Fixing & upgrading the FASTEST Gaming laptop of 2009

Fixing & upgrading the FASTEST Gaming laptop of 2009 - Alienware M15x

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Hello everyone! Today, we are looking at a classic Alienware gaming laptop, the M15x. This cheap machine was purchased on eBay with non working lights as it was plagued by DELL's expensive mistake! Can we fix it? How about upgrading it's processor and graphics card?
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#gaming #alienware #gaminglaptop #dell
0:00 Intro
1:09 My eBay purchase
2:30 M15x original state
3:09 Speaker test
3:25 Closer look & SSD upgrade
4:46 Thermal paste replacement & Fan cleaning
7:10 M15x fresh thermals & Benchmarks
7:31 Cinebench R23
7:54 Blender Car Demo
8:04 Handbrake - Fast 1080p30
8:17 Valley Benchmark
8:30 Game Benchmarks
8:40 MAFIA 2
9:14 FarCry3
9:46 Crysis
10:22 GTA5
10:49 NFS: Most Wanted (2012)
11:13 Tomb Raider (2013)
11:37 Battlefield 3
12:00 Let's throw in some upgrades!
12:17 i7-920XM
12:26 GTX280M
12:45 Comparing original components with upgrades
13:30 CPU & GPU Upgrade!
14:07 Will it turn on?
14:36 Upgraded M15x thermals & Benchmarks
15:37 Upgraded M15x Gaming benchmarks
17:50 Fixing DELL's expensive mistake - Alienware FX re-flash
21:40 There shall be lights!
22:00 Outro
Music used:
All I Am - Dyalla
Drifting at 432 Hz - Unicorn Heads
Beatles Unite - Rachel K Collier
Lullaby - Yung Logos
Swimming Lessons - Bail Bonds

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@GoWstingray 4 ай бұрын

I used to have a M17x R4, with a GTX 680m 1080p screen 512 gb SSD, loved that machine so much was my pride and joy, was still like new when I sold it as I hardly used it over my desktop, i remember the buyer from ebay messaged me how pleased he was.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate, Thanks for sharing, I've got one of those lined up for testing, can't wait :) Did you replace it with something newer ?

@Lucromis 4 ай бұрын

I have a 2005 Alienware Area 51M laptop with a DESKTOP Pentium 4 & GeForce FX Go5700, and a 2014 Alienware 17 with a i7 4700MQ & gtx 880m. They are solid and still work besides the battery now.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Wow! I hope to get my hands on one of those in future :) Thanks for sharing

@blackknight9710 Ай бұрын

had a m17xr4 with i7 3920mx overclocked to 4.0GHz, upgraded 980m 8gb from a hd 7970m 2gb, 16gb ram, both cpu and gpu cooled by thermal grizzly conductonaut liquid metal and it was awesome

@user-dk8ie8xp9v 21 күн бұрын

M15X my favorite models and i am use now

@michaelwood9866 4 ай бұрын

never had an alienware laptop but i do have a 2014 or 15 asus rog laptop that i bought off my boss for $50. has an i7 4720QM nvidia 960m with 2gb ddr5 video memory and 12gb ram.....cleaned it up and runs great.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate, Thanks for sharing :) $50 is amazing deal for a gaming laptop :)

@timothynolan7250 4 ай бұрын

They dont make them like they use to. ugh Love this content!

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Well, the amount of metal/alloys used has defo been reduced but portability is welcomed...right? I hope to test newer models in future :)

@01RIE01 4 ай бұрын

What a cool video, thank you for uploading. I was really surprised by how little difference there was spec-wise between the 260m and 280m, but still a very nice upgrade! I personally would have loved GTAIV being benchmarked but oh well. Looking forward to more videos!

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate, glad you liked it! Yeah, me too! There is not much in it, is there! Upgrades defo helped with "smoothness" of games, but one perhaps expected more. Never mind - next time I touch one of these, we are going SLI! And I will add GTA4! :)

@lzaesthetix3859 Ай бұрын

Nice vid bud!

@MasterDrood 4 ай бұрын

You can install up to 760M if I'm not wrong, you just need to modifiy coff with a hammer, the heatsink for it to have appropiate contact

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate! I believe anything before 900 series is okay in this one - I like the idea, might perhaps do in future videos, for now I'm playing it safe :)

@LAZERS4 4 ай бұрын

Such a nice video ! Thank for the great content

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Thank you - I'm glad you like the video :) More to come!

@grimmpickins2559 4 ай бұрын

I don't tinker with laptops, just weird desktops - but, damn, this is more my jam - especially coming from iMac upgrades and weird Linux boxes... Alienware used to make some cool stuff, and - vintage wise - some of it is the best we got... and well, sometimes, the cheesiest. MXM video card upgrades are a thing, especially if you go down the workstation rabbit hole. Beware heatsink modifications... I feel like my soldering should be at least, um, real, before I ever attempt modifying copper... Just sayin' But, hot damn, is that not a fun playground of retrocomputer?

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate :) I don't mind having a poke in a laptop, especially if this much upgradability is on offer :) I have few more - hopefully some good videos coming up. Yeah, I would not go as far as to add extra heat pipe haha!

@benaires07 4 ай бұрын

I have an Alienware M17 R2. Bought it for $25 and it needs a lil care but im looking forward to pimping it out!!!

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

WHAT! For $25 that's a STEAL! Well done

@bigheadbuster9694 4 ай бұрын

old laptops were a tank 13 pounds is insane 🤯

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate - agreed! But, all that weight resulted in one SOLID body, there is no flexing, well, other than your back when you carry it around hah!

@Balrog-tf3bg 12 күн бұрын

Wow. I have a decent gaming laptop now, and only upgradeable parts are the ssd and 16gigs of soldered ram with an empty ram slot up to 32 gigs.

@majkfajt255 4 ай бұрын

I watch this video on my m15x:) and use everyday, new ssd, cpu and for me i'ts ok.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate, what spec is yours ? :)

@dthomson123 Ай бұрын

can u upload a video of installing windows xp in this machine ? And also alienware command center working on it

@carlosduarte6391 3 ай бұрын

i still have my m17xr2 with two 5870m (the crossfire only works in a few games) and yhea it can get very loud and hot. i power up him sometimes just to see if it's still works

@meetthebutcher 4 ай бұрын

I had an older Alienware Area-51 m15x it had 320gb 7200rpm hhd instead of the industry standard 5200rpm hhds , I wonder if yours is also 7200rpm ? I use mine in a USB3 enclosure as a portable hhd it is still preforming well in it's new role.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate! Thanks for sharing :) No, my m15X came with 5400RPM drive, I'd love to test one of those 51's someday :)

@JamesSmith-sw3nk 4 ай бұрын

Google tells me that this laptop can be upgraded to a 970M video card.

@blackpanda857 4 ай бұрын

Yes such an upgrade can be done. my laptop has these specs: i7-920/16gb ram/gtx970m/ssd 1tb. Everything is working fine. You can try gtx980m as well, but it is much hotter and needs lower frequencies

@wertywerrtyson5529 4 ай бұрын

They were lying even more about their mobile GPUs back then. 280M is nowhere close to even GTX 260 on desktop and it would be more accurate to call it a GTS 250. I remember when I got my first and only gaming laptop with a Radeon 9700 thinking it was actually like a desktop 9700 but it was actually a 9600pro.

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate :) Yeah...CUDA core count won't lie, I was expecting bit more going to GTX280M!

@dejanbinladen 4 ай бұрын

Why not overclock 920xm it has unlocked multiplier ?? You have temp headroom

@nexus_tech 4 ай бұрын

Hello mate, yes, temps were okay I considered overclocking, but since BIOS does not allow for any multiplier/FSB adjustment, I was not happy to do it over SW :)

@dthomson123 Ай бұрын

I own same model, but battery is dead..... where can I buy it ? buy link please....