll keep you posted...

    OB