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Are Alienware Systems worth the premium?

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Nope. Unless you can clone your current HD with everything on it, remove everything other than the OS from the clone, put that cloned OS on the SSD, rename the SSD drive to the same letter as the old drive and the delete the OS off the norm HD. That's tricky work. A fresh install is much easier and safer

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Anyone using the Alienware m17x R3 ? and how is the performance with FSX and the 737ngx? I have been planning to buy one directly, since I neither have the time and knowledge to build one ? Any suggestions ?

Alienware M17X R3

i7-2860QM 2.5GHz ( 3.6 Ghz TurboBoost 8Mb Cache )

8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 SDRAM ( 2 x 4GB)

750GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

2GB GDDR5 Nvidia Gefore GTX 580M

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

 

Mark Knowles

First Officer - Boeing 737NG

If you get the cheapest M17x possible, then it won't be very good with FSX. What's your budget?

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Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 |

 

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If you get the cheapest M17x possible, then it won't be very good with FSX. What's your budget?
Budget isnt an issue as long as i get good performance with the FSX. The current specs for M17X R3 i am looking at : Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.2GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 6M cache)8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 X 4GB)2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580MUp to 750GB3 hard drive (7200RPM) Any upgrades on top ?

Alienware M17X R3

i7-2860QM 2.5GHz ( 3.6 Ghz TurboBoost 8Mb Cache )

8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 SDRAM ( 2 x 4GB)

750GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

2GB GDDR5 Nvidia Gefore GTX 580M

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

 

Mark Knowles

First Officer - Boeing 737NG

Could you get the M18x?

Di Agron

 

Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 |

 

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What is the very max you can spend?

Di Agron

 

Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 |

 

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Budget isnt an issue as long as i get good performance with the FSX. The current specs for M17X R3 i am looking at : Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM Processor (2.2GHz, 1600 MHz DDR3, 6M cache)8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 X 4GB)2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 580MUp to 750GB3 hard drive (7200RPM) Any upgrades on top ?
Check this out, looks like it would do very well with FSX http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/15/intel-core-i7-990x-stealthily-hits-shelves-origin-pc-overclocks/

Unfortunately, the m18 isnt yet out in the south east asia. Very max I can spend ? I dont know, till i see a figure..lol Which one ?

Alienware M17X R3

i7-2860QM 2.5GHz ( 3.6 Ghz TurboBoost 8Mb Cache )

8GB 1333Mhz DDR3 SDRAM ( 2 x 4GB)

750GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive

2GB GDDR5 Nvidia Gefore GTX 580M

Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

 

Mark Knowles

First Officer - Boeing 737NG

Check this out, looks like it would do very well with FSX http://www.engadget....-pc-overclocks/
Thats similar to what I was going to suggest haha I suggest This

Di Agron

 

Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 |

 

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Getting back on topic, I am one simmer who will never buy a Dell again. When my XPS died, I tried Digital Storm. I love it! They were very easy to work with and sent almost daily reports during the build to me by email. Just try their website www.digitalstormonline.com

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Thats similar to what I was going to suggest haha I suggest This
I see you decided to downgrade your signature! Shocked.gifWhistle.gif

Glenn

Ryzen 3700X, X570 Pro Wifi, 32GB 3600mhz RAM, Nvidia Titan Xp "Galactic Empire", RM750x PSU, H700 case, 2x NVMe M2 SSD, 1x SATA SSD

You have no idea the amount of crazy PMs I was getting.

Di Agron

 

Dell XPS 15 L502X | Intel i5-2540m @ 2.60GHz | 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2x2GB) | nVidia GT525M | Seagate 500GB 7200RPM | 15" 1366x768 | 23" LG 1360x768 |

 

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People are crazy after NGX, now which one I don't know. :)

Ryzen 5 1600x - 16GB DDR4 - RTX 3050 8GB - MSI Gaming Plus

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