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Hi there! I"m using an Alienware 17 R3 Laptop with the IPS LCD Panel in 1080p. Unfortunately today I found out a dead pixel. The matter is not much for me at the moment because sometime I almost fogot about it. But I stil have a question: Is it possible to replace the curent panel with a new 4K panel? Because I know that someday I will replace the curent panel with a new one :D

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.

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.

The lid is made with a piece of silver anodized aluminum. The top strip is plastic and there are also come cutouts in the aluminum for the lights and the Alienware logo. The logo’s eyes will glow in the same color as the cutouts on the lid, which you have multiple different colors to choose from. The cuts and angles on the lid are very unique, but surprisingly not over the top in being too flashy. If anything, the lights do that, but you can turn them off. Minus the Alienware head, you could probably get away with using this laptop professionally, if you wanted.

The screen on my model is a matte 4K panel. It’s surrounded by a plastic bezel, which is relatively thin on all the edges except the bottom. Also on the bottom is the Alienware logo, which can also illuminate to whatever color you desire.

On the back edge, you have the exhaust vents on each side for both the CPU and GPU. In the center, there’s also a couple more connections – an HDMI 2.0 port and a special connection which is used to attach an Alienware Graphics Amplifier.

Finally, on the bottom, you have the intake vents for both the CPU and GPU. In this reviewer’s opinion, Dell did a very good job with these. They are so big that air couldn’t be blocked by my legs, no matter how hard I tried. Off to the side there’s also a built in subwoofer, while in the center there’s a panel held on by two screws, which could be opened to upgrade the hard drives and RAM.

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.

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 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.

Speaking of brightness, Dell advertises the panel to be 400-nits. My measurements were pretty close but not quite that high. It could be the matte finish or the accuracy of the instrument, but I’m still impressed with the results. The maximum brightness measured out to 355 nits and blacks, at that brightness, measured at .56 nits. Outdoors, the screen is perfectly viewable in the sunlight, with only minor color washout. I was able to use it on my pool deck at 1pm with no glare issues.

I also checked the brightness distribution, which you can see below. This panel is about as evenly lit as I’ve ever measured, so no complaints here. Again, the max was 355, not 400, but it’s still plenty bright enough.

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.

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:

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.

One feature that I can’t review here, but thought I should discuss, is the Alienware Graphics Amplifier. There is a dedicated port on the back of the laptop which allows a connection to an external GPU. This requires an Alienware Graphics Amplifier, which is available to purchase in many stores such as Amazon, Best Buy and Dell.

You’ll be able to configure it with any recent graphics cards, including the GTX Titan or 980, which can output to all of the monitors that you can hook up to the card. This would certainly improve the graphics performance, depending on the card you choose to use. It may not be so relevant with the 980M version of the Alienware 17, but it opens up more options for the lower end models.

Unfortunately I don’t have one to test out, so I can’t offer any more info on it. I might buy one in the future, but I’m holding off to see when the Razer Core comes out. My hopes are the Razer Core will be compatible with the Alienware 17 since it has a Thunderbolt 3 port. Stay tuned for that.  Unfortunately the Razer Core does not play well with the Alienware 17.  I can’t get the laptop to recognize it at all.  I suspect a firmware update is needed for the Thunderbolt 3 port, similar to the update the XPS 15 got for the Dell dock.  Either that or I have a bad Thunderbolt 3 port.

Since I brought up HWinfo, I want to point out another feature that Alienware continues to miss – fan control. There’s no real good way to control the fans and I think they should really start to listen to their customers on this one. The easiest way is to use HWmonitor, which isn’t that easy at all. I still haven’t figured out how to edit the EC profile like others have and I have only been able to turn the fans on full blast or half speed. The other alternative is to turn on high performance mode in the bios, which merely ramps the fans to full speed at all times. That’s probably something you will want to do if you only play games on headphones or use your laptop permanently as a desktop server or something.

One last thing I’d like to mention is the level of improvement many have experienced through repasting the CPU and GPU. Of course, this is no straight forward task, but the Alienware community is quite large and the successes from repasting have been documented. Many have also made guides on how to do it, which is super important to first time repasters (is that a word?). You’ll find them on various forums, Google is your friend here.

Radios –For connectivity, Alienware decided to go with the Killer N1535 Wireless AC, which like the N1525, is a great wireless card to have. For my couple weeks of usage, I had a pretty solid connection for the most part. I did have a couple drops early on but after updating my drivers, I’ve been good to go since. At 30 feet from my router, I reached download speeds of over 60Mbps. There is also a Killer E2400 gigabit Ethernet controller onboard and of course a Bluetooth 4.0 controller embedded with the WiFi chip.

Speakers –I did my homework before purchasing the Alienware 17 and one of the constants in most of the reviews I read was the sub-standard sound it had. Maybe they were talking about the r2 version, but I really don’t think it’s that bad at all. If anything, it’s one of the better sounding speakers I’ve heard on a gaming laptop since the Y50.

The Alienware 17 has two front facing speakers on the front edge of the laptop, so the sound isn’t muffled unless you are smothering that edge for some reason. There is also a subwoofer on the bottom to handle the lows, so the front speakers can concentrate on the highs and mids.

What makes the Alienware unique over other laptops is the decent control the Soundblaster EQ software gives you. You can go as far as setting the frequencies to gains that you choose, or settle for the presets they choose for you. You can also set the bass level for the subwoofer, adjust surround sound levels and even turn the loudness setting on.

Lastly, if you’re looking for something a little cheaper, you could also look into the R2 model of the Alienware 17. It’s mostly similar, but is built on a Haswell processor, supports DDR3 RAM and does not have a Thunderbolt 3 port. Also, from what I understand, it uses a different version of the Alienware Graphics Amplifier and a different kind of screen.

I’ve been really happy with the Alienware 17 R3 in these few weeks I’ve had it. Sure, it’s twice as heavy and twice as thick as my GS60, but it has some pros that make it a desirable machine for me to have around. For starters, the overall performance is incredible. Every game I’ve been able to throw at it played smoothly at FHD settings. On top of that, it runs relatively cool, especially considering it has the top mobile GPU inside.

Another major attraction of the laptop is the 4k screen. It’s literally the nicest panel I’ve ever seen and I’ll probably have a tough time looking at anything else from now on. Not all games play well at 4k, but the screen interpolates to 1080p just fine. Plus, since it’s a 17-inch screen, there were no significant scaling issues, so that’s another plus.

With all that in mind and the fact the sound is also really good, I think I’m actually going to keep this one and sell my GS60. Yes, it’s going to be heavier and it won’t be travel friendly, but I have travelled with the GS60 less and less as of late and I can certainly deal with carrying the Alienware around my house.

Besides the size and weight, there are very few cons as to why I wouldn’t choose the Alienware. The trackpad could certainly be a lot better and maybe the build could be a little more metal and a little less plastic, but those are about it.

As far as the competition goes though, I don’t think there are many that fill the gap in these areas. If anyone can think of any, please leave a comment and let me know. Still, you could also have a look at your reviews of the Acer Predator 17 and the Asus ROG G752, which are some of the best alternatives one could consider.

Anyway, this wraps up my review. I hope it was informative enough to give you an idea of what to expect with the Dell Alienware 17 R3. Since I’ll be having the laptop for a while, please feel free to ask any questions below. I’ll do my best to answer.

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