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hey how's it going Dave 2d here so the Alienware 17 has always been a pretty powerful gaming laptop and you can get some really good configurations for like fifteen sixteen hundred dollars this is a little bit different this is their most powerful system they've ever had this is codenamed the baller configuration it's decked out it's got the i-9 8950 HK so that new six core cpu that can clock up to five gigahertz it's got a GTX 1080 that's running slightly overclocked it has 32 gigs of RAM a ton of storage it's ridiculous it's the most packed configuration it's expensive but good God it is powerful so the thing that makes this thing special is the CPU it's incredibly fast even at stock so CPU dependent apps and games will just fly on this thing see if you dependent anything will perform really well the GTX 1080 in here complements the CPU really nicely if you're doing have your video edits or 3d work or any kind of thing that's graphically intense this laptop can crush it but it does specialize in gaming the frame rates I was getting from this machine were just incredible really good looking graphics really smooth frame rates this thing just delivers now the screen on here is actually one of the more unique screens I've seen on a 17-inch gaming laptop so a lot of devices with big screens will have 1080p with high refresh and stuff like that this is a 1440p 120 hertz g-sync panel and games just look incredible on it it's super smooth and super sharp at the same time so it's brighter than your average panel and it's also pretty color accurate if you want to use your laptop for photo or video work it is a TN panel but unlike the vast majority of garbage TN panels out there this one's really good it's actually the best screen that Alienware makes and i think it's actually better than a lot of their IPS panels it's definitely the best screen that's available on the Alienware 17 it's a really good panel ok the cpu in here 6 core very powerful but this one has the ability to be overclocked to 5 gigahertz which in theory is awesome but I couldn't get it to maintain at that boost clock so I could get it to run at full tilt at stock speeds the vapor chamber they're using is doing a good job and even at 4.8 gigahertz it was not bad but at 5 gigahertz it gets dicey there is some very noticeable spiking in the clock speed the thing is that's a really big overclock for a laptop at stock speeds I'm pretty happy considering what this thing is able to push out if you wanted to though if you really really wanted to you probably paced it around some liquid and get some even better thermals but I'm happy with what this thing comes with at stock and the fan knows when it's being pushed isn't even that loud it also has Toby eye tracking so there's some cameras down here that'll track what you're looking at and you can use it for controls and the technology is cool the idea is cool but it's still a very niche product to me so all the other good stuff that comes with Alienware comes on this laptop as well very well built it's probably the best built 17 inch laptop that I've used this year it's built like a tank the chassis remains the same but they have this new black color it's kind of like a stealth look I've always liked the alien or grey but there's nothing but this all blocked murdered-out version that I find pretty cool the ports also have not changed it's running four USB slots two of them which are type C and there's also no SD slot so keep that in mind you get easy accessibility inside you have two RAM slots the four drives and the Wi-Fi card you also get a great keyboard it's pretty unique it's not mechanical but it's a very plush travel and it's very gamer friendly the layout does take some time to get used to especially with the macro keys so close on the left but yeah once you get used to it you'll enjoy this keyboard the speakers on the Alienware devices are always good the a llamar 17 has the best speakers of the bunch they're loud they're well positioned and it's got a good bass Alienware laptops have some of the best exterior lighting in the business it's got the light-up trackpad the really cool side lighting the alien head they do a really good job at it that being said I think that their interior lighting like the keyboard lighting is starting to show its age see Alienware was one of the first companies out there to put RGB lighting on the keyboard it looked really cool at the time but now like years later everybody's got individually lit keys these guys are still using zoned lighting and just on a flagship device like this their keyboard lighting isn't that impressive the trackpad they have also isn't a Windows precision one it's running synaptic drivers they've always been okay the touchpad tracking was never bad or anything but the gesture detection on synaptic software isn't good the dedicated buttons are nice though and that light up surface always looks cool now the battery life is short I was expecting it to be short because it's a 17 inch screen it's running g-sync so there's no optimus and the battery is limited to just 99 watt hours it's a big battery but it's a big laptop and with everything off like led off Tobey eye-tracking off I'm getting around four hours of battery life it's not terrible but it kind of limits the ability to use this thing all day without the charger the charger is also really big 330 watts it's a brick but you do need something like that to juice this system because it's a very very powerful laptop now obviously this isn't for everyone if you're a student and you have like four classes a day on campus you're not going to be bringing this thing around it's very thick it's very heavy but if you're looking for one of the most powerful systems you can get right now check this thing out because it is a beast okay hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subs of you loves it I'll see you guys next time