Alienware m18 AMD Gaming Laptop – 18-inch FHD+ (1920 x 1200) 480Hz 3ms Display, AMD Ryzen 9-7845HX, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 GDDR6, 1-Year Premium Support – Dark Metallic Moon

4.0 out of 5 stars

Absolutely love it

This is the perfect computer. Although, after a few months of use I had to get the motherboard replaced. The computer itself has a few issues, but overall it preforms great. The fans are also very loud.

4.0 out of 5 stars

not bad

it woks well, but the fan is sooooo laud and it was heavier then I thought

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great performing laptop.

I purchased it for my college-age child. She has been using it at college since August and loves it. It works well and has good storage. The only drawback is it is heavy to carry across campus with the backpack, and power cord. Her college campus is large and it is a long trek to classes from the dorm.

5.0 out of 5 stars

5 estrellas, todo llego en perfectas condiciones

Todo llego en perfectas condiciones , dude por el tema del empacado y la protección de la caja , había comentarios de que llegaba golpeada, pero la pantalla luce muy bien ya se uso y es una maravilla esta marca

3.0 out of 5 stars

Loud fan

The graphics are great, but the fan is loud and the battery drains quickly.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Alienware Laptop

Great performance and graphics.

5.0 out of 5 stars

Great performance, high quality build.

Iv’e always wanted an Alienware after hearing about their powerful and reliable products. One of the things that brought to this laptop was it’s thin and super sleek design with its LEDs and many vent holes. When i got it out of the box and started it up for the first time, i only had one minor issue. The issue i had was bluetooth, it keep disconnecting from my mouse and headset. But it was a simple issue and simple fix. It had to do the dolby access app that comes with the laptop. I turned it off, then turned it back on well as ran a troubleshooter. After that i had no issues with the bluetooth. From my experience it seems to be a common thing with laptops that have some form of dolby. My old acer had a similar issue, and was pretty much the same fix. Also, from my experience things like that may happen because you’re getting a laptop with all default settings being used for the first time, it just takes a little tweaking, laptops won’t be perfect when you first boot them up.With that said, what are my thoughts on this laptop? Well if you need something small and sleek with great power, you can’t really go wrong with this one. Alienware is known for gaming performance, and it runs like a champ!!! I get about 80 fps in watchdogs legion with max settings. This is with the rtx 3070ti and AMD ryzen 9 6900 HX version with 32 gig ram.Build quality, build quality lives up to alienware’s reputation of high quality. Everything feels very solid as it should be. The sceen has just a slight flex as to be expected with screens, but it doesn’t feel like it’s coming come off anytime soon.Fingerprints, the laptop doesn’t really show fingerprints, but marks will show from time to time if you’re like me who has oily skin. So make sure to keep it clean!Cooling, as stated before this laptop has lots of vent holes. And it does prove to be helpful!! Yes the fans can be a little noisy at times, but that’s what you can expect from something packing this much power into a laptop. Plus, you can always change the fan settings in the command center if you need.The keyboard, so far i LOVE the cherry keyboard, it’s on the louder side and may not be to everyone’s taste. But personally, i find the keys to be fast and responsive with them having actual springs and not just membranes like so many other keyboards.The screen, i love the screen with the resolution being 2560×1440 at a max of 240 hz. The pixels are very small giving a clean and clear quality. And the 240 hz makes it very responsive, this is a big step up from my old acer nitro 5 that only had a max of 60 hz!!The battery: The battery will last a decent deal of time, but i wouldn’t expect your jaw to drop, this is a power-hungry machine Afterall.The LED’s, what can i say I’m a sucker for anything with lights. And this unit has lots of them if you’re onto that. You can customize the color of every single key/ the alien head and the lights around the exhausts on the back. You can even have a theme for each game that will automatically turn on when you load your game up!!!Overall i LOVE this beast. Sure its not for everyone and thats fine. But i personally find this a great choice for the money and the amount of technology you get.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

Too many Issues for a laptop I’d really like to keep!

screen stays black after waking up… when logging in it lags randomly until restarted, randomly turns off and gives blue screen, etc. This is after every driver has been updated and I have reinstalled windows using all methods. Once you are over the obstacles it does perform great! But the crash and recovery is the deal breaker for a laptop in this price range.. it is a shame I had to return it, I was interested in being a customer: Dell should really look into their management. I am not surprised if there will be firings.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Excellent laptop

I love this machine. The display is crisp and has very good color balance. I really like the deeper screen (16 x 10 instead of the usual 16 x 9). The keyboard has a great feel. Keeping up with drivers, etc. is very easy with the Dell support site. It is a bit heavy, so may not be a good choice for someone wanting a really portable machine. There is a slot available to add a second hard drive if desired. The sound quality is above average, but not fantastic. There are plenty of USB 3 ports. The machine does not have an Ethernet port, but I rarely need that anyway. The CPU is fast enough for all the games I play, and with 32G of memory, it has enough resources for almost any use.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Alienware>Razer

Ended up keeping this laptop after my Razer just got too insanely hot. The dell is engineered with cooling in mind, and stays relatively cool under load for long periods of time. I was on the fence about going for an Alienware or a Razer and I’m really glad I went with the Alienware. The engineering helps to mitigate any problems normally associated with laptops.

5.0 out of 5 stars

My precious

Yup, it’s big, heavy, and also loud and hot if you get into a game with very much pizazz. The keyboard is 1000% clicky clacky.And it is a glorious beast. Videos are beautiful and sound great to watch (and they don’t force the fan into overdrive).I bought it to play Ark. It does so nicely. Also loudly and hotly, lol. Still does better than the desktop I have. Battery seems average. This monster is heavy and not as mobile as some laptops but I bought it to sit on the couch and play games or surf the web. I keep it plugged in most of the time.

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5.0 out of 5 stars

Premium

This laptop is an absolute unit of a gaming laptop. I went with the 3070 TI version with a Ryzen 6900HX and let me tell you, it is SNAPPY. I travel a lot for work and needed something that could heavily multi-task while also providing bar none gaming on the go.Benefits:Extremely fast and responsive240HZ refresh rate monitor is butterkeyboard is the best typing experince i have had on a laptopFeels premium (no deck flex or wobble)PitfallsWhen gaming, the fans REALLY ramp up making quite a bit of noiseA real chonker (heavy)DO NOT try to fit this into a standard 15.6 in travel backpack. It will poke out the sides. Get a 17 backpack instead.Overall i am trhilled with the performance. I have not had any issues yet but will provide update in a few weeks.

12 people found this helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars

Phenomenal so far, outperforms some high-end desktop configurations

This is a review for the AMD 7845x & Nvidia 4080 model, with 32 GB RAM and the 1200p 480hz screen:This laptop is working perfectly and scoring extremely well on benchmarks. The only thing you need to do is uninstall Dell SupportAssist (after you use it to update all the lastest drivers/bios) because SupportAssist causes major but brief video/audio stutters every 10-15 minutes.Don’t do a custom overclock on this. There’s very little upside. If you do, it might bluescreen several times until it auto-reverts to default settings. Just use this on the Alienware performance mode and watch it crush other similar laptops in benchmarks and give you 100-400 fps in modern games at 1200p using the 40 series Nvidia features like DLSS, Reflex, and Frame Generation.The AMD CPU outperforms 11900 i9 (non-OC) desktop CPUS and the 4080 mobile GPU outperforms 4070 desktops GPUs.It’s an absolute cutting edge gaming machine for 2024 despite being a laptop because of the giant 18″ chassis which allows for adequate cooling, therefore no throttling.Seriously, I could not be happier.

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4.0 out of 5 stars

So far so good

Only been a few days and I am really liking this m18. Although 18″ doesn’t sound like a lot but this thing is beast!I’m wishing I had got the 16 as I bought this to travel with and will weigh me down a lot.If you’re debating this or the 16 go with the 16 as I still may trade down the size I had to get a bigger bag to carry and man it’s heavy with everything in it lol.