Just upgraded the M14x R2 from 6GB RAM to 16GB and a fresh factory battery

I was not looking to replace my laptop with the ones available on the market today. I don't see any benefit for my personal use case. I decided to pick up 16GB RAM from Amazon for $50.98 and get a fresh battery from Dell for $60. Did the install myself and went really smooth. Next upgrade might be to go from 256GB SSD to 500GB SSD. I got the battery direct from Dell and it comes with 90 day warranty and it is a SIMPLO battery - SMP. My original battery was Samsung. I called Dell and they offered me 10% off or $25 coupon. I took the coupon and plan to buy a game with it.

http://www.amazon.com/Crucial-CT2KI...rue&ref_=ox_sc_act_title_1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Ori...267757?hash=item41a9a884ad:g:2d4AAOSwr41XIRFG

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Ori...115117?hash=item5b20129ead:g:QpAAAOSwx-9Wu8LS

 

Thanks for sharing the components you used to upgrade the machine. I'm sure this will help a lot of people out there

 

So I upgraded the hard drive by taking advantage of the mSata slot and purchasing a 256gb mSata SSD to run in raid 0 with my SATA III drive. I am getting like 822 MB/s read and 508 MB/s write