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April 23rd, 2012 00:00

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

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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.

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