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    M17x R2 with DESKTOP i7 PROCESSOR ??!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dellienware, Feb 16, 2011.

  1. Dellienware

    Dellienware Workstations & Ultrabooks

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    at the outlet, i saw a M17x r2 with i7 920 2.66ghz desktop cpu..

    Processor: Intel Core i7-920 Processor (8MB L3 Cache, 1MB L2 Cache, 2.66GHz) 13H17


    is this mere typo or is this thing real?? cause the cpu itself is like 130w power... i have seen precision with this cpu and i called the tech support to ask and they told me that the power is throttled down to 90wat...

    but if this is real, how would thermal cooling work.........

    i saw a thread for precision saying that it might be 920xm, but i saw many many of these at the outlet so its shouldnt easily be the case...

    thanks for the help!
     
    Dellienware, Feb 16, 2011
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  2. JaiaV

    JaiaV Notebook Evangelist

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    It would be the 920xm, the M17x doesn't have the right slot on the motherboard for a desktop processor.
     
    JaiaV, Feb 16, 2011
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  3. Dellienware

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    the socket is different but i thought they might have had special mobos for the desktop i7s...

    i called like last november to tech team asking about the 920 dektop i7 in precision. the workstation support told me that they actually have orders with such processor..

    so i guess no one really has m17x with the desktop i7...
     
    Dellienware, Feb 16, 2011
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  4. katalin_2003

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    There's no m17x with a desktop CPU option,no other motherboard NOTHING..
    The R1 uses only one type of motherboard,the R2 the same and so on..

    The i7 920 you saw it's a 920xm..
     
    katalin_2003, Feb 16, 2011
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  5. alexnvidia

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    calm down. it's definately i7 920XM.
     
    alexnvidia, Feb 16, 2011
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    its 920 xm. I guess you're looking at a R2 I didn't buy cause I got no refund from dell yet. it was kept for me due today, guess now they sell it... this is how awesome dell is :mad:
     
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    Typo..not the first time they did it. My R2 had the same processor but I knew it was a 920xm @2.0ghz. Didn't care because I don't want a desktop CPU in this as the i7 mobile extremes are beasts anyway.
     
    daveh98, Feb 16, 2011
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  8. LVNeptune

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    Dell screws up bad. I saw my old XPS 17 with dual 445M's...oh wait, they dont make that ;)
     
    LVNeptune, Feb 17, 2011
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