[BonzoDog]

Because of my new job I've been able to save up a fair bit of money and will continue to save up. To keep on working i needed some motivation - something to look forward to / work towards; therefore deciding to save up for a laptop. Not just an ordinary laptop, i'm looking for a top of the range gaming laptop to maybe even replace my desktop.

The one I'm really eager to get is the Alienware 17x:

I'm willing to spend up to roughly £1300 on a gaming laptop, if I were to do that with this laptop the specs I would get are:
Intel® Core™ i7-3610QM (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660M
6144MB (1x2GB + 1x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
500GB 7,200rpm SATA 6Gb/s HDD
17.3" WideHD+ (1600 x 900 ) WLED LCD

The reason I made this topic was not to brag as i'm sure many of you have gaming laptops, I wanted to ask for some advice.
my question is "are there any better alternatives to this for less wonga with equal to or better benchmarks + reviews?"
The trouble is i'm a novelty person, it's going to be really hard to change my mind from an alienware (many reasons for this: looks, popularity of the device, better support online due to popularity etc.), maybe you could recommend somewhere I could get one cheaper?. cheaper alternatives I've already found to the alienware are:
Dell XPS 17"
Dell Inspiron 17"

the trouble is not only are these similar prices but they have been slightly outclassed by the alienware in all reviews I've seen so far + look no way near as god damn sexy. Thanks if you actually bothered to read this, please reply soon <3

Edit: I'm UK, don't give me no god damn foreign websites.

[cheese]

"6144MB (1x2GB + 1x4GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Dual Channel"

Would expect more for the money.

[Rossbach]

Ross can get a desktop with same specs + more (3 TB Hard drive, 32 GB ram) for $1,500 at most.


@ Cheese, ya should expect around 8-16GB, but it is a laptop.

Worst part about a laptop is the difficulty to upgrade parts.

[Zack66775]

Pretty sure you are looking at the best... If you don't want to spend more. If so you could look at this http://promotions.newegg.com/Samsung/12-2689/index.html

or the M18X Alienware. (total amazingness!!!)

[Iridion]

i've been told alienware is just extremely overpriced. i never tried myself tho

[grant746]

i prefer MSI gaming laptops cuz they're a lot cheaper and have just as good specs as alien ware especially for the new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M they got
http://www.msimobile.com/gaming/default.aspx

[cheese]

I've been told alienware is just extremely overpriced.

You have been informed correctly mr kebab

[Iridion]

/total newbie post
for my desktop i went to a place where they built computers: you could either choose between three categories (multimedia, gaming, forgot the third c:) and three setups for each category OR they could build a computer under your preferences and with the parts you chose. you could look around you if there's a place that does same stuff with laptops. my desktop now is as powerful or a little less powerful than actual computers that some friends of mine bought at the same price so it was a very good choice

[cheese]

My friend builds laptops and is a network specialist also, so no, i'm not wrong. Alienware are overpriced.

[cybercjt]

/total newbie post
for my desktop i went to a place where they built computers: you could either choose between three categories (multimedia, gaming, forgot the third c:) and three setups for each category OR they could build a computer under your preferences and with the parts you chose. you could look around you if there's a place that does same stuff with laptops. my desktop now is as powerful or a little less powerful than actual computers that some friends of mine bought at the same price so it was a very good choice

^ this

[Allie]

My friend builds laptops and is a network specialist also, so no, i'm not wrong. Alienware are overpriced.

Allie's a network administrator. Network administrators/specialists don't know shit about laptop prices.
lulz
But I can tell you all about ISRs.

[Iridion]

My friend builds laptops and is a network specialist also, so no, i'm not wrong. Alienware are overpriced.

Allie's a network administrator. Network administrators/specialists don't know shit about laptop prices.
lulz
But I can tell you all about ISRs.

dont start talking in third person like ross does plz

[cheese]

My friend builds laptops and is a network specialist also, so no, i'm not wrong. Alienware are overpriced.

Allie's a network administrator. Network administrators/specialists don't know shit about laptop prices.
lulz
But I can tell you all about ISRs.

Read the first 4 words of my post.
lulz.....

[Adamp]

what about this asus
http://uk.asus.com/Notebooks/Gaming_Powerhouse/G74SX/

[Rossbach]

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I've been told alienware is just extremely overpriced.

You have been informed correctly mr kebab

^^ wrong. what is true is that their desktops are, you can EASILY build a better gaming rig for less than half the price of an alienware laptop; whereas their laptops have the best capable specs out there.

i prefer MSI gaming laptops cuz they're a lot cheaper and have just as good specs as alien ware especially for the new NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 680M they got
http://www.msimobile.com/gaming/default.aspx

thanks for the recommendation butve had a look and not only is the price too similar but the alienware always comes on top.

btw STOP GIVING ME U.S WEBSITES GUYS! i'm U.K, i made that clear in my thread :L

Pretty sure you are looking at the best... If you don't want to spend more. If so you could look at this http://promotions.newegg.com/Samsung/12-2689/index.html

or the M18X Alienware. (total amazingness!!!)

"if you don't want to spend more, buy the more expensive version of the alienware with the same specs starting at an extra £400."

I kid, I kid... thanks I guess :

Ross can get a desktop with same specs + more (3 TB Hard drive, 32 GB ram) for $1,500 at most.


@ Cheese, ya should expect around 8-16GB, but it is a laptop.

Worst part about a laptop is the difficulty to upgrade parts.

^^ this is what i'm looking for... but i need links! No U.S please <3

Make the computer yourself. Dunno any links for the UK.