Pros
- Lights/colors are fun
- Superb gaming performance, excellent battery life
Cons
- hard drive is a little small (500GB)
- Heavy
At A Glance
A huge, powerful desktop replacement at a surprisingly affordable price.
Manufacturer’s Description
Alienware™ M17x delivers excellent system performance and gaming graphics, plus laptop mobility for when you want to pack up and get moving.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Cache size | 8.0 KB |
| Processor count | 4 |
| Processor speed | 2600.0 MHz |
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Memory | |
| Memory speed | 1600.0 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory size | 8000.0 MB |
| Memory max | 32.0 GB |
| Display | |
| Display type | Glossy LCD with LED Backlight |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| Display size | 17.3 inches |
| Storage | |
| Hard Drive Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Drives included | 1.0 |
| Other storage |
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| Drive size | 500.0 GB |
| Ports and Connections | |
| SD/MMC Card | 1 |
| Audio Interfaces | RCA Digital Coax (S/PDIF) |
| Video Interfaces |
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| MultiMedia Card (MMC) or MultiMediaCard (MMC) | Yes |
| Wireless connection | 802.11 n |
| Available Interfaces |
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| Slots |
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| SDHC Card or Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) | 1 |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight with Accessories | 11.7 pounds |
| Height | 1.7 inches |
| Weight | 9.6 pounds |
| Depth | 12.0 inches |
| Width | 16.1 inches |
| Sound | |
| Speakers | Stereo |
| Storage Media | |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Included Software | CyberLink PowerDVD 9.6; |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Other Features | |
| Devices |
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| Input devices | Keyboard (backlit) |
Performance
| Overall Performance | |
|---|---|
| Worldbench Score | 146 |
| Worldbench Version | 7 |
| Battery | |
|---|---|
| Battery Life | 5:21 (hh:mm) |
| Start Up | |
|---|---|
| Start Up | 24.7 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| PCMark 7 Productivity Suite | 4549 score (higher is better) |
| Web Browsing | |
|---|---|
| Web Performance | 16.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Storage Performance | |
|---|---|
| File Compression | 390 seconds (lower is better) |
| Hard Drive File Operations | 370.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Power Usage | |
|---|---|
| Working power usage | 5.9 Watt hours |
| WorldBench Green Score | 67 |
| Idle power usage | 20.6 Watts |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 167.5 seconds (lower is better) |
| Audio Encoding | 113.8 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 138.3 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 800x600 | 95.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 96.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 800x600 | 164 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 88.5 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1366x768 | 158.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 129.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 | 42.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Ultra Quality, 1920x1080 | 65.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1920x1080 | 61.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 800x600 | 199.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1366x768 | 191.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Dirt 3, Low Quality, 1920x1080 | 177.4 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 800x600 | 90.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Crysis 2, High Quality, 1366x768 | 86 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Gaming Score | 96 |
