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What are my upgrade options for my M15X?
Hello everyone. I am new to this forum and I decided to ask some of you who have experience with my question. I have an Alienware M15X that I purcahsed in mid 2009 and I would like to upgrade it as much as I can for now until I decide whether I want to purcahse a high end Alienware Aurora, Digitial Storm pc, or have my friends help me build my own. Here are the specs of my notebook: (my apologies if this makes your explorer lag)
II. Configuration
Processor(s)
- Processor 1
- Name- Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T8100 @ 2.10GHz
- Manufacturer- GenuineIntel
- Caption- Intel64 Family 6 Model 23 Stepping 6
- Version- Model 7, Stepping 6
- Processor Id- BFEBFBFF00010676
- Current Clock Speed- 2100MHz
- Address Width- 64Bits
- Data Width- 64Bits
- Socket Designation- U2E1
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- CPU-2.10C2DT8100SCRD
Case Color- New
Background
System Memory
- Memory Module 1
- Capacity- 2048MB
- Bank Label- DIMM #1
- Mem_Type- DDR2
- Mem_Frequency- 664 MHz
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- MEM-MOBLDDR22GP53ELP
- Memory Module 2
- Capacity- 2048MB
- Bank Label- DIMM #2
- Mem_Type- DDR2
- Mem_Frequency- 664 MHz
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- MEM-MOBLDDR22GP53ELP
BIOS
Information
- Manufacturer- Quanta
- Name- PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.1
- Version- vX36 P3
- Version- ALWARE - 6040000
Motherboard
Information
- Manufacturer- Alienware
- Product- m15x
- Serial Number-
- Version- Not Applicable
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- MB-MD2WXGASILPNTR1
- Verify correct motherboard
- Power settings optimized
Video
Adapter
- Caption- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
- Adapter RAM- 512MB
- DriverVersion- 7.01.01.861
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- MOBL-VMD2M88XT512MB
- Test Video Card
Hard
Drive(s)
- ST9160411ASG
- Model- ST9160411ASG
- Size- 160GB
- Total Heads- 255
- Total Cylinders- 19457
- Total Tracks- 4961535
- Tracks Per Cylinder- 255
- Verified Hardware Device against Order- MOBL-HD160GB72FSEAR4
Optical Drives / Other
Storage
- Optiarc DVD RW AD-7590A ATA Device
Operating System- MS Vista
Home Premium 64
DirectX Version- 6.0
Assembler Initials- RR
Tester Initials- AI
Test Date- 08/12/2009 02-22 PM
Burn-In/Benchmarks
- 3DMark 2006
- Customer Information-
- 3DMark Score- 8,812.00 3DMarks
- SM2.0 Score- 3,845.00
- HDR/SM3.0 Score- 4,464.00
- CPU Score- 1,896.00
- Game Score- 0.00 Points
- SM2.0 Graphics Tests
- GT1 - Return To Proxycon- 30.81 FPS
- GT2 - Firefly Forest- 33.27 FPS
- CPU Tests
- CPU1 - Red Valley- 0.60 FPS
- CPU2 - Red Valley- 0.96 FPS
- HDR/SM3.0 Graphics Tests
- HDR1 - Canyon Flight- 42.08 FPS
- HDR2 - Deep Freeze- 47.21 FPS
- Unreal Tournament 3 Demo
- Customer Information-
- Average FPS- 54.07 FPS
- Time Spent Over 30 FPS- 98.44 percent of total benchmark time was spent
above 30 FPS
Tesla1856
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April 23rd, 2012 00:00
It has 4gb RAM which is enough. It's only a dual-core. I suggest you take the money you would spend on these expensive upgrades, and put it toward your new desktop. Keep this laptop as your portable WiFi machine or light-gaming laptop.