Yay my M11x R3 Arrived

This was my specification:

210-35971 Alienware M11x : Nebula Red
213-13610 Processor : Intel Core i7 2617M 1.5GHz (2.6GHz w/Turbo Boost, 4MB Cache) 1 S
230-11999 Display: 11.6in Widescreen High Definition (1366X768) Truelife WLED 1 S
319-10687 Camera : Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel HD Camera 1 S
320-11774 LCD Back Cover : Nebula Red (WLAN) 1 S
340-25407 Ship Accessory : English Docs 1 S
370-20564 Memory : 6144MB (1x2048 + 1x4096) 1333MHz DDR3 Dual Channel 1 S
400-22772 Hard Drive : 500GB Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive 1 S
450-15241 Power Cord : UK 250V 1 S
450-16858 Power Supply : 90W AC Adapter 1 S
451-11701 Battery : Primary 8-cell 63W/HR LI-ION 1 S
490-12792 Graphics: 2GB DDR3 NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M 1 S
510-10418 Sound Card : Integrated High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio 1 S
555-13745 Wireless : Europe Intel 1000 Wireless Card 1 S
555-13750 Wireless : Europe Dell Bluetooth 375 Card 1 S
583-13971 Keyboard : Internal UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard 1 S
619-23463 Operating System : English Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) 1 S
640-12302 Software : Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic 1 S
644-10025 Avatar : Alienhead 3D 1 S
645-10009 AutoMatic Updates : AutoMatic updates - On 1 S
650-12454 No Software Anti-Virus 1 S
657-10006 Name Plate Engraving : Generic 1 S
754-56825 Standard Service - 1 year of Next Business Day coverage included with your PC 1 S
754-56826 No Warranty Upgrade 1 S
755-10537 No Accidental Damage Support 1 S
799-17251 Alienware M11x Order - UK 1 S

I'll unpack and post some pictures. If you have any specific questions just let me know.

 

synthetic benchmarks
game benchmarks
unboxing pictures
close-up pictures

NOW!!

Just kidding, obviously. Congratulations and let us know your opinion!

 

Wow, I do not believe it but the power plug does not actually fit into the AC adapter.





Also the AC adapter is rather chunky and not thin like the Alienware 17x, and another new Dell Vostro I have. This is the M11x AC adapter:

 

Ya, they should've sent you the thin adapter to be honest. Send them a pic of that, they'll replace it i'm sure.

 

That's a 90W adapter. Looks like it includes the same cable from the R2 adapter but is a different adapter design. Try another clover type cable.

 

just call alienware support they will overnight you the right plug. i called them last night to get screws for the bottom cover of the R2 i just got from the outlet and they were all over it. My unit was perfect except that i guess they dont give there techs the right size screwdrivers.

 

Just on the phone to Alienware support and they confirmed that the adapter is correct, but the clover cable is wrong. I already found a standard clover that fits fine. So I guess all is good.

Now on hold to another customer support agent. In the meantime here is an image of the M11x next to my M17x.

 

is alienware support US-based or India-based? After using the US-based support for my Dell latitude (as opposed to India-based for my older Inspiron), I don't think I can go back lol.

 

i have the R2 and I have the thin power supply. I would call them and complain. At least does the end light up?

 

The first person I spoke to, via a UK support number, was Technical Support engineer in India. After I emailed the images he confirmed the issue and then transferred me to Customer Service, who was American.

They will ship me a new cable. In the meantime I plugged a cable in that actually fits. Just charging the battery to full capacity (currently at 97%). Then I was going to run an MKV file on loop off the hard-disk and monitor the batter-life? Or, should I run some tests? Either way, let me know

 

Can you run WPrime 32M and 1024M please?

 

Will do that now.

Also some more images. Sorry for the quality

 

Will you be able to tell if your m11xR3 supports Sata 3? The thing is no one knows for sure if the new m11xR3 is able to support the new Sata 3(6GB mbps) capabilities. Some say that the specs of the MOBO should support it, but no one can confirm for sure at this time.

 

I second that. wPrime 32MB is a quick and easy win and will indicate CPU performance using all threads.

With wPrime, right click and run as admin.

Gosh, I'm excited. Are you excited.

 

I ran WPrime version 204:

 

Re: m11xR3 supports Sata 3

Mobilezila, not sure how I could check that. Any suggestions?

 

Wow...I'm so jealous. Mine is still in production

 

Yeah mine too. And I ordered it early in the AM on 4/19. I think the 750gb HD I got with it is holding it up, unless it just isn't updating my status.

 

CrystalDiskInfo v3.10.0 should be able to tell you.

My M11xR1 500GB HDD has an SATA/300. (SATA-2)

If you see SATA/600 (SATA-3) then you've got some serious HDD I/O going on.

I note you have a Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive listed. It's SATA-2(3GB).

 

Thanks DrGoodvibes, I would not know what app could do the checking. Would Redback911 be able to see if the system supports Sata3 even though he does not have a Sata3 HDD installed? Hope you would be able to check this out for us Redback911.

 

Ah, it looks like my disk is Sata 2.

 

Thanks but there seems to be something wrong with your 1024M score. Were you multitasking when it was running? My i5 is 2.13Ghz (12x178).

 

Maybe it won't show until you actually have a SATA3 HDD installed?

Wonder if CrystalDiskInfo v3.10.0 only shows you the SATA specs of the currently installed HDD and not what the MOBO actually supports.

 

That's similar wPrime performance compared to a well overclocked R2.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/7161458-post805.html

Based on csufy's testing, you would probably need to overclock a Core i7-640UM to a bus speed of about 175 MHz to keep up with an out of the box R3. Thanks for sharing.

DavyGT: During long term tests, Sandy Bridge is designed to throttle back the amount of turbo boost and slow down a little so that's probably what happened during the 1024M test.

 

That doesn't account for the 1024M score though. EDIT: Oh I see. Let's get an i7 at 175mhz and compare both scores.

 

If using ThrottleStop, he should be able to see the CPU power consumption drop about 30 seconds into a longer benchmark test like wPrime 1024M and the amount of turbo boost and multiplier will drop right along with it. That's how Intel has designed Turbo Boost 2.0 that Sandy Bridge uses.

 

Congrats! u lucky champ.... please do some game related benchmark, crysis ?

 

That brings up a question I have had....

...so we WILL be able to use throttlestop with the R3?

 

Congrats Redback911 looks fab. Mine is hopefully arriving this week, pending dam royal wedding bank holidays argh!!! I have same part number power cord and power supply as your order. I wonder if it was a one off mistake or the Chinese are going to send them all out with the wrong cable!!

Just out of curiosity on the American dell site under accessories you can get the slim line power supply. However you can’t order it on Uk website when buying m11x r3? Is this one below the same as the US as I will probably get it if there is a significant difference in size and weight to the one that gets shipped?

DELL Dell - UK / Irish - 90W - 3 Pin - AC Adapter - 2M - Kit : Laptop Accessories - Accessories | Dell UK

 

@Uncle - For Sandy Bridge and Game play, since you need consistent performance rather than the "up down" or "yo yo" effect of Level 2 turbo and Level 1, would it be better for the CPU sensor to lower the TDP threshold on level 2 and only allow level 1 to engage?

My thinking...

You got a bclk of 100 x 12 stock. Level 2 turbo kicks it up to 25, then backs down after 30 seconds but the cpu is now hot so you get very little turbo, say 15, then it senses it has cooled so back up to 24, now back down to 15 or 16. Yo Yo. Why not just have it at 20 all the time rather than Yo Yo?

What is your thoughts on this? My preference, ALWAYS MY PREFERENCE is to have consistent performance for gaming.

 

Oh dear, the only game I play is Eve Online

EDIT

Hmm, I have a few Steam games like Shogun 2 and Civ 5.

 

I think CrystalDiskInfo only reports the HDD speed and type of the Disk being viewed.

I don't think CrystalDiskInfo shows the bus/controller speed.

I had a quick look around and can't seem to find anything that does it.

I know if you put a HDD into a notebook and it's faster than the controller can handle, it does note the maximum speed of the HDD and the current speed of the controller. This can be seen using HDTune.

 

Any word on fan behavior? Silent when doing normal tasks? Movie watching? I am just curious how this revision behaves since R1 & R2 had a bit of complaints initially.

 

Been waiting for the box since 830AM its now 130PM i might fall asleep! ;(

 

Ha ha ha, that's like me. I bought the game Crysis 1.0(My only game) just so I could compare FPS on the M11xR1 GT 335M.

Judging by the books (networking) you have on your shelf, there are other things than games. Good to see.

One could always bang out a 3DMark06 run to appease the punters.

Isn't it fun being the first and being mob benchmarked.

 

Congrates RedBack911. I know the list of to do for you is big and growing I don't want to add more

I just noticed my US order has a different part number for adapter

331-2219 Alienware M11x 90W A/C Adapter

why did they give you thick brick, at least I am expecting a slim one. For the moment I can only sigh in desperation.....Oh!!! I need it in my hands badly and it is still in production

 

Yup mine part number is 331-2219 Alienware M11x 90W A/C Adapter im expecting a slim one too! come one fed ex guy! lol

 

Have you observed this yo yo effect when gaming?

Turbo boost is just an algorithm to perform a (usually short duration) task as efficiently as possible. If under consistent CPU load, the CPU should stabilize on a certain frequency (and number of cores), while not exceeding TDP/TDC limits. I only imagine very small fluctuations while gaming.

 

Indeedy, although its a little chunkier its not so heavy as another slim PSU I have for a Vospro. Actually, I plan to grab a third party lightweight PSU so not too fussed.

 

Very quiet so far, the only noise has been an occasional click of the hard-disk. I have used it for web browsing and playing a HD movie (MKV) file with no noise/fan increase.

 

Nope, playing Eve Online is perfectly smooth frame-rate and cores seem stable.

 

Hurry!!!! lol Mine just shipped, hopefully next week I'll have my grubby mitts all over it

 

Reback, need more info pls like the fan and battery life with just wifi on and web browsing?

Is the fan quiet and idle while surfing only? Because we had this problem with the r1 where when idle or just surfing the fan will just turn on in full power blasting like it has a mind of its own.

 

i would like to know how overclockable your gpu is. and what fps you get at 1080p in eve online. or maybe left 4 dead 2.

 

oh another thing red, is the power supply plug lights up blue like the one from r2?

 

Its been running for 3hrs, downloading files updates etc. and I have no heard the fans. Then I started 3Dmarks and it sounds like a small jet engine. Its drowned out by the M15x though

 

Negative, no LED at all on cable. Only LED is on the PSU.

 

Just ran 3Dmark: Result

 

Great Score!

@Red - 3dmark score, is that stock or OC gpu? Also is the GPU supposed to show the intel hd one or the nvidia 540?

I don't really care for optimus but god knows Im about to be forced to deal with it.. ugh... (think positive Steven, think positive Steven)

 

I think with Optimus it always lists the Intel graphics on the 3dmark score even though the benchmark uses Nvidia. I know it has for me when I ran 3dmark.