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Picking a gaming laptop is a more intense decision than picking a desktop or individual components. You can’t just throw in a new graphics card or CPU in a few years to improve performance. Outside of ...

Save Over $1,000 on the Alienware 17 R5 Gaming Laptop Right now you can save over $1,000 on the R5, which is part of Alienware's line of 17-inch flagship machines. It's on sale for $1,499.99 at Dell, ...

A trimmed-down version of the flagship Alienware 17 R5, with the option for Nvidia "Turing" RTX graphics silicon, the new m17 looks like an appealing low-weight player for gamers on the go. I’ve been ...

PC display speeds are about to go up. Alienware’s updated m17 R5 and x17 R2, a pair of 17.3-inch gaming laptops, will each include the option for 480 Hz displays—about 33 percent faster than the ...

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The Alienware 17 R5 gaming laptop delivers serious power in a big, but nicely built, package. The model we reviewed is expensive, but the configuration choices offer well-priced options for different ...