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Alienware 18 upgrade
I have a question about upgrades. I am very happy with my 18, and I am even happier to see that Dell brought the 18's back into the fold. I noticed that briefly they were outfitted with 4790K CPUs, which is very attractive to me since the base speed is 4 GHZ. I know that I can pull my 4910MQ out and replace it with the 4790K, but what I do not know is if the bios is going to let me do this, or if I could get the bios that supported those Alienwares.
The other thing I am concerned about is the heat from these things. They are 25% less efficient in that regard to the 4940, so I am wondering about cooling issues in the laptops in which you placed them.
Anyway, if you could answer that or point me in the right direction, I would really appreciate it.
Thanks.
John
The Alienware 18 does not have support for any desktop CPUs, including the i7-4790K. It was a typo that shouldn't have been mentioned on the configuration page. It doesn't have the socket for one.
Your best CPU option is the i7-4930MX / i7-4940MX.
Just to be sure, my Alienware, being an 18 (although a year and a half old) can support the 4790K, right? I know it will plug into the mobo, but I want to make certainly that the A10 bois will be fine with it before I go spend 500 for a processor and an install.
By older alienwares, you mean the older 18x R* models, correct?
Thanks for your time. I really appreciate it.
Alienware - Rodrigo
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Posted August 28th, 2015 10:00
Hello,
For the new Alienware 18 models, the motherboard and Bios firmware was designed to support that type of processor. For the older models, the 4790K CPU will not be supported.