haha there will always be better stuff coming later on (like sata ssd. there will be less changes in ddr3l ram except for price). just have fun with your current setup first

tbh, there are plenty of things that you can do with excess of ram.

not so sure why 880m can be that hot. it can be the fan, or the heat sink, but iinm 780m is fine with it.

my 880m in m17x r4 is running at below 80c under loads. btw i am using desktop driver mod by mr. fox for this card. it's relatively much better. it still have serious drop in fps for a few seconds when gaming, but it's much lesser now.

yeah. I do have plans to upgrade my X51. feeling like swapping the current 3.5" 1TB drive with SSDs. thankfully there's still one SATA port left, so I should be able to squeeze in 2 drives when I take out the current one

however due to space constraint, I might end up with one SSD for system and one 2.5" drive for storage

Alien respawn only back backup your factory image. If u want to have a full backup, u need to buy the pro version. There are many free backup software out there are better than alien respawn.

yeah that space limit. however i think it should be ok if you use the 2.5" 1tb 7200rpm hdd from hgst. imo it's really better to go minimal, e.g. 1x ssd (os, software, games) + 1x hdd (downloads and storage). for long term storage it's better to use external storage or nas. in the case of disasters, you get lesser damage because of the limited space in the computer (less data affected hehe)

oh i see. it's better to just use system image created with windows built-in recovery tools.

yeah. even my current 2TB internal drive got mostly softwares, games, OS etc etc and some files I'm currently downloading

"the rest" is in my external drive

i am going all minimalist for my machines also. tbh it's relatively faster now because less of hardware (especially hdd hehe). now i have more space i am putting in one more water cooling aio for gpu lol

Our m17 like invincible, can put anything 1.. haha...no limitations.

it's still good for some years, but it is showing its age (technologically).

5 yrs old tech de....

m17 is using SATA 3 interface or ???
I also like to go min. on storage. One reason is it will generate lesser heat More HDD more heat generated

Any x51 users here that have had experiences upgraded their gpu from gtx ( X51 R1 or R2 gpu ) to gtx 970 ? Any issues with power or glitching ?




Oh , is the AW 15 or 17 for 2015 model upgradeable in cpu , gpu etc ?

This post has been edited by Cap Jones: Apr 10 2015, 06:51 PM

The new AW 15 or 17 is using soldered CPU and GPU. So not upgradeable.

uh? m17x r4 was released in 2012.

my m17x r4 has 2x sata3 (hdd bays); 1x sata2 msata slot; and 1x sata2 odd port. for now it's full (2x sata ssd, 1x msata ssd, and 1x hdd in hdd caddy)

to me the optimum is still 3-disk setup. 1x ssd for os, 1x ssd for apps/games, 1x hdd for downloads and data storage.

Gents, just curious Malaysia Dell website not selling AW13 ?

I see. I thought you're using 3 HDD. That would be quite heavy and be hotter than others tho. haha

my 18 is 3-ssd setup hehe (still have 1x msata slot unoccupied). my aurora r4 is 3-disk also.

once my custom nas is complete, i will take out more disks from most of my machines.

M17xr4 Inherit r3 tech wat...not much changes internal... aw17 looks like a total different tech version

U must understand tat uncle teCH fanatic... his setup u sure jealous Kao Kao...

Finally got my own AW17!

May I ask what is the average temperature for this machine? is 65 ok during idle?
Why the fan sound so slow. I am so confused. My MSI fan sound is louder than this machine

This post has been edited by ZainRain: Apr 10 2015, 09:09 PM

To me. Is still "young". Haha...
Unless u talk about something like 1 USB 3c per laptop only, thunder bolt.. What else?

I can't think of anything is "aging" right now..haha