Busta Bloodnut Posted January 9, 2024 Share Posted January 9, 2024 Does an m11x R3 with a i7-2657m actually exist? I've seen speculation/rumors from old articles but have never seem to find at least an old listing of one that was sold. If they do exist, would it be worth it to wait for that specific mobo to appear or just get a i7-2637m? or a i7-2617m? Because i've seen listings of those mobos. Unless theres something better than the i7-2657m? I have an m11x R1 and looking to replace it with a better mobo as a hobby. My rigs: (I collect laptops like Boomers collect muscle cars, though I'm VERY selective) My Alienware Armada: Alienware m18x r2 (Primary): Intel Core i7-3940xm•Nvidia Quadro P5000m•NVME Samsung 990 Pro 2TB•Samsung 840 EVO mSata 1TB• 32gb 1600mhz Alienware m18x r2 (Secondary): Intel Core i7-3940xm•Nvidia Quadro P4000m•NVME Samsung 990 Pro 1TB•Samsung mSata 1TB•32gb 1600mhz Alienware m18x r2 (W.I.P. and yeah I know I got a problem, but it was mad cheap lol): Intel Core i7-3720qm•Dual AMD Radeon 7970•No SSD/HDD•No Ram Alienware m17x r4: Intel Core i7-3630qm (3940xm coming soon!)•Nvidia GeForce GTX 980m•Samsung 870 EVO 500gb•32gb 1600mhz Alienware m15x: Intel Core i7-940xm•Nvidia GeForce GTX 980m•Samsung 870 EVO 500gb•16gb 1600mhz Alienware m14x r2: Intel Core i7-3610qm (3940xm Coming soon also!)•Nvidia GeForce GT 650m•Samsung 870 EVO 500gb•16gb 1600mhz Alienware m11x r3: Intel Core i7-2617m•Nvidia GeForce GT 540m•Samsung 870 EVO 500gb•16gb 1600mhz *Only getting the latest/best revision of each model from this generation with the exception of the m17x r2 (coming soon hopefully) which is different enough from the r4 for me to want* My Non Alienware Fleet: Acer Aspire 7741gz | HP G71 | HP G72 | HP Pavilion G7 | HP Probook 450 G1 | Dell Latitude E5530 | Dell Latitude 3540 | Dell Studio 1749 | Dell Inspiron Mini 1018 | Fujitsu Lifebook Ah530 | Toshiba Satellite P755 *I maxed out every rig on here as best as I can lol* Works in progress: Lenovo G50-80 | HP Envy DV7-7000 Series | HP 15 BA Series | Dell Latitude E6420 | HP Probook 4530s | My 3rd Alienware m18x r2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedinka Posted January 9, 2024 Share Posted January 9, 2024 As I recall the R3 motherboard won't fit in the R2 or R1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxware79 Posted January 11, 2024 Share Posted January 11, 2024 The ports from the R3 are completely different to the R1 so you won't be able to just slip in the updated board. The R3 was definitely released with the i7-2657M. Alienware Aurora R15 - i9-13900KF - RTX 4090 - 32GB DDR5 Alienware X51 - i7-3770 - GTX 1060 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware M17x R3 - i7-2760QM - GTX 580M - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Area 51 ALX - i7-975 Extreme - GTX 980 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R2 - i7-3770K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 1060 - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Alienware Aurora R4 ALX - i7-3930K - GTX 670FTW - 16GB 1600Mhz DDR3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssj92 Posted February 12, 2024 Share Posted February 12, 2024 If you can find ANY i7 motherboard, you should get it as they are rare, at least in US. You can probably buy the chassis itself from eBay or Aliexpress and build one from the ground up like I did or use as many parts as you can interchange. Alienware Area-51 18 : Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX @ ??? | nVidia GeForce RTX 5090 | BE200 | 1TB Gen5 9100 PRO 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 GeForce RTX 3080 | AX210 | Samsung 980 PRO Alienware 18 : Intel Core i7 4930MX @ 4.5Ghz | nVidia Quadro RTX 5000 | AX210 | Samsung 980 NVMe More Laps: M14x | M14xR2 | M15x (980m) | M17xR2 (RTX 3000) | M17xR3 (WX 7100) | M18xR1 (RTX 5000) BEAST Server: Intel Xeon W7-3465X 28 P-Cores | 2x nVidia RTX Titan | 128GB RDIMM | Intel Optane P5800X CS Studios YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CSStudiosYT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckW Posted March 6, 2024 Share Posted March 6, 2024 i7-2637m is slightly better than i7-2657m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nforce4max Posted March 6, 2024 Share Posted March 6, 2024 Without any bios modding the best that can be done which requires some BGA work is going to be a i7-2715QE and it will likely throttle. With more effort mainly towards modding the bios there is a chance the i7-3615QE will work as well and is obviously faster. Here is an example of such a project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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