Need help on modding & replacing !!

On my journey towards upgrading my alienware's CPU and GPU ,I need help ,desperately (not really , no) well, so , I have never done any PC modding or laptop modding before. Don't know a thing about over clocking , or applying pastes and all, just know a little bit about them. Due to some research well!! Starting from CPU if you guys know where can I learn to mod , and what I should look out for ,sharing them to me .. Would be essential! Yes ..
PC specs:
Intel(R)Core(TM) i3 CPU M350 @ 2.27GHz 2.26GHz,6GB ram ,64 bit
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M

 

First of all, what are you aiming to do? upgrade the CPU & GPU? I don't know about any "mods" for the M15x, but you certainly can upgrade A LOT ...
CPU, grab a 720QM or higher, (if you want to overclock the CPU go for 920XM).
CPU list (ordered from lower to higher performance):
Name: Stock 4 core turbo Stock 1 core turbo
720QM - 1.73GHz -> 2.80GHz
740QM - 1.86GHz -> 2.93GHz
820QM - 2.00GHz -> 3.06GHz
840QM - 2.00GHz -> 3.20GHz
920XM - 2.26GHz -> 3.20GHz -> Unlocked multiplier (with proper cooling easily 3.2GHz on all 4 cores)
940XM - 2.4GHz -> 3.33GHz -> Unlocked multiplier (with proper cooling easily 3.2GHz on all 4 cores)

GPU:
AMD 5850M
AMD 5870M
AMD M6000 -> Best P/P for M15x at the moment
AMD 7970M -> Second best P/P

Nvidia 460M
Nvidia 660M
Nvidia 680M
Nvidia 770M

Basically any of these cards will outperform the 240M by atleast 4 times, some have more than 10 times the power of the 240M

And then there are these two, the queens of performance.
Nvidia 970M
Nvidia 980M -> Highest performance at the moment, but mobile Pascal & Polaris are just around the corner...

And plenty others, that were left out deliberately or are not confirmed working with M15x.

 

Shameless thread promoting but... I'm selling my GTX 680M which anyone here will tell you is an absolutely great card and a good fit for the M15x
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/fs-uk-eu-dell-gtx-680m-2gb-vram.791459/
As I've previously stated, I might be open to giving a discount if the buyer is going to put it in an M15x

 

Hi i was planning to upgrade the CPU to 920xm and GPU to m6000

 

I think this is a good plan. 920XM is only necessary if you plan to overclock it.

M6000 will need the X bracket from your 240M. So this is your first mod. I suggest a 1mm copper shim between the GPU and Heatsink.

Sent from my overpriced Galaxy S6 Edge +

 

Where

I think i should research about brackets / shims first
thank you for the guide though

 

I got my shim pack off ebay. This is what I bought. You can probably buy just at 1mm shim. I didn't know what I needed so I just spend the $7.00 (including shipping) on the pack.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/400562132776?afsrc=1&rmvSB=true

If you are interested in the M6000 then read this thread. LOTS of good info. Feel free to ask questions.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m6000-7870m-gpu-thread.785735/

Here is my post that shows the shims for the M6000

http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/m6000-7870m-gpu-thread.785735/page-23#post-10250280

 

If you plan on getting the M6000 you can save yourself 100$ for the CPU, the 720QM is already enough for the M6000

Here's a completely stock bench in M15x with 740QM and M6000, as you see the two are pretty balanced out.

Yeah, exactly, don't bother buying the 920XM if you are going to run it at stock ... It's only really worth it when you overclock the crap out of it ...
Carefully remove the X-bracket from the 240M like deadsmiley said, use a heatgun or something similar to warm the glue up if it doesn't want to separate easily ot prevent the X-bracket from bending too much, we don't want that ...

Copper shim is not really needed if you have the proper x-bracket, the GPU die height is the same as with 5850M that came with the M15x.
I would however bend the heatpipe just a bit, because like with the 69X0M and 7970M, the M6000 has one choke that presses against it and flattening the heatpipe a bit will cause it to have better contact with the die.

The temps in bench i posted are without copper shim, without modding the heatpipe and with a proper x-bracket. Thermal paste MX-4

 

Lmao ,gotta lot to learn yo ,I'll research a bit than I'll try as you guys said , thanks so much for the info

Since 740Qm is quad processor that means the GHz is 1.6*6 I believe amirite ?
N guys do I have to upgrade the power supply

 

740qm is a 4 core 8 thread processor with 1.73GHz base clock, and 1.83GHz boost clocks for all 4 cores.


Stock PSU handle this processor pretty well.

 

So... changes to the planes , i cannot upgrade CPU , is it still possible for me to insert m6000 ? and what do you guys think about running m6000 out of stock , since i don't want to damage the gpu and all

So... changes to the planes , i cannot upgrade CPU , is it still possible for me to insert m6000 ? and what do you guys think about running m6000 out of stock , since i don't want to damage the gpu and all

So... changes to the plans , i cannot upgrade CPU , is it still possible for me to insert m6000 ? and what do you guys think about running m6000 out of stock , since i don't want to damage the gpu and all

 

At stock the m6000 is still a pretty good card. Overclocking will gain you some extra fps during gaming though. It really depends on the game. Some older games won't matter but with some newer titles you want to squeeze out as much performance as you can.

If you do a mild overclock with a small overvolt, it shouldn't cause any damage. Just to give you an idea, at stock clocks my m6000 would top out at around 73C during stress tests, and with the overclock it tops out at around 78C. This is without any cooling mods and using Gelid GC Extreme. This is stress testing; actual gaming should result in lower temps. Check out the m6000 thread for more info on overclocking.

EDIT: Also I wanted to note that with the m6000 overclocked to 1000/1250 with a 1.15V overvolt and paired with a 720qm, my power meter would top out at around 130W during gaming benchmarks, which means the stock power adapter should be fine with any compatible M15X CPU except for an overclocked 920 or 940xm.

 

Alright , i'll guess ill just try to insert m6000 out of stock , with previous cpu and all