CPU
11th Generation Intel Tiger Lake-H45 8-Core i7-11800H or i9-11980HK Processor
Memory Type
PC4-25600 3200MHz DDR4 260pin SO-DIMM Laptop Memory or PC4-XMP 3466MHz DDR4 260pin SO-DIMM Laptop Memory
Standard Memory
up to 64GB
Memory Expansion Slots
2 SO-DIMM slots
USB Ports
Two USB v3.2 Gen-1 Type-A Ports and One USB v3.2 Gen-2 Type-C Port with DisplayPort and Power Delivery and One USB v3.2 Gen-2 Type-C Thunderbolt 4 Port with Power Delivery
Card Reader
3-in-1 Micro SD Card Reader Slot: (mSD/mSDHC/mSDXC)
Original Optical Drives
External Option Only
Original Hard Drives
This Machine Does Not Support 2.5" Drives
Original Solid State Drives
256GB, 512GB, 1TB, 2TB M.2 NGFF (2280) PCIe NVMe Gen4.0 x4 Solid State Drive or 256GB, 512GB, 1TB M.2 NGFF (2280) PCIe NVMe Gen3.0 x4 QLC NAND Value Solid State Drive or 128GB, 256GB M.2 NGFF (2230) PCIe NVMe Gen3.0 x4 Solid State Drive
Drive Notes
The Alienware x17 R1 Laptop Supports Single and Dual Drive Configurations. (Two M.2 NGFF (2280) or (2230) Solid State Drives) Note: The M.2 2280 and 2230 Drives each use a unique thermal shield and cannot be interchanged. The M.2 2230 Drive uses thermal shield p/n 0XR11G and the M.2 2280 Drive uses thermal shield p/n 0C99KM. The M.2 2230 Drive uses a adapter bracket p/n 0R88X3 to accommodate for both of the larger M.2 2280 slots. (M.2 slot-1 (SSD1) supports Generation 4.0 x4 and Gen3.0 x4 NVMe performance and M.2 slot-2 (SSD2) supports Generation 3.0 x4 NVMe performance only)