Alienware X14 Review - Less is More? 

Jarrods Tech is the best but shes still great!

@@fhesseti7976 ... NEVER HEARD OF HIM.

@@BlackDUST.. Look him up

@@fhesseti7976 I concur, he is the most detailed reviewer ever, provides extensive details most reviewers brush through and tests them with enough information to make a detailed buy, he is my go to for all reviews. Lisa is also very great as well of course, my second fav.

Seconded! Merry Christmas Lisa!

I really love mine and I ended up keeping it over other options because of the excellent CPU performance, and I play RTS mainly so CPU is more important than GPU. I agree that it's way too frickin' loud. Thankfully, it's not my main device. The refresh has the 16:10 w/ 2560x1600 screen and features a 4060, which looks a little below 3070 Ti in raw power from the previous generation; it should give me more than enough power for a laptop. Looks like they changed up the cooling a bit, too, though not sure it'll be enough. I might upgrade, but only if it's significantly better, as I'm pretty happy with mine. I've found that I really don't like big power bricks and stuff coming out of the sides when I'm sitting at a table, and as someone who double dips in Mac and PC, it's really nice traveling with one charger.

maybe you should consider the G14. A better overall purchase in my opinion.

Yeah I ended up getting a X15 cheaper than the equivalent Zephyrus G15 because of Dell sales + student discount.

got my x14 for 800$ with cashback, coupon code, rewards and dell sale

really????? pathetic!!!

I hear what you're saying, but I've owned a lot of laptops and desktops over the years and have only had one stick of RAM go bad, so it just isn't a factor to me

We live in a disposable society. Just pay for the extended warranty if you're really worried about it. The glued in battery will stop working long before it becomes obsolete enough for a ram upgrade to handle future bloated software.

New rgb lighting is not for X14 I think

Same with me and my husband :P

Hasn't this computer been out a while? I think I saw this computer when I was looking for a computer in August.

@@mjsolomon5427 Yes, I'd always meant to get around to reviewing it, and with the season $500 price drop I decided this was a good time to finally review it.

The G14 is sweating? Bruh 😂😂 don't its miles better than this, in fact the only true competitor to the G14 is the blade 14.

Asus Zephyrus G14 and Blade 14 are your go to over this one

Yeah, I need a laptop that I can watch movies on since this kind of device becomes my "everything machine"

If you want to play ultra settings get a desktop. Theres only so much a gaming laptop can do even if it is top spec, mainly thermal reasons. More vram = more energy = more heat

@@YakobtoshiNakamoto i simply stated what issue you can run into when gaming.

Coming from someone that had an Asus M16 (traded it in for this one due to quality issues) what I thought was going to be a compromise turned out to be a pleasant surprise. The screen for its size is highly sharp and at first glance you might mistake it for 2k or oled, i had to pixel peep and even then it’s pretty sharp, don’t get me wrong it wont compare to a 1440 screen but for its size and quality you wont miss much if at all. So don’t let the screen turn you away lol

Its average not hot but not super cool

Watch the review, I cover surface temps, core temps and noise.

@@mobiletechreview Ill summarise. Temps are well controlled surface temp never becomes uncomfortable.

No, but given that both the Asus G14 and Blade 14 are AMD, it's nice that Alienware offers an alternative for those who are interested in an Intel 14" alternative.

If it wasn't for the m15 & m17 having AMD models, I'd say you'd be out of your mind given Dell is Intel's biggest customer. Now I wouldn't put it past them!

She was talking directly to you... yet here you are.

This one doesn't come close to overheating nor does it sound like a jet engine (with the caveat that all gaming laptops are fairly noisy when gaming).

alchohol?

Grow up.

This was heavily discounted during the black firday sale . Got it for $1099 plus taxes

@@sidgupta1957 not bad. 1k is more so what this is worth

@@GovindaA didn’t get you