J jermtheworm Distinguished Dec 2, 2011 2 0 18,510 Dec 2, 2011 #1 I recently purchased an alienware area 51 m15x and i want to upgrade the cpu and gpu. Is this possible? What's a good mid level combo if so. THANKS!!!
I recently purchased an alienware area 51 m15x and i want to upgrade the cpu and gpu. Is this possible? What's a good mid level combo if so. THANKS!!!
refillable Splendid Nov 15, 2011 5,814 203 28,240 Dec 2, 2011 #2 So sad you wasted money for Alienware. Can you give me more specs? Upvote 0 Downvote
S Sava Distinguished Sep 12, 2009 40 0 18,530 Dec 2, 2011 #3 My m15 died in 2009... probably was the GPU. What a waste of money. Laptops are cute toys. But I would advise against putting any money into one. Put the money towards building a good PC. Upvote 0 Downvote
My m15 died in 2009... probably was the GPU. What a waste of money. Laptops are cute toys. But I would advise against putting any money into one. Put the money towards building a good PC.
J jermtheworm Distinguished Dec 2, 2011 2 0 18,510 Dec 2, 2011 #4 I didn't waste too much money, scooped it up for 200 bucks and I would build a desktop but I need the mobility. Specs: Intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 4mb cache mem 4gb (2 x 2gb) ddr2 sdram 200 gb sata 7200rpm nvidia gforce 8600m gt 512 mb Upvote 0 Downvote
I didn't waste too much money, scooped it up for 200 bucks and I would build a desktop but I need the mobility. Specs: Intel core 2 duo 2.4ghz, 4mb cache mem 4gb (2 x 2gb) ddr2 sdram 200 gb sata 7200rpm nvidia gforce 8600m gt 512 mb
refillable Splendid Nov 15, 2011 5,814 203 28,240 Dec 3, 2011 #5 I don't think it's possible. Maybe you should get a new laptop with GTX 500 series on them. Upvote 0 Downvote
Deemo13 Splendid Jul 18, 2011 8,087 0 31,960 Dec 3, 2011 #6 You definitely cannot upgrade the CPU or GPU on a laptop unless they are made to do so (very high end laptops) +1 to refillable, Alienware is such a waste even in desktop form factor. If you want to game, building a tower is the way to go. Upvote 0 Downvote
You definitely cannot upgrade the CPU or GPU on a laptop unless they are made to do so (very high end laptops) +1 to refillable, Alienware is such a waste even in desktop form factor. If you want to game, building a tower is the way to go.