Hi all, I'm new to the community and I have been wanting to get an alienware for so long. And now that I have, I have questions and need advice before it comes in.
The model I got:
i7-4700mq
16gb ram
GTX 880m
blueray drive
1080 60hz antiglare screen
500 gb HDD
WL HD 60GHZ RECEIVER HDMI
Ok, the system I'm going to get is coming bundled with Windows 7.
I'm also looking to putting a 256gb samsung 840 pro for the primary OS and a 500gb or 1TB Samsung 840 evo msata ssd for everything else. The 500gb HDD, I'm going to either keep in the system or take it out.
I also want to install Windows 8 Pro. Should I first clone the OS that it comes with to the 256gb ssd, then do a clean install of Windows 8 on it? Or should I just go ahead and install Windows 8 from the get go and then clone it onto the 256gb ssd?
I got the model with the wireless hd receiver, and I was wondering how exactly would the receiver work?
And finally, the ram. I'm going to have 16gb of ram and I know it should be more than adequate for everything, but I was wondering if ram installed is under the keyboard side or under the back cover. If its the latter, I might upgrade to 32gb.