Epic Silver Alienware AW15R2-6161SLV 15.6 Inches Laptop Review

This is my short summary of pros and cons.

CONS:
- Bulky
- Regular hard drive
- Battery life
- Fingerprint magnet

PROS:
- Performance/price
- Compatibility with the Alienware Graphic Amplifier
- Build quality
- Alienware support
- Beautiful IPS 1080p screen

Longer summary:

I would only recommend this laptop for people that will use it primarily for gaming since otherwise you can find other brands/models that will be lighter, cheaper, and have better specs.

However, the bulkiness of this laptop brings and advantage which is better cooling than many of its competitors.

Also, the Alienware 15 offers an unique feature which is the ability to use it with desktop graphics cards if you buy the Alienware Graphics Amplifier that can improve its gaming performance dramatically depending on the graphics card that you end up getting.

This is the setup I would recommend:... Read more

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Awesome machine, would be nice if they would include an option to upgrade to the 980 since its more of a compatible 4k gpu. Nonetheless this is still an amazing machine with as much power as you can reasonably ask for out of a laptop. Many people are looking to buy these as desktop replacents and are getting completely blindsided by the overheating issues that plauge thin high performance laptops. I was a victim of this firsthand, its shocking when you fireup your game and within 30 minutes of playing your laptop is hot enough to easily fry an egg. This is not the thinnest laptop ever but it still suffers from all the same issues. I nearly returned my laptop but after many hours of researching aftermarket laptop cooling and multiple purchases I am completely satisfied and can play for hours on end (unlimited) without ever feeling like I'm putting my machine in harm way. To make a long story short I ended up ordering 2x Opolar nc05 laptop usb fans (must have) and a cooling pad ( cooler... Read more