Trying to upgrade all components of my Alienware 18. CPU, GPU, Memory, Storage.

Aaronoxy

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Hi, I've got an Alienware 18 and I wanna do a full-spectrum upgrade(I'm confused about 18, M18, M18x, etc. I bought it in summer 2014 on dell's official site so what's the official name?).
I just wanna maximize it's performance at all cost.

1. What is the fastest, strongest CPU available for it?

2. Is it possible to have 64GB memory? (it has 4 slots, I'm thinking 16GB each but I don't know if that's possible)

3. Can I have dual GTX 980M with SLI enabled on it?(It's dual GTX 765M SLI now) Is there any graphic card perform better than dual GTX 980M?

4. What is the best 1TB SSD for it? (It has 2 disk slots so I'm thinking 2x1TB SSD)

configuration now:
CPU
Intel Core i7 4700MQ @ 2.40GHz
Haswell 22nm Technology

RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)

Motherboard
Alienware 0FT9KT (U3E1)

Graphics
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (Dell)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M (Dell)
SLI Enabled

Storage
931GB WDC WD10JPVX-75 SCSI Disk Device (RAID)
10GB LITEONIT DMT-80 SCSI Disk Device (RAID)
 
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So which laptop do you own? the m18X?

Upgrade guide for 880m SLI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P53mSnY3voY

If you have the m18x i think you can upgrade to the 980m SLI.

THOUGH! I recommend you contact dell support first before doing this.
 
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Aaronoxy

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Thanks a lot :)
Ps: That's the problem...I don't know which is M18x, It looks just the same as the Alienware 18 on dell.com right now but mine was the 2014 version, I don't know if there's any upgrade for AW18 on dell.com since 2014.