m15x R2 Motherboard in the M15x R1 chassis.

I was thinking about buying an m15x R1 Alienware and then just installing the newer motherboard? Does anyone here know if that's possible?

Also! Does anyone know the model numbers of BOTH the R1 and the R2 motherboards?

Thanks!

 

There are no R1 and R2 M15x's. There's only the current M15x and the much older area 51 m15x, from back when Dell acquired Alienware. If you mean that one, they can't be switched. If the body looks the same on both models, then it's the same version and you can switch the boards.

 

That's so weird.. I looked up the wikipedia page for Alienware and they had it as a m15x R1 and then an m15x R2 that supports i5 and i7's.

And yet what you're saying does match up with what I've heard other places.

So the computer I'm looking at has an i3 processor, that means it should be an m15x right? Also, I seem to be finding to different models of mobos on eBay. Do you think the other one mobo model showing up is the for the Area 51 m15?

 

I checked eBay, what people are calling the R1 is the Area 51 version. I think because Alienware started using R2, R3, etc, for their other models, people started using it here too.

If it takes an i-anything CPU, it's the new M15x; the older one uses Core2 chips.

 

This is correct!

 

I get it! Thanks.

 

Just to give an official word. We have no m15x R1 and R2. There is only the Area-51 m15 and the Alienware(Dell) m15x. The Dell one can support those 3 processors and the motherboard varies depending on the one you choose (Clarksfield or Arrandale).

 

A little confused before,now I get it too.Thanks.

 

So which motherboard does the dell M15x have? I need to replace mine. First gen i7, 4G ram, 512Mb GPU, Don't know if that's necessary for identification. I've seen Dell Part 0G5VT as the correct one