Well, I just came from the Razer forums as I've decided I'm going to put the consideration of purchasing a Razer Blade on hold due to it's $2000 price tag and its sub-par screen and I've started to look at some Alienware devices that may better suit my needs for college and housing in a dorm.
This may be an odd choice of devices, but I think I'm currently deciding between an Alienware M14x or an Alienware x51 with the addition of a tablet. I love the portability that I could have with the M14x, but I love the extra power I could get with the x51, as it would probably last me a longer period of time. Either device would have to last me four years at least.
As of right now, the games I'm most interest in playing are CS:GO, WoW, and the occasional MineCraft when/if I don't have access to the internet. And the occasional GW2, I suppose. Actually, lets just say for this current generation of games, I would like to run BF4 on a fairly high setting while still being playable. I'd like to have at least above 30fps (but the more the merrier) at all times playing whatever game I may be playing.
My specs for the M14x:
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4700MQ
RAM
8GB DDR3L at 1600MHz
Storage
750GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s + 80GB mSATA SSD Caching
Vid Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5
Price w/o support and accidental damage: $1,499.00
Specs for the x51:
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4770
RAM
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz
Storage
1TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache
Vid Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 Ti with 2GB GDDR5
+ [insert tablet here]...feel free to direct me to a good tablet that is under or near $500
Price w/o support and accidental damage and tablet: $1,399.00
I will most likely be purchasing the four year services and such with these, as I would rather have some insurance if some idiot were to break something at college.
P.S. Please do not say it would be better to purchase something else/build my own computer. I know it may be better for the price, but I want to see what would be better between my two choices. I doubt that would happen as I'm in the Alienware forum, but you never know.:p
Thanks!
This may be an odd choice of devices, but I think I'm currently deciding between an Alienware M14x or an Alienware x51 with the addition of a tablet. I love the portability that I could have with the M14x, but I love the extra power I could get with the x51, as it would probably last me a longer period of time. Either device would have to last me four years at least.
As of right now, the games I'm most interest in playing are CS:GO, WoW, and the occasional MineCraft when/if I don't have access to the internet. And the occasional GW2, I suppose. Actually, lets just say for this current generation of games, I would like to run BF4 on a fairly high setting while still being playable. I'd like to have at least above 30fps (but the more the merrier) at all times playing whatever game I may be playing.
My specs for the M14x:
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4700MQ
RAM
8GB DDR3L at 1600MHz
Storage
750GB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s + 80GB mSATA SSD Caching
Vid Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 765M with 2GB GDDR5
Price w/o support and accidental damage: $1,499.00
Specs for the x51:
Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core i7-4770
RAM
8GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1600Mhz
Storage
1TB SATA 6Gb/s (7,200RPM) 64MB Cache
Vid Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 Ti with 2GB GDDR5
+ [insert tablet here]...feel free to direct me to a good tablet that is under or near $500
Price w/o support and accidental damage and tablet: $1,399.00
I will most likely be purchasing the four year services and such with these, as I would rather have some insurance if some idiot were to break something at college.
P.S. Please do not say it would be better to purchase something else/build my own computer. I know it may be better for the price, but I want to see what would be better between my two choices. I doubt that would happen as I'm in the Alienware forum, but you never know.:p
Thanks!