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    Alienware 15 R2 Ram and M.2 Upgrade Need Help

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Gopro13, Jun 20, 2016.

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    Hi everyone, so i am goig to buy a new A15 next week and some upgrades too, because i have no experience in this i need some help, i looked up in many posts and forums everthin got complicated for me so my question is below.

    The system i buy:
    Alienware 15 R2
    i7-6700HQ
    GTX980M 8GB GDDR5
    8GB RAM DDR4 (2133Mhz)
    1TB HDD
    4K IPS 300nit Screen

    The upgrades i buy:
    2x Samsung 256gb PRO 950 M.2 SSD with Nvme ( my goal is making raid0 for good performance and they going to be boot drives)

    2x 16GB HyperX Fury 2133 Ram (total 32gb but heard the bios need settings)

    So i would be very happy how i can do thos upgrades and wether they are compatible and possible?

    BEST Regards
     
    Gopro13, Jun 20, 2016
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