Alienware M17X AM17XR3-5001STB Laptop

Alienware M17X AM17XR3-5001STB Laptop Computer is the most powerful 17" gaming laptop in the universe. The Alienware M17X AM17XR3-5001STB Laptop Computer also has plenty of entertainment features including a stunning 17.3" Widescreen LCD display; 2 HDMI Input & Output ports, a slot-Load Dual Layer DVD+/-RW optical drive and internal High-Definition 5.1 Performance Audio with Waves MaxxAudio 3 & 2.1 Speaker config with Audio Powered by Klipsch.

Packing two 500GB 7,200-rpm hard drives, a 2.53-GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300 processor, and 8GB of RAM, it’s a machine that’s packed to the gills. The M17x scored 5,276 points in PCMark Vantage, besting the ASUS W90 (4,542), Gateway P-7807u FX (4,339), and MSI GT725 (4,638) by hundreds of points. It also blew past the 3,788 category average for this test.
We booted our system in 60 seconds, which is 9 seconds faster than the category average. The M17x also performed well on our LAPTOP Transfer Test, where we saw a speed of 37.1 MBps. That’s nearly 10 MBps faster than the MSI GT725—the fastest we’ve tested lately—and almost 15 MBps faster than the category average.

Alienware M17X AM17XR3-5001STB Laptop Specifications

CPU
2.53-GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad QX9300
Operating System MS Windows Vista Home Premium (64 bit)
RAM
8GB
RAM Upgradable to
8GB
Hard Drive Size
1 TB
Hard Drive Speed
7,200rpm
Hard Drive Type
SATA Hard Drive
Display Size
17
Native Resolution
1920x1200
Optical Drive
BD-ROM/DVDRW DL
Optical Drive Speed
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M
Video Memory
2GB
Wi-Fi
802.11a/g/draft-n
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 2.1 EDR
Mobile Broadband
Ports (excluding USB)
Audio-in; Audio-out; DisplayPort; eSATA; Ethernet; Firewire; HDMI; Headphone; Kensington Lock; Microphone; VGA
USB Ports
4
Card Slots
8-1 card reader; ExpressCard
Warranty/Support One-year limited/24/7 toll-free phone/online support
Size 16.0 x 12.6 x 2.1 inches
Weight 11.6 pounds

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