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    Alienware m17x aftermarket or order upgrades?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Tiberius 1403, Apr 12, 2013.

  1. Tiberius 1403

    Tiberius 1403 Newbie

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    Hi everyone,

    I am looking to buy a new M17x and dont know much about the hardware i am going to need. I have gathered that i am probably going to need the Nvidia GTX 680m and a 1920/1080 screen and these are hard to upgrde yourself. I am not sure about the hard drive or RAM. How easy are these to upgrade? What kind of upgrades should i look at? I play pretty high end games, particularly worried about Rome 2 total war and games for ps4/xbox 720. Am i going to need an SSD and if so, which one and how easy are they to install? Im sorry i am a complete noob when it comes to this kind of stuff
     
    Tiberius 1403, Apr 12, 2013
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  2. DuncsGTi

    DuncsGTi Notebook Enthusiast

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    HDD/SSD and ram are simple and much cheaper to upgrade yourself, GPU is simple enough to upgrade but can be pricey.
     
    DuncsGTi, Apr 12, 2013
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