Alienware M14x R1 Vs Alienware M14x R2

[Lancer91]

I 'believe' the real benefit with the 650 is the updated driver set, cooler running technology and efficiency.

[crpcookie]

Ivy runs at 2.7 ghz. It's already clock4clock faster than Sandy, and along with higher clock makes it THE DEFINITIVE M14x. We're seeing near desktop performance in a laptop.

[Celeski]

Hehe, I wish I had a m14x, so you guys stop complaining about gt 650m vs gt 555m. Im here stuck with a super low-end 6490m.

[Mttogo]

I think i will stick with the R1, not worth the money for the upgrade IMO

[superscholastic]

I'll be getting one when it launches. Guess I'll like it cause my present lap gives 20fps at 640x480 and details lowered in nfs Most Wanted

So it will overcome m14x r1 's greatest hurdle..... noise and heat

[Voodooi]

I'll be getting one when it launches. Guess I'll like it cause my present lap gives 20fps at 640x480 and details lowered in nfs Most Wanted

So it will overcome m14x r1 's greatest hurdle..... noise and heat

A good pair of headphones will fix the noise and quality thermal paste/notebook cooler will fix the heat

[elmo93]

So how easy would a motherboard replacement be on this? Just a plain one with the card? I know one now costs $200 for the r1. If it was the same price for an r2 mobo I'm for sure in on it. Oh, and by the way, does it seem like Alienware did this on purpose?

RAM: A little better, I will NEVER need 16GB of RAM though! Processor: No difference HDD: No difference LCD: No difference.

Hmm, so the only real difference from an r1 and r2 is the graphics card. But I can't just pop out and change the 555m for the 650, it's built into the motherboard!

[HTWingNut]

But you can swap out the motherboard.

[elmo93]

But you can swap out the motherboard.

Lol, yeah I'll wait for a tutorial by someone first. I'm sure it's not easy.

[littlezipp]

Lol, yeah I'll wait for a tutorial by someone first. I'm sure it's not easy.

I have my doubts this will work. Wouldn't the addition of the mSATA to the mainboard result in a complete re-design? Complete re-design would mean new casings which means it will be slightly different internally from the R1. Don't know anything, just seems unlikely.