Did I WIN?!

Hi guys so ive been doing alot of research lately on the M11x r3 which i am waiting to recieve from dell!.... i had no idea about these laptops i just knew alienware was for gaming...i previously owned a toshiba satellite e105...then upgraded to a toshiba satellite e205 ! which i loved alot! was portable ..light and was able to play alot of online games i liked never gave me a problem.. so im excited for this game Diablo 3 im sure you guys have heard of it and decided i might need this powerful m11x r3 i got a -375 coupon got the m11x r3 from dell and ended up paying all together 874 with tax included... did i get it for a good price?! i also was wondering what do you guys recommend for me to do as soon as i get my m11 im so excited i cant wait to see what i was missing... i was also wondering about the over clocking speed is it says 1.6 ghz but it can go up too 2.6 ghz or something like that... sorry for being a noob to this hahaha thank you all for your time!

 

hey congratz on your r3, anyway the 1.6- 2.6 is an automatic overclock called turbo boost and its in all the i5 and i7 processors. it engages when your doing something CPU intensive (i.e. gaming) also, yes thats an awesome price, you paid less for the i7 than the regular price of the i5 is and im assuming u got some other stuff with it too right? (upgraded harddrive, more Ram, etc.)

 

thanks for your reply! ive been creeeping on the forums and finally decided to open an account since i bought one...i ordered it on sunday oct 2 ! and sadly im on a budget..i sold my toshiba satellite e205 for 500...and had about 400 to spare on the R3 .. so i just got everything stock...i made sure igot the i7 though...thanks for answering the auto overclock ! ive also been reading about the wireless...is the stock one not good or what? i also purchased a external cdwriter/reader for 15 buks i cant wait to get it man!

 

the stock wireless card is fine, i got a Bigfoot killer wifi card; biggest POS i ever bought since the guy who pays for the internet refuses to switch to wireless N (even though he has an N router)

 

lmao well that wificard you got sounds legit!...i can't wait to get the R3 any accesories you recommend for me ? all i have now is a logitec wireless mouse ...i was also wondering since i will get the alienware discs i dont need to worry about having a backup on the laptop since i can reformat it when ever i choose to right? also is there any downloads i should get such as drivers or anything that would benefit me ? thanks for your time man and help

 

That is a good price for an R3!

Well done, I'm sure you'll fall in love with it

 

yea man thats why i bought it!! the sale ends oct 12 ! 375 off

 

Dude, can you link me to that deal? Cos i just bought an R2 which is still 'In Production' for the exact same price, and it's not too late to cancel the order and change it!

 

NO PROBLEM WILL DO here you go will be on right top side Alienware M11x R3 Coupons September 2011 | Alienware M11x Coupons hope you can get it!

 

You sure you got the R3 mate? The one with the GT540M? Cos even on that site and after putting one through checkout it's coming to $1,149.00 after the instant savings + $50 coupon.

 

yea man r3 i7 ....put the code...and it deducts it.....put the first code... on the top right

 

The original price is $1,369 and it already has an instant savings of $170 which brings it down to $1,199. With the code "BHW1L0MX0D?MCX" which is the only one i can find for the R3, that only gives it another $50 discount. Far from the $874 you're quoting which is why i wanted to make sure you didn't get the R2 which is what i got for that almost exact same price.

The R2 also has the i7, the difference is the GPU. The R2 has the 335M, the R3 has the 540M. Which does yours have?

 

you know what your right it is the r2 ! ...does the gpu on the r2 and r3 make much diffrence?

 

Yea, thought so. The R3 is still too new to be at such a low price lol. But on the bright side if you used the $315 coupon code you get a brand new R2, not a refurbished one.

The main differences between the two:
1st gen i7 VS 2nd gen i7
4GB RAM standard VS 8GB RAM standard
GT335M VS GT540M

The GPU actually does make a bit of a difference but it all depends on what games you're going to be playing. I play less demanding and slightly older games so for me even the 335M is more than enough to play everything on high settings.

 

He got the R2 with with i7-640 and 335GT.
I did the whole configuration thing and looked at the final specs.
Its still a great laptop with those specs but its not a i7 SB with 540M.
@ OP
You might want to look closer at your final spec sheet order, you might no be ordering the model you think you are.

 

yea im actually chatting with a dell represantative and they might just hook me up i told them how confusing there site is and theyre feeling bad hopefully it works and they hook it up

 

Let me know how it goes, i might have to give it a shot! :laugh:

 

it seems like a hastle the reason i wanted the r3 was to play Diablo 3 when it came out..now im wondering if i should cancel my r2 and pay the diffrence or what....did you get the same thing idid? what do you guys recommend

 

Diablo 3 is next year now right. So no rush probably a r4 by the time it gets released.

 

Yep i got the R2 also, to me the price difference of $300 (after the $170 instant savings) just wasn't worth the extra features since i already have a high-end gaming laptop. I wanted the R2 for portability, and not to mention when i return to Australia i can sell it for about $1,000 2nd hand.

Diablo 3 won't be out until maybe March/April of next year, and that's only if it isn't delayed again. So it depends if you NEED that laptop now or if you want to wait a few months and see if the R3 drops in price or if there's a good coupon code for it by then.