Alienware 17 R4

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Date de publication: 19 Mar 2018

Intel Core i7-7820HK
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB GDDR5)
17.3”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), IPS
512GB SSD
16GB DDR4, 2400MHz
4.42 kg (9.7 lbs)

Alienware 17 R4

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Alienware is a love it or hate it brand. It has built its name on solid ground offering the most premium gaming notebooks you can get. The company dared to stick the most insane hardware inside and still make it look cool. However, times are changing and the biggest names in the industry want to get a piece of the pie. ASUS, Acer, Lenovo, MSI all of them now have their own versions of an absurdly powerful gaming notebooks while still being competitive in terms of pricing. So why are Alienware notebooks still sensibly pricier than its competitors?If we call Alienware the Apple in the gaming industry, we wouldn't be wrong. It's all about the feel of the product, because the hardware isn't the whole thing the user interacts with. The company proves that with its latest top-shelf 17-in[...]

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Clean and sophisticated design
Impeccable build quality
Good keyboard and touchpad experience
Supports three M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs
Impressive display with excellent image quality, G-Sync, 120 Hz refresh rate and QHD resolution
The screen doesn't use PWM for regulating brightness
Fairly portable compared to other 17-inch gaming laptops
Well-designed cooling system
Tobii Eye Tracking system

Cons

Short battery life despite the huge 99Wh battery, thanks to the lack of NVIDIA Optimus support
Only the QHD configuration comes with G-Sync support
Overclocking is possible only through BIOS and third-party software
The CPU's stock clock speeds are lower than they should
The TN panel has low contrast ratio and poor viewing angles when tilted forward
Only two RAM slots