Alienware m17x Review

The M17x is Alienware's flagship gaming notebook. It features a stealthy design, aluminum chassis, and a customizable lighting system. Our review unit is packed to the gills with dual Nvidia graphics cards, an Intel Extreme processor, and 8GB of RAM. Does the M17x live up to Alienware's claim of being the fastest gaming notebook on the market? Read our review to find out.




Alienware M17x review unit has the following specifications:

* 17-inch WUXGA (1920x1200) edge-to-edge display
* "Space Black" chassis
* Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit
* Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53GHz/12MB/1066MHz) quad-core processor
(overclockable)
* Dual Nvidia GeForce GTX 280M 1GB graphics cards in SLI
* Switchable to integrated Nvidia GeForce 9400M 256MB graphics card
* 8GB DDR3-1333 RAM (2x 4GB)
* 1TB RAID 0 (500GB 7200RPM x2) hard drive array
* Slot-load Blu-ray reader
* AlienFX lighting system
* 9-cell battery