Alienware M16 R1 AMD Review

[@Jorge-p3g7t]

Just got mine in today, really responsive & quick. Perfect purchase for someone like me who is in the road all the time

[@juliand1819]

Just got this at bb for 1175 open box for a steal in excellent condition

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I'm jealous lol

[@juliand1819]

Was like 1300 with taxes but yeah i couldn't pass it up and i was gonna go for a 14 for portability 😅😅 how are you liking it so far?

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

@@juliand1819 writing this comment on it right now, lol. I love it, thing can compete with my desktop in gaming due to DLSS and raytracing just being better and I can still easily take it on the road. Probably my best purchase for a laptop and I've owned some sort of laptop at all times since the early 2000s.

[@gebthabeb]

I got one with 32gb ram for 1400, 1500 after taxes. Kinda wanna return/ sell for an Asus Zephyrus G16 instead bc of the beautiful OLED screen. But I got the AW-M16 at such a great price 😬

[@stonethedon9927]

I bought mine new a few month ago at best buy and I am still happy with it. Everything works fine, the screen problem after sleeping mode happened to me 2 / 3 times so far. Beside that, I am happy i got it for 1800 new since I have Desktop Computer at the moment.

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

IMO 1800 is too much. It is an excellent laptop but I don't know if I would have spent that much.

[@stonethedon9927]

@@GrumpyWolfTech They havend had anything really good there and I was in a kind of a hurry. Wouldnt have had paid more. But so far it works very well. Like your channel

[@njdpiper]

Just bought this for 1400 in good condition from Best Buy OB I’m really looking forward to the upgrade from my Lenovo legion 5 with a Rtx 3050ti most new games have been a struggle for it. Love the review definitely need more subscribers!

[@tysage1473]

thats a big upgrade

[@ahmedabdelwahab5181]

I'm considering buying an open box in 'Good' condition as well. How is your experience with it? Was anything missing?

[@njdpiper]

@@ahmedabdelwahab5181 It was basically new! It was supposed to come with a charger, but it didn't. However, Best Buy gave me one. Overall, I've been very happy with it. It's worth noting that since it's been reset, there's a lot of updating to be done.

[@njdpiper]

@@ahmedabdelwahab5181 It was basically new! It was supposed to come with a charger, but it didn't. However, Best Buy gave me one. Overall, I've been very happy with it. It's worth noting that since it's been reset, there's a lot of updating to be done.

[@jessefpv4949]

Bought this 5 months ago couldn't be more please upgraded the ram from 16 to 64. Love the chreey mx keys

[@kgetpaid9511]

yo ive had mine for a year now love it as well just upgraded my storage to a 2tb samsung 990 ssd are you running 2 32gb for the ram? and what speed is it rated

[@jessefpv4949]

@@kgetpaid9511 nice brez. I wrapped mine with skin.. pretty sick. I put two Vengeance.. 32gb ram sticks.. 4800mhz

[@she1061]

Bro may I ask what type of OpenBox choice you buy for your unit? Is it Excellent, Good or Fair? Thanks

[@fly7292]

I really like this laptop but I think I'm just gonna get something similar spec-wise which comes out next year

[@igorigorevich1227]

Hi, I bought this laptop and bought a Samsung 990evo SSD for it and that’s the problem, the SSD is simply not visible in the BIOS or the system, tell me, do you know what the problem is?

[@Robin-ro5ee]

Great video. I was eyeing an open box one at BB as well. You still happy with your purchase post review?

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

Yes! Very happy. Legit the best laptop I've ever had.

[@mnomateus]

Bought the same one!

[@ahmedabdelwahab5181]

I'm thinking of getting an open box in 'Good' condition too. How's your experience with it so far? Was anything missing or not working, aside from the box?

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I've had no problems with it outside the occasional bluescreen waking up from sleep, which is likely caused by me using the nvidia driver and not the dell driver. Honestly it's not a issue though because I don't let it go to sleep anymore.

[@stewwey4059]

Hows your temperature? I got one for $1675 same specs same packaging. But when I got it the cpu temperatire was really high about 67-90 doing absolutely nothing no usage but really hot I returned it now im thinking of getting another one for $1545.

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

Just sitting here watching youtube the cpu sits in the mid 50s, but to be fair these cpus are designed for run hot, AMD went with a higher TJmax with the 7000 series and if I recall they said the cpu is designed to run at 95c all the time. Here is a link to AMD talking about it. community.amd.com/t5/gaming/ryzen-7000-series-processors-let-s-talk-about-power-temperature/ba-p/554629

[@stewwey4059]

@@GrumpyWolfTech I'm not really familiar with AMD it was the first time I bought a AMD CPU I didn't know they are designed to run at 95c avg I usually use Intel cpus and they run 40-60celsius stand by. Well thanks for your response I just ordered another one Ill try again.

[@stewwey4059]

​@@GrumpyWolfTech I just got my Laptop I was able to fix the overheating CPU issue I found out you can change the TCC offset which limits the CPU performance a little bit but lowers the temperature I set it about 87celsius now it's always 87celsius if I don't turn on TCC offset it's 100celsius constant when gaming while doing light browsing around 60-80. The fps difference is not really huge about 5fps difference

[@ruofanwu106]

Mine is running hot too. 70-80 when idle and the fan is loud. It is really a silicon lottery that some cpu is cooler than others. Temp is not a issue to me but the fan noise is.

[@NotAShootingStar]

I picked one up too. Been comparing to my X15 R2 3070ti. 4080 is better but really notice CPU difference. That is large so depending on your work/game it can be very useful

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I came from an intel laptop with a 13620, and I was just not impressed. I then tried a 13900hx, and wasn't impressed with that either. I don't know if it's a thing with the e cores and p cores, but in my recent experience these AMD mobile chips are just WAY better.

[@fogrty1032]

For the blue screen, you need to install the drivers from Alienware, not the Nvidia website.

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

I'll give it a shot, only problem with that though is Alienware is going to stop supporting it long before nvidia will. Ultimately leaving you with out of date drivers, or just putting up with the bluescreens.

[@thedudegamezzz]

Bought a g14 oled 120hz with a RTX 4060 open box for 1k at best buy. I can say indeed the 8gb of Vram is causing me to possibly go buy this Alienware open box. I love the portability of the g14 and its mainly for school but when I game I need that extra Vram lol

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

That's why I got rid of my laptop with a 4070 in it, especially since I play in 4k, the 8gb vram just isn't enough anymore.

[@thedudegamezzz]

@GrumpyWolfTech if I do upgrade it's gonna be 4080 minimum.

[@Fr4nkSanchez]

I get you. I had the Z13 ACRNM i9 RTX4060 but I sold it and I just bought the m16 but will see in a couple days

[@BaksteentKK]

Woah! 1520 for a high end Alienware laptop? I can only dream of finding an Alienware for this price... I would take it with me even if I had to take a loan somewhere to do so...

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

Keep an eye on bestbuys site for open box.

[@tysage1473]

I also got it at 1500 it's possible just look at open box​@@GrumpyWolfTech

[@asphalt2554]

The woolf only speaks in my left ear… AAAAAA

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

lol, I noticed that when editing, I think it's my wireless mic doing it. It was a cheap mic.

[@Fr4nkSanchez]

I just bought "Alienware - m16 QHD+ 240Hz Gaming Laptop - AMD Ryzen 9 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 - 1TB SSD - Windows 11 Pro - Dark Metallic Moon" for $1,200 USD + Taxes on bestbuy. I am going to pick it up in two days, hopefully I dont have to return it, it looks promising but I used to have a Dell M6800 Precision and I know what is to be carrying a heavy laptop. I sold my Z13 ACRNM i9 RTX 4060 because I saw the opportunity and with the same money I kinda bought better specs but lost portability. Otherwise will have to buy a G14 with 3060 or 4060

[@GrumpyWolfTech]

$1200 is an insanely good price for this laptop.

[@hridoyabdullah5133]

will like to know your thoughts on your purchase. do you think it was a good purchase

[@Fr4nkSanchez]

@@hridoyabdullah5133 yes actually. I do like that it feels like a 15 inch laptop, not too big and for what I do is good, no complains