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    R3 Motherboard upgrade i3 to i7!!!

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by fungomerry, Feb 9, 2012.

  1. fungomerry

    fungomerry Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been offered an bare I7 motherboard at a very reasonable price and am wondering if it is just a case of swapping everything over from my current i3 board and re-using the original heatsink etc on the new board?

    Any advise is most gratefully received!!!
     
    fungomerry, Feb 9, 2012
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    un4tural Notebook Evangelist

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    from what past revisions offered, yes it is just swapping out the motherboard and connecting the rest to it (sound board bluetooth etc.). I am 95% sure that this is the case.
     
    un4tural, Feb 9, 2012
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    fungomerry Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the reassurance! I thought that as the i7 is more powerful then the heatsink/fan arrangement my be different.
     
    fungomerry, Feb 9, 2012
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    fungomerry Notebook Enthusiast

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    It worked fine!!! Took me a couple of hours though and I was worried that the new motherboard ( only a £100!!! ) would be DOA.

    I am now the proud owner of an i7 -2617m with the bonus of the extra 1gb on the gpu.

    Does anyone know when dell switched from the 2617m to the 2637m?
     
    fungomerry, Feb 10, 2012
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    un4tural Notebook Evangelist

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    it was quite recently, like a month ago or something...

    but yeah, grats on the upgrade :)
     
    un4tural, Feb 11, 2012
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    fungomerry Notebook Enthusiast

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    Cheers mate, the upgrade was well worth it especially as Dell charge £335 for that upgrade!!! and now I have a spare mobo that I can easily sell on for well over a £100 so I will actually make money on the deal. KERCHING!!!
     
    fungomerry, Feb 11, 2012
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    run some benchmarks, it will be good too know what is difference, what about battery ?
     
    tuke8, Feb 14, 2012
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    Agreed, I'd like to see your results!
     
    hiarieshi, Feb 15, 2012
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    fungomerry Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry, I would have to go thru all the aggro of re-installing the i3 to benchmark against the i7....

    May give it a go in a few weeks when time allows, so tell me what software to use for benchmarking and I will give it a go!!!
     
    fungomerry, Feb 18, 2012
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    3dmark11, 3dmark06, cinebench11, maybe pcmark11, winrar bench, maybe some games etc :D GL :D but that would be awesome.
     
    tuke8, Feb 18, 2012
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