CPU
8th or 9th Generation Intel Coffee Lake-H 4-Core i5-8300H or 6-Core i7-8750H / i9-8950HK or Intel Coffee Lake-H 4-Core i5-9300H / i5-9400H or 6-Core i7-9750H / i7-9850H or 8-Core i9-9880H / i9-9880HK Processor
Memory Type
PC4-21300 2666MHz DDR4 260pin SO-DIMM Laptop Memory
Standard Memory
up to 32GB
Memory Expansion Slots
2 SO-DIMM slots
USB Ports
Three USB v3.1 Gen-1 Type-A Ports and One USB v3.2 Gen-1 Type-C Thunderbolt-3 Display Port
Original Optical Drives
External Option Only
Original Hard Drives
Optional in models with the Smaller 4-cell 60Whr Battery Installed - 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 5400RPM or 7200RPM SATA III 6Gb/s Hard Drive or 500GB, 1TB 5400RPM 8GB MLC NAND SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Hybrid Drive
Original Solid State Drives
128GB, 256GB, 512GB M.2 NGFF (2280) SATA III 6Gb/s Solid State Drive and/or 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB M.2 NGFF (2280) or (2230) PCIe NVMe Gen3.0 x4 Solid State Drive
Drive Notes
The Alienware m17 R1 Laptop Supports Either 2 or 3 Drives Depending on the Battery Installed. (One 2.5" Solid State Drive or Hard Drive with the Smaller 4-cell 60Whr Battery Installed and/or Two M.2 NGFF (2280) or (2230) Solid State Drives) or (Two M.2 NGFF (2280) or (2230) Solid State Drives with the Larger 6-cell 90Whr Battery Installed) Note: Machines that have the larger 6-cell 90Whr battery installed do not support 2.5" Drives due to the larger battery occupying the 2.5" Drive bay. The M.2 2230 Drive uses a adapter bracket to accommodate for the larger M.2 2280 slot. If installing a 2.5" Drive in machines with the smaller 3-cell 60Whr battery installed, you will need the 2.5" Drive caddy p/n 0DV811 and Drive cable p/n P0CYYV for installation. (M.2 slot-1 (SSD1) supports SATA and PCIe NVMe Drives and M.2 slot-2 (SSD2) supports PCIe NVMe Drives only)