Alienware Area-51 m15x Mod project underway

I was looking at the current m15x and I must say I felt that they were too big. I currently have a m1730 Dell and I'll be moving to a m17x shortly, just waiting for the right spec'ed m17x to come my way with an i7 (I live 3 miles from a Dell/Alienware Ebay Resller who goes to auctions and mass buys them)

But anyways I've decided to take the path of acquiring a first gen m15x with a good GPU heatsink and mod in either a 260m, 280m, or maybe even a 285m. I can either go to my resller for the GPU's or even to http://rjtech.com/shop/index.php?dis...ategory_id=167 to get the card I want. But I was able to get this less then half year old PC for a great price $800 so far, and it should be here within the week. This is going to be really funny if I get all of this to work out. SO here are the specs.. I feel the portability of the first gen 15x to be alot higher then the later generations. And I have until this September until the warranty is out, but I should have a nice rig here for a sub-par price.



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AREA-51 M15X
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AREA-51 M15X 15" WUXGA W/CAM SILVER-PNT R1
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INTEL 2.60GHZ T9500 6M M15-17
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ELPIDA 2GB DDR2 PC2-5300 SO-DIMM 667MHZ Y9540
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M15X PRIMARY 6 CELL BATTERY-ACCESS
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M15X PRIMARY 120WATT AC ADAPTER-ACCESS
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M15X ODD SMARTBAY KIT-SILVER-PNT
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M15X THERMAL MODULE 8800 GTX / 3600 GLM3 / 9800GT
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SILVER BRACKET FOR MD2GTX, MD2GT2
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NVIDIA 9800M-GT2 512MB FOX
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SEAGATE 320GB 7200RPM FFS SATA HD REV3
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8X DVD+/-RW NEC AD-7590A
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M15X ALIENFX KEYBOARD US
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INTEL PRO WIRELESS 4965 A/B/G DRAFT-N MINI-CARD
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INTEL MOBILE INTEGRATED HIGH-DEFINITION AUDIO
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WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM SP1 COA
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WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64
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ALIENRESPAWN V2.0 FACTORY INSTALL
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ALIENWARE COMMAND CENTER MOBILE
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CYBERLINK YOUCAM 2.0
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POWERDVD 8.0 + TRUETHEATER
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NERO 9 PREINSTALL
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ALIENWARE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD STORE
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M15X PRIMARY AC ADAPTER POWER CORD (US)-ACCESS
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ELC RED MOBILES
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1-YR 24/7 WARRANTY (NO CHARGE)
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ON-SITE WARRANTY
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SYSTEM PERSONALIZATION
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AVATAR: ALIENHEAD 3D
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WINDOW STYLE: DEFAULT
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MOUSE POINTERS: STANDARD
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WALLPAPER: ALIENHEAD 3D (WIDESCREEN)
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WALLPAPER: ALIENHEAD GLOW (WIDESCREEN)
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WALLPAPER: ALIENHEAD FLAT (WIDESCREEN)
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POWER PLAN: DEFAULT
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AUTOMATIC UPDATES: ON
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TIME ZONE: EASTERN
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PERIPHERALS
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WINDOWS VISTA HOME PREMIUM X64 SP1 REC DVD 1
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M15X VISTA 64 SUPPORT CD
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WINDOW 7 UPGRADE HOME PREMIUM 64 BIT
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NERO 9 CD (MEDIA)
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NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2009
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ALIENWARE MOBILE BINDER R2
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AW NAME PLATE FOR NOTE BOOKS
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OWNER IDENTIFICATION CARD
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ALIENWARE PROTECTIVE CLOTH SLEEVE M15X
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AREA-51 M15X C PANEL OVERLAY - QUICK GUIDE
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M1X SERIES MOBILE TOUCH PAD
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ALIENWARE ODYSSEY MESSENGER BAG

Sorry, can a mod please move this thread to Area-51, that's where this really belongs, thanks. Sorry for the Confusion on my part.

OK so for anyone whose upgrading like I am be sure you realize that you have to use MXM 2.1 I didn't realize that until recently after doing more reading and this means that I can't go with a 285m as that's only a type 3 card. So should I go with a 280 or a FX 1600 ???

Ok thank you, that means that I'm most definitely going with a 280, I'll just have to custom create a heatsink or something to better distribute the heat.

Going to go with added copper

Just purchased the Sheets, but we're going for this kind of a look,




Nothing too crazy, lol. And then of course the Normal heat sink on top of that with another layer of Thermal Compound. Yes I have the Diamond stuff you recommended but I'm at a crossroads on if I should use it or not. Basically I'm told it's ALOT harder to apply then AS5, and that AS5 tests are inconclusive because it's stated in the manual that AS5 has a "Broken-In Period" of 200+ hours and then you'll begin to see the gain. So.... yeah..... Pics of the laptop overall will be up in 24 hours.

Yeah I don't care, if you think that's where this belongs go right ahead.

GAming for one hour, hot hot hot hot hot


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