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    moving from the AW 17 R1 to AW R3/R4

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

  1. morbidking

    morbidking Notebook Enthusiast

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    few questions is their space for a internal dvd/Blu-ray

    is their a place to have a 2nd 3.5 hhd

    does it still have the msata slot

    my r1 has a 256gb msata 750gb ssd and a 1tb sata

    and I switched out the dvd/cd to a Blu-ray rewriter

    would I be able to set up the AW R3 or R4 like I did the r1

    anyone know the max gtx card the R1 can handle
     
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    you can put a 2.5" HDD on your aw 17 R1

    the AW 17 R3 have 2 m.2 pcie slots + 1 HDD 2,5" slot
    the AW 17 R4 have 2 m.2 pcie slots + 1 msata SSD slot + 1 2.5" HDD slot
    the max gpu for your model is a gtx 980m 8gb
     
    judal57, Oct 20, 2016
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    I don't think R4 has a mSATA, from what I have read the small one is a 2242 M.2.
     
    JTOverath, Oct 21, 2016
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    you have one ... help him, open it and look
     
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    Why disk media? Get an external Blu-ray burner, and a good software. Put all those plastic disks on a 1 TB SSD

    The AW 17 R1 "ranger" can have the GTX 980m easy. With some more adventurous modding it can take the GTX 980 (laptop non m version) or purportedly maybe the GTX 1060
     
    ThatOldGuy, Oct 21, 2016
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    Mine is on order, it's not in yet.
     
    JTOverath, Oct 22, 2016
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    Hello,

    I´m interested into the AW 17 R4 and got a question about the m2-2280 Slot´s, can they handle PCIE SSD´s only or is it possible i can use my 512GB m2-2280 SATA3 SSD too ?

    Also in my country the 120Hz GSYNC panels will be available on mid November, can anyone tell me if the 60Hz panels are IPS too ? So i´m wanted to wait for the 120hz models

    Regards,
    aVa
     
    avalance, Oct 23, 2016
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