Testseek.com have collected 116 expert reviews of the Alienware 17 Series and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Alienware 17 Series.
December 2013
(82%)
116 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(67%)
14 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Very Good 3D performance. Quad Core Haswell processor. 1080p screen. Cool lighting effects.
Dell's Alienware 17 is highly configurable
Looks a bit more sophisticated than previous incarnations
And still delivers excellent performance.
Sleek design
With distinctive lighting effects and solid construction. Quadcore Intel Core i7 processor and latest Nvidia graphics card.
Sleek soft-touch and aluminum design
Gorgeous 1080p display
Good keyboard
Excellent graphics performance
Sexy chassis
Colorful 1080p display with wide viewing angles
Customizable lighting
Excellent graphics and performance
Big and rich audio
With distinctive lighting effects and solid construction. Quad-core Intel Core i7 processor and latest Nvidia graphics card.
Sexy
Futuristic chassis
Lovely 1080p display
Good performance
Graphics amp significantly boosts GPU performance
Superb battery life for gaming laptop
Great design and customizability
Great screen and speakers
Topnotch build quality
Stunning display
Cool lighting effects
Powerful
Customizable LED lights
Good keyboard and trackpad
Highquality chassis.
Great design and lighting system
Excellent performance
Good keyboard and touchpad
Respectable battery life
Superb gaming performance
Great keyboard and trackpad
Excellent build quality
Attractive new design
High-quality and sturdy case
Large Full HD display
Illuminated keyboard and case
Good touchpad
Good gaming performance
Very easy to upgrade and maintain
Superb build quality
Very good speakers
Outstanding performance
The editors didn't like
Big and Bulky. Expensive. Low battery life
You probably don't really want a programmable lightshow for your laptop. No dual-GPU options
And battery life isn't going to help much with on-the-go gaming.
Pricey. Limited portability. Battery is sealed in chassis
Bulky and heavy
Runs hot and loud
Unreliable touch pad
Expensive
Heavy
Muddy audio quality
Runs hot
While it performed well
We rated it a 4 on performance as this was an older model and expect the newer models would be able to handle max settings on all our test games
Thinner and aggressive new look, More efficient cooling, Stealthy Tobii integration
New shape may not fit in your bag
This 17-inch laptop might be our favorite new addition to the Nvidia Pascal-powered gaming notebook family...
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Published: 2013-11-07, Author: Dan , review by: cnet.com.au
Dell's Alienware 17 is highly configurable, looks a bit more sophisticated than previous incarnations, and still delivers excellent performance
You probably don't really want a programmable lightshow for your laptop. No dual-GPU options, and battery life isn't going to help much with on-the-go gaming
It's not as much of a conversation piece as the tank-like Alienware 18, but the slimmer, lighter Alienware 17 is arguably more practical for serious gamers with realistic budgets....
Alienware has made some bold claims that it's 17-inch gaming laptop will be able to tap into the full 150W power of the Nvidia GTX 1080 while other companies have only achieved 120W performance.In our short hands on time we didn't get to play with the top...
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Published: 2016-09-04, Author: Kevin , review by: techradar.com
Thinner and aggressive new look, More efficient cooling, Stealthy Tobii integration
New shape may not fit in your bag
This 17-inch laptop might be our favorite new addition to the Nvidia Pascal-powered gaming notebook family...
Abstract: In our Crysis 3 benchmark, with graphics quality set to High, the Alienware 17 produced an average 29fps. That’s just about playable, but we’ve seen better frame rates from laptops imbued with the GeForce GTX 880M, such as the Schenker XMG P504, which pro...
Heavy, thick body, Battery rapidly depletes during games, Small trackpad, Loud, unrefined speakers, Very expensive
As usual, Alienware's latest gaming machine looks the part, and its exciting design is backed up by benchmark-breaking speed in the latest titles. The screen is good but not great, however, and the battery life during gameplay is typically poor. As usual,...
The Alienware 17 isn't perfect – a laptop costing this much really ought to include a proper solid-state drive, and maybe 16 GB memory too. And, of course, its sheer size and weight mean that it's rarely going to leave home. However it provides top-of-the...
Power, power and more power, Big 1080p screen, Decent battery life
LED-heavy styling, Not really portable, No 4k
Complaining about the size and weight of the Alienware 17 is missing the point, really – this laptop is all about no-compromise gaming, and in this it excels. OK, so the styling won't be to everyone's tastes and it's a long way from cheap, but if fraggi...
