Alienware m17x R4 680m upgrade

[trisx1x]

Upgrading from a 675m to a 680m. Just bought myself a Dell 680m 2gig card which comes with a heat sink but no x bracket or thermal pads.

Question is can I use the x bracket and thermal pads from the 675m I'm taking out and just pop them on the new 680m?

Going to grab some new thermal paste but just want to have everything ready for when I come to install.

 

[d_brennen]

Possibly. There is a big thread about these laptops somewhere, pop in there, also notebook review forums would be a better place to ask for info on upgrades

e: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18421561

e2: http://forum.notebookreview.com/alienware-m17x/