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Dell Alienware 14 (X560912IN9) Laptop Reviews

sameercourseMouthShut Verified Member
Guntur India
BEAST in your hand BUT PRICY like HELL
Jan 08, 2017 07:47 PM 2930 Views

Hey guys I used this for over a month and the gaming is awesome but I would like to suggest some tips before buying this beast.


Go for MAC dudes this is meant only for gaming but too heavy yes I do agree that alienware is meant for gaming but I just shelled out thousands of dollars so I want a overall great laptop. But this doesn't serves the purpose.


I played GTA 5, watch dogs .etc everything works fine but the thing is price is not that effective in USA it is a way more cheaper so I suggest you to buy it from the USA. here in india prices are too high. With that I can buy a superb 2 in 1 lappy with a xbox or playstation.


Design is awesome really looks like a alien. So strong in terms of handling. Huge but not worth at that price.Battery is pity.


Delhi India
The best gaming loptop
Dec 24, 2016 09:46 AM 3016 Views (via Android App)

It os the best gaming laptop you can buy my experoence of using this is very much good it comes with 16GB ram 8GB graphic card it is heavy but its a gaming laptop it has to be because of the heavy It is difficult to carry the game run smoothly on this laptop I was playing Cod ghost protocol and my experience was very much good it run smoothly and the frame rate ia very much highyou can play any game without any hesitate I prefer this laptop for those who love play games like me and have much amount pf money


Gaming laptop-Dell
Dec 24, 2016 09:06 AM 2972 Views

Dell Alienware 17R3(Y549971HIN8) laptop is very qualitative laptop with very good performance .


This laptop very simple to use for every one.the alienware 17 is thinner and lighter.USE port support supperspeed that mean 10gbps. Its UHD screen is one best displays in its class, its battery life is marathonlike next to some of its competition, graphics card is very smart.


Laptop's cost is average for everyone.


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Don't judge a book by it's cover
Dec 19, 2016 10:20 PM 2549 Views

You can't judge a book by looking at its cover only.Same thing is here though Dell Alienware look is reaaly appreciating it awesome but it function or efficiency is found really poor according to me.Because when I went to the service center I mentioned a lot of people having issues with the laptop Alienware which looks attractive only.Also, its cost is high and compared to that it should be fantastic but it is not so.So I recommend not to destroy your money by looking at its attractiveness.Have another one like inspiron etc


Alienware Gaming
Dec 14, 2016 07:14 PM 2854 Views

The O.S operating system of laptop is easy to use its a good quality product good for gamers you get good specs. service of dell is very good you can run any game easily on this laptop but I think the cost of this laptop is a little to much but its worth as it is a good product I have 2 DELL products and both are very good money worth talking of alienware its a Gaming laptop wiith I 7 processor with ram 16Gb ddr 4 and  NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8GB GDDR5 which is very powerful


Gaming laptop with superb processing speed
Dec 07, 2016 10:17 PM 2139 Views

This laptop is very good for gaming purpose, fast processor and frequency is also good battery backup is perfect, while playing game it never lags or get stuck between and point of of view it can also be use a commercial purpose ut its better to use for gaming purpose I preffered all gamer to use this laptop, it intel i7 core processor with good nivida graphic card and ram which is DDR4 use for gaming purpose


Probably know as the world's best laptop(brand)
Dec 06, 2016 09:51 PM 2103 Views (via Android App)

This dell alienware is known as the best laptop in the world.As it has intel i7 and a great nvidia proceser. It is ideal for gaming purpose the games now work in a great condition. It is not easy as u can use it. It is in a best quality and durable. As talking about the price it is a costly one. It has great service of dell organisation team for making it famous as the worlds greatest


Trivandrum, India India
Good for gaming
Dec 05, 2016 12:58 AM 2512 Views

The Alienware 17 R3 starts at pretty reasonable$1, 500 for an Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU, 8GB of RAM, 1TB HDD and an Nvidia GeForce 970M GPU with 3GB of vRAM. . Then there's the optional graphics amp, which costs$300 for just the box, as well as the$200 to$1, 200 you'll need to spend on a desktop-level GPU.


also u can but this laptop online at reasonable price.


alien ware laptops are known as king for gaming


Best laptop
Dec 03, 2016 08:01 PM 2464 Views (via Android App)

This is a very good device. You can buy this laptop. I personally think that the price is high. But the laptop is the beast. The best gaming laptop. I have used MacBook for gaming but this laptop defeated the Apple macbook. It is very good for gaming. If you are an average user and does not play a lot of games the you should not buy this laptop because it will be wastage of money as this laptop is specially made for gamers who are fan of gaming. Overall this is very good laptop if you are a gamer and if u want something special for you


Narowal Pakistan
An Amazing Thing For.......
Dec 03, 2016 12:59 AM 1926 Views

This is an amazing thing to Use, really not a bad Laptop. Its High Processor and speed make it very Beautiful Thing for Gaming. Dell Alienware 17 is a small Game house which we can carry anywhere we want. Some people don't Like it, I thing they Jealous. We can simply say that "A Big Game House in a small device." I Believe that if you also use it, you also Enjoy it. It is Really a Good Success of the Company " Dell."


TruearnabMouthShut Verified Member
Purulia India
Absolute gaming powerhouse!
Nov 30, 2016 10:29 AM 3037 Views (via Android App)

I finally get my hands on a Dell Alienware at my friend's house. It is an absolute gaming powerhouse and has everything a hardcore gamer aspires. Performance wise I don't any other computer csn come close to it. NVIDIA graphics cards and the latest intel procrssors offer the best quality gaming experience one can imagine and there is not to much complained about. I wish I can buy this on my own money but it rather expensive and targeted towards hardcore gaming enthusiasts than causal and amateur gamers like me.


BEAST FOR SOME REASON!!
Nov 27, 2016 01:28 PM 1853 Views (via Android App)

Dell has the best laptops ou there out of which some are beast and this laptop is also one of those rare species.Alienware when heard give a good beastly sensation in ones mind.The laptop has 100hz` display .Perfect for gaming.The fps looks great on this display.The procesaor is perfectly cooled with loquid cooling.The gpu is the real heart of this beast.One will never get upset while gaming on this beast.The keyboard has good travel distance and trackpad is equally responsive.There is no other laptop capible of overcrowning this beast.


The king of gaming !!!!!!
Nov 24, 2016 11:09 PM 2516 Views

A very beast with the outrageous durability.Itas awesome design make it look out of the world.Alienware provides some of the most awesome looking laptops.Any tech. lover can easily fall for it.This is a mainly gaming laptop but other things can also be done in it quite easily.Some of its outstanding features are:-


Ram:- 16GB DDR4 2133MHz(8GBx2)


Hard Drive: 256 GB PCIe SSD(Boot)+ 1 TB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s


Graphic Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8 GB GDDR5


NVIDIA graphic cards are the best for gaming


Beast from dell
Nov 18, 2016 12:25 AM 2130 Views

This laptop is actually the beast when we talk about the gaming laptops like msi, asus rog. I am not the fan of laptop gaming because of the small size screen. But after the using this laptop I really enjoyed the gaming on laptop. Firstly the specification of this laptop is:-


Ram: 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 2133MHz(8GBx2)


Hard Drive:256GB PCIe SSD(Boot)+ 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s


Graphic Card:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M with 8GB GDDR5


Sound: Creative Sound Core3D-EX Audio with Creative Soundblaster Pro Studio Software


2.1 Speaker configuration includes subwoofer


Audio Powered by Klipsch 7.1 Digital Audio out using HDMI out connection


Keyboard: 4-Zone, multi-color RGB, AlienFX lighting controls and numeric keypad


9 user-programmable keys providing up to 19 distinct functions per application or game


These thing are enough to make a epic gaming experiance. Playing Forza Anywhere is really a cool thing for me.


Head'soff to this mean machine


ShahzadaakhterMouthShut Verified Member
Baramulla India
Best for everyday gaming
Nov 14, 2016 12:56 PM 2436 Views

It's very simple and easy to use, it, it's comes windows 10 which is very easy to use, It's quality is excellent it's display is made of extremely well material, The keys on keypad give another feel, and it's durability is outrageous it can easily last up to 6-7 years, Yes I would say it's definitely a value for money in each standards, In gaming one of the best, Service and support lag a bit, dell need to work on that


Hope it was helpful


Thank you


Best of the best
Nov 08, 2016 08:57 PM 2195 Views (via Android App)

You people think that this loptop so cost but so have so many futures in this loptop and you have every thing that compare to other loptops and one of my friend has took this loptop I exprenced it, this is super this is one of my fevaret and one of the best of the best loptop I think so you people just close your eyes nd take it


Like but not more effective
Nov 05, 2016 10:06 PM 2319 Views (via Android App)

Dell Alienware 17 R3 ( Y549971HIN8) is a nice lapy and good for gaming even graphics is also too good but the 17.3 inch is not good enough with respect to price around rupees 2, 00, 000.it seems to be expensive with accordance to functions of the lapy screen size should have been more .And all other functions such as processor hard disk capacity is much fine


Dell Alienware 17 R3 review
Nov 02, 2016 10:24 AM 3482 Views

I’ve always preferred more portable laptops and not so much the bigger beefier ones out there. Alienware has had a warm place in my heart though, especially since I was a longtime owner of the m11x. Of course the m11x was still considered very portable at the time, but over the years, I’ve had less and less interest in laptops over 1” thick.


I’ll admit that I’ve always been a little envious of 17-inch laptops though, but I’ve been hung up on three things: low dpi screens, size and cost. Fix two of those three issues and I might be interested. That’s why when I recently found a heck of a deal on the new Alienware 17 R3, I just had to try it.


The model I got and tested in this post includes a Skylake quad-core processor, Nivida GTX 980M graphics, NVMe storage and a 4K screen. Minus a better CPU option, this unit is pretty much the most you can put into a laptop. After a couple weeks of using it, I’ve gotten to know it quite well and all I have to say so far is that I’m really liking it.


Check out why in the sections below.The specs sheet


Dell Alienware 17 R3


Screen 17.3 inch, 3840 x 2160 px resolution, IGZO IPS, matte, non-touch


Processor Intel Skylake Core i7-6700HQ CPU, quad-core 2.6 GHz, 3.5Ghz turbo


Chipset Intel HM170


Video Integrated Intel HD 530 HD+ Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M 4GB


Memory 16 GB DDR4 2133 PC4-17000


Storage 1x 256 GB M.2 SSD NVMe+ 1TB HDD 7200rpm


Connectivity Killer N1535 Wireless AC, Killer E2400 ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0


Ports 3x USB 3.0, 1x USB Type-C(Thunderbolt 3) HDMI 2.0, RJ45, Alienware graphics amplifier, mic, earphone, SD card reader


Baterry 92 Wh


Operating system Windows 10


Size 430 mm or 16.93”(w) x 291.9 mm or 11.49”(d) x 34.4 mm or 1.354”(h)


Weight 3.78 kg or 8.33 lb


Extras Multi-colored keyboard backlighting and accent lights, backlit trackpad, HD cameraDesign and exterior


Let’s be clear on this first – this is not a very portable machine. But it is quite a bit thinner and lighter than the old m17x I remember seeing in stores a few years back. Weighing just over 8 lbs and being nearly an inch and a half thick, I struggled a little bit picking it up with one hand. It’s certainly possible to do though and I’m a little more at ease now that I’ve had to lug it around my house for the past couple weeks. This is something I could certainly live with.


Overall, the build quality is pretty good – about as good as I remembered with the m11x. It’s mostly plastic, but the lid is made of aluminum. The plastic they chose to use was good quality though and feels like it could take a beating over time. I can certainly see this machine staying clean for the most part, with exception to the palm rest. During my short usage it was obvious to see when my palms were sweaty. Being plastic though, it was very easy to wipe up and get clean again.Keyboard and trackpad


Dell certainly keeps up their good track record with keyboards(at least from my experience) with the Alienware 17. The keys are laid out very well and are properly spaced apart. There’s plenty of space to have proper sized keys, such as the right shift and arrow keys, which I really appreciate.


I was immediately able to adapt to it and type naturally. After using it for only an hour, I scored a 47 wpm on a typing test, and I typically score 50ish on the keyboards I’m used to. The keys have excellent feedback and good travel. Touch typists should have no issues getting used to this one.


Like all previous Alienware keyboards, it is backlit and you have the ability to control the color of the backlighting. It’s not like on Razer or MSI devices where you have millions of color choices out of the box, but Dell gives plenty of options to choose from and the colors look even throughout the keyboard. Oddly enough, Dell removed white from the color choices, possibly because the trackpad looked a little pinkish. But if you’re comfortable editing the config files with a text editor, you can pretty much choose white and any other color by editing the color hex codes.


Unfortunately they neglect something that pretty much every other gaming laptop has – the ability to disable the Windows key. It’s kind of comical because I literally have had that feature for a few years in the laptops I’ve owned, but have never needed it…until now. For some reason I just can’t stop pressing it on the Alienware 17 and it drove me nuts enough to download Autohotkey to disable it.The only other notable feature of the keyboard is the hotkeys placed above the NumPad and on the left hand side. You can map each of these to do pretty much whatever you want. On top of that you have a quick switcher on the left hotkeys that changes their color and switches between profiles. Until you get used to the keyboard, you’ll probably hit that switcher key in place of the Esc a lot. Luckily it doesn’t do anything except switch profiles, but if you’re trying to pause in a hurry, you may fail.


The trackpad is nothing special really. It’s not bad, but definitely nothing to brag about. For starters, I found it kind of small – especially considering there’s so much space for something larger. The buttons are also kind of mushy, but they work good enough to do what you need to.


It’s a Synaptics touchpad so the drivers and gestures were pretty familiar and I was able to optimize the settings to my liking. I’m used to buttonless trackpads and I was still able to use it as if it didn’t have buttons(two finger taps for right clicks work fine). I did appreciate the buttons on long drags though, so it’s a plus to have them.


My biggest gripe with the trackpad is the texture. They could have gone a little smoother on this one as it’s a little too cheap feeling for my taste. I was able to track properly and initiate multi-touch gestures pretty well for the most part, but only after I updated the drivers and meddled with the sensitivity settings a lot. Long story short, I could live with it.


One added feature, pretty useless in my opinion though, is the trackpad’s backlight, which glows whenever you touch the surface. You can set it to any color, just like you can on the keyboard. It’s cool to look at for a few minutes but I just don’t see any practical use for this other than showing off. The trackpad is so recessed into the palm rest that I could not imagine not being able to find it without the backlight on.Screen


The model I received has a 17.3-inch 3840 x 2160 px resolution panel, made by AU Optronics(part number B173ZAN). Let me come right out and say it – this screen is absolutely beautiful! Not only is it an IGZO IPS screen with excellent viewing angles, it’s also full gamut, covering 100% of the sRGB spectrum. The colors look absolutely amazing and I officially take back all of my prior opinions on full gamut screens being overkill. This is my new favorite panel.


Looking closely, I couldn’t find any dead pixels or even a hint of backlight bleed. That’s not to say it’s not possible though, because a couple of buyers on the forums have complained about minor bleed in the corners. The screen is so darned bright though, so I can imagine some that are overly sensitive to it would complain a little.


It’s hard to complain about anything else though, but if I had to pick anything to improve, I guess it could the matte finish. It’s not as bad as on other Dell monitors I’ve seen in the past but it’s still pretty thick. Not as bad as where the image becomes distorted or anything – so don’t worry about that. It’s more like it’s at the high limit of my comfort zone.Hardware and performance


My Alienware 17 came with an Intel Core i7-6700HQ quad core CPU and an Nvidia GTX 980M GPU. The 980M I received has 4GB of VRAM, which is plenty enough for me. But if you want more, rest assured because the newer units sold all have 8GB of VRAM. My unit also came with 16GB of DDR4 2133 Ram, so there’s little need to upgrade it any further. If you wanted to though, this laptop supports 2 x 16GB chips according to the forums.


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Also equipped in my unit was a 256GB M.2 SSD and a 1TB 7200rpm HDD. The SSD I have is a Samsung PM951, which is NVMe, but not the fastest when it comes to write speeds. There’s also an empty M.2 slot in there so you can add extra storage if you desire. I’m told the 1st bay is x4 and the second is x2 but they are both SATA compatible as well, so you have a lot of storage options available – including putting two SATA drives in RAID.


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I ran all the typical benchmarks to test both the CPU and GPU on this unit. The only surprise was the PCMark score, which was actually lower than previous Haswell models I’ve seen. But other benchmarks actually lined up as expected. Here are my results:


3Dmark 11: P11294 with CPU at 67°C and GPU at 58°C;


3Dmark 13: Cloud Gate – 18463, Sky Diver – 20353, Fire Strike – 8148;


PCMark 08: Home Conventional – 2764, Home Accelerated- – 3183;


CineBench 11.5: OpenGL 47.88 fps, CPU 7.43 pts, CPU Single Core 1.44 pts;


CineBench R15: OpenGL 62.95 fps, CPU 680 pts, CPU Single Core 129 pts.


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I also tested out a couple games and was very happy with both how they performed and how cool the Alienware 17 stayed while under load. I’ll discuss the cooling in more detail in a little bit, but here were the gaming scenarios and my results:


Fallout 4– Ran from one end of the Commonwealth to the other, constantly looking and shooting all over the place.


Ultra settings, Max AA and AP 1080p – Solid 60fps with occasional drops to 55fps. Solid performance!


Default high settings at 4k – 25-33fps.


Default medium settings at 4k – 30-40fps


Peak CPU temp 72°C, peak GPU temp 64°C


Crysis 3– Played through the opening scene for 10 minutes


Very High settings, no AA 1x AF, 1080p – 46-58fps


High settings, no AA, 1x AF, 1080p – 60fps with minor drops to 55fps


Medium settings, no AA, 1x AF, 4k – 25-36fps


Peak CPU temp 78°C, peak GPU temp 72°C


Dragon Age: Inquisition – Walked around one of the first camps and got into a battle. Played for about 10 minutes for each session.


Default ultra settings at 1080p – 35-40fps


Default high settings at 1080p – 60fps


Default high settings at 4k – 20-25fps


Default medium settings at 4k – 30-35fps


On battery: Ultra 1080p settings – 20-30fps


Peak CPU temp 74°C, peak GPU temp 66°C


As you can see, the 980M in the Alienware 17 is fully capable of handling even the most demanding games at 1080p resolutions. At 4K though, it’s barely enough to be considered “playable”. This is what I expected though as I still don’t think we’re ready for 4K gaming on mobile devices.


I was also able to monitor the VRAM in the games I played. The most usage I saw was only 3GB, so for most of you the 4GB model would be enough. 8GB is certainly overkill, but makes this machine highly futureproof though, so if you’re a modder or one to keep laptops for many years, the 8GB model might be the model for you.


Dell Alienware 17 R3 (Y549971HIN8) Laptop
Oct 28, 2016 10:59 AM 2791 Views

These Alienware laptops are count in world top laptops . Everyone wants to buy these laptops . Alienware has a unique look and has so many features that are or can never be found in another laptops. these laptop has a unique symbol that can easily customize by settings.These laptop are very good for gaming.I enjoy all these features and gaming in Alienware . These laptop are best in the world . it has 16 gb ram 4 gb NVIDIA gaming graphic card.


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Oct 27, 2016 01:36 PM 2347 Views (via Android App)

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