you have it? how much bro?

It's an old machine. I suggest you go for clevo with 2x 980m.

Nice thanks!

Since you sell clevo, i would like to ask if the one with desktop cpu, or the one with dual gpu runs on optimus?

sweet thanks a lot

if i were to get a clevo, i wanna run dgpu all the way. it's best if there is no optimus in these laptops. if it's there, is there any options to turn it off for good? (like in aw, we can switch the modes between igpu and dgpu with an fn key combo, e.g. fn+f5 for aw18)

nice thanks!

corrections: all are fake sets? do you know that there is an official dell page at taobao that sells aw? 2x more expensive? please at least double check the list price there first, and the parts that come with the machines. remember to check out those comments too.

seriously?

yeah the price for 4940mx is still high. now it's about 2.6k.

if you need extra cpu clocks, yes it's worth it.

one of my laptops has a 3630qm, it's just 100mhz slower than 4710mq. you can feel the differences between 3630qm and 4900mq right away. (my 4900mq is oc'ed to 4.0ghz)

usually reinstall will fix this.

Oh. Hearsay. If parts like mobo, cpu, gpu, heat sinks, ram, wifi cards, etc. can be obtained with 1.4k, then yeah that can be done.

Why did you change it to raid may i ask? Switch it back to ahci and see if it worked.

I thought he just switched the sata operation to raid mode only, and haven't done anything to set raid up.

Sata operations in bios is usually determined and saved by the os, so if you change it, the os will not boot.

For those who wanna use raid in the future, the easiest way is to set the sata operations to raid mode (aw defaults), then install os. Actually raid mode also have ahci functions needed by ssd, so you don't need to set it to ahci explicitly when you use ssd.

This post has been edited by horns: Mar 12 2015, 10:35 AM

that's a nice upgrade

whoah? seriously?!

i doubt that it's a problem. are you using ssd as boot drive? which windows version is the laptop running on?

before you apply gc-extreme, put the tube into hot water. it's easier to spread this way. usually i just put it in hot water, and start disassembling the laptop, clean the fans and vents, and remove the old thermal paste from cpu/gpu die and heat sink. once everything is completed, i take it out from hot water and apply it with rice/dot method. (put a rice size paste on the cpu/gpu die).

you can determine the right amount of paste by sacrificing the first replacement, meaning apply some amount, secure heat sink, then take the heat sink out again and check the spread. if it covers 90% of the die, to me it's good, because when you use the computer, the heat will further help spreading also. now clean it up, and do it one more time. once you do that, secure the heat sink according to the sequences labelled on the heat sink. do not use force to secure the screws. (if it's too tight the die will break, and you cpu/gpu is gone)

really not sure how you can get this. if you got the stock mei driver from dell support website, it should install fine. alternatively you can use windows updates for this also.

no. the drivers can be installed in both modes.

this one is crazier, http://www.mudah.my/Alienware+18+18+4+Gami...op-33951170.htm

yes you can. the upgrade is a simple one too.

no hdd caching is not as good as running pure ssd. imo it's better to use ssd as boot drive (with software and games installed), and hdd as data storage.

660m is fine for 1080p. it's just like fhd laptop display.

for cooling pad, you can get coolermaster notepad u3/u3 plus, or cm storm sf-19 (i think this one is better). i think you can find skin protectors at taobao. (why do you need this for?) i'm not sure about screen protectors. maybe taobao has it too.

Oh sweet aw18 is a good machine.

hm my experience at taobao is actually good. There was one minor incident that the seller sent less quantity of the goods i ordered. They immediately topped up and delivered the balance to me. The rest were all good.