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    M17 upgrade possiblities

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by cdeclipse, Nov 24, 2008.

  1. cdeclipse

    cdeclipse Notebook Guru

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    While I'm waiting on my back-ordered M17, a couple questions came across my mind. I pretty much built the computer around the things that would be easier to upgrade. While I love building desktops, I have recently started to dive into laptops. After tearing apart my 4 year old Dell Inspirion 8200 to the board, I felt better on messing with laptops on a whole.

    Is the M17 possible to upgrade from dual-core to quad-core later on (I have 2.5 core 2 duo)? What about the GPU's (I ordered xfire 3870) ? I'm a pretty avid gamer and multimedia junkie. I'm hoping to get the life out of this laptop that I got out of the dell. That and I've got a bug to mess around and upgrade stuff. Thanks.
     
    cdeclipse, Nov 24, 2008
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  2. Alienware-Armando

    Alienware-Armando Company Representative

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    Currently you will be able to upgrade the system with the components listed on the configuration page. This will include quad core processors up to Quad QX9300 2.53GHz and dual GPUs.

    Thank you.
     
    Alienware-Armando, Nov 24, 2008
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