Dell US has made available the 3rd Generation Intel Core CPU options on the recently refreshed Alienware notebooks.
The 14″ Alienware M14x R2 and 17.3″ M17x R4 now come with the Core i7-3610QM, i7-3720QM, and i7-3820QM “Ivy Bridge” chips, while the M18x R2 is additionally available with the fastest CPU in the new line, the i7-3920XM Extreme edition. The 3920XM is also offered in a factory overclocked variant. Besides the quad-core CPUs, the laptops include the Nvidia GeForce 600M series dedicated video cards, but the announced AMD Radeon HD 7970M option hasn’t been offered yet.
The new Alienware notebooks have been already put on sale with the 2nd Gen “Sandy Bridge” options, but now we have a list of the “Ivy” parts which will be used in the 17.3″ M17x R4 and 18.4″ M18x R2. The smaller of the two will come with the Intel Core i7-3610QM, i7-3720QM, or i7-3820QM, while its larger sibling additionally provides the Core i7-3920XM option, which is the fastest 3rd Gen Intel Core mobile processor. Furthermore, the 3920XM will be offered in standard and factory overclocked variants. The overclocked CPU will have a clock speed of up to 4.1GHz in TurboBoost mode, up from 3.8GHz.
Retailers and computer makers in the U.S. have started announcing their Cyber Monday laptop deals for 2011, offering great savings on notebooks, netbooks, and tablets this year.
