Are all the specs correct with this and if so how is this a $1800 value?
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@Ron, Alienware systems, in my experience are built to very high standards. The frame is solid and it's rather heavy. I had an M14 about 6 years ago and my Seagate HDD failed. The Tech Support helped me to figure out the problem and replaced the drive no questions. They were very knowledgable and nice. I think when considering a purchase like this, it's much more than just a piece of equipment. The machine is well built and quite stable and support is top notch. I'm not a gamer but I have great confidence in the quality and have no doubt that this system will perform at or above expectations. I do however suggest an extended life battery or backup if you will be without an outlet for &gt;3 hours. So far, that's my only real complaint with this system.
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I have http://amzn.com/B004KY719A in mine. It's currently priced $88.95. It runs very well. I use this as a portable gaming system. I put my old Radeon HD 5870 in it when I got my Radeon HD 7970 for my main system, but even the onboard Intel video is decent for when I use it as a media center box at home. My build: http://amzn.com/B00CO8TBQ0 http://amzn.com/B00DRA4F06 http://amzn.com/B00918N4A0 http://amzn.com/B00EUMMWGE http://amzn.com/B004KY719A
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I looked this up prior to buying it - 45000. Pull the trigger on it - you won't regret it.
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Look at the spec's http://www.gigabyte.us/products/comparison/list.aspx?ck=2&pids;=4279,4280
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I think this was erroneously listed at $180 at one time. However the correct price is currently $11. Not worth $180 - possibly worth $11.
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oh ok that's great, cause i was confused--price and all the specs were the same--that makes a lot of sense lol. thx, Jonathan
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The listing is incorrect, it appears Amazon may have accidentally put the video RAM on there as there is 2GB of vRAM. There is 8GB (1x8GB) system RAM. We will bring this to their attention to get corrected.
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i looked at this same laptop on dell.com and it's selling for $899 for this same model. with that configuration you get: 3 Year Basic Hardware Service with 3 Year Mail-In Service
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There is no catch. My answer is based on my purchase a year ago. The deilvery and shipping were good, the laptop works fine. I think the price is reasonable because it is not much of the gaming laptops but rather your daily business use (or that's how I use it.) I love it :) I think the price might be 'cause its windows 8, when 8.1 is out already, but that is my assumption.
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Absolutely not For the price keep it manufacture specs And no resistance. Hope that helps
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It was $1800 a couple days ago at Newegg. It can only get lower as the new models start to get stocked.
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IT person here. I've verified all the components are legit. The specs on Amazon are in fact incorrect. The unit shipped actually has higher specs. This machine actually ships with an Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHZ. (Not the Intel Core 2.7 GHz i7 4800MQ Quad-Core) It also comes with 8GB DDR3 RAM And I've confirmed in the Nvidia driver settings that it comes with the 3GB version of the NVIDIA Geforce GTX870M
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It is a Quad core and it handles everything just fine, even under fairly intense graphical processing. You might want to bump up the ram for hardcore gaming, but works just fine with little slowdown on anything but the most intense graphical processing.
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4th Gen i7-4700MQ Processor (2.40GHz 1600MHz 6MB) , Windows 8.1 64 , NVIDIA GeForce GT755M GDDR5 2GB , 8.0GB RAM 1600 MHz , 15.6" FHD LED Glare Wedge 1920x1080 , 6 Cell 72 Watt Hour Lithium-Ion Intel 7260 b/g/n Wireless (2x2 BGN) 1TB 5400 RPM+24GB SSD , DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) , Bluetooth Version 4.0
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Yes its a 2GB nvidia 745M, I upped the ram to 16gb and put a SSD drive in and this computer is great. I am going to school for IAS and PC Tech so I use a lot of intensive programs like vmware and photoshop along with browsing and I have never had any trouble. If you have the money do those upgrades and put in a AC WiFi card and you wont be disappointed. Also the screen is excellent the colors are really vibrant and everything is really sharp, Also you can calibrate it you you really want to.
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I see the specs in other answers here, and while not impressive for a desktop this does perform very well when compared apples to apples. I replaced a defective atom-based mobo+cpu with this one after reading many favorable reviews about performance visa-vi the atom with a higher CPU clock speed. Paired with an SSD, this little WIndows-7 based system became a noticeable upgrade for my client, who needed a repair on a small form-factor PC for basic e-mail and internet home use. - Mark, The IT Guy San Diego
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It's good that you asked. From the box it says the requirements are based on a 3.2 GHz processor. I took pictures of the requirements section from the box mine came in. I'll upload them when I get to my pc.