M18x Pre-Order Configuration Questions... Ask HERE

[ErikO]

Ladies & Gents,

I'm ordering my m18x r2 today... and just as I was doing so, the 680M popped up as an option...

ONE CARD 358 GBP. wow. Not even an SLI option. (But thats likely an error & Dell are looking into it), and will get back with a price for SLI, BUT can I justify the expense over the dual 7970 GTXs I was about to buy?

I'm not sure I can.

And what is with a dual 675Ms costing more than dual 7970s, are they mad?

Am I missing something here? Comments please...

And for what its worth, specced out with 3920XM too, but with min RAM & Disk, as I have RAM & SSDs to go in already.

[steviejones133]

Ladies & Gents,

I'm ordering my m18x r2 today... and just as I was doing so, the 680M popped up as an option...

ONE CARD 358 GBP. wow. Not even an SLI option. (But thats likely an error & Dell are looking into it), and will get back with a price for SLI, BUT can I justify the expense over the dual 7970 GTXs I was about to buy?

I'm not sure I can.

And what is with a dual 675Ms costing more than dual 7970s, are they mad?

Am I missing something here? Comments please...

And for what its worth, specced out with 3920XM too, but with min RAM & Disk, as I have RAM & SSDs to go in already.

Shoot me a PM if you like and I can see if my rep can help you out with a discounted deal in the UK.

Saving £££ in the UK buying ANY Dell/AW system OR accessories - please contribute!

[ErikO]

Shoot me a PM if you like and I can see if my rep can help you out with a discounted deal in the UK.

Saving £££ in the UK buying ANY Dell/AW system OR accessories - please contribute!

Thanks for the help, but ordering through father's business account, so will save the VAT anyway...

[steviejones133]

Thanks for the help, but ordering through father's business account, so will save the VAT anyway...

True but you might as well get a discount too along with the vat. My guy is in business sales so I am sure he could help you out ordering through your fathers business and allow you to physically buy the machine at a reduce price anyways...

[Tyros]

I posted this configuration on the AW ordering advice thread, and I would like to get some advice on configuring the M18x I've been looking at:

PROCESSOR 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-3820QM (8MB Cache, up to 3.7GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows® 7 Professional, 64bit edit
MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600MHz edit
HARD DRIVE 1TB RAID 0 (2x 500GB SATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM) edit
VIDEO CARD Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 675M - SLI® Enabled edit
WIRELESS + BLUETOOTH Killer™ Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming & Video and Bluetooth 4.0 edit
My Software & Accessories
COLOR Space Black Anodized Aluminum edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 3 Year Advanced Plan edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Anti-Virus Software Selected edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
SOUND OPTIONS Creative Sound Blaster Recon3Di with THX TruStudio Pro Software

I'm undecided on the video option, not sure if the AMD xfire with buggy drivers or a single GTX680M would be better? Not to mention the other options... I haven't had a new computer since '05 and that was a desktop. I'm looking to replace it with this puppy. Not sure if I should be looking at a headset/ external mouse for gaming, external kb for that matter...?

[Peter]

I'm undecided on the video option, not sure if the AMD xfire with buggy drivers or a single GTX680M would be better?

Nope, Single 680m will not perform equal or even near about to Dual 7970m, Well regardin to 7970m drivers, yes its still have some bugs, but its not worse. It's not perform well within few specific games otherwise everythin alright. 675m is just rebarnd of 580m, so if your planin to go with Dual 675m or single 680m then better change it to Dual 7970m, as it will give you more performance almost twice.
While considerin HDD get single 750GB and later add another one by your self, it will give you more storage with almost same price.

[Tyros]

I've been reading the very long threads about the AMD, and I also noticed the hardware advantage - I'm just concerned about getting BSOD due to the drivers, that sort of thing. I'm also curious about the CPU; 8MB cache is what is attracting me to the 3820QM, I know that will help in virtually any operation. the XM seem too expensive for too little added value.

[ErikO]

Just received my confirmation!

Woo hoo!

Thanks to Steveijones133 on here for organising a discount better than I could get on my father's company account! (by 90 GBP)

Since I have i7 920XM, had to have the 3920XM.

Min disk & RAM (I have SSDs & RAM already), but got dual 7970s too. So AMD get your @ss moving with drivers!

Hope the backpack is nice...

ErikO.

[TommydCat]

Seems those ordering with the new 680m (at least the SLI configuration) are not getting the 240W to 330W adapter bump. When people start receiving these systems in a week and a half, they will find they can't use their brand new and hellishly expensive GPUs with the 240W adapter and likely not be happy campers.

Anyone that can look into this?

But - I received my backpack already! lol! (July 10 is my ETA date for the actual computer)

[steviejones133]

Just received my confirmation!

Woo hoo!

Thanks to Steveijones133 on here for organising a discount better than I could get on my father's company account! (by 90 GBP)

Since I have i7 920XM, had to have the 3920XM.

Min disk & RAM (I have SSDs & RAM already), but got dual 7970s too. So AMD get your @ss moving with drivers!

Hope the backpack is nice...

ErikO.

Glad I was able to help out mate. I am sure you will love your new machine....oh, and the backpack is great.