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Very tempting... Does it have the heatsinks for GPUs and CPU? Looks like it uses standard mxm 3.0b cards as well as socketed 4000MQ series CPU? I'll need to check if I have anything in stock to get this up and running

Make sure you have the unlocked BIOS with NVMe booting support. Also need to be in UEFI mode not legacy

Yes this will work for m18x r1 , not r2

180w/240w/330w are the only ones that will work properly on m17x r3/r4/17 r1 210w are for older systems. Glad you got it figured out. I always use 240/330w only with these systems

Made enough $$$ to buy the speakers b-stock so I will keep this laptop 😄

One of our AW club members has one like this in his M18xR2. He was using a 6900 XT I believe. Using SG graphics mode (Optimus mode). As long as you can use Optimus mode it should work just like any MXM card. I recommend using with nVidia cards though for best compatibility. Might also work in pure PCIe mode as well depending on the PC.

Super easy way to do UV protection

Try using msi afterburner to "overclock" the gpu by 5mhz or something and see if it helps. Sounds like it's stuck in P1 power state instead of P0

I'm still on BIOS 1.6.0 lol no BSODs for me

I think it's always in CSM mode with the Prema BIOS

Price drop 🥲

I’ve shipped to a fellow member in Ireland a few laptops, I’ve put the value to like $90 and wrote for parts, broken but obviously those PCs were like $300-600. This one is quite a bit more so it’s a big loss for me if it’s sent uninsured and gets lost or damaged(not worried about damage actually since it’ll but bulletproof shipping LOL) import taxes suck indeed.

Do a RAID0 to get 1000+mb/s.

Where in Europe are you? I can do $1,300 + shipping cost but it might be tough shipping wise. I also have it on eBay with the international shipping program enabled as well.

Worse case scenario no one buys it and I’ll just keep it and maybe throw in a 3080 in the future lol

Yeah I just got it early this year. Unfortunately I have way too many laptops(I think 12 right now) and I need to sell some off (probably 3-4). I actually used this laptop maybe 6 times the whole year (just to hear the audio system LOL).

Price: $OLD Condition: For Parts (not posting) Warranty: None Reason for sale: Got more toys I want to buy Payment: Paypal, Venmo, Apple Cash, Local Cash Item location: Martinez, CA Shipping: US48 Included International shipping: Maybe, depending on who you are Handling time: Ships within 1-3 days Feedback: https://www.ebay.com/fdbk/feedback_profile/ssj92?filter=feedback_page:All Specification: See my latest reply below for details.. I absolutely hate to have to sell this to fund other toys, it is Clevo's last LGA/MXM system, and this one even has a Personal Prema Mod.But alas, I actually hardly use it and I am sure there's someone here who will appreciate it and use it way more than me. Will come in original box. Intel Core i7 10700K 32GB RAM 512GB SSD RTX 2070 Super MXM 1920x1080 17" 144Hz Display CS Custom Prema Mod BIOS 2x280w AC Adapters Windows 11 Pro Will ship in original box. The "CS" logo on the outer lid is just a sticker and buyer can remove it.

Does the older XTU versions still work? I'm on older XTU and 1.6.0 bios still

G-Sync model works fine: https://www.3dmark.com/fs/29887901

There are people including me who couldn't even get 64gb 5600mhz ram to boot without doing the power drain/reset either. My 64GB 5600Mhz is running at 5200Mhz. So the 96GB running at 4800Mhz isn't a surprise. Although, now that we have some sort of unlocked bios maybe we can change timings ourselves.

Price drop

Apparently the 96GB (2x48GB) kit didn't need a BIOS update...1.7 was released awhile ago, we're on 1.9.0 now. At least on m18 R1

My X58 platform never received a BIOS update to work with 8GB modules, or 16GB years later. I'm running 48GB now and never did a BIOS update. I'm just waiting at this point for the 48GB modules to come out then maybe I'll test them out on my laptop. If my friend wants to take my 64GB kit I'll grab a 96GB kit =D

I have the X170SM-G with Prema BIOS. I can upgrade to RTX 3080 as long as I also buy the X170KM-G heatsink. But to be honest, the 170KM-G isn't as stable as the SM-G. Also I'd rather have a 10900K 10-core over the 11900K 8-core. So for me, I'd still get the Area-51m R2. Actually I'd rather have the R1 because I like the keyboard more and it has 4 RAM slots. The performance difference between 9900K/2080 vs 10900K/2080S isn't significant. However, if you are looking for a brand new laptop and only decided on these two because they were the last ones with desktop CPUs and "desktop class" GPUs, I'd look elsewhere. I recently got the new Alienware m18 with 13900HX & RTX 4090 and it's way faster than these two. The THICC 17 is the X170SM-G. They still sell it but with the 10900K & RTX 3080...the price is just as much as a RTX 4090 laptop. These systems are great but time has passed and they're getting a bit on the old side. I definitely wouldn't pay full price for either system even brand new today since there are other options. If you want these systems because they are "upgradable" I'd look for used ones.

Hi, sorry the tablet sold this morning. but from what I can tell there is no official upgrade available.