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Dell Alienware m17 R2 17.3"

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Dell Alienware m17 R2 is a high-end gaming laptop powered by up to 9th-gen Intel Core i9 CPU and NVIDIA RTX 2080 GPU in a sleek magnesium alloy chassis, which now adopts Alienware's new Legend industrial design.

The thinnest 17-inch gaming laptop on the market at its launch, the m17 R2 weighs under 6lbs; nevertheless, it offers 1.7mm key travel from its newly-engineered keyboard backlit by AlienFX per-key RGB lighting.

With Alienware's unique Graphics Amplifier interface, the m17 R2 can be boosted by an eGPU via dedicated PCIe bandwidth.

Alongside the Alienware m17 R2, Dell also introduced the m15 R2 at Computex 2019.

Ratings

What we found

Pros

Powerful gaming performance
Slim, lightweight chassis
Excellent keyboard and touchpad
Excellent battery life

Cons

Fans pulse more frequently than on older Alienware laptops

What external reviewers found

External score 78%

Pros

Excellent gaming performance
Solid keyboard
Excellent battery life
Excellent keyboard and touchpad
Powerful performance

Cons

Mediocre speakers
No dedicated mouse buttons
No Thunderbolt 3
No subwoofer for deeper bass
Loud fans

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Specifications

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13 May 2020

External Reviews

laptopmag^[1]

Reviewer score 82% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from laptopmag have found:

Alienware's Cryo-Tech 3.0 technology boasts bigger, more powerful fans. Tobii can function as a mouse of sorts, with the ability to launch apps or appear wherever you look. Command Center aggregates your games and allows you to create macros and overclock your system.

Pros

Powerful performance
Slim, lightweight design
Long battery life

Cons

Loud fans
No Thunderbolt 3

notebookcheck^[2]

Reviewer score 75% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from notebookcheck have found:

The Alienware m17 R2 is much more sensitive to power settings when compared to most other laptops. It's important to become familiar with Alienware Command Center as fan noise is intimately tied to Dell's pre-installed software. The integrated mouse keys are shallow in travel with moderate feedback when pressed.

Pros

Excellent gaming performance
Excellent keyboard and touchpad
Excellent battery life

Cons

No subwoofer for deeper bass
No dedicated mouse buttons

tomsguide^[3]

Reviewer score 78% (normalized by Neofiliac)

Reviewers from tomsguide have found:

The Alienware m17 features an Intel Core i9-9980HK mobile processor and an RTX 2080 Max-Q GPU. The display reproduces 72% of the sRGB color gamut, which isn't bad for a 144Hz display. But for creatives, this might not cut it for photo and video editing.

Pros

Sleek, slim design
Excellent gaming performance
Solid keyboard

Cons

Mediocre speakers

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References

^ Alienware m17 R2 Review. [laptopmag].
^ Dell Alienware m17 R2 Laptop Review: Making Core i9 Worthwhile. [notebookcheck].
^ Alienware m17 R2 Review. [tomsguide].

Dell Alienware m17 R2 17.3"

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