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    New alienware laptop R4 6th generation upgrade to 7th generation

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Testa, May 31, 2017.

  1. Testa

    Testa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi All,

    I have bought dec 2016 the new 17 laptop r4 with gtx 1080 and the 6th generation of I7 and I was wondering if it is compatible to upgrade with the latest kaby lake 7th generation of I7? or it require a different motherboard? also anyone already know if the new i7 extreme the ones that is just lauch yesterday together with i9 or even the i9 will be possible to upgrade in this laptop? or it will use different chipset, sizes and new motherboard will be required?

    Many thanks,
    Testa
     
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    Vasudev Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    KabyLake would more or less require new board. More likely because CPU and GPU are soldered so no way you can upgrade in future. Also, core i9 TDP are too much to handle on laptop, in the coming years we would more likely see hexa or octa cores.
     
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    BGA all soldered in, no upgrading.
     
    pathfindercod, May 31, 2017
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    thank you guys, I was hoping it would be posssible to boost some cpu speed with more core too at some point in the future it is a shame I cant do anything.

    Thanks for the answer
    Cheers,
    Testa
     
    Testa, Jun 1, 2017
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    Could possibly swap the motherboards. Everything should line up the same.
     
    robbulous, Jun 1, 2017
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