We Bought a $400 Alienware Gaming PC...
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- It's time we take another deep dive into the Dell Alienware used market! This Alienware X51-R2 gaming PC was over $1,500 new and we're here to find out if that was worth it and if $400.00 now is worth it!?
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im watching this video on thar very same machine 😅
Cool!
sorry for you dude
Srry
Maybe he plays overwatch and retro games, it'd be fine for that.
Lol
This reminds me of my first build. I had a 4790k and a gtx 970. It’s weird to see how a pc from that era can still play current games so well. That pc has been relegated to be a office pc for my parents now and I have a 9700k with a 3080 now. Crazy to see how far things have come.
surprised you stayed with intel, i switched from intel to amd a while back and it’s been amazing ever since
@@DgkYogi This year, intel beats AMD price to performance by a landslide.
Man came to show off his build 😭
3570k with Gtx 970 strix. Still amazing for 2012 build. 9900k 3080ti now
@@Tatusiek_1 intel cpu, amd gpu
still in use - X51 R2
updated to i7 4790k, RTX2060 Super, 16GB Ram, 1TB Samsung SSD, BluRay Drive and of course the 330W Powerbrick
It still does a very good job.
How the Heck did you put a rtx 2060
I still have my x51 r3 model collecting dust. It came with an i7 4790k ,gtx 970, 8gb ram and 500gb storage and a nice dell 1440p 60hz monitor for ~1,400 back in 2015. It served me well up until the 2020 when the gtx970 died and didn't bother replacing it.
I would throw a 1060 in it and use it as an emulation tv pc lol
1660 super!
Yours was a x51 r2 then not a 3
I bought one of these at an estate sale for 70. I upgraded the ram, and got a better heatsink for it and put it in a micro ATX Nzxt case and was able to sell it for 450. It did have a 670ti instead of a 960, and the board was a normal standard form factor. The power board just converted the power from the power brick to 24pin and 8 pin/6pin CPU/mobo power so I just bought a 500W EVGA PSU for it.
Nice! Good return!
@@CorpseCousin right?!
I still have one of these with the GTX 745 GPU. I made it into a web browsing desktop that my dad uses daily.
I replaced the HDD with an SSD and upgraded it to Windows 10.
It runs great for general web surfing and watching RUclips videos, basically no lag.
I got one of these in 2015, with a i7-2600 and GTX555 as my first pc and it barley ran games but I loved it. Nowadays I’ve got my own money and a overkill PC but something special about that first one
Im watching this video on the same PC! I found it for only $25 and it was a steal!!!!! It holds up as a good PC even today but to paly modern games....not so much. That said, for $25 I couldn't go wrong!
Damn. I remember when I got my x51. It was 950.
Hella lot better than my crappy HP
I have a Dell XPS 8700 with the same i7 4790 and a GTX 1660 Super. My PC runs 1080p games quite well! So, this Alienware can be upgraded to handle 1080p gaming with no problem. Excellent vid!
Well, it's great for someone who's budget is below 500$. For it beeing that old it's pretty good. Also, thank y'all for keep uploading videos that are entertaining me.
You’d be much better off buying an optiplex and adding a 6500 xt. Cheaper, faster, and more upgradable.
@@Hami10101 Well yeah but imagine you are into old pcs
@@StrOyeR- its still modern era pc...
Honestly watching you guys videos always puts a smile on my face, I'm really happy to be subscribed to your channel
Matt and Jackson’s should show their personal setups and run us through them!!!
love quirky cases. Recently won a MSI Nightblade in an auction that came with similar specs (except was an i5-7400 with DDR4 RAM), decent 350W 80+ Gold PSU which can power slightly better GPUs than the 960. Brilliant little HTPC.
How much did it cost?
Careful with that Alienware! The chap from Tech Yes City cut the hell out of his hand, cleaning the one he had.
I love retro builds because it reminds me of my early days of getting into PC gaming
It boggles my mind how 2013-14 hardware is considered retro.
@@siruski Lol oh I know. Retro for me is early 2000's. But in the grand scheme of things and how rapidly things have changed, it is retro.
My friend had one of these in Middle School, I was very jealous. I think it had a 750 TI.
love to see one upgrade the mini itx board on one of these seems challenging with that riser I imagine dremmel use.
who knew Seth Rogan did custom computer builds.
My Alienware x51 came with an i5 2320 and a GTX 555. I loved it. My friend had also got one at the time. His has a GT 640 and an i5 3330
The seller got a good price 😀
I've got the same pc with the i7 4790k, 16gb of ram, 1tb samsung evo 870 ssd and a RTX 2060 super. really pushing it to its limit!
I just want to thank those guys for the heads up n sharing some info on that pc. I am thinking about building my gaming library, and I was interested in that Alienware machine. I wanted one when they first came out but at that time were way to expensive for me. Peace guys 👍👍
i used to have an alienware x51 when i was a kid and this is bringing back memories
It would interesting to see you upgrade it,installing more memory, GeForce 1660,ssd...
Alienware alpha r2 is a good one to review its about this same price, 6th gen processors, small form factor with desktop gtx 900s GPU. (I used to have one before I reviewed it this year on my RUclips and then sold it.)
My first gaming PC was one of these. It had an i5-4430 with a GTX 645. It was supposed to be the 745 but Walmart lied to me and I didn't find out until a year after I bought it. It's still in my house somewhere lol.
I think this could handle up to an rx6600 GPU, but if not sth like rx5600 xt should work within the limits of the power brick.
I feel that you would find the bottleneck with one of those cards. Maybe a better match, top end would be a GTX 1660ti.
Or maybe a desktop 6600m from AliExpress
@@microtasker Not sure about the R2 limits but the R3 model can go up to i7-6700k. From what I searched when thinking about upgrading mine the RTX 3060 causes CPU bottleneck. So the best match is something below that. I see most people using 1650 Super or 1050 Ti.
From the R3 specs, the 330W PSU should be able to handle 175W cards.
A 1660 would be a bottleneck for it. A 1060 6GB would be perfect for this PC.
Upgrade that 960 to a 1080 or 3060 and you got a solid gaming box
I had one of these for years and it ran csgo pretty well averaging 250-350 FPS
I put a 1070 Founders edition in my Alienware. I had to take the fan out and the Hard drive out to make room for it. The thermals stay within manageable ranges when gaming on it. As the founders edition has a blower style fan it pulls enough fresh air into the system to keep it cool.
always making bangers each video
I had one of these back in the day, it was a great computer, well built.
Ooooo that’s a cute case. Wish I could find one to repurpose it as a sleeper build.
I just got recommended this video today, but had to mention that the port next to the SPDIF optical audio is just a Coax digital audio connector. Think they just became less popular over time.
So up date it and show what it would cost for how much it improves it. Might even load steam 3.4, see if it might have been a cool steam box.
Today that would be considered a "budget gaming" PC.
I'd like to see a modern card in this rig to see how just a video card upgrade affects performance
the onlly limiting factor on that machine is the old gpu my build has a i7 4790k with 16gb of ram on dual chanel and a 1tb samsung evo ssd with a a 1660 super and it runs preaty much anything 1080p on high to medium seting at 60fps
I want to reach out i bought one of your guys 1k desktop and I’m in love with the way you put it all together i see no problem with it and hopefully ill get to come back soon to go through your shop
My only wish is to win that pc tommorow 😢 been struggling with a old laptop from 5 years ago and playing on my Xbox one with mouse and key , big fan and I love your stuff guys
Bro same my pc doesnt even run the lowest graphic games anymore I’m just stuck with Xbox one till I upgrade my Xbox or pc
You guys have computers? Lucky
@@imdoominic5715 ye fr. My old hp 15 notebook finally “gave out”. It has a hard drive error now idk why. May have to open it up and see what’s wrong and see if I can upgrade it any
Ahhaha I don’t believe you
I had one of these forever ago before I started building my own.
Had a 3770, 16GB of DDR3 @ 1800MHz (I believe) and an OEM GTX 660.
HDD failed within a year and motherboard started having issues.
Good memories though.
My first gaming computer.
I wish they could do this right now with the new gaming PCs with the 3080 and 3090 series
had the r3 and that thing lasted me damn near 10 years and now is serving my nephew well. Would i buy another one? no but at the time it was convinent and i could pay monthly for it but it let me do almost everything i wanted
Using mine for 6 years and only now changing for something new. Great system for light/medium gaming and design work.
I like it.
I would definitely change the Cpu too whatever that board can entertain and go 32gb ram and call it.
would be cool to see it with 16gb and a better gpu see what the gains are
At this point youtube is very oversaturated with 4th gen intel budget builds, you could probably find very similar videos, probably even on this channel with the same CPU and a better GPU, more RAM, better cooler, etc
I have the base model with the 745. Got it at a yard sale for $200.
most beautifull pc i have ever bought, then i sold the case , i didnt know ho to power it up
When mom says "We have Michael Cera and Seth Rogan at home."
960's are no joke.
Great video guys, to upgrade the gpu it supports blower style cards so in theory could you put an rtx a2000 in here, using a 330w Psu? Anyone done it/recommend it?
From the X51 R3 specs, the 330W PSU should be able to handle 175W cards. So it will be fine as usually the professional cards draws a lot less power. Just make sure it's equal or less than 4.7" (H) x 9.5" (L) dual slot. If you are using for professional work, I would recommend going for the R3 with i7-6700k as it's the best you will get in these systems. Also will be able to have fast NVMe M.2 SSDs and they have a cool liquid cooling solution for CPU. I have a i5-6400 and GTX 970 and it's not keeping up that well with medium 3D modelling and some heavier Adobe use. Thinking about upgrading the X51 or building something new.
🤔. A cheap SSD boot drive and a cheap 1070 with 16GB of RAM and this computer would be pretty good.
The Era When Dell Was Trying to Make Console Competiton
wow. I have a 17" Sager laptop with an i7 4790k and 980M. and guess what? I have the same power supply. lol. more powerful than my steam deck but when I get rid of it I get rid of several kilos in exchange for 1.
i bought one of these of a guy from work in 2020 for $200 aud
had an i7 4470, 16gb ddr4 2666, 1tb m.2, Gtx 1060 (6gb) 2 fan - My guy didnt know a lot about computers and just wanted to get rid of it.
Hey guys. Did you pay $300 or $400? The title doesn’t match what you said. Anyway isn’t this just a fancy Dell Optiplex? You guys upgrade them all the time. You should definitely upgrade what you can on this one. The cpu is maxed unless you put a 4790K. This has a full height double width slot for gpu which the Optiplex sff did not. Also install the Alienware RGB control panel software. You can customize the lighting. RGB gives a FPS boost from what I hear. Thanks.
I thought I was the only one who's tasted the cheers packing peanuts! 😅 Glad I'm not alone.
wow nice to know has slider on back I never knew was there until seen your video thanks leting me know I brought mine used about 5 years ago for $200
A "smart" Samsonite suit case...
It’s probably worth upgrading the 960 to a 1060 6 GB or something around there. Anything more doesn’t make too much sense but the 4790 has more to give
😢 me who paid 1200 when it was still in date and lasted 5 years on and off not turning on. when I finally got my own place it finally said ight imma head out and take the motherboard and processor with it. still have it tbh. just use the 960 & the ram from it on a project pc. the 1tb it came with is locked due to a bios from Alienware itself. Mostly played esports titles. and for some reason it lets you play rust without 12gb ram. The real problem with it is the power blocks that come with these. i guess I was the clown to buy it at the price it was sold at but hey you live and you learn. rip 2016-2021
Yeah something like this which looks almost like a Xbox One could be a great HTPC or some light gaming in your living room. $400 isn't too bad tbh, even with some small upgradability.
I use to be so jelly or this, I even built my own pc based on this on a node 202 case.
My pc that i use right now for gaming is the Alienware Aurora R12 beast pc dell kills it
I got this for my birthday with a gtx 1050 Ti in it but looking to just change out the GPU but do love the small form factor
Are you guys in Fnatic?
Can you make a $2500 gaming, RUclips streaming setup? With cameras and everything?
love you guys alot. helped me alot
i hate that dell don`t make these any more
I got one with a 1660 in it and i7 4790k for 120$ runs amazing to. This was one of my 1st game pcs back i nthe day when i 1st played my 1st pc game alan wake two i lvoed it i had to get another.
This SFF PC would have limited upgradeability in my opinion. That power supply would be a major issue. Not only that but ITX motherboards are usually really expensive compared to ATX and mATX boards, and you'd need to find a fairly low powered GPU as well as a low to mid-powered CPU. For example, fitting a Ryzen5 5600 with a B550I motherboard, RX6400 GPU, 1TB of NVMe storage and 16GB DDR4-4000 RAM (most ITX boards have 2 DIMM slots) would likely be as far as you could go to keep within the inherent power limitations.
my laptop is a 17" desktop replacement (clevo p770zm ODM) with an i7 4790k and 980M, 4 sticks of ddr3 8GB ram, two nvme drives and used to be 2 ssd's also in there. I have the same power supply for my laptop and it was rated for 330 watts. it still rocks but I have a steam deck now and am looking to unload it because I don't need all that power and weight and prefer the steam deck for many reasons including the exceptional novelty of it.
The best the R3 could go (with Dell motherboard, of course) using the 330W PSU is 175W GPU, i7-6700k CPU, 32 GB (2x 16) 2133MHz RAM, NVMe SSD + 2x HDD 2.5". From my TDP calculations it should be fine but at the very limit of the PSU.
@@IcaroMorse that is a best case scenario and not what everyone should safely assume. A pushed-to-the-limit power supply is not going to last very long.
I remember how meh this computer ran some games (the 2013 one). It got 30fps in saints row 3, meanwhile my 600-700 dollar build with a 760 and fx6300 got over 60 almost all the time.
Some of my friends got the x51 and others got the Aurora with the alx chassis at the top. I genuinely liked that design. Especially compared to the new ones.
Personally I'd just build my own and never get an alienware.
Bro was video editing on that Keyboard sponsor segment but nothing was being done.
Gtx 745 also came in Acer Aspire back in 2016
It almost looks like a ps5
Hey, hey, hey! Always happy to see your vids!
I have this system sporting a evga 1660s love the form factor
That was great buy 😂
I was wondering though could you a TV into a computer you you an all in on TV that just plugged in the old controller and you could play your favorite stream games ... You know maybe run ubuntu without all the unknown of running window now a day... I mean look at that PC Im sure it could fit into a TV 😉☺️
im watching this on the same pc i put a 1050 in it and its not supposed to fit it
i have this but the gpu is a 3060 and the cpu is a brand new i7!
when will you guys restock your 700+ gaming piscis
i also have a i7 4790 cool!
Is there an alternate to this X51-R2 or the Alpha R2 with a similar from factor that would be better for more modern games, that I could buy for about the same price as these Alienware? Thanks!!
This Alienware PC was my very first gaming PC 😂I did upgrade the graphics card after awhile, and then only about 2 years ago the CPU died and I decided to save up for a new gaming PC. The Alienware served me well and now it's in my closet somewhere collecting dust 😭RIP Bob (I named my Alienware Bob) lol
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how do you bring up the stuff on the top left?
This was my fist pc👽
400??? i remember buying my X51-R3(still have,daily driver) for 2500...
A new SST will not make downloads faster. Downloading games, especially on steam is CPU intensive.
Can I get 10% off an empty box? 😂
at 1:00, I noticed your mousepad's rgb led doesnt shine on the other sides. facing the same problem with my fantech firefly mpr800s. do you have any idea why that happened? do you know how to fix this?
It wasn't great for the price then and it's not a better deal for 300$. If you're into Alienware I guess it can do the job, that case is a nightmare btw.
Would have sold you mine for $20 bucks and a 2 litter of soda.
I literally just built 2 of them one with a r9 200 and the other with a gtx 760....would have sold yall one for 100 bucks....
pre-dell Alienware was awesome. as soon as dell purchased the company they instantly went into greed mode. reducing everything to low quality garbage in odd plastic cases. they use the lowest quality and cost OEM components available.
Am i the only one who thinks thats gtx 960 had best reference blower?
watching using my Alienware x51 R2 ( i7-4790+1650s)😆
Was that the ltt store screw driver
Disaster, Blower Style GPU with the fan smack up against the HDD, pointing into the case with no airflow. Great engineering. Another Alienware prioritizing brand appearance over actual functionality.
The blower design actually sucks the air inside the case against the HDD (can use a 2.5" HDD/SSD for more air space) and throws it to the back of the case.
i had bought one of these in 2018 for 150. didnt like it to much lol
how are these guys not playing mw2
i still have alienware x51 r2 i7 4790