Alienware Area-51 m17x Gaming Laptop Now on Sale

Triprift · May 2, 2008

The biggest problem with lappys is cooling ive resorted to elevating it with a book at the back when gaming as the games will crash numerously if i dont.

Xaser04 · May 2, 2008

Triprift said:
The biggest problem with lappys is cooling ive resorted to elevating it with a book at the back when gaming as the games will crash numerously if i dont.

The clevo chassis (M570RU-U) has massive vents at the back which aid with the cooling along with quite a high rear end (ie the back sits quite high up compared to the front).

Of course thermals are still a problem for overclocking however I reckon taking it up to 2.4ghz shouldn't be a problem. (ie the speed of the next model up from mine)

Triprift · May 2, 2008

Go for it man u can do it :toast:

Xaser04 · May 2, 2008

Triprift said:
Go for it man u can do it

I think I may have to.

I will have a go in a minute at clocking the gpu. I wonder how far I will be able to push it. :cool:

Guarana · May 2, 2008

If I didn't buy this laptop a few months ago and if I had only a quarter of a brain.. I'd consider buying an alienware.

Xaser04 · May 2, 2008

Double post please see below.

Xaser04 · May 2, 2008

Guarana said:
If I didn't buy this laptop a few months ago and if I had only a quarter of a brain.. I'd consider buying an alienware.

Why pay through the nose for an alienware laptop when you can get comparable laptops for much less?

As for the overclocking well at the moment at least its a no go(ntune the only program that reads the clocks properly doesn't allow me to change the clocks). However reading on the notebookreview forums this is quite common (something to do with different bios versions on the cards causing problems with different drivers- I may have read this wrong as I am really tired - damn UK group VAT returns :banghead:

)

I will be trying a different driver tommorow.

Juding by what I have read so far on different forums some people have been able to hit 600 on the core (up from 500 stock) and 900 on the memory (up from 800 stock), there was no mention of the shader clock. I can only assume this would put the card in line roughly with a desktop 8800GT (as its standard performance is somewhere between a 9600GT and a 8800GT).

Triprift · May 3, 2008

Let me no how it goes man if ya can get the eqivalent of a 8800gt that would be sweet as

System Name	Becca 2
Processor	AMD A10 4600m quad core @ 2.3 ghz
Motherboard	dunno
Cooling	Logitech alto connect
Memory	16 Gig ddr3 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Ati HD 7660G + & 7470M
Storage	1 TB
Audio Device(s)	onboard crap
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with sp1

System Name	Daedalus \| O'Neill \| ZPM Hive \|
Processor	M3 Pro (11/14) \| Epyc 7402p \| i5 12400F \|
Motherboard	Apple M3 Pro \| SM H11SSL-i \| TUF B660M-E D4 \|
Cooling	Pure Silence \| Noctua NH-U12S TR4 \| Noctua NH-D14 \|
Memory	18GB Unified \| 128GB DDR4 \| 16GB DDR4 \|
Video Card(s)	M3 Pro \| RTX 4070FE (VM) \| ARC A750 LE \|
Storage	512GB NVME \| ALOT of SSD's \| 1TB NVME \|
Display(s)	14" 3024x1964 \| IPMI \| 1440p UW \|
Case	Macbook Pro 14" \| NZXT H510 Flow\| BC1 Test Bench \|
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| None \| Onboard \|
Power Supply	~ 77w Magsafe \| EVGA 750w G3 \| HX1000i \|
Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL
Software	MacOS Sonoma \| Proxmox 8 \| Win 11 x64 \|

System Name	Becca 2
Processor	AMD A10 4600m quad core @ 2.3 ghz
Motherboard	dunno
Cooling	Logitech alto connect
Memory	16 Gig ddr3 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Ati HD 7660G + & 7470M
Storage	1 TB
Audio Device(s)	onboard crap
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit with sp1

System Name	Daedalus \| O'Neill \| ZPM Hive \|
Processor	M3 Pro (11/14) \| Epyc 7402p \| i5 12400F \|
Motherboard	Apple M3 Pro \| SM H11SSL-i \| TUF B660M-E D4 \|
Cooling	Pure Silence \| Noctua NH-U12S TR4 \| Noctua NH-D14 \|
Memory	18GB Unified \| 128GB DDR4 \| 16GB DDR4 \|
Video Card(s)	M3 Pro \| RTX 4070FE (VM) \| ARC A750 LE \|
Storage	512GB NVME \| ALOT of SSD's \| 1TB NVME \|
Display(s)	14" 3024x1964 \| IPMI \| 1440p UW \|
Case	Macbook Pro 14" \| NZXT H510 Flow\| BC1 Test Bench \|
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| None \| Onboard \|
Power Supply	~ 77w Magsafe \| EVGA 750w G3 \| HX1000i \|
Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL
Software	MacOS Sonoma \| Proxmox 8 \| Win 11 x64 \|

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Processor	Qx9650 @stock
Motherboard	XFX 790i Ultra SLI
Cooling	Danger Den (CPU, GPU, 2x 120mm Rad), Koolance (NB, SB, VREG, Pump)
Memory	4gig 2x2gb OCZ Gold 1800 DDR3
Video Card(s)	2x XFX 9800GX2
Storage	2x 10,000RPM WD Raptors (Raid 0), Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB
Case	Lian Li PC70b
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1000 1000W

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