Dell now offers GPU upgrades for A51m notebook

[M76]

Dell has started selling GPU upgrade kits for the Alienware Area 51m notebook. The two options are RTX 2070 an RTX 2080, for $1000 and $1600 bucks respectively. At least that is the list price as there is currently a sale on the dell store for the items.

The upgrade also includes a cooling solution upgrade to dissipate the extra heat.

And the price also includes home installation, meaning a dell repair technician will go to your address and install the upgrade there.

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I'd really like if upgrade paths for notebooks were available. This laptop also has a 1151v2 socket for the CPU, so technically that is upgradable as well. Certainly beats having to replace the entire thing for upgraded performance if you're a "mobile" gamer.

 

[N4CR]

Congrats to them for doing this and taking that step.. mega kudos.
Included at-home install is pretty neat.

Now just the pricing..

 

[defaultluser]

That's a bit pricey, but at least it's a certified upgrade path. The MXM standard is a mess!

This is why I say don't buy "Laptop Replacements" to game on, unless you get the things on closeout; upgrading the GPU portion will always be more pain/cost that it's worth.

 

[dmdtobe]

This is pretty dope, and I'm sure you can flip the replaced GPU for a pretty penny on the bay.