Review Alienware m15 Ryzen Edition R5 Review: Team Red’s Blasting Off Again

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Alienware’s first AMD laptop in over a decade has a smooth take off with strong performance.

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[saunupe1911]

I hate Dell's configuration lineup for this laptop. I want the 3060 with a QHD screen more so for productivity than gaming.

 

[pixelpusher220]

are the USB's 3.2 gen 1 or gen 2?

Specifications grid says "USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 x 3, HDMI 2.1, USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 x 1 (DisplayPort)"

but the text farther down says

[the back has] USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port and a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port that also supports DisplayPort. The right side of the laptop has two additional USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports.

 

[Dragonking_1]

AMD's chips may not run as hot as Intel ones do but they should have not have cheaped out on the cooling. The R4 uses Alienware's vapour chamber cooling with 6 or so heat pipes. While this one is stuck with just 4 heat pipes. Most premium laptops at this price or a bit lower even, provide better cooling, i.e. 6 heat pipes (without a vapour chamber though) I think. Maybe that is why they could not go for the 140W (125+15W) 3070 and settled for the 125 (115+10W) 3060/70.

AMD Ryzen is not a "budget" option in today's times, Dell.