Now This Is UPGRADING A Laptop 

I think we deserve to see 2080 upgraded version too

4930mx is running higher frequency and cooler than the original 4700/4710mq so that's a plus. Last official GPU supported by Dell is the 980m which is much better than the 880m Awesome video!

It's really sad how many of these new machines don't even have replaceable storage. I am really concerned about the future of modularity and upgradeability especially with the succes of the M1.

Forgetting the SLI bridge has the same spirit as forgetting the IO shield in a super complicated PC build

Dawid Does Tech Stuff : the GTX 880M 8 GB is impressive considering that it was launched in 2014 based on the Kepler GTX 700 series architecture from 2013 and it had a rich amount of 8 GB VRAM which in uncharacteristic for Nvidia to give to us consumers....though that 122 Watt TDP is worrying since it's a discrete GPU but a mobile GPU nontheless.

I've had this laptop from 2014 to 2021 when it finally died. Had it on i7 4700MQ, GTX 760 SLI, and 24GB RAM. Never upgraded it, never needed to

765m to 880m ... holy crap that would have been an expensive upgrade back in the day 😀

Can't wait for him to do this on a framework laptop 16

I Love The Good Old Laptops They Are So Easy To Upgrade

One thing I've always wondered is why Nvidia's mobile cards of this period (and Maxwell) had so much more VRAM than their desktop equivalents.

i always love to see old content brought back to life, even if it's "not worth" the money it's a shame there are so few laptops that can change parts out like this, make a monster david a monster

I love Dawid’s baseless optimism. Really giving it his all out here on the computer webs.

The SLI scaling on GTA V didn't seem to be working properly with the new GPUs. If you look at the usage it seems perfectly split and only using around 50% of each card where as with the old GPUs it was using 60-95% usage on each GPU. SLI was non-existent on BFV and CP77 on both but I assume that's just because SLI was dead by the time those games came out.

Oh the pain of forgetting the SLI bridge, I felt that!

Sadly, those "modern" games you tested aren't optimized to use SLI. You have to use old games that had SLI in mind when developed. The 2nd GPU is essentially useless.

Forgetting the SLI bridge cable made me laugh much more that it should of haha. Love these videos

Happy to see the MXM GPU and CPU upgrade suggestions put into play!

i always find it fun to upgrade something to the factory limits!

The bsod at 1:03 isn't a bad windows install, its the sata configuration mode in the bios. It can either be set to achi or raid on, depends on the device but usually swapping the mode will fix the blue screen.

Meanwhile Me gaming with a laptop that is 11 years old and it has i3 2310m and 6gb ram with 500gb hdd and intel hd 3000💀

Had an old Dell XPS laptop which was very similar to this and I was upgrading it and using it until only a few months ago. Sucked the power through it though....was sorry to see it go. Thanks for the video, Dawid 🙂

I think the best value GPU in those are probably Pascal MXMs. There's a bit of vBios flash involved, but it does work rather well. Alternatively, there's also some AMD MXMs out there that apparently worked, but it's rather uncommon unless it's the 7970m/8970m/m290x. It does give the benefit of consuming less power while havinf much more GPU power to one's disposition. The other unused MXM slot can even be repurpose for an NVME slot after purchasing the appropriate adapter. It's a fun little unit to dig into! Nice to see you give a hand into this :).

Your alienware videos have all been entertaining, I'd like to see more videos on old alienwares. Great video

Thank you so much Dawid for doing a follow up video on this laptop🥰

Lol, power limit throttling the entire time, neither of the GPUs were not even getting close to their max power rating, so simply adding a beefier GPU in there isn't the end all and be all, you also need to consider your power brick

Should've got one of the Iris Pro-equipped CPUs with the 128MB eDRAM; iirc it works the same as on the 5775c, the extra cache helps out in games a lot just like it does on the modern X3D Ryzens even if it's dog slow by comparison. Also, Adlink makes an RTX A4500 MXM card that is essentially just a 16GB 3070 on a power diet that might be worth a look. If you still wanted to make use of the multi-gpu part then your best bet is probably 1080's though SLI in [current year] is going to be a joke no matter what, but as another commenter said this all depends if the support after the 980M is just "unofficial" or if it literally doesn't work at all. 2024 edit: there's a site called X-Vision that sells up to 3080M MXM cards now, as well as AMD options like the RX 6600, which would be far easier to source.

I have been waiting for this video! Good stuff!

Dawid Does Tech Stuff is like “Top Gear” for computers. The format, the jokes, the music and the close all remind me of my favorite automotive show. Love your stuff keep up the good work.

Alienware and Razor are two brand names I stay far away from. Iv recently added Asus to this list for how they handled the 7800X3D situation

I have a top end 2014 alienware 18. Talk about two upgradable gpus in one laptop. Edit: Specs are 2x gtx 880m sli i7 4940mx 32gb ram 1tb hd 500gb ssd

oh yeah! Nice that you did that upgrades :)

Great video as always! Many thanks.

You should 100% try the 2080, i feel like that would be really cool to see. -edit 1 2080, not sli, just to see the difference :)

I don't know why the manufacturers gave up at amazing upgradeable gaming laptops... The possibility to upgrade laptops CPUs and GPUs, not only RAM and HDD/SSD was extraordinary.

Yay! Been waiting for this

Awsome video, suscribed😀🇧🇻

Would love to see how far you can get in terms of GPU upgrade. A 2080 might be too much but I can see sth like a 1070 or 1080 works in this Alienware

The Dell Precision M4800 and M6800 are also infamous for being the last laptops to have all these upgradability, and they are also laptop DIY modders dream laptops, and now you can get them much cheaper than ever

Great video, thanks!

I used to have that same laptop. It had a 3rd gen i7 and dual gtx765m in SLI. I only just finally sold it last year. It was a great machine that got many years of heavy use. Best laptop I've ever owned, I kinda miss it.

This laptop is insane. Shame they don’t make ones like this anymore

Try using external gpu with this would be a nice experiment if possible

wow new david vids, thank man your vid really make my day

That "ops" at 6:30 got me every time 😂

maybe the laptop not getting enough juice thats whay it crashes ? thats the one drawback though , upgradability at a cost ..though i have a similar laptop (more like a dtr) that uses a desktop proc ,which is not too bad , but the gpu 😅

It's cool to see the whole process but probably it's better value to buy a more modern one 😅

Thanks for all the great videos! What overlay software do you use? Thanks in advance!

Dawid I think you have upped you game for past couple of months you content keeps getting interesting which I love

This is proper laptop upgrading. I hope that framework with their 16 inch model can bring something approaching this kind of upgradeability back to the market

something about those cyberpunk scores at the end doesnt seem right 🤔

The finger in the opening lives rent free in my mind constantly. Is it ever going to touch that mirrored surface???

I did this to my Qosmio X870 laptop. Upgraded from a 670M to a 970M. Still runs decent today.

Eyy good job.

This actually got me wondering if my 2014 Alienware laptop was upgradable, until I heard the eye-watering cost to upgrade yours. 🤑

Nice upgrade

The 880m's were known to run really hot. My 2nd Alienware 18 had the dual 880m's and I was very lucky to have 2 good cards that didn't throttle like crazy like a lot of other people did. My 3rd one with the 4940 and dual 980m's was a beast and I wish I still had it. It was my favorite computer of any form factor ever and modding it and tricking games that didn't support sli into using sli was fantastic. The AW18 was the last true Alienware laptop. After this they stopped pushing boundaries and became more run of the mill like the rest of the market.

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we need other videos like this ! It ultra interesting !

You should have defiantly replaced those old thermal pads, for the thermal paste replacement I'd recommend PTM7950 (industrial PCM) which whilst pricey for the cost of the surface coverage but the reality is that's got a great thermal conductivity, is rated for a long time and actually gets better with age (also lasts a lot better than traditional thermal pads/liquids). That's why companies like Lenovo are switching over to it in their high end devices...

ok I lost it over the whole "show dolphins" statemen, that was a beautiful analogy my friend!

Love your videos!

Dude I am just about to upgrade mine, same model and make, could not have been a better video on youtube!

Dawid, I’d like to hire you as my financial advisor. Teach me the power of buying everything I see on the internet and not be broke 😅

These laptop videos, man. I feel like Dawid has invented a new genre of horror, the tech horror genre. The only thing scarier than taking apart a laptop, replacing components, putting it back together and realizing you forgot something is opening up a laptop and realizing that you can't replace anything, lol.

Gotta love the Alienware Phattop!

2:16 I thought this was one of those one in a million reload animations until I realized the hand wasnt on screen lol

CPU/GPU upgradeable laptops is something I have craved for decades. Yes, decades. When Nvidia went with the MXM design and some laptop brands made some units with socketed CPUs, I got excited. Then the expense, per generation, was insane. It was better over all to buy a new laptop. But seriously, re-pad that too. Most of all, keep your sense of humor. It keeps me coming back. You have put fun back into tech channels.

You really did well putting all that back together.......

I got one of those laptops for free a few years ago, someone listed it as not working and free to collect. I recognised the fault and went with a friend to pick it up, on the drive home I explained to him how to fix it and by the time I was home I had a fully working alienware M17 R3 :)

I wonder if he's going to forget that SLI bridge...yup :D Keep up the great videos Dawid.

I have one of these, runs perfectly to this day. Probably even better than my modern laptop (AW M17). This was the last fully upgradeable laptop out there AFAIK, and its why I haven't gotten rid of it. I just remember my friend with a desktop GTX 980, was surprised when my laptop would perform better than his desktop xD. I pretty much maxed it out except for the GPUs. but you can easily get a single 1080 running in it. Nowadays everything is fully soldered on the mobo even wifi cards(which are notorious to going bad), and you dont get to do stuff like this.

not surprised its crashs since i saw that sli connector on the card u showed has some crispy looking pins

Well done. This is is good content.

Great video

I've actually got lots of experience with mxm cards, I have a great many of them that I've pulled put of various HP, dell, and clever notebooks. I've got a quadro p4000 running in a dell precision m6700 that also got a 120hz screen swap and 16gb of ram. The mod to the driver to make it works is surprisingly easy and it runs even today's games great.

YOOOOOOO its a GTX 800 series in the wild, actually quite rare, only exists on the laptop platform. thank you for this one !!

This guy can make a video about anything and make it entertaining 😂

I'd love to see how far you can push this labtop with jankey parts!

I had my Clevo P370EM3 GTX680M SLI upgraded to GTX980M SLI and could have even went further by modding the frame to fit larger MXM card. Downside was that I needed modded BIOS and vBIOS that made graphics drivers needed to be modded as well.

The elevator rock music during the tear down really fits this video.

980m! Keep the upgrade going lets see ittttt

I was so excited when I saw the opening to this video, wow! I have this very machine at home that I use for bookkeeping lol I could possibly do this as well! Then I found out that you paid more for the upgrades than I did for my entire machine years ago lol 😝 darn haha

I do like this nilly-willy attitude! Well Done, Dawid!

Nice architekture 😍

So good this Guy

Wow 🤩 a Dawid Alienware upgrade video and a caught hacker …… made my day 🥰💪🤩👍

“This may potentially not go very well.” Sums up this entire channel in one sentence.

Jeeze at 10:50 you dropped the ball with the FPS stats Jarred.

my first gen 17 r1 still runs and i had always considered upgrading it like this

This brings back memories of jacking the i7 2630qm out of my grandmas toshiba satelite laptop and replacing it with the i3 2310m that came in my m17x r2. I was a very devious kid, but for real whos idea was it to put that i3 in those laptops

that used to be my laptop, got it brand as a gift from my grandmother but sadly it died because it got thrown around when I got in a car accident. I then got the newer 17 r3 with the 6700hq to replace it shortly.

The subtitles are not auto generated and yet the music subtitles are just [applause]

Ahh, that theme song is the best after a long day…

10:50 I think those avg and 1% benchmarks aren’t the cyberpunk ones 😅 fun video to watch though, I love seeing u tear down and potentially seeing an explosion or something gone wrong

honestly, for how old this thing is, this thing packs quite a punch, I wouldn't mind using this as a main computer at all

Did this exact thing to my Alienware 17 dropped and 880m I wonder if the bios would support 10 or 20 series granted you would have to get a working heat sync and appropriate power draw.

I would love to see an old 2006 era alienware laptop case be stuffed with latest gen shit. I always adored those cases.

i knew i didnt see the sli bridge when u put it back together, lmao

Did you check your power adapter wattage? Can it handle the extra load needed for upgraded parts?