Thanks for the help guys, it was really a last ditch effort to keep the system, but I sent it back to Alienware. I found out the issue has to do with the Core i7 Mobile chip.

Essentially the i7 Mobile has 4 cores and 4 virtual totaling 8.
However the chip is marketed as 1.7ghz with turbo boost to 3.0ghz.
What this means is the chip is designed to conserve power since its a mobile device, so when utilizing all 8 threads each thread will operate at 1.7ghz. But when utilizing one core, it will boost to 3.0ghz. The chip simply wouldnt have the power supply necessary for it to provide 3.0ghz to all 8 threads.

For multiboxing on a laptop, stick to the Core2 Duo or Core2 Quad, i7M is crap.

Just my two cents.