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    M11x R2 Upgrade?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by cooldd, May 19, 2011.

  1. cooldd

    cooldd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I bought M11x last year and I am pretty happy with it. However, i like to stay up-to-date and I was wondering if I could get i7 SB replacement for my current i7. Also, is there a huge difference in performance when having more than 4gb of RAM. I mean is it worth upgrading to 6 or 8 at this point.
     
    cooldd, May 19, 2011
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  2. striderhien

    striderhien Newbie

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    yeah therse a huge difference from 4gb to 8 gb ram. try it its not that expensive. theres no need to upgrade ur cpu there wont be much of a difference.
     
    striderhien, May 19, 2011
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  3. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    Bullocks.

    To the OP, it's not worth upgrading beyond 4GB unless you do virtualization or professional video/image editing. You will see absolutely no difference otherwise. Also, it's not possible to upgrade the CPU.
     
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  4. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    1) It is not possible to upgrade your CPU from a Core i7 to a Core i7 Sandy Bridge.

    2) You will not see any performance difference in upgrading from 4GB --> 8GB, unless you are running an application that specifically uses a ton of RAM (e.g. virtual machines, databases, professional video / image editing). Unless you are in one of those small groups of people, you will see absolutely zero difference in performance going from 4GB --> 8GB of RAM.


    If you have money burning a hole in your pocket and just want to upgrade, get yourself an SSD (check the videos in my signature for how well they perform over mechanical HDDs). It will have an immediate and noticeable benefit, and is an upgrade that can easily be carried over into another machine if you choose to replace your M11x R2 in the future.
     
    kent1146, May 19, 2011
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  5. mardon

    mardon Notebook Deity

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    Another vote here for SSD.

    Can you swap out an i5 from an R2 and put the R2 i7 in there?
     
    mardon, May 19, 2011
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    Tedster59 Notebook Consultant

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    You would need to buy a new motherboard with the i7 chip soldered on.
     
    Tedster59, May 19, 2011
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  7. kent1146

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    Nope. CPUs are soldered onto the motherboard.
     
    kent1146, May 19, 2011
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  8. mardon

    mardon Notebook Deity

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    Fair enough, better ram or timings and some SETPLL it is then :D
     
    mardon, May 19, 2011
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    yelohotshot Notebook Consultant

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    to change the CPU you'd have to change the MB - nuff said!
     
    yelohotshot, May 19, 2011
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  10. Jayhoo

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    Hmm, what are the default timings of the stock m11x R2 ram?
     
    Jayhoo, May 19, 2011
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  11. cooldd

    cooldd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the answers guys :) Yeah, I thought i7SB is not interchangeable with i7... These days hardware companies change their pin/socket standarts on a daily basis... And about the SSD - hopefully I will get 1 by the end of the summer
     
    cooldd, May 22, 2011
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  12. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    6-6-6-15

    Any ram you put in will default to these timings.
     
    roxxor, May 23, 2011
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  13. mardon

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    With Typhoon Burner you can go up to 8-8-8-20 which will give you more head room when you raise the BLK with SetPLL.

    I've not got round to doing it yet.
     
    mardon, May 23, 2011
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