New 2023 Alienware x14 R2 Unboxing and Initial Impression!
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- čas přidán 25. 04. 2023
- Today lets crack open the box on the latest and cheapest Alienware X14 R2 Gaming Laptop.
So what comes in the box and is it any good?
Lets find out!
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Thanks for being the first to finally review this! And the NVME is upgradable those 2 screws just hold the heat sync in place.
I would suggest you review the computer and ensure the information you are providing is not false information. The "speakers" you stated you can see above the keyboard, those are fans. The SSD, totally swappable, that's the heat sink for the SSD you were looking at. Other then that, you had really nice and clean camera angles and production looks great. Keep it up man!
Ok it's not just me... especially when it came to the SSD, it was so blatantly obvious you can swap it out.
Yeah lmao, even the most ani-consumer windows gaming machines in 2024 have upgradeable ssd
Above the keyboard is air intake fans, the speakers are on the bottom & flanking the keyboard. SSD is upgradeable, it probably just has some cover over it
I too lusted after the Alienware computers when they were custom builds (before becoming part of the Dell family). I'm looking forward to your in-depth review of this laptop.
My 13 R3 from 2017 still running strong.
I think the X14 though should come with OLED and touchscreen in that size.
My 13 R3 is OLED 1440p touch screen
It has been that long? Dang time has flown! Interesting ride for sure!
I am curious what you feel about the wrist area. I personally felt it was too small as the edge rested on my palms and didn't feel the greatest.
I got mine last week .
I love it so far !
My only complaint is i wished it was an OLED screen like my older 13” from years back .
I think x17 has oled one?
Apparently the battery life is about 3hrs if that is that true Don ?
I wouldn’t want an OLED screen for a computer that you play light games and do productivity on. The reason why I do my work on my laptop and not my PC hooked to an OLED TV is because of the risk of burn in.
How are the fans? Do they spin up loud even when you’re only browsing the web?
What can you say about the fans of the X14 i heard they are running always and they never stop , also any issue with the heating ? Thank you and hope to get an answer
I can't wait for your full review! I have been eyeing the x14 r2 with 4060 but the price is steeeeeep. plus the RAM is 4800, slower than the r1, odd choice from AW...
Just picked up last years Asus G14 All AMD model and it is great and I got it at $1399 Canadian on sale from $1999 Sweet Deal
thx for review ❤
I ordered mine last week. May 5th ! I can’t wait 😊.
I just ordered one with the 4060, how do you like it?
@@caleb4015 So far so good :). I only had a few glitch with 2 buttons, “mute speakers” and “mute microphone”. Whenever I am waking up the pc from sleep after a while, the 2 buttons doesn’t seem to respond… I have to restart the computer to make it work again. I have to look online. Maybe there is a fix. Other than that, very happy with the purchase. I haven’t tried any games yet though. I bought it mainly for work.
Where's the follow up review to this first impressions?
Would love to see your thoughts on the new G14 that comes out this year and possibly the 14in Razer Blade now that they will have mini-led displays.
razer battery will blow up so please only consider G14
I'm more interested in the tools! What is that nice slick toolbox you are using?
Great shirt! 👍🏼
What's the battery life for every day normal use?
What can you say about the fans of the X14 i heard they are running always and they never stop , also any issue with the heating ? Thank you and hope to get an answer
I think the only good highlight of the new x14 is the efficiency of the 4000 series GPU. Which you didn’t get so you might’ve as well gotten the one from last year on sale
the R1 has better look too IMO.
@@indoejb I have the r1 it’s awesome I agree it looks better
4:09 i'm stunned you would call the cooling fans speakers
Those "up firing speakers" are actually the fans FYI.
It's a flipped motherboard. There are copper heatsinks, just on the other side.
Can the fans be removed without removing the motherboard?
Hmmm for travel I MIGHT be in the market for a gaming laptop. Would your recommend this?
The price of last year's models are insanely dropped!
I got mine last year, the top end 3060 with 32 GB 5200mhz ram for 1600 bucks. It’s a great laptop for only being a single usb c connector
2K and 16:10 is actually necessary for anything other than games…
@@crearg8259 then you would use a dock to hook it up to a monitor. Straw man argument for sure.
@@JamesCook76131 Then nobody buys a 14-inch for 7/24 external displays.
@@JamesCook76131 How’s the fan noise of your X14 during daily usage by the way? I know that it’s too strict to require it to stay silent when gaming, but my friend’s M15R7 runs loudly even for just loading a Google Map(web version)
Are the wrist rests big enough to rest on them while typing?
I dont want to sound like a hater but i like last year model. I think whole white looks better than the metal looking chasis.
unfortunate the thing that you saw on top keyboard deck is the fans my friend 🤣
pretty sure i just played u in val ur snipes are crazy on kayo
my next laptop is going to be an alienware one . ive been using the HP omen laptops and i want something new , maybe next year i will buy one .
hey, is it just me or this Alienware X14 R2 review video are very hard to find, like literally none hahahah
The SSD is upgradable. What you are seeing is a heatsink.
I just ordered this beauty with 32gb of Ram and the 4060. My main concern is cooling, I don't care about battery or noise, I want it to be cool.:)
Hey How is the cooling ?
Any issues ?
@@Umiyoureup It was horrible. The power light started blinking red and I thought it fried. I sent it back and ended getting an Asus which has excellent cooling. Pretty much the same specs but 16"
I got a Alienware Laptop for Christmas and I like it but the update takes way too long.
Can you do a review on the MacBook Air M1 that one you have with 8gb ram and 256gb of ssd i wont to see if it will work with my college or not and see if I need to upgrade my ram to 16gb and I am doing computer science for college thanks. ( I am not trying to be rude if it seems like it I am sorry)
Why buy the newer r2 version and only get the rtx 3050 on it? Might as well buy a cheaper r1 at that point or just pay a little more for a 4050/4060 for more fps and dlss 3 frame generation...
*MICRO SD CARDS SLOTS* are designed to be on par with other gaming devices like switch, steam dock or many gaming laptops, most gamers will have micro sd, it's not meant for photographers that use larger SD.
I always see yt ppl complaining about this,
lol, as a researcher I use microSD card for Jetson systems. This is one thing that Blade 14 should bring.
Great review! Will you by chance be reviewing the new razer blade 18?
Last year’s x14 had a really annoying fan curve that could not be customized. It would spin the fan to 100% even while just browsing. Do you know if that fixed that this year? Thanks!
I had one, and really miss it. You could completely do away with the fan curve by offsetting it in the AWCC and i managed to get mine to run around 30% unless somethin demanding was going on.
@@freemaysin5088 which version of AWCC? I had one last fall and the software didn’t work. Did they fix it?
@@enmass90 the 5.5 version. mine worked almost flawlessly. I HATE the new 6.0 version. I have an x16 now but I'm returning it, mainly because of gsync issues and the goddamn 6.0 AWCC is the worst thing alienware has ever made, period.
Really odd to sell 3050 this gen
The SSD is upgradeable only, maybe the wifi but thats all
Um u can find 3050 with this wattage in thi n light ultrabooks. sud have got 4060 or something else.
Can you review the new Samsung Book 3 Ultra pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ?
I'm a step away from purchasing it, but should I wait for the Razer 14" refresh model to see how it compares? I really love the compact charger USB C, I'm leaning towards lights weight gaming.
If you’re getting with the intent of single connector usb C charging, then go with this.
If you don’t care about that, then go with the razer. I really wanted something that if I forgot my charger, I could still slow charge off any usb c brick.
I just bought this right now!, you can get the 4060 for same price as 3050 right now!!
how is the laptop now? could you give us an update? bad, good, or so so? a lot of headache?
dell xps 17 pls
Wait is the SSD actually not user upgrade-able? That's a biiiiiig negative if true.
How would you like to compare those laptops between Alienware X14 R2 and Thinkpad X1 Carbon?
X1 is not for gaming.
@@Nash550 Grab some knowledge about ThinkPad X1 Extreme
@@Nash550 Check out Thinkpad X1 Extreme
Mine is arriving very soon ...suppose to be arrived next week ...i7 13th gen...32gb ram ...rtx4060.😁
How does it handle gaming? Are the keys hot to touch while gaming?
how is it?
@@caleb4015 It handle triple A games very well(1080p). No throttling issues so far. For a laptop of this thin...the performance is immpressive !
@@WarAlex16 It handle triple A games very well(1080p). No throttling issues so far. For a laptop of this thinness...the performance is immpressive !
How is the cooling , any issues?
Not a review. I see you never did a follow up on performance and overall impressions. Did you just return immediately?
Any updates on the testing recently? I just got X 14 R2 but want to see other user experience before I make decision if I should keep or return it
What are your issues?
How is fan noise?
@@tinybit780 If you only browse websites or do light things 50% of fan speed is good enough can keep your CPU temp around 55 -60 'C with no fan noise. When I play League of Legend with no other program running behind I have to use the "overdrive" model to max the fan speed to 100% which you will hear the noise really loud. Technically X series is more like a notebook but not real a gaming laptop. If you want a balance between business, and school with some good gaming then this is your choice. Otherwise, if you looking for more quality experience on gaming I would not recommend you to get the X series at all. Thermral is definitely the biggest issue on any thin and small size laptop.
@@xiaojianyang387 Wow, Thank you a lot for this review and recommendation! I'll think about it. Do you have the 4060 version? And you can't use a balanced fan mode to play LoL?
@@tinybit780 I have the i7 4060 and 32 GB. LOL I don't think you can use balance model to play game. The CPU gonna run up to 90 above
@@xiaojianyang387hey how is the cooling? What issues does it have?
Dude! You can unscrew the m.2! I swapped mine for a 990 pro before we found out they were sus.
it's 14" or 16?
Test games emuladores e ps3 ?
i bought the first generation, i really wish they just made the whole chasis hard metal and not this soft shell bs. other than that i love the thin ass portability and ability to play rdr2 lol.
Bro they why did they stick a 1600p screen on this thing... it needs to be 1200p for a screen this size...
Those were fans that were visible, not the speaker
peace
What is the most powerful gaming laptop, with the quietest fan noise, that is affordable and not an Apple product?
Do you have an answer/a laptop you recommend?
"nobody use MicroSD card slot"
Photographer : ..... 🗿
As a photographer, how do you use micro sd cards? Do you use the full size adapter?
It looks nice, but when other 14inch gaming laptops exist that can do better in many ways it's hard to want to buy this. For instance, last years 2022 G14 has been either 1099 or 999 at best buy and IMO is a better buy.
I tried it, returned it. quality is really poor if you compare it to this.
How come dell doesn't have an old option?? It's so lame. My old 13 r3 oled died this week, after 6 years of usage. I was so happy with it, now it is time to find a new one, but damn, I can't go back to IPS. After having oled there is no turning back. And Alienware doesn't offer one. Maybe 15 or 17 I don't know, but 15 or 17 is too big. So I am very disappointed by Alienware.
Use the lid to bake some cookies or pancakes... Junk!!!
Beware of fuzzy hairy dirt gunk from the dust collector keyboard vents getting into the batter or cookie dough. Hairy Cookies! 🍪 Everybody! 🍪Hairy Cookies!
2023 and they still got bezel from 2015
it feels different becase of the hinge on top of the deck and this helps the screen to be higher and more on eye level. It's an advantaged for controller based games as well.
I'm thinking for this Laptop.
Should i buy?
Suggest me
Buy now
What ever happened to this? Never got an update
Agreed. Been waiting for an actual review of this laptop but it looks like he's too busy with other stuff... Maybe if it was an Apple gaming laptop we would have had something by now.
The 3050 comes with 4 GB of RAM not 6
Nope... rtx 3050 comes with 6gb RAM not 4gb.
2 grand for a 3050 and no upgradable components whatsoever!? What the fuck Dell!? 😂
they need to stop soldering the ram its obnoxious
poor review since you failed to mention if the lid is flimsy and wobbly or not
Wow they aren't even cool looking anymore. Who's bright idea was it to change it to any other looking laptop? That old style was really cool looking.
plastic flex top is a no buy for this price very poor
BLOODY HELL! I use the hell out of micro SD cards.... I'm a Micro SD user fool.
6GB of video memory? ☠
Yes....6gb.
Total drop in quality… 😞
Cheapest ? That’s not cheap
here early
Close your channel bro those are not speakers just fans the speakers in the front
This laptop design is garbage.
The 17" AMD 6900HX model with 6850M AMD graphics, 64GB RAM and Cherry keys is $1999 right now. If you don't need the portability of the 14"....
I have it. With the QHD screen it's fantastic
Did this guy really just call a 2 grand laptop "budget"...