Amazing for an Alienware M17X
927341
I have an Alienware M17X that is very large, generates a lot of heat, and is very heavy.  This stand works great for keeping my laptop cool and the fan is very quiet.  I was impressed that this stand was able to support such a heavy laptop.  Would definitely recommend.
621833
I have a system with 2gb RAM and previously had a 256mb video card. Games were kind of tough to play. This one makes it so much better. I was able to dramatically increase the graphics settings for TESIV Oblivion as well as FSX. I also run Boinc applications, and with the latest drivers (download from nvidia, windows won't find THE latest), I was able to get Einstein@home to utilize the GPU for some data crunching, woot! As far as temperature goes, the card runs around 50C at full load.
1783499
This is a very powerful machine.  I've been using it nightly for a month at this point and I'm very impressed with the speed of the SSD and video encoding speeds.  My main goal in purchasing a gaming laptop was for the added specs to have max power in video editing and I have not been disappointed.  Yes, as one reviewer has said before it is a fingerprint magnet but I figure that's just to be expected with any laptop.  I would say I'm very happy with my purchase and at the price point I don't think you can go wrong.  Way better than Alienware...
40616
I bought this for my Windows 7 laptop for dual display output. I have to say that the crispness of the output is just simply amazing! Windows 7 was able to download all the drivers without any issues and both monitors now work perfectly. Compared to the standard Intel graphics, the output of this adapter is fantastic and my other monitor now looks somewhat duller.
3284831
Absolutely in love with this beast. Sometimes the fan noise is quite loud and annoying, but I'm using it for school and have to use pretty heavy duty softwares, so I think little bit of noise is absolutely. I have upgraded the RAM memory to 16GB and added an extra 1TB SATA hard disk, so for me it works with every memory hungry programs. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, even to non gamers like myself.
3560248
Pretty much just like OEM if not better. Replaced my battery in my Alienware M14x and now getting on average about 1.5 to 2.5hrs of battery life with the new battery. I consider myself a power user so this product actually exceeded my expectations.
3429467
I purchased this product to use with my alienware 15 gaming laptop with an Nvidia GTX 980 and I7 processor. While playing graphic intense games my GPU would hit around 70 degrees Celsius and begin to throttle causing the FPS to drop significantly, once it cooled down a bit it would jump back up and thus an endless cycle occurred of great frames then throttling to almost unplayable frames. As soon as this came in I installed it( takes no more than a minute and is a simple as can be) and it immediately reduced my GPUs temp from 70 to around 62 degrees Celsius. Since I've used this product my computer has yet to throttle and drop in frames once. Opolar truly has made an outstanding and reliable product for a great price. Furthermore, I am currently studying engineering resulting in my usage of many extremely CPU intense programs and I have ran this fan at its highest speed for up to 6 hours at a time with no problem whatsoever. For anyone interested in cooling down your system, do NOT buy any "cooling pad" with fans that sit under your laptop. They may temporarily provide slight results but over a short amount of time they will blow dust and small debris directly into your laptop which will build up and eventually severly lower the performance of your system. Please do yourself and your system a favor and get one of these instead.
3392105
This works on a Dell Alienware M15x laptop which is requires a  hefty 150W supply or won't even charge.  I had previously purchased a white label OEM charger here on Amazon, with exact same specs 19.5V 7.7A, 150W and listed as M15x compatible, but it would not charge  the battery.  FOr a few dollars more, I then purchased this Dell branded replacement and works perfectly, so at least in my case, there is a difference in getting name brand.
3185584
10 second boot times on Windows 10 Technical Preview.  All my apps launch and respond much faster than they did on the old magnetic drive.  This was a great upgrade for my Alienware M14x R2.
3455323
open the case, click old out, click new in, close case... done!  and they work, double my memory in my alienware 15 in about 10 minutes!
3159542
I bought this laptop 10 months ago and have no regrets.  I love it!  I've always been a gaming laptop skeptic, refusing to give up my desktop systems because of their superior performance, but this thing really rocks for a laptop.  I'd say it only feels like a slight step down from a desktop in performance.  e.g. - when I bought it, the laptop was already last-years model.  Shortly after, The Witcher 3 came out and even being a year old it ran it at really high settings with a beautiful framerate.  Almost a year later (going on 2-year old technology now) I still run new games on near-max settings and they look gorgeous.  Add to that the quality of the keyboard (I hate laptop keyboards but this one is full-size and wonderful.

Now factor in the convenience of being a laptop, so I can game while on trips... and I got myself an iSkelter Hover X+ lapdesk so the Sofa is now my desk.  Next time I upgrade to a new system, you can bet I'll be getting an ASUS ROG because after this I don't know that I could ever go back to a desktop.

I could go on and on about everything I love about this system but then I'd be here all day.
3011341
I was looking to upgrade my 5 year old X51 alienware to run the newer games comming out this year. It took a some time to find a graphics card that was better but still used the same power usage of the old card. It works like a dream and can't be happier!
3852002
This thing is sweet. Be sure to install the windows 7 updates for it. Before the updates, most of the time this thing was using four cores unless it ran into something intensive and then it would utilize all 8 cores. After update, it uses all cores on almost all programs which keeps cpu usage very very low, even when using cpu hungry applications. Install windows hotfixes in this order, per microsoft: KB2645594 and second, KB2646060. I have a radeon hd 5770  and would lag while playing metro 2033 on high settings with a amd 4 core. With this chip and the same graphics card, it runs smooth. games are still CPU hungry and this chip will appease any modern game. If you plan to overclock, get a better heatsink and a good case. I have a coolermaster 430, 8 gigs of 1066 ram, msi 870A-g54 FX motherboard,  500 gig sata WD green hard drive,550 watt power supply, an artic freezer pro 7 heatsink (replaced fan with a 80mm speed adjustable fan) and windows 7 pro 64 bit. I have this beast overclocked at 3.8 with amd cool and quiet activated(turbo boost off). I am not gonna go for 4ghz cause i don't need it and i would get liquid cooling if i ever decided that i needed more speed. it runs at 28-29C idle. when i play games that run the chip at 3.8 for 30min  or more, the chip never reaches 40C (38C max for me) with room temp 72-73F. safe max temp for this chip is 61C. I am well below that. I will give a heads up in the summer. I do have 120mm silent fans on all 6 available case fan spots and my computer is still fairly quiet, quieter than my old case that had 3 case fans. A good case is crucial. i got the coolermaster 4 pack silent case fans for 12 bucks and some change here in amazon. Super bang for your buck. Don't listen to the bad reviews. this thing does bulldoze. I stressed all the 8 cores to %100 and the computer was still responsive :). This thing should be able to run better, but it still runs super fast. We'll see what happens in the future. I believe this thing is very future proof as software catches up to 8 cores. software just caught up with 4 cores. You will NOT be disappointed. Anther thing, don't be a goon and drop this thing in an incompatible motherboard, RAM and then give it a bad review like the others. It took me about 4 hours of reading product reviews and searching the internet to pick out the right parts just to make sure i wasn't gonna goof, but that is just me. I gave it 4 stars cause AMD couldn't download a copy of windows 7 ,from the pirate bay or something, to have all the angles of this chip tested.
509571
WARNING!
If you use HDMI, keep in mind this card has a MINI HDMI connector, not regular HDMI, so you will need an adapter, or mini to regular HDMI cable to use HDMI.

REVIEW:
I bought this for my son and installed it in my machine just to play around with it before I put it in his machine since he was with the grandparents for the weekend.  I use an ATI 7750, which I thought was a relatively decent card.  This card blew it away!  I played Elder Scrolls online on ultra, and it handled it.  I couldn't play long-term like that because you can certainly feel the strain on the card, but on medium settings the game still looked beautiful and worked smooth as butter.  Way better than my 7750 was doing.  Since this was a side-by-side comparison I have to say Nvidia has definitely impressed me.  I've been an ATI junkie for a while, but I might just have to switch back.  Keep in mind, at the price, this really is more of an economy gaming card, and it fits in my son's Dell Optiplex "modified" 755 with upgraded power supply, which a double-wide will NOT fit.

As always, EVGA makes a great product with solid components and the card looks and feels high quality.

Anyway, if you need an economy card, or have a Dell that the engineers built to only accept single-width video card, then this card is a great fit.
484927
Got mine today; went through and did all of the necessary updates and such, and couldn't be happier! As others have noted, the disc drive button activates far too easily and often, and the speakers scratch a little at certain frequencies (something I'm sure any audiophile could fix but I cannot). Complaints about flimsy construction couldn't be more inaccurate; its sturdy despite it's ridiculous weight. The fingerprints do stick on the matte plastic, but unless you are extremely obsessed with cleanliness they aren't very bothersome. The keyboard feels nice, good click and actuation force. The trackpad at first seemed annoyingly not slick, but after about five minutes of wear it works beautifully; shortcuts and all. It has two mechanical buttons as well, a godsend in these days of trackpad-integrated buttons (eugh). The display is absolutely GORGEOUS, wide viewing angles is very accurate, both horizontally and vertically. The brightness is astounding (not sure, but I believe I was told 300 nits); I went out at full brightness and angled the glare directly at the sun and it was still visible (with only a slight squint necessary, which I can thank the matte display for). As for games; Skyrim Legendary Edition with the High Res textures ran beautifully at 49FPS in windowed mode (have yet to test full screen, but I imagine there would be a difference). The laptop ran cool with everything I threw at it except (oddly enough) minecraft, which heated it up dramatically but not to the point of discomfort. no issues with the USB's as others have suggested. Charging brick is a brick, but it's an effective brick, so it's fine (though it weighs about the same as the darn laptop). Will update if anything changes, but so far no issues at all, VERY happy with my purchase ^-^
3119789
This was really easy to install with the available migration software! I have a Dell i7559 4k model that I upgraded the RAM in as well to 16gb. There was an immediate difference in boot up time and opening Photoshop and lightroom. I don't really play games that much but figured I might as well with this BEAST! This laptop is legit as hell and takes anything I throw at it with the help of this m. 2 SSD. I highly recommend!
930125
I have been using this stand for a week now and all I can say it was worth buying. I can finally use my laptop lying down on my bed or just sitting on my sofa. I was surprised that this stand can candle the weight of my 15 inch Alienware R2 and still have space to place my Samsung S5 on the side of the stand. It was also nice to see that my laptop never overheats when using this stand. If I ever see any problems in the future with this product, I'll update my review, however, if no problems are encountered, my review will stay the same.