Alienware x17 R1 review: "Pros and Cons of a Beast."

I recently upgraded to Alienware x17 R1 from my Lenovo y14. It's part of Alienware's X-series range notebooks which the company refers to as "gaming masterpieces", But the question is did they really put their entire focus on the new cooling system and end up having performance limitations? How good are the thermals levels? Details on the upgrades...

System specification :

• 17.3-inch display options
• FHD (1920 x 1080) at 165Hz 3ms
• Nvidia G-Sync and Advanced Optimus
• Intel Core i7-11800H CPU
• 32GB DDR4 XMP 3466MHz RAM
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU
• 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive

The 165Hz display is quite good and with all the stock hardware, Any "AAA" titles can be run with avg of 90-100 FPS on max settings. Nvidia G-Sync and Advanced Optimus can be Enabled/Disabled in BIOS after the Latest BIOS update from Dec 2021. Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU(Max?TGP?140W) performs like a beast.That’s really powerful for a mobile GPU and close to the highest amount of power that Nvidia allows for its mobile graphics chips. It’s certainly the most graphically capable laptop The new Quad fan thermal system works like a charm. Even During 4+ hrs of Warzone the temp never crossed 75°C.

Ports:

Upgrades: "How did the system manage to outperform RTX 2080 Super?"

The system came with 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive(SK Hynix 1TB) and 32GB DDR4 XMP 3466MHz RAM (SK Hynix). The RTX 3070 model has two M.2 NVME SSD slots in which the primary module is Gen 4 while the second module is Gen 3. The stock SSD was gen 3.

Ram upgrade: Crucial Ballistix BL2K32G32C16S4B 3200 MHz DDR4 DRAM Gaming Kit Memory for Laptop 64GB (32GB x2) CL16.

SSD upgrade: Sabrent Rocket Q4 2TB M.2 NVME SSD Gen4 Solid State Drive

Performance: 3D MARK(Time spy, Fire Strike)

Firestrike score : 23,935

• Graphics Score: 28,898
• Physics Score: 24,680
• Combined Score: 10,258

Timespy Score: 11,136

Graphics Score: 11,160

CPU Score: 11,003

Overall the laptop is built like a tank, with hardly any flex on screen.

Pros:

• Visual design is out of this world.
• Slim-yet-powerful.
• Wonderful cooling(With individual fan control.)
• XMP and overclocking with Alienware control center.

Cons:

• Heavy(Cant complain when it's a desktop replacement.)
• Price.
• MUX switch(Changing advanced Optimus in BIOS every time is irritating), at this price point there should be a MUX switch available.