Alienware M15 R6 AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS Review | Superb!!

Designed to bring smooth high-speed gaming action to hardcore gamers, Alienware M15 R6 laptops are the solution you always wanted as they boast everything you need to get the job done and play the most anticipated AAA games smoothly.

And in this review of the Alienware M15 R6 AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS, we're going to uncover the best attributes of a highly praised 15-inch gaming laptop that offers you the best bang for your buck.

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Amongst other features, this gaming laptop stands out as it comes with an extremely high refresh rate display of 360 Hz, a comfortable backlit keyboard, a vast 32 GB DDR4 RAM, and high-end hardware components such as an 11th-Gen Intel Core i7 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 graphics card. Overall, this Alienware laptop features a killer combo of specs that will have you drooling by the time we wrap up this review.

Built with a combination of aluminum, magnesium alloy, and plastic, the Alienware M15 R6 AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS presents itself with a sturdy and futuristic black chassis boasting a good-looking customizable LED both on the lid and the rear ring whose honeycomb venting system will benefit heat dissipation when working on demanding tasks.

Although it isn't the lightest laptop when compared to others in its category, at 0.89 inches in thickness and 5.93 pounds in weight, it can be carried without it being too much of a hassle. However, if weight is a dealbreaker for you, then you might want to look into the Asus TUF Gaming F17 FX706HM-ES74 we reviewed earlier this week. A top-notch gaming laptop that stands out thanks to its 5.06 pounds. 

As for the display of the AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS, it features a thin-bezel 15.6-inch WVA Full HD screen with respectable viewing angles and strong color reproduction, so you'll be able to work on productivity tasks and stream multimedia content with excellent quality pictures and with no reflections.

Regarding the technology behind the display, while most laptops come with an IPS display, the WVA display at hand isn't too shabby. WVA is a type of display that uses twisted nematic crystals to align the pixels, which results in faster pixel response time. This type of display arrives as a solution to your standard VA or TN display offering better viewing angles while maintaining speedier response times. 

Once in the battleground, you'll benefit from its spectacular 360 Hz refresh rate and ultralow 1 ms response time while playing fast-paced AAA games such as e-Sports, battle royale, shooters, racing, simulators, and real-time strategy titles.

Currently, the most common refresh rates amongst gaming laptops tend to hover along 140-160 Hz. However, a higher refresh rate means that your games will look smoother as the image will be updated more frequently. 

To be perfectly honest, a 360 Hz refresh rate is overkill for most people, but if you're a professional gamer or if you're aiming to become one, then you'll definitely want to take advantage of this feature. 

Moving onto the keyboard, although it doesn't have a numeric keypad, the keyboard is very responsive and fast enough to play and work smoothly while allowing you to customize the key lighting in four zones and even choose between animation effects via the Alienware Command Centre app.

Like the already reviewed ASUS ROG Strix Scar 15 G533ZW-AS94, this laptop boasts an 11th-Gen Intel Core i7-11800H processor powered by 8 cores, 16 threads, 24 MB of SmartCache, and a TDP of 45W. Its clock frequency fluctuates from a base of 2.30 GHz to a maximum of 4.60 GHz.

The formula is completed with a doubled 32 GB DDR4 RAM (upgradeable up to 64 GB). This is quite an impressive amount of RAM when compared to most gaming solutions. 

Moving towards the GPU, this is one of the laptop's most appealing features, as stated by those who have bought it, is the fact that the dedicated 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 graphics card will allow you to play most AAA games with Ultra settings and Ray Tracing enabled when available. 

Amongst others, we would be remiss if we didn't highlight titles such as Ghostwire Tokyo (61 fps), Battlefield 2042 (69.3 fps), and Guardians of the Galaxy (75 fps).

When it comes to storage, there's a spacious 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD unit reaching up to 3200 Mb/s of reading/writing speed, so it'll substantially reduce loading times in just about anything you do when compared to a traditional SSD drive.

Overall, with this set of specs, you can expect this laptop to handle any task you throw at it with ease. Whether you're looking to do some professional-grade video editing, 3D rendering, or full-stack programming, there's basically no scenario we can think of where this laptop would fall short in the performance department. 

Regarding its connectivity solutions, it comes with an Ethernet port, three USB-A 3.2 inputs, and a single USB-C 3.2 port that supports Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort 1.4, and Power Delivery interfaces to allow you to transfer data faster, connect monitors, and charge the laptop's battery, respectively.

The AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS also features an HDMI 2.1 output for 4K monitors at 120 Hz as well as a headphone jack and an HD webcam for video calls and live streaming. 

As for its wireless connections, we've got Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6 technologies, so you'll be able to browse the web up to three times faster when compared to Wi-Fi 5 standard.

However, if this suite of connectivity isn't enough and you're looking for a gaming laptop with even more connectivity options, then you should check out the Acer Predator Triton 500 SE PT516-52s-99EL which features two Thunderbolt 4 ports, an SD card reader, and a fingerprint reader.

Having said that, we're quite happy with this laptop's connectivity suite.

Like other gaming laptops, the battery life of the Alienware M15 R6 AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS isn't its best attribute as it lasts roughly 3 hours of multimedia streaming, so you can expect even less battery life when playing AAA games.

Overall, the Alienware M15 R6 AWM15R6-7287BLK-PUS is a bad-ass gaming laptop you won't go wrong with since it performs very well while playing most popular AAA games at max settings and running demanding software.

The laptop at hand boasts a futuristic and sturdy design accompanied by a 360 Hz Full HD display that provides stunning visuals - thanks to its WVA technology - and a backlit keyboard that is ergonomic enough to work and play smoothly while offering a generous connectivity suite.

Couple all of that with a top-of-the-line CPU and GPU, as well as an extremely generous 32 GB of RAM, and you've got yourself a powerhouse that's more than ready to be a gaming desktop replacement.

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