Is this the first well-priced Alienware X17 R2 gaming laptop?! An unmissable deal

Save 27% in this fantastic Alienware X17 R2 deal - $2,129.99 for the RTX 3070 Ti model with 360Hz display, or $1,781.66 for the refurb!!

Aaron Ritchie

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The Alienware X17 R2 is one of the best gaming laptops we’ve ever seen – no exaggeration, and now it’s finally available at an affordable price! Alienware laptops are always beautiful devices with exceptional build quality, but they usually don’t make it into our best gaming laptop guides as top recommendations due to their exorbitant prices but for $2,129.99 (i.e. $800 off the usual MSRP) this RTX 3070 Ti laptop is a great deal. You can even buy a refurbished version for $1,781.66 if you’re open to this.

Not only is the X17 R2 with RTX 3070 Ti a powerful device, but it’s slimline and easily portable, comes with a wicked fast 360Hz refresh rate for competitive gaming, 100% sRGB coverage for creatives, and a top-notch keyboard.

What makes the Alienware X17 R2 so good?

The Alienware ‘X’ range aren’t designed to be just gaming laptops – they are slimline models which also fulfil a role as portable creative machines. Normally this means sacrifices to gaming power in terms of a lower TGP graphics card, and inferior cooling, however the X17 R2 has a revolutionary design which means it’s both very powerful and doesn’t overheat, on top of its slimline build and beautiful aesthetic design – an impressive feat!

• Alienware X17 R2 17.3″ FHD 360Hz 1ms Display, Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX 3070Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD – was $2,929.99 now $2,129.99
• Alienware X17 R2 17.3″ FHD 360Hz 1ms Display, Intel Core i7-12700H, RTX 3070Ti, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD [refurbished] – was $2,129.99 now $1,781.66

The keyboard is top notch, whether it’s the membrane option or the mechanical variant, and the 360Hz FHD screen with its 1ms response time is ridiculously fast, with good peak brightness and color-replication to boot. It’s for these reasons it remains at the top of out best Alienware laptop guide and best Alienware 17in laptop guide. You can read our mini-reviews in there for more information.

Alienware X17 R2 deal – what specs do you get for your money?

Below is a full list of the specifications of this particular Alienware X17 R2 – other spec loadouts are available but not in this particular model. Although the RTX 3070 Ti and Intel Core i7-12700H are no longer at the bleeding edge of GPU and CPU tech, they’re both still excellent high-end performers that will play any AAA game on the highest settings no-problem.