M18x R2 - Successful NVMe adapter upgrade

I managed to get my hands on an MXM to NVMe adapter for my empty secondary MXM slot and have successfully installed a Samsung 970 EVO as the boot drive with close to full NVMe speeds, as per Samsung's claims for this drive.
Excuse my bare feet in the second photo
Special thanks to @UltraGSM @Baddemichl @MrMogwai

 

How much was the adaptor ?

 

Hard to say really, due to the process I took to get my hands on one. You probably won't get much change from $150 if you can find one. There are some on Taobao but the speeds aren't quite as good from the photos they post.

 

Nice! GTX 1070 and NVMe in a laptop from 2012. The M18xR2 will haunt Alienware longer than they might have ever imagined. What a shame that it was the last of its kind.

 

This is fantastic. Well done, Maxware

 

Just trying to keep the dream alive. Fingers crossed for a 2080 in the new year......

 

Very nice, would love to have one of those in my m18x R1 even if it would only act as a storage drive and not a boot drive

 

I was checking out those adapters a short while back - Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

 

Where did you get that please?

 

Hi, I got it through one of the guys on this forum. I'm not sure if they are still available but you can give him a try @Baddemichl