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    Upgrade the CPU or crossfire a 7970m m17x r2???

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by jcalvin1126, Jun 14, 2014.

  1. jcalvin1126

    jcalvin1126 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey guys,

    Last question I promise.

    I have about 300 bucks to blow on my computer, and to tell you the specs of it so far,

    8GB of ddr3 1333mhz ram
    720qm CPU
    7970M video card
    500GB 7200rpm HDD

    So I am about to put this thing back together, and as stated in a past post I will be recording it and puting it up on youtube for others to view. Now I dont know were to go with this, since both are going to cost me about the same amount of cash. I was going to get the 920xm or 840qm.... Or I was going to get a second 7970m card and cross fire that sucker.

    You all here are awesome with this stuff, and I have learned a lot from you all, so my last request would be to know what you think will be better for me to play games.

    I play mostly Wildstar, Wow, CS GO, and maybe a little bit of BF4, and posibly some other FPS later on.

    I do a lot of recording and video editing for my youtube channel, even though its not that big of a channel. I enjoy it, its a hobby.

    Opinions??????
     
    jcalvin1126, Jun 14, 2014
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  2. TR2N

    TR2N Notebook Deity

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    Since you don't play the latest and greatest game titles I would assume you are ok with the 7970m and the 720qm.

    However if you want to be covered for the next year or so, I would use that cash on a good SSD and 920xm if you personally want to blow that cash. :thumbsup:

    Enjoy and look forward to your video guide :)
     
    TR2N, Jun 14, 2014
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  3. Branzy1987

    Branzy1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    ssd and 920xm or 940xm
     
    Branzy1987, Jun 14, 2014
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    jutley Notebook Enthusiast

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    Rather than opening a new thread I wanted to ask I have a M17x R5 with the amd Radeon R9 290x 16gb ram now can I crossfire another r9 290x Radeon card to it.
     
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  5. Branzy1987

    Branzy1987 Notebook Evangelist

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    no, only alienware m17 r2 has 2 slots for gpu...the new r5 only 1 slot. So you can only have 1 gpu
     
    Branzy1987, Jun 14, 2014
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    jutley Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ah well thanks for confirming that
     
    jutley, Jun 14, 2014
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  7. seckinb

    seckinb Newbie

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    720qm is a slow cpu now 940qm too.


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    seckinb, Jun 14, 2014
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    Yes but the r5 does not have that.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 14, 2014
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  9. jcalvin1126

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    Well, its not the latest and greatest CPU but its not really slow either. The 920xm would be a lot better to me boosting my turbo to 3.2Ghz,so that will be my next biggest thing as others stated. Unfortunately I cant just throw the latest cpu in there. the socket doesn't fit :-( .
     
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  10. Meaker@Sager

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    Yeah and it never will with intel lol, even if it has the same pin out.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jun 15, 2014
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  11. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    You can do far better than that if you use throttle stop. Better still if you overvolt. I run 4ghz 1-2 cores and 3.7ghz 3-4 cores. Not a slouch really. The m17x r2 has capacity for even better cooling than the m15x. I have modded my cooling though.

    You can still expect 3.3ghz across all cores and 3.6ghz on 1 or 2 cores. No voltmod


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    King of Interns, Jun 15, 2014
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