*OFFICIAL* Alienware m17 Owner's Lounge

It seems unusually high. Even on >45C my idle temps are on 50C on AC and 44C on battery.

 

It's not abysmal but def in the high side. Correcting for ambient temp difference I would expect to see minimum package temp in the region of 42C.

 

Sigh, currently running on battery at this time. I do have throttlestop enabled, and I am doing some minor browsing using Google Chrome.

 

One of the cool features of TS is that it allows you to configure and auto switch a battery profile with Speedshift 196 in addition to the UV.

 

I am not sure if I got something wrong here, but what is the deal with the "new new" m15/m17?!?

In February I ordered the "new 2019 m17", which I got about 3 weeks later. Now it turns out they are releasing yet another one, not even half a year later? Which to boot looks much nicer and probably performs better thermally?

Are you kidding me? Not even half a year apart? Why release the "Jan 2019" m17 in the first place?

I feel violated, seriously. One year apart fine, but not even 6 months?

EDIT: They still even list the one I bought as "New" on their site... My poor forehead vein...

 

Dell wanted new design and thinner models. And you get soldered on ram (inboard). Max ram capacity is 16GB because that’s the max you’ll get due the same reasons.

A nice way to force you to buy Dell’s maxed out specs for this model.

 

Ok thanks, that soothes by vein a bit

I need 32Gb so on that front I'm ok.

 

Won’t happen due how they have put together this 17 inch Alienware gaming book. Want more ram then you are forced to buy the even thinner Dell XPS model

 

No I meant my rage level went down a bit since I cannot use the new one anyway if it can only house 16Gb

Although with the new 32Gb modules now available I guess it's just a matter of time, but I can live with that (since it might take some time).

 

It's going to be either "no 32 GB for you!" or "gimped and overpriced 32 GB for you!" on this one.

Even if there is a SODiMM slot, which at this point is a bit unclear (sounds like there might be, but Dell won't be offering any SODiMM for it - ridiculous), adding mismatched (including a different size) RAM module will result in poor performance if it works at all.