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The Alienware m15x was one of the fastest systems to ever cruise through our offices, and although it had some heat issues, we were pleased with what the fastest 15-inch system we’d ever laid eyes on had to offer. Now enter the 17-inch version, appropriately named the m17x.

For those who are worried about overheating: I ran the ATI Tool and GPU-Z for 20 minutes and found that the graphics cards had a peak temperature of 77-degrees Celsius. Hopefully the BIOS in the m17x maintains better control of the system’s fans than the m15x did.  Get this though: the power brick was 114.5 degrees Fahrenheit when we shot it with our temperature gun. So far, no signs of cracking, at least.

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