Alienware M17x w/ATi 4870 info thread! ... No I'm going to wait for now. I prematurely sold my M17x, I won't do the same with my SSD and qx9300. I do plan on ...

NWGuru · 10-27-2009, 10:01 AM

No I'm going to wait for now. I prematurely sold my M17x, I won't do the same with my SSD and qx9300. I do plan on making a decision by Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend.

I've been checking out the HP Envy today. I like the aluminum coated body but I don't like the buttonless touchpad.

solo00711 · 10-27-2009, 01:47 PM

Great,free upgrade to special edition after I order

NWGuru · 10-27-2009, 03:48 PM

If your talking about that email from today the $1999 deal they've had for a while now is a much better deal.

NWGuru · 10-28-2009, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dave-p

So you interested in selling your 256 GB SSD Drive by chance ?

I did put my proc up in the marketplace but it looks like you won't need it.

dave-p · 10-28-2009, 05:36 PM

I am still hunting down the SSD dirve, and will likely go for some 4 GB DDR3 Sticks in the next while.

Seen them as low as $ 250.00 in Flea Bay

NWGuru · 10-28-2009, 06:45 PM

When buying ram I always go for quality over quantity.

If I had a use for more than 4GB of memory that would be a different story.

Yoob@NBF · 10-28-2009, 11:56 PM

On the plus side for then ENVY you can outfit 8GB of 1333 cheaply since there is 4 slots. Real shame what they did about the 4870x2 I hope they dont blunder up the Geforce 300M

dave-p · 10-29-2009, 06:13 AM

The only real beef I have with the M17x is they did not have 4 DIMM slots,

NWGuru · 10-29-2009, 06:17 AM

There has been a similar blunder with the Envy 15. It was initially advertised with a E2E screen. Then when people found out it wasn't HP changed it on their website. I just love big business!

Anyway one of my wife's friends works for HP. I'm trying to see if I can get a discount on one.

Yoob@NBF · 10-29-2009, 03:54 PM

I have followed the ENVY launch from hype to paper launch and expect my unit any day now I have yet to see any info regarding the E2E type display in fact I was expecting the poorer quality 768p screens found on all 15 inch pavilions but was a little surprised to see the 1080p screen considering the weak GPU it has. I'll be able to do comparisons with the M15x as soon as it arrives.

NWGuru · 10-29-2009, 06:49 PM

You're collecting systems now.

Yoob@NBF · 10-30-2009, 09:10 PM

gotta find the one and the m17x is a little too big for my lap/desk

NWGuru · 11-04-2009, 06:06 AM

Let me know how the Envy turns out. I don't think I'm replacing my T60p until next year. I want to see the new lenovo systems.

On that note now that I sold my proc, 1066 HyperX memory and SSD....I reordered the system. Probably sold my stuff a little too early. I still have the HyperX 1333 memory which I plan on using.

I read some bad things about SSDs and RAID so now I don't plan on going that route. I did go out and buy the Intel G2 SSD everyone has been talking about. Too bad the biggest size is 160GB. I wanted to see how that compares to the OCZ summit drive I have and the Samsung PB22-J SSD.

dave-p · 11-04-2009, 11:34 AM

what are the bad things abut SSD drives in raid you read about ?

NWGuru · 11-04-2009, 01:49 PM

Windows TRIM or other third part garbage collecting tools do not support RAID.

10-28-2009, 05:36 PM	#125
dave-p Loving my Alien :) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 14,179 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 8 Credits: 102,676	I am still hunting down the SSD dirve, and will likely go for some 4 GB DDR3 Sticks in the next while. Seen them as low as $ 250.00 in Flea Bay __________________ M17x, FX Red, QX9300, Sli GTX-280, 256GB SSD, 4 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz 3yr CC M6400, Q9000, FX3700, 8GB DDR3, RGB LED Display, HD, Blu Ray, 1530 WiFi 370 BT, Desktop Water Cooled I7 975 Extreme, X58A-UD3R, RX1200 Watt PSU, 12 GB DDR3, 2 TB Raid 1, Dell 2707, Blu Ray, GTX 295 CO-OP Copper, Swiftech GTZ, My Dells Vostro 1500, Studio 15, M6300,M1710, E1705,3500,4000,4100,5100,5150,6000, 7000,7500,8000,8500,C410,C610,C810,Cpi,CPx. 6400,1501

10-28-2009, 06:45 PM	#126
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	When buying ram I always go for quality over quantity. If I had a use for more than 4GB of memory that would be a different story. __________________ Asus G73jh Intel® Core™ i7-920XM \| 6GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| ATI 5870 GDDR5 \| 160GB Intel G2 SSD \| Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200.4 \| Intel 6200 Advanced-N Thinkpad W510 (on order) Intel® Core™ i7-820QM \| FHD 1920x1080 MultiTouch \| 4GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| NVIDIA Quadro FX880M \| 128GB Mushkin SSD \| Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB \| Intel 6300 Ultimate-N

10-28-2009, 11:56 PM	#127
Yoob@NBF Formerly DELL-Machina Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,246 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 3 Credits: 725	On the plus side for then ENVY you can outfit 8GB of 1333 cheaply since there is 4 slots. Real shame what they did about the 4870x2 I hope they dont blunder up the Geforce 300M __________________ HP Blackbird 002: Phoenix 2009 Gaming Beast Core 2 Quad 9450 @ 3.6Ghz \| 24" WUXGA HP LP2475w S-IPS \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| 2x Geforce GTX 260 216 SLI \| 640GB x2 RAID0 + 3TB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate HTPC: Atlus 2009 HTPC Phenom 8650 X3 \| 46" Panasonic TH46PZ85U 1080P \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| Radeon 4850 512MB \| 750 GB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate Alienware M15x: ValkyrieTwo 2009 Road Warrior Core i7m 720 \| 15.6" WFHD+ 1080p LED \| 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz \| Geforce GTX 260m 1GB \| 120GB Vertex SSD \| 8x DVD+R \| Intel 5300 B/G/N \| Win7 x64 Ultimate

10-29-2009, 06:13 AM	#128
dave-p Loving my Alien :) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 14,179 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 8 Credits: 102,676	The only real beef I have with the M17x is they did not have 4 DIMM slots, __________________ M17x, FX Red, QX9300, Sli GTX-280, 256GB SSD, 4 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz 3yr CC M6400, Q9000, FX3700, 8GB DDR3, RGB LED Display, HD, Blu Ray, 1530 WiFi 370 BT, Desktop Water Cooled I7 975 Extreme, X58A-UD3R, RX1200 Watt PSU, 12 GB DDR3, 2 TB Raid 1, Dell 2707, Blu Ray, GTX 295 CO-OP Copper, Swiftech GTZ, My Dells Vostro 1500, Studio 15, M6300,M1710, E1705,3500,4000,4100,5100,5150,6000, 7000,7500,8000,8500,C410,C610,C810,Cpi,CPx. 6400,1501

10-29-2009, 06:17 AM	#129
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	There has been a similar blunder with the Envy 15. It was initially advertised with a E2E screen. Then when people found out it wasn't HP changed it on their website. I just love big business! Anyway one of my wife's friends works for HP. I'm trying to see if I can get a discount on one. __________________ Asus G73jh Intel® Core™ i7-920XM \| 6GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| ATI 5870 GDDR5 \| 160GB Intel G2 SSD \| Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200.4 \| Intel 6200 Advanced-N Thinkpad W510 (on order) Intel® Core™ i7-820QM \| FHD 1920x1080 MultiTouch \| 4GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| NVIDIA Quadro FX880M \| 128GB Mushkin SSD \| Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB \| Intel 6300 Ultimate-N

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10-27-2009, 10:01 AM	#121
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	No I'm going to wait for now. I prematurely sold my M17x, I won't do the same with my SSD and qx9300. I do plan on making a decision by Black Friday/Cyber Monday weekend. I've been checking out the HP Envy today. I like the aluminum coated body but I don't like the buttonless touchpad.

10-27-2009, 01:47 PM	#122
solo00711 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 88 Credits: 416	Great,free upgrade to special edition after I order

10-27-2009, 03:48 PM	#123
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	If your talking about that email from today the $1999 deal they've had for a while now is a much better deal.

10-29-2009, 03:54 PM	#130
Yoob@NBF Formerly DELL-Machina Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,246 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 3 Credits: 725	I have followed the ENVY launch from hype to paper launch and expect my unit any day now I have yet to see any info regarding the E2E type display in fact I was expecting the poorer quality 768p screens found on all 15 inch pavilions but was a little surprised to see the 1080p screen considering the weak GPU it has. I'll be able to do comparisons with the M15x as soon as it arrives. __________________ HP Blackbird 002: Phoenix 2009 Gaming Beast Core 2 Quad 9450 @ 3.6Ghz \| 24" WUXGA HP LP2475w S-IPS \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| 2x Geforce GTX 260 216 SLI \| 640GB x2 RAID0 + 3TB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate HTPC: Atlus 2009 HTPC Phenom 8650 X3 \| 46" Panasonic TH46PZ85U 1080P \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| Radeon 4850 512MB \| 750 GB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate Alienware M15x: ValkyrieTwo 2009 Road Warrior Core i7m 720 \| 15.6" WFHD+ 1080p LED \| 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz \| Geforce GTX 260m 1GB \| 120GB Vertex SSD \| 8x DVD+R \| Intel 5300 B/G/N \| Win7 x64 Ultimate

10-29-2009, 06:49 PM	#131
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	You're collecting systems now. __________________ Asus G73jh Intel® Core™ i7-920XM \| 6GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| ATI 5870 GDDR5 \| 160GB Intel G2 SSD \| Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200.4 \| Intel 6200 Advanced-N Thinkpad W510 (on order) Intel® Core™ i7-820QM \| FHD 1920x1080 MultiTouch \| 4GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| NVIDIA Quadro FX880M \| 128GB Mushkin SSD \| Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB \| Intel 6300 Ultimate-N

10-30-2009, 09:10 PM	#132
Yoob@NBF Formerly DELL-Machina Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 8,246 Reviews: 1 Benchmarks: 3 Credits: 725	gotta find the one and the m17x is a little too big for my lap/desk __________________ HP Blackbird 002: Phoenix 2009 Gaming Beast Core 2 Quad 9450 @ 3.6Ghz \| 24" WUXGA HP LP2475w S-IPS \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| 2x Geforce GTX 260 216 SLI \| 640GB x2 RAID0 + 3TB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate HTPC: Atlus 2009 HTPC Phenom 8650 X3 \| 46" Panasonic TH46PZ85U 1080P \| 4 GB 800Mhz \| Radeon 4850 512MB \| 750 GB \| 16x DVD+RW \| Win7 x64 Ultimate Alienware M15x: ValkyrieTwo 2009 Road Warrior Core i7m 720 \| 15.6" WFHD+ 1080p LED \| 4GB DDR3 1066Mhz \| Geforce GTX 260m 1GB \| 120GB Vertex SSD \| 8x DVD+R \| Intel 5300 B/G/N \| Win7 x64 Ultimate

11-04-2009, 06:06 AM	#133
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	Let me know how the Envy turns out. I don't think I'm replacing my T60p until next year. I want to see the new lenovo systems. On that note now that I sold my proc, 1066 HyperX memory and SSD....I reordered the system. Probably sold my stuff a little too early. I still have the HyperX 1333 memory which I plan on using. I read some bad things about SSDs and RAID so now I don't plan on going that route. I did go out and buy the Intel G2 SSD everyone has been talking about. Too bad the biggest size is 160GB. I wanted to see how that compares to the OCZ summit drive I have and the Samsung PB22-J SSD. __________________ Asus G73jh Intel® Core™ i7-920XM \| 6GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| ATI 5870 GDDR5 \| 160GB Intel G2 SSD \| Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200.4 \| Intel 6200 Advanced-N Thinkpad W510 (on order) Intel® Core™ i7-820QM \| FHD 1920x1080 MultiTouch \| 4GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| NVIDIA Quadro FX880M \| 128GB Mushkin SSD \| Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB \| Intel 6300 Ultimate-N

11-04-2009, 11:34 AM	#134
dave-p Loving my Alien :) Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 14,179 Reviews: 2 Benchmarks: 8 Credits: 102,676	what are the bad things abut SSD drives in raid you read about ? __________________ M17x, FX Red, QX9300, Sli GTX-280, 256GB SSD, 4 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz 3yr CC M6400, Q9000, FX3700, 8GB DDR3, RGB LED Display, HD, Blu Ray, 1530 WiFi 370 BT, Desktop Water Cooled I7 975 Extreme, X58A-UD3R, RX1200 Watt PSU, 12 GB DDR3, 2 TB Raid 1, Dell 2707, Blu Ray, GTX 295 CO-OP Copper, Swiftech GTZ, My Dells Vostro 1500, Studio 15, M6300,M1710, E1705,3500,4000,4100,5100,5150,6000, 7000,7500,8000,8500,C410,C610,C810,Cpi,CPx. 6400,1501

11-04-2009, 01:49 PM	#135
NWGuru Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 917 Benchmarks: 21 Credits: 48,461	Windows TRIM or other third part garbage collecting tools do not support RAID. __________________ Asus G73jh Intel® Core™ i7-920XM \| 6GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| ATI 5870 GDDR5 \| 160GB Intel G2 SSD \| Seagate Momentus 500GB 7200.4 \| Intel 6200 Advanced-N Thinkpad W510 (on order) Intel® Core™ i7-820QM \| FHD 1920x1080 MultiTouch \| 4GB HyperX 1333 CAS7 \| NVIDIA Quadro FX880M \| 128GB Mushkin SSD \| Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB \| Intel 6300 Ultimate-N

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