Our quick take
Alienware X17 R1 - 4.5 / 5
Legend industrial design
- Quad cooling fan design; Element 31 encapsulated gallium-silicone thermal interface material for cooling Ports: 2x USB Type-C ports (one Thunderbolt), 2x USB 3.2 Type-A (Gen 1) with PowerShare Killer Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wireless LAN, Killer E3100 RJ-45 2.5G Ethernet, Bluetooth 5.2 Five power modes: Performance, Balanced, Battery Saver, Quiet, Full Speed microSD card reader
Glorious gaming and display options
17.3-inch display options FHD (1920 x 1080) at 165Hz 3ms or 360Hz 1ms UHD/4K (2160 x 3840) at 120Hz 4ms Nvidia G-Sync and Advanced Optimus Up to Intel Core i7-11800H CPU Up to 32GB DDR4 XMP 3466MHz RAM Up to Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU Up to 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
FHD (1920 x 1080) at 165Hz 3ms or 360Hz 1ms UHD/4K (2160 x 3840) at 120Hz 4ms
Timespy - 9,560 Timespy Extreme - 5,806 Port Royal - 7,353 Firestrike - 18,154 Firestrike Ultra - 7,855 Firestrike Extreme - 13,620 DLSS test PC Mark - 6,095
Rainbow Six Siege - 69fps max settings, ultra quality Watch Dogs Legion - 35fps max settings Red Dead Redemption 2 - 40fps max settings Far Cry New Dawn - 49fps high quality settings Dirt 5 - 57fps max settings
Compact keyboard design
- Ultra-low profile truly mechanical laptop keyboard CherryMX low profile switches, 1.8mm travel Per-key RGB LED lighting Backlit touchpad
To recap
A slimline gaming machine with plenty going for it - and only a handful of small complaints from what we’ve experienced during our gaming sessions.
