Testseek.co.uk have collected 95 expert reviews of the Alienware 15 R3 and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Alienware 15 R3 .
February 2017
(82%)
95 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(78%)
1044 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
82010095
The editors liked
Topnotch build quality
Cooling solution
Impeccable build quality and design
Massively powerful
Excellent cooling
Built to last
Top-notch screen with low lag
Excellent gaming performance
The Alienware 15 makes the most of its components
And it has a well-designed lighting scheme. Plus
It comes with a decent G-Sync monitor
And it can drive an external display at a high refresh rate and with G-Sync
Looks fantastic
Very slim with a thickness of 1"
Plenty of software to optimise your overall experience
AlienFX and 13 customisable zones make for many different design combinations
Good overall performance
Including great cooling performance
Powerful hardware
Remarkable build quality
The editors didn't like
Cramped keyboard
Color and grayscale accuracy
CPU bottlenecks
Expensive
Big and heavy for 15-inches
Average battery life
Still big and heavy
Who stole the SD slot?
Battery life was never going to be brilliant
It's on the heavy side at 7.8 pounds
The battery life is middling
And its fans are loud
None of the games in our testing managed to make the most of the 120Hz screen
Published: 2016-11-19, Author: Alexander , review by: tomshardware.com
Topnotch build quality, Cooling solution
Cramped keyboard, Color and grayscale accuracy, CPU bottlenecks
The Alienware 15 R3 features solid construction and impressive cooling, but this particular model delivered less than stellar CPU-bound metric and gaming performance because of its i5 CPU. - MORE: Gaming Laptop Previews MORE: All Laptop Conte...
High quality materials and looks, slim albeit heavy. Good internal temps, great keyboard, has Thunderbolt 3 and Graphics Amplifier support
Large footprint and very heavy for a 15" gaming laptop. Windows Hello/Tobii IR camera is flakey
Alienware laptops have grown up in looks and are modernized--gone is the ultra-chunky and aggressive look. We welcome the modern cooling design and lower heat internals that are very 2016, and the (dare I say) classy looking aluminum and soft touch black...
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Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the updated version of the Alienware 15 R3, refreshed with Intel 7th generation Kaby Lake CPUs. We look at the model with the Core i7-7700HQ, NVIDIA GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB 7200 RPM HDD and a 512 GB PCIe NVMe SSD. There's...
Abstract: Lisa Gade reviews the late 2016 Alienware 15 R3 with NVIDIA Pascal 10 series graphics. Both the NVIDIA GTX 1060 and GTX 1070 cards are available. The Alienware is slim for a gaming laptop at 1” (25.4mm) but not terribly light at 7.7 lbs. (3.4kg). The lapt...
Two inches makes a world of difference, though. I couldn't see using the Alienware 17 as my day-to-day laptop. All 17-inch machines are huge, but a 17-inch machine that's still over an inch thick and weighs 9.5 pounds? No way.The Alienware 15 probably wou...
The Alienware 15 makes the most of its components, and it has a well-designed lighting scheme. Plus, it comes with a decent G-Sync monitor, and it can drive an external display at a high refresh rate and with G-Sync
It's on the heavy side at 7.8 pounds, the battery life is middling, and its fans are loud
A solid if somewhat uninspiring gaming laptop, the Alienware 15 is a good choice when you need fast performance but not the big screen...
Two inches makes a world of difference, though. I couldn't see using the Alienware 17 as my day-to-day laptop. All 17-inch machines are huge, but a 17-inch machine that's still over an inch thick and weighs 9...
