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Single is going to be faster, probably. By how much? Idk. From my understanding, dual rank is like having 2 sticks of ram in the same slot. You could end up with not enough bandwidth to utilize both. https://history-computer.com/single-vs-dual-rank-ram/ a good read.

Currently laptop ram maxes out at 5600mhz. This will change of course if it hasn’t already. The Intel 13900hx officially supports 5600mhz ram. ssj92 was referring to the xmp profile some ram supports. Which is a overclock of sorts. Pretty much the manufacturer of the ram saying it’s officially 5600mhz but will run at 5800mhz. (Or whatever it might be) Usually has better timing as well.

First sorta review is out. looks like the Liquid Metal isn’t making good contact on all cpu cores with this m18. A re-application might be in order. Gpu seems to be fine. on this 4080 and it hit 179 watts. On one of the LTT videos where they liquid cooled a 13900k they had a similar issue where the Liquid Metal wasn’t making good contact. Additional liquid fixed the issue. In the comments someone commented on using 5600mhz ram and it worked correctly. I will confirm when I get a chances, unless someone beats me to it. The speakers and screen def appear to be lacking compared to the other offerings. 290 nits… on the performance side, time will tell but I think there is a lot of potential in the cooling on these laptops. Gpu always had great thermals. @ssj92 seems to be the case with his friends laptop. Thank you for that quick review ssj92, despite not feeling well, hope you get better.

haha yeah, I did misunderstand you! Thats a big bummer that it won’t work…

After a few more hours of ocd filled research on the 18in laptops and the upgrade only being $100 more now I decided to take the risk. 🙃 Thanks again man! Do you have a "tip system" set up on your youtube channel? I'd like to buy you a beverage. That's awesome, I had a m16 in my cart so many times! Being able to see actual hands on reviews of them and bench tests was great. I think the m16 is really best of both the 15.6in and 17.3in laptop world. A lot to offer in a sleek and portable package! On a side note, I'm going to grab a couple 16gb 5600mhz sticks and see if they will run at full speed. Unless Alienware did some sort of Tom foolery, it should work I would assume.

Oh snap! I didn’t hear about the coupon. I’ll have cancel the order and get that. Thanks! Dude! Many thanks, you saved me $500! I very much appreciate it!

Very nice right up and video! Subbed! I think the x14 would be a great candidate for some under voltage and under clocking action. I’m looking forward to your m18 review.

Awesome sauce! I’m excited to see what kind of scores people can cram out of these things.

Just looking for opinions and also sharing my new laptop purchase with other enthusiast! 😝. This is all just my opinion. I also tend to ramble.🙃 fair warning! But this might help someone who is in the market. Just pulled the trigger after many many days of contemplation. Looking at everything from the 3070 ti to the 4090. Started with a m17 r5, then a x17 r2 then again to the m16 and finally settling on the m18. Reasoning… if you that’s what you want to call it. I was originally planning on spending $1500-2000. Browsed the heck out of the Dell outlet site. And then hopped over to the Alienware site and went back and forth. The 3070 ti is an awesome card and I had one sitting in my cart many times but I tend to hold on to stuff for a while and since this is the first non second hand gaming laptop in over 10 years I really wanted it to be as future proofed as possible. So, I splurged and got the m16 configed with the 4090. After a decent amount of researching I found that in some cases the 4080 outperformed the 4090 due to thermals. (in my research I was not comparing alienwares of course). On top of that the 4080 vs the 4090 did not justify an extra $600 to me for the power improvement. So with that extra $600 freed up, I decided to put the money towards the M18. Nostalgia is a big one, I remember drooling over the m18x back in the day with those dual graphics cards 🤤 I figured they are brand new and should be relevant for at least a few years. I ended up with a: 4080 3900hx 16gb ram (because dell overcharges!) 1600p 165hz (the FHD option doesn’t make sense to me) mechanical keyboard (of course!) Out the door for $3004 🤑 However… With the extra cooling potential of the m18 I wonder if I made a mistake not going for the 4090?…

oh, right on. I have been out of the loop and missed that whole ordeal. Sad that it's gone, but nice to know some of the same people are still around.

Thank you, yet again! =D

Holy smokes! Thanks to both of you so much! I was not expecting a zip folder of everything I was looking for haha! Quite the insight to back those up, I would have remembered the day after he servers shutdown =P Thanks again!!!

Howdy! I used to frequent the nbr under xXScionXx or something like that I can’t remember for sure, it’s been a while. Was really into this stuff in my younger years and still dabble but not so much anymore. I found this place looking for answers on my Clevo but as I looked around I got a hint of nostalgia haha. from what I’ve read so far, it seems like a good group of people on here.

Hello, I came across this site on my search of a upgrade path for my p870DM. I could have sworn I have seen posts of people upgrading from the 7700k to 8th and 9th gen in the past but for the life of me, I can not find them anymore. It seems like they have disappeared off the web. I have tried looking for dsanke and phoenix bios so I can upgrade. I am currently on the baked bios. The lack of search results is making me second guess myself… I have seen a few threads of people talking about it but not enough information to lead me to the answer I could be doing something wrong.. Any help in point me in the right direction would be awesome! Thank you.