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    Alienware M17xR3 - CPU upgrade

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Yariko, Mar 2, 2017.

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    Yariko, Mar 2, 2017
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    .......absolutely not....not the same socket, not the same chipset, just no.

    best you can do is 2920XM or 2960XM.
     
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    Hey, thanks for the info. If I would swap the CPU's would it work automatically or would I need to do some "tweaking"?
    I'm asking myself if it's worth the 390$...I don't play much of the new games. Currently I'm more into BF2 AIX/POV, Thief etc. Otherwise a little bit of audio & video editing.
     
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    2920xm is not 400$, only 150 here:
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-...995385?hash=item5d6e361039:g:7CAAAOSwopRYdOo3

    no tweak required, just install. use xtu to overclock.
     
    Raidriar, Mar 3, 2017
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