@Alyxx Parke the fan doesnt really have a way to get air from the side, by using it in an exhaust config, it's taking in air from the back. It's not gonna burn.
When I was young this was the coolest shit I'd ever seen. Now that I've actually look at the inside I realize it's basically a junky 90's case with some plastic panels glued on the outside.
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Certainly not after you did such a great job refurbishing and upgrading it! I didn’t mean for this comment to rain on the video at all, it was just a bit of a reality check for my inner child
I think you did well Andrew. You upgraded responsibly and it should play most modern games. You will always have that guy who thinks anything that isn't a 10,000 dollar custom built monster is junk.
Habe auch einen Alienware X51 R1 restauriert. Dein Video war eine gute Inspiration dafür 👍🏻 habe einen I7 3770,16Gb 1600Mhz RAM, 1 TB SSD und 1070 8Gb verbaut. Er ist einfach nur gut geworden und kann alles spielen👍🏻 danke für die gute Inspiration 😊
My old x51 (with an i7) has been running since 2012, and paired with a GTX 1060 still serves as my “gaming rig” connected to a 65” 4K TV. While it won’t run a lot of newer stuff at such a high resolution, utilizing free and open source software Magpie (essentially a system-wide AMD FSR for any program), I don’t have any immediate need to upgrade any time soon. I can emulate everything up to lighter PS3 and Switch titles, while playing games like Witcher 3 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider at surprisingly good settings. While not the most powerful or flashy, it continues to serve the purpose I originally purchased it for nearly a decade ago-a legit and very serviceable console replacement!
Every month there will be average of 3-4 videos from him, and I always keen and exuberant to watch every single of them. Even I rewatch some videos for few times for no reason during my meal or relaxing time. Love to see more from you Andrew. I hope the next one will be totally different in color as you paint the consoles before, its very satisfying to see :D
I am about to do something similar as my fiancé has a R1 of this computer as well. I did note a few things though that I am able to upgrade further than yourself. Firstly, it looks like you are missing the CPU cooler shroud which would allow for more efficient cooling. I found someone who has made a custom cooler shroud to fit with a Noctua NH-L9i for more efficient cooling as well as an extension mod for the front fan to allow the SATA cables for the SSD/HDD more room to flex. Ontop of this, the model I have came with the 330W power supply so I was able to put a full 6GB GTX 1060 in there and it performs quite well but it is limited by the i5-3330 I still, I will also be upgrading to the 3770. Aside from this, I like the RGB upgrade and paint job, may do something slightly different, but thank you so much for the inspiration.
Hello, very nice I'm stalking from Turkey and I congratulate you doing good work and I wish you continued success. I especially like the videos you make like laptop modding and bringing back to life. You are loved :)
So glad I found this. I am still using my X51R2. It is an i5-4460 3.2ghz. I've already updated the RAM once to 16GB, but am looking to update the CPU and GPU also. Can't afford to upgrade to a new PC at the moment, and this one works pretty well still. I found it really interesting to see the improvement with the updates you made.
I love the paint job. I used to work at Dell's Alienware tech support for the UK, Ireland and South Africa (and since the English line was 24/7, basically entire Europe after the local lines closed at 6 or 7 PM) when this machine came out. Due to its slightly lower specs compared to the Area-51 and Aurora, we just called it the gaming Optiplex :D I recently bought an X51 R3 case, and found out afterwards that the PSU board on the R3 is not a separate board, like on the R1 and R2, but it's part of the original mainboard, so I had to go with that one. I was considering the picoPSU as a stopgap solution, but that takes 12V and the original PSU is a 19V job. Still, I'm happy with the i7 6700K in my machine :)
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I couldn’t agree more. Mine’s starting to show it’s age but it’s served me well. I’m going to keep it in another room since it’s still usable, just not as powerful as I’d want for newer games
@@a_spire obviously you wouldn’t want to buy one now since it’s so out of date, but if you already have one it’s surprisingly viable so long as you keep settings at a medium. even runs most vr games great, save for half life alyx
Yeah the power supply looks proprietary, as well as a few of the breakout boards - I'd probably go with something more standard to be honest. But this was a great restoration. I reckon from watching this, that 1080p resolution would have been better, instead of 2k - and definitely so (plus low settings instead of medium) for Cyberpunk 2077.
first off thank you for this video!! it was very helpful and helped me understand what i need to do to help upgrade this computer though like you said i’m still not sure if i’d be able to run overwatch
Talk about an old one. My neighbor gave me a Toshiba Satellite A205-S5804 from 2007 with dual core T2330 at 1.6 GHz 3GB RAM and Intel Express 935 graphics running Windows Vista Home. I upgraded it to Windows 7 Ultimate.
Hello Mr. Andrew, i'm glad you are back with new videos.......the alienware PC you worked on is great!!!! Good job Mr. Andrew - ------- love from India......
I'm using this setup set up now my brother gave his x51 to me and we bought 1060 3GB we are still upgrading it looking for a new hard drive. I still using the keyboard and mouse that came with this when my brother got it, so I'm looking to replace them. I'm still young and learning more about computers. I hope my x51 will look like this soon!
Crazy. I love this channel and after I just modified 1 of these. I few days later, Andrew is doing the same lol.. I modified a R2 to have a x570i strix, 3700x, rtx 2070 super mini. 16gb tridentz rgb, a9a noctua cooler with rgb fan, 2x 2tb 970 evo plus, 2x 5tb 2.5 inch hhds, blu ray drive, hd plex 400w combo, also cut a plexiglass window on the side to see the motherboard. Had slight modification to the back of the case but it has to be the most powerful version of this case lol. Need to add a video here in the future.... Not for the side panel and front alienware leds to work with new motherboard, I just connected front panel connector "power 1" to the rgb header. Red to 12v and black to ground
Thank you bro :D btw the R2 is much better than the R1 and I can imagine your modification, it's totally great, also I think to cut one of the panels and make a window :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew yeah, if using stock parts, the r2 has a much better dc-atx psu board for more powerful gpu's. Not sure how deep you get into some of your projects for yourself, I'm guessing most of these are for clients and for resale but as a suggestion for future builds. I use 12v power bricks like the Xbox 360, da-2 dell or even internal old phat ps3 psu as external bricks for some builds. Wire them up to gx16 connector on brick and gx16-pcie connector for inside. Wire it to turn on gpu when turning on pc and you have all the watts you could ever need to power your psu
I recently watched a video about the newest Alienware Aurora and I kid you not, the inside of that one looks so similar to this 9-year-old model. Stock fans and all. The selling point for these things really are the fancy cases. And at such an absurd price.
always liked the design of this case, and quite a few others of the alienware' tbh since i was a kid look at the back of a game manual and seeing an advert dreaming one day i would own one
Please also illustrate about your budget for every modification in the last of the video. You are highly skilled actually Master of Modification.. wishes from India 🇮🇳
the legend is back , can you plz "pin" my comment for no reason :)
Thank youu bro :D Pinned and you have Hearth :D
@Alyxx Parke the fan doesnt really have a way to get air from the side, by using it in an exhaust config, it's taking in air from the back. It's not gonna burn.
@@AsrielNguyen he's so amazing😊
He is a very good hearted guy. It can be confirmed by the reply he gave to him
@@AsrielNguyen yeps
When I was young this was the coolest shit I'd ever seen. Now that I've actually look at the inside I realize it's basically a junky 90's case with some plastic panels glued on the outside.
Yup its a bog standard dell in a fancy suit basically
before Andrew's upgrades of course
At least it brought some memories back
Yeah LD but isn't bad PC, still good
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Certainly not after you did such a great job refurbishing and upgrading it! I didn’t mean for this comment to rain on the video at all, it was just a bit of a reality check for my inner child
Alienware was one of the first brands that eventually made NVIDIA rise to stardom. Glad you showed us how to restore such a classic PC.
Original Xbox did
I think you did well Andrew. You upgraded responsibly and it should play most modern games. You will always have that guy who thinks anything that isn't a 10,000 dollar custom built monster is junk.
Habe auch einen Alienware X51 R1 restauriert. Dein Video war eine gute Inspiration dafür 👍🏻 habe einen I7 3770,16Gb 1600Mhz RAM, 1 TB SSD und 1070 8Gb verbaut. Er ist einfach nur gut geworden und kann alles spielen👍🏻 danke für die gute Inspiration 😊
“96% isopropyl alcohol.” 💙
My old x51 (with an i7) has been running since 2012, and paired with a GTX 1060 still serves as my “gaming rig” connected to a 65” 4K TV. While it won’t run a lot of newer stuff at such a high resolution, utilizing free and open source software Magpie (essentially a system-wide AMD FSR for any program), I don’t have any immediate need to upgrade any time soon. I can emulate everything up to lighter PS3 and Switch titles, while playing games like Witcher 3 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider at surprisingly good settings. While not the most powerful or flashy, it continues to serve the purpose I originally purchased it for nearly a decade ago-a legit and very serviceable console replacement!
Every month there will be average of 3-4 videos from him, and I always keen and exuberant to watch every single of them. Even I rewatch some videos for few times for no reason during my meal or relaxing time. Love to see more from you Andrew. I hope the next one will be totally different in color as you paint the consoles before, its very satisfying to see :D
Thank you bro :D I'm planning to use some much different paints in upcoming videos
I am about to do something similar as my fiancé has a R1 of this computer as well. I did note a few things though that I am able to upgrade further than yourself. Firstly, it looks like you are missing the CPU cooler shroud which would allow for more efficient cooling. I found someone who has made a custom cooler shroud to fit with a Noctua NH-L9i for more efficient cooling as well as an extension mod for the front fan to allow the SATA cables for the SSD/HDD more room to flex. Ontop of this, the model I have came with the 330W power supply so I was able to put a full 6GB GTX 1060 in there and it performs quite well but it is limited by the i5-3330 I still, I will also be upgrading to the 3770. Aside from this, I like the RGB upgrade and paint job, may do something slightly different, but thank you so much for the inspiration.
I really like the cool ps5 type gray white and the spray texture and details
After a long time..I heard "I Am Better Off - Wildson feat. LaKesha Nugent " at 16:01 Take a love Andrew...from Bangladesh!
I bought one of these today, I feel a lot better about my choice because of this video! Thank you so much as always Andrew!
just love cat and andrews vids and they are also satisfying to me
Thank youu bro :D
always a pleasure watching this guy bring life to older components...keep up the amazing work...
I normally dont watch 20+ minute videos. But you're fun to watch. Giving old legendary hardwares a new life is cool
Is 20 minutes too long for your attention span?
I didn't mind the ads, didnt skip any, it's so satisfying to watch. You deserve more views. 😎👌
Thank you bro :D
Loving the paint effect you've done
As much as i hate prebuilt this one looks awesome
12 am but I am here as it seemed more important than sleep
Greetings from Sri Lanka
Same here lol
That's TRUE
Sem
Thank youu bro :D
i'm hooked with ur content man, keep it up, haha
Thank you bro :D I will keep up :)
Andrew:Uploads video
Me: NOICE
I love your new obsession with Alienware
Thank youu bro :D
u are so hardworking man i love ur work
Thank you bro :D
Hello, very nice I'm stalking from Turkey and I congratulate you doing good work and I wish you continued success. I especially like the videos you make like laptop modding and bringing back to life. You are loved :)
Thank youu bro :D I will do better things also :)
OMG this whiskey is going down well while watching this bro!
What ? These are the videos u watch when u drink ? If so that’s pathetic !
ah yes i can see that we are the same except mine tastes like apple juice
2012 was 9 years ago? jees... I'm old
We are not bro :D
this spray effect is like on Nikon DSLRs...
I love the textured paint, it looks actually sick
Viewing all the way from South Africa. I always get excited when a new video is released LOL. Love your work, please keep them coming!
I had dreamed for days for having a lap or pc that u restore
Ah I missed listening to that song you used at the end. It really makes your videos have a chill tone to them :)
You made that Alienware look awesome!
Thank youuu bro :D
One of the cleanest restoration videos ever, good stuff 🤙🔥
So glad I found this. I am still using my X51R2. It is an i5-4460 3.2ghz. I've already updated the RAM once to 16GB, but am looking to update the CPU and GPU also. Can't afford to upgrade to a new PC at the moment, and this one works pretty well still. I found it really interesting to see the improvement with the updates you made.
So jealous of your creations and creativity. Just beautiful.
I bought mine in 2014 and it’s still going strong! Just need to clean it. Great computer
I can tell this guy is a legend
Thank youu bro :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Yo Thanks Man and Please Can u Try and repair a Lenovo
And I love ur vids, Btw I Liked and Turn on notifications
i still use it in 2024 with x51 R3 i7 6700K 32gb ddr4 ram,1tb nvme,4tb hdd,and RX6600 8gb for GPU it play all games with ultra setting
Your monitor is SUPER ! I Like it 😍😍😍
You’re doing great job man i really enjoy to watching you.
I love the paint job. I used to work at Dell's Alienware tech support for the UK, Ireland and South Africa (and since the English line was 24/7, basically entire Europe after the local lines closed at 6 or 7 PM) when this machine came out. Due to its slightly lower specs compared to the Area-51 and Aurora, we just called it the gaming Optiplex :D
I recently bought an X51 R3 case, and found out afterwards that the PSU board on the R3 is not a separate board, like on the R1 and R2, but it's part of the original mainboard, so I had to go with that one. I was considering the picoPSU as a stopgap solution, but that takes 12V and the original PSU is a 19V job. Still, I'm happy with the i7 6700K in my machine :)
dude i wee u from mexico cdmx and u videos are the best at restoration on laptops never stop dude
Thanks to your videos, I have learned to modify and update computers. Congratulations on the video. Greeting from Bogota, Colombia
Thank you for supporting my work bro :)
Great work as always, you really have a talent when it comes to rejuvenating old hardware.
That turned out really nice! I love the raindrop effect you did with the paint.
Huh, this has been my gaming / daily driver for years and I’m starting to order parts to replace it this week. Funny how that works
It's old but gold :) still good computer, plus enough small to put it anywhere
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew but I would never buy it new or used.. doesnt make sense when an i3 can outperform it :/
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I couldn’t agree more. Mine’s starting to show it’s age but it’s served me well. I’m going to keep it in another room since it’s still usable, just not as powerful as I’d want for newer games
@@a_spire obviously you wouldn’t want to buy one now since it’s so out of date, but if you already have one it’s surprisingly viable so long as you keep settings at a medium. even runs most vr games great, save for half life alyx
That rgb strips are a big upgrade,its gives you 100+ more fps
OLD IS GOLD WHICH IS WORK GREAT !
GOOD MODIFICATION & UPGRADES
I love full tear down... Found it interesting satisfying
The voltage converter board is prone to failure when it died on me I swapped the case.
Yeah the power supply looks proprietary, as well as a few of the breakout boards - I'd probably go with something more standard to be honest. But this was a great restoration.
I reckon from watching this, that 1080p resolution would have been better, instead of 2k - and definitely so (plus low settings instead of medium) for Cyberpunk 2077.
Nicely done. I really love it.
You really breathe life into that old piece.
Thank you very much bro :D
Glad to see something different after long time
Good work Andrew, initially I thought is that even worth restoring but you've done good upgrades and showing practical results in testing.
Keep up the work Andrew. You deserve more than a million subs
Thanks for a desktop restoration I really needed it
Awesome work brother. Keep going!👍
Thank you bro :D
Damn! Those i7 3770 with 1050 Ti is a great match!
You're into Alienwares bro! Nice! Cool project as always!
Great job Andrew!
Can't wait for more videos like this, they made my day!
definitely my favourite video so far! Keep up making this great stuff!
Thank youu bro :D
I love your laptop videos, but the desktop ones are also awesome!!! I love the console ones too! Your videos are amazing
Andy you're a modern day genius!
im watching your chsnnel from the start u have improved a lot
Very good new specs!
What a beautiful job men. 🙌
i love how andrew goes always to dell pc’s cause you can upgrade that pc’s so easily
Dude your content is Amazing 👍🏼💜💜
Thank you bro :D
You are my favorite, Andrew. 😁👍
great video man the pc turned out beautifully
I can already tell that this video is good.
That small motherboard is so cool.
Love you accent so much. really adds a special touch to the whole channel. Love what you’re doing keep it up👍🏼👍🏼
first off thank you for this video!! it was very helpful and helped me understand what i need to do to help upgrade this computer though like you said i’m still not sure if i’d be able to run overwatch
Been watching for awhile and the things you come up with, amazing man💯
Beautiful craftsmanship
❤️is this even real ?? Phenomenal job 👌🔥 😍😍Love from INDIA
Thank youu bro :D
Talk about an old one. My neighbor gave me a Toshiba Satellite A205-S5804 from 2007 with dual core T2330 at 1.6 GHz 3GB RAM and Intel Express 935 graphics running Windows Vista Home. I upgraded it to Windows 7 Ultimate.
I really appreciate this kind of videos
Thank You
and
Good Job
Hello Mr. Andrew, i'm glad you are back with new videos.......the alienware PC you worked on is great!!!! Good job Mr. Andrew - ------- love from India......
You're truly a tech wizard.
Nice to see a desktop! Liking the variety of projects. Good video
Excellent 🔥
Your creativity in every contents are mind-blowing, ossum❤️
Thank youuu bro :D
Another great job Andrew. Well done.
I hit the like button at 0:01
what an awesome look change and performance bump
I'm using this setup set up now my brother gave his x51 to me and we bought 1060 3GB we are still upgrading it looking for a new hard drive. I still using the keyboard and mouse that came with this when my brother got it, so I'm looking to replace them. I'm still young and learning more about computers. I hope my x51 will look like this soon!
Crazy. I love this channel and after I just modified 1 of these. I few days later, Andrew is doing the same lol.. I modified a R2 to have a x570i strix, 3700x, rtx 2070 super mini. 16gb tridentz rgb, a9a noctua cooler with rgb fan, 2x 2tb 970 evo plus, 2x 5tb 2.5 inch hhds, blu ray drive, hd plex 400w combo, also cut a plexiglass window on the side to see the motherboard. Had slight modification to the back of the case but it has to be the most powerful version of this case lol. Need to add a video here in the future.... Not for the side panel and front alienware leds to work with new motherboard, I just connected front panel connector "power 1" to the rgb header. Red to 12v and black to ground
Thank you bro :D btw the R2 is much better than the R1 and I can imagine your modification, it's totally great, also I think to cut one of the panels and make a window :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew yeah, if using stock parts, the r2 has a much better dc-atx psu board for more powerful gpu's. Not sure how deep you get into some of your projects for yourself, I'm guessing most of these are for clients and for resale but as a suggestion for future builds. I use 12v power bricks like the Xbox 360, da-2 dell or even internal old phat ps3 psu as external bricks for some builds. Wire them up to gx16 connector on brick and gx16-pcie connector for inside. Wire it to turn on gpu when turning on pc and you have all the watts you could ever need to power your psu
Andrew is like that cousin I have that we all thought he was selling drugs but turns out he is the best hope for humanity.
😂😂😂😂😂 This comment make may day, Thank youuu bro 😀
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew True story,glad you like it.
nice work. Really like the paint job.
Love your videos as always and I like that you did a desktop again
I recently watched a video about the newest Alienware Aurora and I kid you not, the inside of that one looks so similar to this 9-year-old model. Stock fans and all. The selling point for these things really are the fancy cases. And at such an absurd price.
always liked the design of this case, and quite a few others of the alienware' tbh since i was a kid look at the back of a game manual and seeing an advert dreaming one day i would own one
Please also illustrate about your budget for every modification in the last of the video. You are highly skilled actually Master of Modification.. wishes from India 🇮🇳
Hello, mister cat! Nice job!
Another great work by Andrew. I almost missed you!
Thank youu bro :D
@7:53 looks like an Australian road during summer, Its really cool haha
Thanks for testing new games! Great build and great video!
I remember back in the day when every gamer wanted this
Andrew keep up the good work we love your content
Thank youu bro :D
Dude A new Alienware cpu is born📝🔥 thanks to Andrew
make one for me bro- I love the retro alienware and this restoration is fantastic