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    i72960XM

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Emvees, Dec 19, 2011.

  1. Emvees

    Emvees Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello there !

    Im on a M17xR3 and having the nvidia stuff in it. Can i use the i7 2960XM on this one? Dell says they cant see that i can use it on the machine. so therefore my order has been cancelled....

    Hail the Guru´s on here :D
     
    Emvees, Dec 19, 2011
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  2. Evanescent

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    You should have no problem. It's basically the same as the 2920XM, except it's a refresh.
     
    Evanescent, Dec 19, 2011
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  3. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    How much was it from Dell? You can prove to then that it works as many people have them in their R3's here. Or look on eBay. Ask yourself this, do you really need it? It is very expensive if you don't know how to handle it and unleashe its full potential.
     
    widezu69, Dec 19, 2011
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  4. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    widezu, you know, I also want an i7 2960xm (maybe 3960xm next semester hopefully). I basically want it to have better parallel performance in MATLAB, turns out CUDA computing is still not too fast, it is about %20 faster than a single core :( I guess the best way is to go 2960 or wait for 3960. how much performance gain can I have from 2760 to 2960? can you guess something, thanks man!
     
    maxheap, Dec 19, 2011
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  5. Evanescent

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    3960xm is a desktop processor if I'm not mistaken. It's the replacement for the 990x. A hexacore as well.
     
    Evanescent, Dec 19, 2011
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  6. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    wait, what code name ivy bridge is coming with :D you are right it looks like a desktop cpu, I mean the most powerful chip of ivy by 3960xm :)
     
    maxheap, Dec 19, 2011
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    I will defo be looking into a 3920XM <- arrives in April/May
     
    GeoCake, Dec 19, 2011
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  8. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    @vergil, you are mistaken, the 3960X minus the M is a desktop CPU. The 3920X M is an upcoming mobile CPU.

    @graz`zt there's no point shelling out hundreds of bucks for an XM CPU if you won't be using it overclocked. I get over 70% increase on all 4 cores however the heat increase is phenomenal - over 90C. So choose wisely.
     
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  9. Evanescent

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    Oops. My bad. :eek:

    Was thinking of the 3960X. :D

    Anyway, back on topic, the XM CPUs are only useful if you do overclock and if you really need to do number crunching stuff. Aside from that, I'd probably invest in an SSD.
     
    Evanescent, Dec 19, 2011
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  10. Emvees

    Emvees Notebook Enthusiast

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    Yupp that´s true Dell wont sell it to me as its not compatible they say... Maybe i´ll wait for a while to let it drop in price.. I finally got teh ozc octane today and will have a install in a few :D
     
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    Emvees, ebay has many...Dell says it isn't compatible because they dont' make an extreme heatsink for the m17x, but looking at sigs, there are those that have the 2960. Many 2920s too.

    i remember a thread earlier on here where someone knew a supplier that was selling the OEM 2960xm for about $800 shipped, the cheapest oem 2920xm a few days ago on ebay was for $490. There were many ES versions too
     
    SlickDude80, Dec 19, 2011
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  12. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    The CPU heatsink for the M17x has 2 heat pipes anyways so it shouldn't matter. To be honest, no one needs to go with the 2960XM, the 2920XM is the same chip. As you can see in my sig, it runs much quicker than any 2960XM at stock.
     
    widezu69, Dec 19, 2011
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  13. long2905

    long2905 Notebook Virtuoso

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    and someone said they have the same overclock limit so why bother?
     
    long2905, Dec 19, 2011
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  14. The Revelator

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    MUCH, MUCH quicker. :D
     
    The Revelator, Dec 19, 2011
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