Dell Alienware 15 R3 Core i7 6700HQ

Overview
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FEATURES

OPERATING SYSTEM

Available with Windows 10 Home: Gaming is better than ever on Windows 10, with games in 4K, DirectX 12, and streaming your gameplay.*

STAY IN THE GAME.

Experience gaming on a whole new level with a next-generation NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 10-series GPU and the new Max-Q design technology for the optional GTX 1080 or Radeon™ RX Series GPU. Harness enough power to fuel up to 120W graphics cards, as well as 7th generation, overclocked, Intel® Core™ i7 K-series processors allowing for incredible performance, 4K gaming and VR capabilities.

The Alienware 15 supports DDR4 memory with capacities ranging from 8GB to 32GB and speeds ranging from 2400 MHz to 2667 MHz delivering exceptional experiences as well as a roadmap for upgrades.

The Alienware 15 is the perfect balance of power and portability and is made with premium materials for an overall higher quality build. Magnesium alloy ensures structural rigidity, anodized aluminum provides protection, copper allows for optimal thermal management for maximum performance, and reinforced steel contributes to the overall tactile comfort.

With the addition of the NVIDIA 10-series graphics and the latest generation of Intel® processors, the Alienware 15 is capable of producing high-end VR experiences.

Windows Hello uses your face as a biometric login, securing your system in a more personalized fashion. And with Tobii Aware software, your battery life and overall system power will be dimmed or amplified based on your actual presence.

The Alienware Graphics Amplifier enables future-proofing of upgradeable full-length, dual-wide graphics and additional 4-port USB 3.0 hub for added peripherals. With a dedicated PCI-Express X4 Gen 3 with up to 40Gbps throughout, you never have to worry about the disadvantages that come with a shared connection.

NOTHING BETWEEN YOU AND GAMING.

Witness the difference an expansive 15" LCD screen can make with supported FHD, NVIDIA G-SYNC enabled FHD 60Hz*, NVIDIA G-SYNC enabled FHD 120Hz* and UHD resolution options – all with anti-glare finishes.

The 15" FHD 120Hz display is designed to deliver the smoothest gaming experience with 4ms response time, wide viewing angles, 400 nits of brightness and NVIDIA G-sync technology on select modules. NVIDIA G-sync delivers the smoothest a fastest experience ever thanks to its ability to synchronize display refresh rates to the GPU in your GeForce GTX-powered PC, eliminating screen tearing and minimizing both display stutter and input lag.

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A KEYBOARD LIKE NO OTHER.

With an upgraded Alienware TactX keyboard, n-key rollover is now supported, enabling over 108-key commands for maximum actions per minute. It’s the only keyboard on a laptop with 2.2mm of key travel allowing for rapid response for any keystroke. Plus, it’s reinforced with a steel back plate for rigidity and uniform feedback with a guarantee to stay functional for up to 10 million keystrokes.

Created more personalized look for your machine with new and improved AlienFX. Designed with optimized RGB-LED enabled AlienFX lighting and now supported on over 130 games with the option to create and download unique themes.

METICULOUSLY DESIGNED TO DELIVER A KNOCKOUT PERFORMANCE.

An innovative hinge-forward design brings the thermal shelf to the rear, enabling a variety of improved benefits – like a thinner overall design while increasing performance, better ventilation, higher quality sound and external ports organization – to stand out for an incredible gaming experience.

DESIGNED TO KEEP COOL.

Higher maximum thermal design power (TDP) support means that your system can handle a higher total wattage for internal components, enabling a higher level of performance. With the entire ventilation system upgraded, your system can stay cool even under extreme graphics pressure.

HEAR EVERY BATTLE CRY.

Due to the upgraded design, a larger and more effective speaker box has been installed, improving audio output for a clearer and more dramatic gaming experience.

CLEAR THE DESKTOP & THE BOARD.

Avoid excess cables and embrace the “desktop mode” design, where most of your critical connections and ports are in the back and out of the way.

TECH THAT GAMERS NEED.

The Alienware 15 has been upgraded to give gamers the tools they need to be the best.

Killer™ Wireless: Killer DoubleShot™ Pro provides a wired and wireless networking setup that prioritizes internet traffic and data stream to the applications most important to you.

Thunderbolt Type-C port: Upgrade to multiple port options with a multi-use port ready to be used as a USB 3.1 port offering 10Gbps of data transfer, a Thunderbolt connection capable of 40Gbps, or a Display Port enabling various monitors supporting the DP protocol.

Gain the advantage: Solid-state drives (SSDs) allow your game to load faster, make virtually no noise and have less failures because they have no moving parts. A quieter system means you can better pinpoint every footstep your enemy makes.

Longer battery life: The new Alienware 15 can support up to 11 hours of battery life, as tested with the 99 Whr* battery and an FHD LCD configuration.*

EXPERIENCE THE FULL SPECTRUM.

AlienFX uses 20 different colors to create over 80 quadrillion unique themes to give your machine a more personalized look. Supported on over 130 titles, lighting zones can be customized to react to things like in-game actions, powering on and off and notifications by pulsing, morphing or simply holding a solid color. Once you’ve finished your theme, you can save and upload it to the Alienware Arena community site where you can share your custom creation with others and download any you find. And for times when you want a little less visual stimulation, AlienFX allows you to “go dark” by disabling all lighting effects until you’re ready to turn them back on.

ALIENWARE COMMAND CENTER

AlienFusion: The new Always Ready Mode puts your system in a state in between sleep and awake, allowing core programs to run in the background while the machine runs quietly and in a lower power mode.

AlienAdrenaline: Featuring customizable game and application options, a system performance optimizer and a performance monitoring tool, AlienAdrenaline provides users all the tools they need to keep one step ahead of the competition.

Thermal Controls: Change settings and monitor internal temperatures and speeds of certain fans within your PC using the Active Thermals module.

OC Controls: Take control of overclocking levels for your memory and CPU with OC controls. Monitor memory activity levels, change settings on the fly, and turn on/off auto start in one convenient place. With customer OC, you can create your own OC mode by making choices in your settings located in the “Customer Menu” section of the BIOS OC screen.

INCREASE YOUR PERFORMANCE

The new Alienware 15 delivers up to 187% of the gaming graphics performance over its predecessor in DirectX 11 environments.

UNLEASH HIGH PERFORMING GRAPHICS

When tested across two of the most popular benchmark utilities, 3DMark for Windows Fire Strike and 3DMark 2011, the new Alienware 15 came out on top. This next generation gaming laptop delivers up to 157% of the gaming graphics performance over its predecessor when using the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 graphics card.

IMPROVED BATTERY LIFE FOR PORTABLE GAMING

The new Alienware 15 using a 99WHr battery allowing for more than 11 hours of battery life, a 10.2% increase from previous generations.

PORTS & SLOTS

1. Type-A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port | 2. RJ-45 Killer Networks e2500 Gigabit Ethernet Port | 3. Mini-Display Port 1.2 (certified) Output | 4. HDMI 2.0 Output | 5. Thunderbolt™ 3 Port | 6. Alienware Graphics Amplifier Port | 7. Power/DC-in Jack | 8. Noble Lock port (cable and lock sold separately)| 9. Type-A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port| 10.Type-A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port with PowerShare Technology | 11. Headphone 1/8" Port (retaskable for Microphone/Line-In analog audio input) | 12. Audio Out 1/8" Ports (Compatible with inline mic headset)

DIMENSIONS & WEIGHTS

1. Height: 1 inch (25.4mm) | 2. Width: 15.3 inches (389mm) | 3. Depth: 12 inches (305mm) | Average Weight: 7.69 lbs (3.49 kg)*

ESSENTIAL ACCESSORIES FOR YOUR ALIENWARE 15

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Specifications of Dell Alienware 15 R3 Core i7 6700HQ

SPECIFICATIONS
PROCESSOR	7th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-7300HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
OPERATING SYSTEM	Windows 10 Home 64-bit English Windows 10 Pro 64-bit English
MEMORYI	8GB DDR4 at 2400MHz (1x8GB) 8GB DDR4 at 2666MHz (1x 8GB) 16GB DDR4 at 2400MHz (2x8GB) 16GB DDR4 at 2666MHz (2x 8GB) 32GB DDR4 at 2400MHz (2x16GB)
HARD DRIVE	1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 1TB 5400 rpm Hybrid Hard Drive with 8GB Cache 180GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD 256GB PCIe SSD (Boot) 128GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) 180GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) 256GB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) 512GB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) 1TB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) 1TB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB PCIe SSD (Storage) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
VIDEO CARDI	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 2GB GDDR5 Show NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 with 6GB GDDR5 Overclocked
DISPLAY	15.6 inch FHD (1920 x 1080) 60Hz IPS Anti-Glare 300-nits NVIDIA G-SYNC Enabled, Non-touch 15.6" FHD(1920 x 1080) 120Hz TN+WVA Anti-Glare 400-nits NVIDIA G-SYNC Enabled Display, Non-touch 15.6 inch UHD (3840 x 2160) 60Hz IPS Anti-Glare 300-nits Display w/ NVIDIA G-SYNC Technology
AUDIO AND SPEAKERS	Alienware Sound Center and Audio Recon software 2.0 Speaker configuration 7.1 Digital Audio out using HDMI out connection
CAMERA	Alienware HD+IR presence detection camera Windows Hello technology
MICROSOFT OFFICE	Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial Microsoft Office Home and Business 2016 Microsoft Office Professional 2016
SUPPORTI	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis Show Less 1 Year Premium Support 2 Years Premium Support 3 Years Premium Support 4 Years Premium Support 5 Years Premium Support 1 Year Premium Support Plus 2 Years Premium Support Plus 3 Years Premium Support Plus 4 Years Premium Support Plus 5 Years Premium Support Plus
SECURITY SOFTWARE	No Anti-virus Requested McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription McAfee LiveSafe 36 Month Subscription
PORTS	1 Power/DC-in Jack 1 RJ-45 Killer Networks e2400 Gigabit Ethernet Port 1 Type-A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port 1 Type-A SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port with PowerShare technology 1 Type-C SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Port 1 Thunderbolt™ 3 Port (USB Type-C™ with support for SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps, 40Gbps Thunderbolt, and DisplayPort) 1 Alienware Graphics Amplifier Port 1 HDMI 2.0 Output 1 Mini-Display Port 1.2 (certified) Output 1 Audio Out 1/8" Ports (Compatible with inline mic headset) 1 Headphone 1/8" Port (retaskable for Microphone/Line-In analog audio input) 1 Noble Lock port (cable and lock sold separately)
SLOTS	2 SODIMMs
CHASSIS	AlienFX Lighting Zones 13 unique programmable zones with up to 20 distinct colors providing over 80 quadrillion lighting combinations Camera Alienware HD+IR presence detection camera Windows Hello technology Color Options Epic Silver Keyboard Alienware TactX Keyboard 4-Zone, multi-color RGB, keyboard with AlienFX lighting controls 5 user-programmable keys providing up to 15 distinct functions per application or game Software Alienware Command Center AlienFX™ AlienFusion AlienAdrenaline w/ Accelerator Alienware TactX™ Alienware Presence Detection Software Tobii EyeX Lite Software Windows Hello Technology Overwolf (available as user download at launch) Touchpad Backlit button image sensor trackpad with all-points addressable (APA)
DIMENSIONS	Height: 1 inch (25.4mm) Width: 15.3 inches (389mm) Depth: 12 inches (305mm) Average Weight: 7.69 lbs (3.49 kg)i
WIRELESS	Killer 1435 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 4.1 Killer 1550 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0
PRIMARY BATTERY	Lithium Ion (68 Wh) Battery Lithium Ion (99 Wh) Battery