Thank you very much for this video!! It appears I have been quite fortuitous with my timing but recently I dusted off my R1 from 2012. First on the list is upgrading the GPU and my only prior experience is a RAM upgrade on a Mac laptop half a decade ago. Your video has proven very useful!
I did a custom drill job where I took off the top lid, drilled holes with my smallest bit in the location where the heatsink was, took the whole chassis apart in order to put in a Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile cooler (The chunkiest one you can fit), Flipped the fan to push hot air up/outward where the holes I drilled were, and repasted it with thermal grizzly kryonaut. Thing Keeps cool.
Upgraded my Alienware X51 R2 some time back. Current build: I7-4770 cpu, HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8gb ram, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, and an AMD RX470 4GB video card. All using the 330w power supply brick. It is not my main gaming PC, but fills in the role of home/office PC pretty well for me.
i did upgrades to mine before the prices went through the roof. i put in a 1660ti blower style under 275 bucks. runs great for the amount of power needed is power efficient.
I have an X51 R1 too, and I upgraded it with a GTX 1070 & a 1tb ssd. I can’t play games at high settings because it’ll crash my X51. I would like to upgrade the cpu cooler with a Noctua low profile cooler and replace the small case fan with a Noctua fan. Come to think of it, perhaps a GTX 1060 would’ve been a wiser choice since it consume less power than the 1070. Good video, sir.
Can confirm that I’ve had a 1060 running in mine for a few years now, works perfectly. I went ahead and undervolted the card just because I wanted to, but even without there are zero crashes in my usage. I like the idea of replacing the coolers-hadn’t really thought about that. At times this little beast can sound like a jet engine taking off, I bet updated coolers would make a world of difference!
Dear "RetroTech", I notice in the video to power cables for video card... Mines are label 1 and 2 and for the GTX555 was cable 1 in mine, when upgrading to GTX950 wich cable did you use...? And where did you get parst from...? (Ram, SSD, and GTX950... I'm a enthusiasts and I like to do it my self just like your video... Also I'm using Widows 7 Premium, are you using the same...? I'm in Australia...
Thanks for the video, I will be using this as a guide when upgrading mine. A question for a complete beginner if you don't mind - I am thinking of upgrading to an 8 pin GTX 1660 and note that my current GTX 660 (and the card you used in the video) are all 6 pin.. Is this machine capable of changing the 6 pin to 8 pin or will there be some sort of compatibility issues? Many thanks
You need to stick to 6 pun as the power supply is not enough for 8 pin cards. I'd suggest a 6gb 1060 would be a better choice as they are 160 watt max.
@@retrotech2020 Thanks for the response I thought that may be the case after having a look inside after posting my original comment. I was going to get the 1060 6Gb but ended up going for the 1650 Super 4GB but with GDDR6 because it seems to get slightly better scores and is lower power (and both only £100 on CEX with 2 years warranty!). Hope I made the right decision and 4GB is enough!
How is gaming on this? I didn’t see a follow up video. I am debating upgrading my X51 R1 with 240 watt power supply. I play ESO and Warface. I can’t play Warface now due to the age of my gpu.
Need your advice: I have the X51 R1, i7-3770, 330 psu, 8 Gb ram, 1 tb hdd, my 660 gpu died on me🙏, looking to upgrade gpu to 1070 or 1660 ti blower style, can you point to the right direction of a specific brand I need to order? Do I need to make any special modifications? Thanks
Hi , what is the size when buying a power supply for the pc? I've bought one but it's not giving enough power and the pc keeps turning off and then on again. Im trying to figure out if its from the power cable or is it from inside a part that needs replacing.
Hello I have the alienware x51 r3 and I updated it by putting a 32 gs ram memory and a 500 ssd and it runs great, but I noticed that my processor is i7 of the sixth generation and the truth is that I want to change it, because I do not Run warzon while I am live on twitch, I would like to know, if it is possible ?, I also want to buy a 6 gs Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC graphics, Video Card, NVIDIA but I do not know if it can create a neck for me bottle and if my power supply supports it since it is 330 w, I really need your advice because I am about to buy another and it is a lot of money that I do not have
Hey hello. So I opend up my r2 didn't work for over 4 years bought a new motherboard and poof this old beast got some new life. So I was happy bought a ssd drive made a clone off my hdd and now here come's the**** part. I tried every thing too start winsdose from the ssd but I can't add it in the bios. It keeps starting from the hdd. There are 300 vids too show how to instal a ssd but not even 1 that show how to Change al the settings to run it only from the ssd. So mate plz how can I crack this egg and solve it. All ready thx for the vid this part helped me a lot!!!
guys, i need your advice... my alienware x51 r1 is i5 2320, 240w, ram8gb with ssd. my old gt 545 oem is broken and i need new vga with 240w. which is the best for me? is gtx 750ti or 1050 ti 4gb can run compatible? i need good vga with low power consumption. thank you
Does that ram actually run at 1866mhz? I have 1600mhz installed and it only runs at 1333mhz... ive seached online and dell forums only to have dell techs amd others tell me that the x51 can only do 1333mhz and me tell them I bought the damn thing and show them the build list showing 1600mhz. I know 100% that it was 1600mhz but I hadnt used the PC in a while and the cmos battery died and it lost whatever setting dell had set. Im on latest bios and cant find any solution to get ram running back at 1600mhz
@retrotech2020 I've done all I could in the bios, including reverting to defaults and disconnecting the cmos battery (because it was dead 😆) After replacing the battery it still doesn't show proper speed, I'm lost to what it could be. Thanks for the reply
just a question anyone know welcome to answer,i had asked the pc shop for helping me doing this and they told me old pc if use 1 hdd(storage),1 ssd(running Windows) it is unstable,is it true?
For the best CPU of this mothercard cost 150euro, it's the intel I7 - 4790 16 go RAM 1600 mghz cost : 69euro on amazon A nice GPU on this computer : GT 1030 : 109euro The best GPU you can use on this is the 1050 TI it cost 150euro or 225euro maximum .
I have Alienware X51, R1 i7 2600 processor with 8gb ram Nvidia GTX 555 1gb #DDR5. Unfortunately graphic card was dead now the desktop is useless with graphic card. Can you suggest me please what graphic card support instead of Nvidia GTX 555.... Thanks and Regards Tasleem
Hello Tasleem. Check the wattage of your power supply first as they made 2 different ones. It depends on which model you have as to what the best graphics card you can run is. You want the 330 Watt power supply ideally.
For the best CPU of this mothercard cost 150euro, it's the intel I7 - 4790 16 go RAM 1600 mghz cost : 69euro on amazon A nice GPU on this computer : GT 1030 : 109euro The best GPU you can use on this is the 1050 TI it cost 150euro or 225euro maximum
So I recently upgraded the processor to an i5 and 16gb ram. Warzone runs pretty choppy and wanted to know if the graphics card you used would be able to run it smoothly. I don’t stream on pc so was wondering if it would be a good choice to upgrade or to the graphics card you used or a higher grade and if I would have to change the mother board
@@1drowzzy170 not yet I’m workin on saving up for it since these things are insanely Over priced now a days. Pretty much gonna wait till I have at least a couple grand to build one from scratch
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Thank you very much for this video!! It appears I have been quite fortuitous with my timing but recently I dusted off my R1 from 2012. First on the list is upgrading the GPU and my only prior experience is a RAM upgrade on a Mac laptop half a decade ago. Your video has proven very useful!
Massive thanks! I'm going to try to do the same to my R2. Clear and pedagogical
I did a custom drill job where I took off the top lid, drilled holes with my smallest bit in the location where the heatsink was, took the whole chassis apart in order to put in a Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile cooler (The chunkiest one you can fit), Flipped the fan to push hot air up/outward where the holes I drilled were, and repasted it with thermal grizzly kryonaut. Thing Keeps cool.
Upgraded my Alienware X51 R2 some time back.
Current build: I7-4770 cpu, HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8gb ram, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, and an AMD RX470 4GB video card. All using the 330w power supply brick. It is not my main gaming PC, but fills in the role of home/office PC pretty well for me.
That's a great balance. The RX 470 performs great for a lower power card.
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Mine has the stock shit still inside just opened her up and saw spider webs lmao the stock 960 has carried my rig for the past 3 years
i did upgrades to mine before the prices went through the roof. i put in a 1660ti blower style under 275 bucks. runs great for the amount of power needed is power efficient.
Hey can you send me a link to the 1660ti blower style you got? Thanks
Can you provide a parts list? Please
I have one of the that i still use. Only difference was mine came with i7, and gtx 660
My gtx 660 died on me, looking to upgrade to 1060 or 1070
GTX 1070 works very well in X51
Do you know which version?
@@Convery312 reference model with a blower style fan. Also it will need to be the x51 r2 or r3
I have an X51 R1 too, and I upgraded it with a GTX 1070 & a 1tb ssd. I can’t play games at high settings because it’ll crash my X51. I would like to upgrade the cpu cooler with a Noctua low profile cooler and replace the small case fan with a Noctua fan. Come to think of it, perhaps a GTX 1060 would’ve been a wiser choice since it consume less power than the 1070. Good video, sir.
Can confirm that I’ve had a 1060 running in mine for a few years now, works perfectly. I went ahead and undervolted the card just because I wanted to, but even without there are zero crashes in my usage. I like the idea of replacing the coolers-hadn’t really thought about that. At times this little beast can sound like a jet engine taking off, I bet updated coolers would make a world of difference!
I bet you don't have a blower style that's why
@@sparkadventures2804
I have the Founders Edition, a blower style.
Hi. I need a new motherboard. Where do you think I can find a suitable replacement for an 1155?
What were the names of the parts I’m looking to upgrade mine
Good
I use x51 r3, intel i7-6700 with power supply 330 watt. What should I upgrade especially the graphics card.
Dear "RetroTech", I notice in the video to power cables for video card... Mines are label 1 and 2 and for the GTX555 was cable 1 in mine, when upgrading to GTX950 wich cable did you use...? And where did you get parst from...? (Ram, SSD, and GTX950... I'm a enthusiasts and I like to do it my self just like your video... Also I'm using Widows 7 Premium, are you using the same...? I'm in Australia...
You can use either cable. Some GTX 9 series cards require both cables. I bought the upgrade parts locally advertised on Facebook marketplace.
I have a i7 with 8gigs or ram and better PSU. I also put a 1660 super in it runs like a beast
Very nice!
What kind of PSU you need for that? 450, 500, 330???
Thanks for the video, I will be using this as a guide when upgrading mine. A question for a complete beginner if you don't mind - I am thinking of upgrading to an 8 pin GTX 1660 and note that my current GTX 660 (and the card you used in the video) are all 6 pin.. Is this machine capable of changing the 6 pin to 8 pin or will there be some sort of compatibility issues? Many thanks
You need to stick to 6 pun as the power supply is not enough for 8 pin cards.
I'd suggest a 6gb 1060 would be a better choice as they are 160 watt max.
@@retrotech2020 Thanks for the response I thought that may be the case after having a look inside after posting my original comment. I was going to get the 1060 6Gb but ended up going for the 1650 Super 4GB but with GDDR6 because it seems to get slightly better scores and is lower power (and both only £100 on CEX with 2 years warranty!). Hope I made the right decision and 4GB is enough!
@@MarkTodd88 Those 1650 GDDR6 cards actually run very well for such low power useage.
i have Alienware X51 R2 I7 4790 I bought about 2 years ago as used it person own it befor replace cdrom with SSD 250 gb
I must have missed it but did you use the R1 stock 180Watt brick? Thats what I got with my R1.
No. This one came with the uprated one.
Could you link the graphics card?
How is gaming on this? I didn’t see a follow up video. I am debating upgrading my X51 R1 with 240 watt power supply. I play ESO and Warface. I can’t play Warface now due to the age of my gpu.
It ran really well. I sold it on and it's still being gamed on now.
Need your advice: I have the X51 R1, i7-3770, 330 psu, 8 Gb ram, 1 tb hdd, my 660 gpu died on me🙏, looking to upgrade gpu to 1070 or 1660 ti blower style, can you point to the right direction of a specific brand I need to order? Do I need to make any special modifications? Thanks
MSI do a GTX Aero 8GB OC version that will fit right in but you'll be bottlenecked by the CPU a little.
I would say that the 1660 is the best match for you with it's power rating.
@@retrotech2020 thank you! Will upgrading hdd to sdd & and upgrading ram to 16 gb help in Reducing bottlenecking cpu?
@@caradenino289 Go for the GTX 1660. It will be evenly matched with your CPU.
Hi , what is the size when buying a power supply for the pc? I've bought one but it's not giving enough power and the pc keeps turning off and then on again.
Im trying to figure out if its from the power cable or is it from inside a part that needs replacing.
There's 2 power supplies available for these. 250 watt or 330 watt.
You need the 330 watt one.
@@retrotech2020I can't seem to find an OEM anywhere. Would you have any advice on how to proceed? Thank you in advance
Which RAM do you recommend fir R2 model??
Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866mhz.
Part names please. What ram name?
Hello I have the alienware x51 r3 and I updated it by putting a 32 gs ram memory and a 500 ssd and it runs great, but I noticed that my processor is i7 of the sixth generation and the truth is that I want to change it, because I do not Run warzon while I am live on twitch, I would like to know, if it is possible ?, I also want to buy a 6 gs Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3060 Twin Edge OC graphics, Video Card, NVIDIA but I do not know if it can create a neck for me bottle and if my power supply supports it since it is 330 w, I really need your advice because I am about to buy another and it is a lot of money that I do not have
Which CPU model is it?
Is there anyway to replace the mobo?with mods ?
Do you know what the CDROM trays part # is?
I'm afraid I don't sorry. I passed this PC on some time ago.
Hey hello.
So I opend up my r2 didn't work for over 4 years bought a new motherboard and poof this old beast got some new life. So I was happy bought a ssd drive made a clone off my hdd and now here come's the**** part. I tried every thing too start winsdose from the ssd but I can't add it in the bios. It keeps starting from the hdd. There are 300 vids too show how to instal a ssd but not even 1 that show how to Change al the settings to run it only from the ssd. So mate plz how can I crack this egg and solve it. All ready thx for the vid this part helped me a lot!!!
Stick the SSD on to SATA0 port and the HDD on the SATA1 port. It will boot from the SSD first then.
guys, i need your advice... my alienware x51 r1 is i5 2320, 240w, ram8gb with ssd. my old gt 545 oem is broken and i need new vga with 240w. which is the best for me? is gtx 750ti or 1050 ti 4gb can run compatible? i need good vga with low power consumption. thank you
1030 is a great graphics card for low power consumption. it's pretty cheap too. It's is about equal w/ a 7 series nvidia.
thank you, i really need your recommendations
Does that ram actually run at 1866mhz? I have 1600mhz installed and it only runs at 1333mhz... ive seached online and dell forums only to have dell techs amd others tell me that the x51 can only do 1333mhz and me tell them I bought the damn thing and show them the build list showing 1600mhz. I know 100% that it was 1600mhz but I hadnt used the PC in a while and the cmos battery died and it lost whatever setting dell had set. Im on latest bios and cant find any solution to get ram running back at 1600mhz
It was running at 1600mhz. The board didn't support 1866mhz.
Try loading optimal settings in your bios.
@retrotech2020 I've done all I could in the bios, including reverting to defaults and disconnecting the cmos battery (because it was dead 😆) After replacing the battery it still doesn't show proper speed, I'm lost to what it could be. Thanks for the reply
@@nonamemcnotaspy8654 How strange. My only suggestion from there is different ram modules.
Hey idk if you'll still reply to comments here, but could I but a gtx 1080 into this type of computer?
I think it would be too much for the power supply.
A 1060 would be more ideal.
just a question anyone know welcome to answer,i had asked the pc shop for helping me doing this and they told me old pc if use 1 hdd(storage),1 ssd(running Windows) it is unstable,is it true?
Untrue. That combination worked fine here.
how about the total cost of the total upgrades?
For the best CPU of this mothercard cost 150euro, it's the intel I7 - 4790
16 go RAM 1600 mghz cost : 69euro on amazon
A nice GPU on this computer : GT 1030 : 109euro
The best GPU you can use on this is the 1050 TI it cost 150euro or 225euro maximum
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@@Jesuisjusteunchat or go for a Xeon E3 1240 V3, same as the I7 but only 25$
How did you clone your hdd to the ssd? How did you assign the ssd as the boot device over the stock hdd?
Google clone hdd and you’ll find what you need. When you clone and replace it, it will boot
The motherboard is mini itx?
It's a Dell propriety motherboard. You can't swap it for a standard ITX.
I have Alienware X51, R1 i7 2600 processor with 8gb ram Nvidia GTX 555 1gb #DDR5. Unfortunately graphic card was dead now the desktop is useless with graphic card. Can you suggest me please what graphic card support instead of Nvidia GTX 555.... Thanks and Regards Tasleem
Hello Tasleem. Check the wattage of your power supply first as they made 2 different ones. It depends on which model you have as to what the best graphics card you can run is. You want the 330 Watt power supply ideally.
I have the x51 it has the intel i3 I can upgrade also?
For the best CPU of this mothercard cost 150euro, it's the intel I7 - 4790
16 go RAM 1600 mghz cost : 69euro on amazon
A nice GPU on this computer : GT 1030 : 109euro
The best GPU you can use on this is the 1050 TI it cost 150euro or 225euro maximum
So I recently upgraded the processor to an i5 and 16gb ram. Warzone runs pretty choppy and wanted to know if the graphics card you used would be able to run it smoothly. I don’t stream on pc so was wondering if it would be a good choice to upgrade or to the graphics card you used or a higher grade and if I would have to change the mother board
I also forgot to mention I have the same Alienware on this video my apologies ^_^
Have you upgraded the graphics card yet?
@@1drowzzy170 not yet I’m workin on saving up for it since these things are insanely
Over priced now a days. Pretty much gonna wait till I have at least a couple grand to build one from scratch
@@koalamaurasgaming2407 Upgrade it to the I7 first then the GPU.
RTX 3050 possible to install?
You cant get a rear blower style card so not really unless you run it with the lid off the PC.
@@retrotech2020 whats your advice for playing high end games? GTX 1050 ti?
@@altunonur GTX1660 super is the card I would choose for this setup.
@retrotech2020 i will try RTX 3050 because I think DLSS option will be good for games. I hope get extra fps.
Msata SSD?
No, normal SATA SSD.