KOAO Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 So I've seen a few posts with the M18x R2 with a Quadro RTX 3000 and the like, but none in the 17x R4 so my curiosity is whether or not it actually would work in the machine. I know that some people have put P4000 Quadro, which is good to hear. But does it not fit in the machine? Or is it a limitation of the machine itself? I know that the RTX 3000 are...not cheap, but atleast getting some confirmation that it works would be good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 If you are referring to the "standard mxm 3.0b" RTX 3000 I put in my M18xR2, then it will fit in M17xR4 fine. The problem is, they are almost impossible to find. The ones you can find are the HP RTX 3000 which are wider and longer than a standard mxm 3.0b card. These will not fit without significant chassis mods. Your best bet is a P4000 ($280 on eBay) or P5000 (~$450 on eBay) as an upgrade. Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (880m SLI) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KOAO Posted December 28, 2022 Author Share Posted December 28, 2022 On 12/26/2022 at 10:14 PM, ssj92 said: If you are referring to the "standard mxm 3.0b" RTX 3000 I put in my M18xR2, then it will fit in M17xR4 fine. The problem is, they are almost impossible to find. The ones you can find are the HP RTX 3000 which are wider and longer than a standard mxm 3.0b card. These will not fit without significant chassis mods. Your best bet is a P4000 ($280 on eBay) or P5000 (~$450 on eBay) as an upgrade. That was what I wanted to know. I appreciate the answer. That said, do you know if it's also possible to upgrade the WiFi on the M17xR4 to WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 as you have? That is another question I had. I know there are adapters that go from M.2 to mPCI-E but I would assume that makes it more difficult to close everything up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 12/27/2022 at 11:05 PM, KOAO said: That was what I wanted to know. I appreciate the answer. That said, do you know if it's also possible to upgrade the WiFi on the M17xR4 to WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 as you have? That is another question I had. I know there are adapters that go from M.2 to mPCI-E but I would assume that makes it more difficult to close everything up. No need for adapters https://amzn.to/3Cdco8P or eBay: https://ebay.us/rS1epp I have these in all of my alienwares. Even M14xR1/M17xR3 work fine. Alienware m18 : Intel Core i9 13900HX @ 5.0Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 4090 | K1675 | 2x1TB SSDs Alienware Area-51M : Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.3Ghz | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 | AX210 | Samsung 970 Evo+ Alienware M18x R2 : Intel Core i7 3920XM @ 4.7Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x (555m) | M14xR2 (650m) | M15x (980m) | M17xR3 (880m) | M18xR1 (880m SLI) DT: Aurora R4 (i9 10980XE/RTX 4070) | Area-51 R2 (22-Core Xeon/Titan V) | SR-2 [2x6-Core/3x980Ti] | CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StripeySnake Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Just adding on, I have slotted Intel AX200 in M17x R4 using cable and slot adapters. It requires a small amount of chassis modification to fit, but worked fine and was pulling speeds in excess of 400 mbps. OWNED: 14 R1 - 4710MQ @ 3.6 Ghz, hd 4600, 12gb DDR3L 1600 Mhz JANKTOP IV Mini-ITX Laptop - R5 2600X, 16gb DDR4 3000 Mhz, RX 5700 XT - (ONGOING) Under my wing: 15 R3 - GTX 1060 6gb, i7 7700HQ, 16gb DDR4 17 R4 - RX 470 8gb i7 6700HQ, 16gb DDR4 M17x R4 - 3630QM, Quadro P4000, 16gb DDR3L 1600 Mhz M17x R2 - i7 920XM @ 3.4 Ghz, GTX 770m 2gb, 16gb DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aldarxt Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Hey just a heads up that guy on ebay who sold @ssj92 the RTX 3000 is selling a Aetina GTX 1080m for US $249.00 https://www.ebay.com/itm/275597465256?hash=item402ae396a8:g:J5EAAOSw4K1jrUBt Clevo P870DM3-G i9-9900k-32.0GB 2667mhz-RTX3080+GTX1080 Alienware M18x R2 i7-3920xm-32GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM-16GB DDR3-RTX 3000 Alienware M17x R4 i7-3940XM 20GB DDR3-P4000 120hz 3D Precision m6700 i7-3840QM-16GB DDR3-GTX 970M Precision m4700 i7-3740QM-16GB DDR3-T2000M GOBOXX SLM G2721-i7-10875H RTX 3000-32GB ddr4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komputers-Best Posted April 13, 2023 Share Posted April 13, 2023 RTX 3000 works with Optimus perfectly. Alienware M18 R1 : Intel Core i9 13900HX | nVidia RTX 4090 16 ГБ | 32 ГБ DDR5 Alienware Area-51M R2 : Intel Core i9 10900K @ | nVidia GeForce RTX 2080 super 8 ГБ | 64 ГБ DDR4 2993 МГц | x2 NVMe емкостью 1 ТБ. Alienware 17 : Intel Core i7 4900QM @ 4.1 ГГц | nVidia Quadro RTX 3000 6 ГБ | 32 ГБ DDR3 1600 МГц | 2 Samsung 860 Evo 500 ГБ (Raid). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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