Testseek.com have collected 95 expert reviews of the Alienware 15 R3 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Alienware 15 R3 .
February 2017
(82%)
95 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(78%)
1043 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Under gaming (Ahes Of Singularity)
Clocks remain maximal
Very good keyboard and touchpad
Very comfortable and quiet
Relatively bright IPS display
With high contrast. No PWM (no flickering)
Good connection ports selection mDP v1.2
HDMI 2.0
Alienwar
Incredibly sturdy construction
Clean and sophisticated design
Fairly thin (just 25 mm)
Good keyboard and touchpad
Good IPS panel
Supports up to 3 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs
Not a bad cooling solution considering the form factor and the demanding hardware
S
Topnotch build quality
Cooling solution
Outstanding build quality
Impressive LED customization
120Hz refresh rate
Great gaming performance
Excellent cooling
Sturdy high-end build
Fantastic 1080p gaming performance
Boatload of storage
Nice lighting and design
High quality materials and looks
Slim albeit heavy. Good internal temps
Great keyboard
Has Thunderbolt 3 and Graphics Amplifier support
Solid build quality
Excellent keyboard and touch pad
Customizable RGB lighting
Factory-configurable
Plenty of ports
Fits into a normal size backpack—sort-of
Desktop level performance in a laptop
120 Hz screen great for gaming
High frame rates in most games
No performance loss over time
Easy to access internals for repairs and upgrades
Very fast storage drive
Attractive design with lots of customizable lighting. Highly configurable hardware options offer both value and performance. Solid 1080p gaming experience from Nvidia's GeForce GTX 1060. Supports Windows Hello
Fast and powerful
Excellent build quality
Great screen for high performance gameplay
A lot of features (macro keys
Eye tracking
Etc.)
Clever port layout
Many hardware options
Numerous illumination elements
Reference-class case quality
Handy Alienware tools
Pretty simple maintenance
Good input devices
Very high performance
120-
IPS screen
NVMe SSD
Eye Tracking
)
Clever port distribution
A lot of configuration options
A lot of lighting elements
Great case quality
Useful Alienware tools
Strong b
The editors didn't like
Relatively high price for the offered performance (but there will be discounts probably)
The 2.0 speakers are a little bit of disappointment not too bad
But certainly far from high quality
The Alienware styling could be a little too much for some
CPU
CPU and GPU underclocked by default
Third party software needs to be installed for overclocking
A bit loud under load
Heavy (3.5 kg)
G-Sync is optional and most units come with only 60Hz displays
The screen uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness (our Heal
Cramped keyboard
Color and grayscale accuracy
CPU bottlenecks
Cramped typing experience
No Number Pad
Plastic interior shroud prohibits easy access to the motherboard
TN panel is inaccurate
Expensive for a GTX 1070 laptop
Very expensive as configured
Maximum 1080p resolution
Heavy for a 15-inch laptop
Large footprint and very heavy for a 15" gaming laptop. Windows Hello/Tobii IR camera is flakey
Chassis gets warm
Fans a little loud while gaming
Subpar speakers
No SD-card reader
Still much larger than other 15-inch laptops
Hinge is an inconvenient eyesore
Mediocre battery life
Gets hot and loud under load
Heavy chassis with a beefy
Loud and largely ineffective cooler. 3 to 5 FPS slower than a similar GTX 1060 laptop we tested. GTX 1070 model can be expensive
Fits into a normal size backpack—sort-of, Desktop level performance in a laptop, 120 Hz screen great for gaming
Still much larger than other 15-inch laptops, Hinge is an inconvenient eyesore, Mediocre battery life
Two inches makes a world of difference, though. I couldn't see using the Alienware 17 as my day-to-day laptop. All 17-inch machines are huge, but a 17-inch machine that's still over an inch thick and weighs 9.5 pounds? No way.The Alienware 15 probably wou...
IPS screen, NVMe SSD, a lot of features (macro keys, Eye Tracking, ), clever port distribution, a lot of configuration options, a lot of lighting elements, great case quality, useful Alienware tools, good input devices, very high performance, strong b
basic warranty only 12 months, sound could be better, borderline weight, no memory card reader
Incredibly sturdy construction, clean and sophisticated design, Fairly thin (just 25 mm), Good keyboard and touchpad, Good IPS panel, Supports up to 3 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, Not a bad cooling solution considering the form factor and the demanding hardware, S
CPU and GPU underclocked by default, third party software needs to be installed for overclocking, A bit loud under load, Heavy (3.5 kg), G-Sync is optional and most units come with only 60Hz displays, The screen uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness (our Heal
As always, the 15-inch Alienware 15 R3 is a well-built premium gaming system with some small issues along the way, which are usually intrinsic to lower-end gaming laptops. However, build quality and design isn't one of them. The Alienware 15 R3 continues...
Published: 2017-06-22, Author: Alexander , review by: tomshardware.com
Outstanding build quality, Impressive LED customization, 120Hz refresh rate, Great gaming performance, excellent cooling
Cramped typing experience, No Number Pad, Plastic interior shroud prohibits easy access to the motherboard, TN panel is inaccurate, Expensive for a GTX 1070 laptop
The GTX 1070-equipped Alienware 15 hits the ball out of the park in terms of build quality, features, and performance. However, the 120Hz refresh rate introduces display accuracy trade-offs, and the high price can be a bit much to stomach. Review...
Published: 2017-05-29, Author: Sean , review by: engadget.com
Fast and powerful, Excellent build quality, Great screen for high performance gameplay
Larger than most 15-inch machines, Poor battery life, 1080p display has shallow viewing angles
The new Alienware 15 ticks all the right boxes for a gaming laptop: it's stylish, it's fast and powerful and it's covered in LED lighting. It's one flaw, however, is that it's a little bigger than your average 15-inch gaming machine. If you can live with...
Solid build quality, Excellent keyboard and touch pad, Customizable RGB lighting, Factory-configurable, Plenty of ports
Chassis gets warm, fans a little loud while gaming, Subpar speakers, No SD-card reader
Solid all-around—in its graphics oomph, build quality, keyboard, port mix, and panel performance—the 2017 Alienware 15 R3 delivers a serious dose of gaming adrenaline for the money. Read More...
The Alienware 15 R3 gaming laptop is probably one of the most attractive "gamer" laptops keeping it from looking gimmicky. Backed up by some powerful components it will play games easily but at the cost of noise and quite a bit of heat from its heavy fram...
a lot of features (macro keys, eye tracking, etc.), clever port layout, many hardware options, numerous illumination elements, reference-class case quality, handy Alienware tools, pretty simple maintenance, good input devices, very high performance, 120-
high noise development under load, CPU with temperature issues, only 12 months base warranty, unaesthetic fan exhausts, sound could be better, high weight, no card reader
The visuals of the third revision of the Alienware 15 R3 are beyond any doubt (except for the protruding fan area). There is currently no other gaming notebook with such a sophisticated, stable, and well-built chassis. Then there is also the unique design...
