Alienware 17-780M

Cutting-edge design

The durable anodized aluminum shell, reinforced by a magnesium-alloy frame, protects your LCD and the internal components. Angled front and side walls give the Alienware 17 an elite and stealth look. And it’s designed for maximum performance, with a rear GPU/CPU exhaust vent to manage heat generated inside the system.

• Durable and sophisticated design: Alienware 17 is more than just nice to look at. Its outer surface is an anodized aluminum shell that is reinforced by a magnesium alloy frame to protect the LCD.
• Reliable hinge design: The hinge is designed to be opened and closed up to 20,000 times, so you can carry your laptop with confidence.
• Heat management: The rear GPU/CPU exhaust vent pushes air from the bottom of the system through the internal heat sink assembly and out the rear of the unit, ensuring optimal management of the heat generated inside your system.
• Soft-touch palm rest: The palm rest and surrounding keyboard area are made of a soft-touch material for a smooth and comfortable feel, letting you play longer while minimizing discomfort.
• Maximum signal strength: The WiFi and radio antennae are built right in to the top ledge of the lid to maximize signal strength and reduce radio interference.
• Plenty of ports: Whether you want to plug into an external display, speaker or transfer movies and music, we got you covered with all the ports you need. Alienware 17 comes with an RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet IPv6, three SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and one USB 3.0 port with PowerShare technology (allows you to charge USB devices when the computer is turned off or in standby mode), a mini display port, HDMI 1.4 output / 1.3 input, 7-in-1 media card reader and more.

Unleash the power

Alienware 17 is powerful inside and out — it’s packed with new technology for maximum performance. With optional 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Quad Core overclocked processors, you get the speed, power and performance you need to lead in everything you do. And the 8-cell battery means you can cram more action into a single charge.

• 4th Generation Intel® Quad Core™ i7 processors with optional overclocking deliver maximum power and performance, designed specifically for gaming. And they balance monster performance with efficient power use, so you can game longer.
• Intel® Smart Cache Technology speeds up your loading times by sharing the cache memory found in your CPU and GPU — so your applications load faster and your pictures are rendered more quickly.
• Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 allocates your system’s power more efficiently, so you can listen to music, play games and chat with friends on online at the same time without bogging down your system.
• Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology gives you up to 8-way multitasking so you can run more programs in the background while consuming less system resources. That means if you’re leveling a dungeon full of zombies, editing videos and downloading music all at once, you’re experience will remain quick and smooth.

Perform at your peak

Get the competitive edge with optional NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M with 4GB GDDR5 graphics memory. Turn on lightning-fast FXAA anti-aliasing for the ultimate combination of image quality and performance. NVIDIA® Adaptive Vertical Sync prevents image tearing, and NVIDIA® PhysX brings your games to life with dynamic, interactive environments.

• Optional NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M with 4GB GDDR5 graphics cards. You’ll get the ultimate competitive edge with even more cores and higher clocks. All Alienware graphics cards utilize GDDR5 graphics memory — the most advanced graphics memory designed for visually intense games and applications.
• NVIDIA® FXAA technology enables ultra-fast antialiasing in hundreds of PC games for the ultimate combination of image quality and performance.
• NVIDIA® 3DTV Play® and HDMI support lets you send both high-definition video and audio signals to an HDTV via a single cable. Connect your Alienware 17 to any 3D-enabled TV and stream all your 3D content onto the big screen — Blu-ray Disc™ movies, 3D photos, and 3D games.
• NVIDIA® 3D Vision uses a combination of high-tech wireless glasses and advanced software to transform hundreds of PC games into full stereoscopic 3D.
• NVIDIA® Adaptive Vertical Sync bases vertical sync on your current frame rates for the smooth gaming without image-tearing.
• NVIDIA® GeForce Drivers keep your rig tuned and up to date, so you’re always ready for the latest titles.
• NVIDIA® PhysX® Technology brings your games to life with dynamic destruction, realistic environments and life-like animation.
• Klipsh® and Dolby® Home Theater deliver a powerful listening experience for your games, music and movies.

Pump up your audio experience

Powered by Klipsch® Speakers: Your Alienware 17 is a precision-tuned, premium stereo system designed to deliver the most lifelike audio experience you have ever heard from a laptop. Dynamic drivers provide a punchy, rich, full range of sound, to give you the best gaming experience possible.

• Powered by Klipsch® Speakers: Your Alienware 17 is a precision-tuned, premium stereo system designed to deliver the most lifelike audio experience you have ever heard from a laptop. Dynamic drivers provide a punchy, rich, full range of sound, to give you the best gaming experience possible.
• Dolby Home Theater v4: Whether you’re listening through headphones, your laptop speakers or your home theater setup, Dolby Home Theater v4 delivers the captivating listening experience that your games and media demand. Surround Decoder creates a virtual surround sound experience and Volume Maximizer lets you blast your audio at peak volume without noise or clipping. And Dolby Home Theater comes with an easy-to-use interface, so you can maintain total control over your audio settings at all times.

Dolby Home Theater v4: Whether you’re listening through headphones, your laptop speakers or your home theater setup, Dolby Home Theater v4 delivers the captivating listening experience that your games and media demand. Surround Decoder creates a virtual surround sound experience and Volume Maximizer lets you blast your audio at peak volume without noise or clipping. And Dolby Home Theater comes with an easy-to-use interface, so you can maintain total control over your audio settings at all times.

Take your view to the next level

• With a 17.3" Full HD panel you’ll be ready to game on the go without sacrifice. The bright, widescreen display means you’ll always have the best visibility. With the anti-glare coating you can worry less about the sun in your eyes and more about the glory that awaits you.
• Plug in to an external 3D or Full HD TV or monitor via HDMI 1.4 for a full-on, theater-style gaming and entertainment experience.

Connect and conquer

A built-in Killer Gigabit Ethernet NIC identifies and prioritizes your network traffic so that latency-sensitive streams that require maximum speed, like games or video chat, are prioritized over less-important traffic. See which applications are hogging your bandwidth and limit them using Visual Bandwidth Control™ so they don’t interfere with your games. Or go wireless with a Broadcom 5G WiFi adapter for faster speeds, better range and improved battery life.

Massive storage and monster speed

Make your Alienware system a vault of games, movies and music with an optional 1TB Quad Play RAID 0 solid state drive (SSD) — that’s four 256GB SSDs in a RAID 0 configuration . You get faster boot speeds, data access times and the ability to write massive amounts of data in a flash with minimal battery life consumption or system noise.

Ultimate control. All from one place.

Change how you experience the game. The redesigned Alienware Command Center 3.0 lets you choose lighting and special effects, accelerate your gaming performance, monitor in-game results, and more — all in one hub.

AlienFX system lighting

Create custom lighting and special effects to suit your unique gaming style. Apply 20 different colors to 10 different zones (including rear panel, chassis surround and track pad) for up to 10,240 billion color combinations.

• Themes: Create your own custom lighting and special effects for a truly unique and personalized look. AlienFX lets you create, edit and save your own custom themes. Or select from several preset themes already available on Alienware systems.
• Lighting effects and programmable events: Your choices are endless with a palette of 20 colors and an array of lighting zones to apply them to. Set the zones to morph from one color to another, to pulse at a specific tempo or to remain solid. Even set the zones to flash and alert you in the case of practically any system event, like getting an email or a message from a friend.
• AlienFX-enabled games: We’ve been working closely with game developers for years to incorporate interactive AlienFX lighting for over 55 games. Special lighting effects can be based on health levels, for example, like green morphing to red when your health is reduced. They can also be based on the type of in-game environment you’re in. We’re constantly working with game developers to get AlienFX lighting incorporated into even more games, so you get the most immersive gaming experience possible.