Best Small Notebook Laptop For Gaming

We just discussed in the previous article about the Alienware company, and the best small notebook for gaming which was the Alienware M11x. And in this article we’ll discuss more about another powerful laptop produced by this company, the Alienware M17x.

This one has the largest display screen of all Alienware laptops, a 17 inch Wide XGA+ screen with a resolution of 1440 x 900 (900 p). And since the display screen is larger, the video quality will also be much better, and this is a really important feature when playing complex video games. Just like at the M11x, almost all the features of this laptop are customizable too, and now we’ll discuss more about them.

For the video card you have two options, and both of them are really powerful graphics engines – the Dual – 1 GB ATI Mobility Radeon TM  HD 4870 or the Single – 1 GB GDDR 5 ATI Mobility Radeon TM  HD 5870. Since this is a larger laptop it also has an optical drive, and you can choose between a Slot Loading Dual Layer DVD burner, Blu-ray Combo or Blu-ray Burner. There are quite many options for the processor and you can choose between an Intel ^® Core^{T M} i5 520 M, 2.40 Ghz or a 540 M 2.53 Ghz or a 620 M, 2.66 Ghz. These were the options just for the Intel Core i5, but there are also 3 possibilities for the Intel ^® Core ^TM i7: the Intel ^® Core ^TM i7 720 QM 1.6 Ghz, 820 QM 1.73GHz or 920 XM 2.0 Ghz. But this is not all because there is also the Intel ®  Core TM  2 Quad Q 9000, Q 9100 or the Intel ®  Core TM  2 Extreme Quad QX 9300 (12 MB Cache, 1066 MHz FSB). Since it is a large laptop, it also has a lot of ports, such as: 4 high speed USB ports, 1 eSATA/USB combo port, an 8 in 1 media card reader, and ports like: IEE, ExpressCard Slot, HDMI, VGA, front speakers audio out, center speaker and subwoofer audio out, rear surround audio out, audio in / microphone jack, and also a headphones jack. It has 2 built in front speakers, but as you can see this is one of the few models of laptops on which you can connect a 5.1 surround sound system. You can even customize your color, and you can choose between Anodized Aluminum – Lunar Silver, Space Black or Nebula Red.

And even though it is a large laptop, it is still a laptop, so it can be carried around when going somewhere, and that’s why it has both wireless and Ethernet connectivity for easy access to the internet. For the operating system you can choose between the Genuine  Windows ®  7 Home Premium 64 Bit, the Genuine Windows ®  7 Professional 64 Bit or the Genuine Windows ®  7 Ultimate 64 Bit. For the RAM memory you can choose between a memory of 4 GB, 6 GB or 8 GB of DDR 3 memory – 1066 / 1333 Mhz.

You also have many choices for the hard drive, and these would be:
640 GB – 5,400 RPM
250 GB, 320 GB, 500 GB – 7,200 RPM
128 GB,  256 GB – Solid State Drive
RAID 1 –500 GB 7,200 RPM (2 x 500 GB) / 640 GB 7,200 RPM (2 x 640 GB)
RAID 0 – 640 GB 7,200 RPM (2 x 320GB) / 1 TB2 7,200 RPM (2 x 500 GB) / 256 GB SSD (2 x 128 GB) / 512 GB2 SSD (2 x 256 GB)

The keyboard of the Alienware M17x is also a specially made one, an Alien FX ^TM Illuminated Keyboard. No matter which configuration you choose, the battery will be the same for all models – a 9 cell Lithium Ion battery. And now let’s look a little at the dimensions of this 17 inch laptop:

Height: 51.31 mm to 53.59 mm (2.02 inches to 2.11 inches) – Front to Back
Width: 405.89 mm (15.98 inches)
Depth: 321.31 mm (12.65 inches)
Weight: Starting at 5.3kg (11.68 pounds)

So now you know that the Alienware M11x is the best small notebook for gaming , and also that the Alienware M17x is one of the best gaming laptops on the market right now. And it is also among the most expensive ones, with a starting price of 1,800 dollars, which can go even higher than 2,000 dollars. So if you ever used one of these models, tell us more about them. Have a good day!