Everyone who gets builds a PC has a similar look of excitement after putting everything together, pressing the power button, and seeing things light up/seeing something on the screen. It's that feeling that keeps me building PCs and mashing together old and new parts too. Gotta admit it's kinda addicting lol.
We have the exact specs, pre-upgrade. I got the Aurora in 2016 on the marketing point that it was upgradable. Hitting that eight year mark, I wanted to know if it was still possible to get more years out of this thing. Thanks for proving it's possible. Great video.
tbh, there's not many years left in it especially since it doesn't support Windows 11 and Microsoft will be ending support for 10 in the future. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Just fyi, I put an Asus Dual 4070 in my R5 and it fit fine. I was thinking of making and external port / enclosure via a riser cable with artistic plates in acryllic ...but apparently I didnt need to. Might do it later for art's sake.
Ohh wow that's cool. I was looking at the 3070 to replace my 2070 Super but now I'm thinking about the dual fan 4070 you mentioned. I'm still leaning towards just getting a new PC altogether, but this is a great option too. Thanks.
I was able to upgrade my R5 to Win 11 by changing some BIOS settings (TPM) and a registry hack. I've been running it that way for about a year without issue. I've been thinking about trying a 4070 and PSU upgrade. Thanks for the video.
Hi thx for this vod and I have a silly question hope u have an answer: my mother board from R5 was broken, so I replaced with one from Asus. Then I installed windows 10 with the version that Diablo 4 required. I wonder if I replace back the original mother board for r5 will I still be able to run Diablo 4? Was the limit coming from the mother board? Your video makes me think twice on getting the mother board!
I'm not entirely sure what your circumstances are but it sounds like you're talking about the graphics card? There's a few considerations to make when upgrading the R5 such as the size of the card, the power required to power it, the price, and the prospect of future support from Dell of which there isn't any left for the R5. I would consider those before making an upgrade.
It will run D4 just fine if you set the settings to medium or bit lower. My gtx handled it Well under 65 degrees. Got myself an stock R5 i7 6700k liquid cooled 32gb gtx1080 850w. Bought it new 8 years ago, bumped the Cores up to 4,4ghz and still runs great. Okay, repasted cpu and gpu , blowned out some dust, replaced all stock fans with better fans with airflow and a second 120mm fan in the front... Still great pc. 🙃
I’m looking to do the same thing to my r5 but instead of a 4070 I’m gonna do a 3070. I still do need a new power supply which specific one did you get?
@@dazios6874 I actually found out you could fit a 4070 founders in to it so I got that. It’s performing great on 1440 p and can even run some games on 4k.
Thank you so much for your work and this video. I have a R6 7700k 850w liquid cool gtx 1080. I have been trying to figure out for a year now if I can upgrade to a 40 series and if so how high of a 40 series would it handle? Also would I need that Pcie 16x adapter you had to put on the video card? Idk if this helps but my motherboard is the 270z chipset.
Yw! The 850w should have all the PCI-e power cables for a modern card. Check Dell's support site for documentation on the R6 which will tell you the exact dimensions of card that will fit inside the case. The adapter was more of a brute force way of demoing a card that doesn't fit inside the case and I wouldn't recommend that method as a practical solution.
Great work and excellent video, I also have an alienware aurora r5 and now that I see your video I wonder if I could upgrade it with 2 external gpus, increasing the power supply. Do you think the processor supports it?
Man this is a great video. I have a R5(same case as yours) and upgraded it to a 2070 Super, was thinking about getting a 3070 but now I'm seeing a dual fan 4070 will fit just fine. I already have the 850 power supply. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to upgrade or maybe do a dual stream setup and use my R5 for capturing. THANKS for the video and info.
Thank you! A dual fan 4070 sounds like a beast upgrade to the R5. It sounds like you've got a pretty good plan there with the streaming setup. I'm wishing you the best in your streaming endeavors!
Hi there. The Ti is faster that the non Ti but it's larger. I'd recommend the fastest card that can also fit inside the case that's also within your budget.
Friend, my motherboard was damaged. I have an Aurora R5. I want to know what motherboard do you recommend to put in that tower? I'm thinking of buying the MSI Gaming Intel B250 LGA 1151, I'm not sure I'll buy it because I think it won't have enough space to put it.
It's a propriatary mobo so any replacement will have to be another Alienware motherboard. The R6 and R7 mobos might fit in here if you're looking to upgrade but I'm not 100% sure of that. These Alienwares use a special connector for the front power button which won't work with other branded motherboards.
I have this exact model that I have and I made some minor upgrades to already. Question: everywhere I look online suggests I'm stuck with the motherboard and 6700k CPU, BUT they've also said the best one can do with the GPU is a 2070 super and you proved that wrong. Do you think there is some way to upgrade the CPU or am I stuck?
The CPU is spec'd to a certain socket and I don't believe that any generation other than 6th gen i3, i5, i7 will fit that socket. So, unfortunately, you are most likely limited CPU wise. As for GPU, as long as you take wattage and size into account, you can use anything you want. In the video here I took wattage into account with the 850w PSU but I clearly didn't take size into account, hence the riser cable.
@@TaylorBrauer After leaving my comment, I did another info search and saw that the socket is LPA 1151. I looked up what the best processors are at this size and found that there is an Intel Core i9-9900K sized this way. Do you think it would work or will it crash and burn?
@@Pudsports tbh, I don’t know. You might have to do some digging to find someone who’s successfully done it before, if you’re on the fence about attempting it yourself.
Looks like the limit is 10.5" per the r5 manual. www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-aurora-r5-desktop/alienware-aurora-r5-setupandspecifications
havent finished yet but you mentioned if I want to play modern warfare or how about the latest COD I need 1904? Mine does say 1904 in the version number, still an A%. Do you think I should upgrade to this 4070 or just go for a new PC? thanks great info...Oh wow now I'm at the part where you are changing the power supply, 850 sheesh that seems high...Upgrading the ram, then the fan doesnt fit! Ya nevermind lol I'll buy a new PC
haha yeah it gets a bit ridiculous. These Alienwares weren't the best for upgrades to modern graphics cards unfortunately. I still love the style of this R5.
Hi please answer my question I'm late to this but do you think it's safe to leave gpu outside case?I want to upgrade my gpu but it's too big I don't mind being outside the case at since I don't care about no rgb light or any of that stuff I can just sit the gpu on top of a box like you did in the video? Is it safe some say no but realistically speaking is it???
It's as safe as a GPU being on the outside of your case. Which is to say, having this as a long term solution is risky especially if you can have things that can spill or fall on the GPU. If it was me, I'd keep to GPUs that fit inside the case.
I was hopeful to see that card fit in the box. Lol. Then you bust out the Frankenstein solution! Thank you for that video. Answered my question. Hard no.
@@TaylorBrauer Love the video. Where did you get your extender cable? I was looking for one as long as yours. As it happens I have the same system and, since it doesn't have thunderbolt 3, I was thinking I could put the extender cable out the back and route it into another case that I would use as a video card holder with its own powersupply. Glam frankenstein! (Glamenstein)
Hello friend, I greet you from Ecuador. I have an alienware r7 core i7 8700k, my question is, can I install the rtx 4060? What components should I change? Thank you, friend
I have an R9 with a 2080super want to install a 4070tisuper what do you suggest? im not sure if it will fit where did you get the extender. Pls i need help
Luckily, Dell has some great documentation that should give you exact dimensions of card that will fit in the R9. Docs are on the support page and just enter your service tag. I'd recommend getting a card that fits to those specs, and perhaps more importantly, a card that is within the limits of your power supply. I wouldn't recommend getting an extender for using a card outside the case.
I have r5, thanks for your input. Hard to find people like you. My problem, 2 flashing lights indicates memory issue, 16 rom 2133, no boot, new 460 ps, new i7 6700, new mb, rear green light, reset cmos, no help from dell tried to sell me r16. Want to get this r5 to boot. Respect your input. Deeply appreciate your time. Failure after installing 3200 rom. My bad.
oof, sorry you're having to deal with that. I would maybe try no memory and see if you still get the same code. Then add ram one stick at a time. Sounds like you've done extensive troubleshooting. I'm wishing you luck in finding a solution.
Luckily, the R5 through like R9 have compatibility between themselves because they have similar chassis. Search for what you have along with what you're looking for and I'm sure you'll find compatible options.
@@dazios6874 I'm not sure. I only looked for the Dell/Alienware PSUs as they have the right cable lengths and some cables are proprietary. I def think you run into issues with a regular PSU that isn't for that exact Alienware generation.
Yo I really need somone like u (who daily drives an Aurora r5 and smart) idk if I have a r5 r6 r7 or r8 can u tell me the diffrence please ? also how do u get the cpu gpu temps and usage percent on the top left ?
There should be a service tag on the back that you can enter on Dell's website and view the specs for the system. If you don't find it on the back it's also listed in the BIOS. That stats display is coming from MSI Afterburner. It's a GPU tweaking program but it has a on screen display for stats in the settings.
@@TaylorBrauer Anyway thanks for your video. I also have Aurora r5. Despite the bottleneck issue, you proof that GPU upgrade will improve the performance.
If you don't already have an SSD or NVME drive installed I'd start there. That's going to give you the most performance upgrade. There's also RAM, CPU and Graphics Card upgrades. Those might or might not require upgrading the PSU though. Dell has great documentation for these Alienwares which should give you a lot more info on what's possible with upgrades. Good luck!
I just picked one up for 50 it definitely needs work just got ram needs a graphics card and a hard drive but it's in decent shape I think you can upgrade the processor ile look into it but I'm definitely excited to see you were able to play 2077 on it that makes me feel hopeful
instead of a gpu upgrade why not platform upgrade? pretty sure for tha money spent on the 4070 TI u could've gotten a newer Intel platform or even amd. EDIT..... after checking ur channel out i see it was mainly a test, as u have a 7800x3d and 13600k on aswell. SRRY bout that
No worries. I appreciate the feedback. You're right, if I wasn't doing an experiment the better choice would be looking to upgrade the mobo, processor, and ram.
I believe so since it shares the same chassis. Try to get a card to fit inside the case so it doesn't get damaged. Check your power supply to to make sure it supports whichever card you pick.
The power supply I pulled from this Alienware is 460w so any combination of hardware that falls below that. Check how much wattage your power supply can support.
@@jeffyou7594 Yw! It's called CapFrameX. You'll have to install RTSS (the Rivatuner stats app) to get the overlay to show up. It's a pretty nice software that can also record graphs for a bunch of stuff.
In the case of the R5, like I have here, Alienware never released a fTPM bios update to the system so it's not compatible with Windows 11. I couldn't even get the latest version of Windows 10 working on it because one (or more) of drivers is incompatible with later versions of Windows 10.
I was looking at updating my R7 and i think the 4070 dual fan might fit haven't tried it yet but looks like it will and if it's just shy ill remove the front facing fan and get one that's a lower profile which should do it
That's exciting! Check out the documentation for the R7 to see what lengths are supported. The Dell docs are great and should provide you with everything you need before you upgrade.
I put a 4070RTX in my R7 and it works great. That one will let you run Diablo 4 and upgrade Windows10. It keeps asking to upgrade to Windows11, but I am not certain the processor supports it.
Aurora R7 supports Win 11 as I have one with the original 1080 GPU 16GB; I was lucky that I upgraded my PSU to 850W as I've just got a RTX4070 to install as it is within the 10.5" length for the case. Good to know the RTX4070 works great
@@rizzo6783 I didn't upgrade the CPU as I'm leaving that for when I buy a new rig. The 4070 upgrade was a short term performance measure until then. If you are going to upgrade the CPU I would take advantage of new motherboards with DDR 5 RAM and PCIe 5.0 (4070 is PCIe 5.0 ready). Putting a new CPU in the R7 is like dropping a Ferrari engine into a Ford Focus.
Supposedly you can install Win11 if you just do a clean install (no upgrade from Win10. Your key should transfer over, but honestly just get a pro key and bake the drivers in with microwin
@@TaylorBrauer I see… how irresponsible of them 😂 I wonder what other mods are possible, like adding Thunderbolt. There is what appears to be a TBT header but the pins aren’t soldered on… if that is a standard 5pin, perhaps a maple ridge card could be installed
@@TaylorBrauer It would require custom water blocks for the GPU and CPU. Which a company that's well know makes. The water pump can be placed anywhere.. I would use soft tubes for flexibility and have custom metal brackets for the pump. Also would cut out the top of the case out so I could at least put a two fan radiator in there(if possible) The size of the GPU would be greatly reduced since you only need the chip cooled and you won't need fans for it. I have and aurora R8 myself and always wanted to custom water cool it. Went looking on RUclips see if anyone has attempted it but found nothing.. So I think I'll try it myself when it get time. But could be a great idea for a RUclips video though my help your channel grow..
@@vlossgaming533 Oh dang you've thought about this. You should give it a go if it's a project you really care about. If I had the skillset I'd try it. That's a bit advanced for my desktop customizing skills. I would like to try a custom loop in a larger case to get my feet wet.
Hey loved the video, but want to let you know that you can play Diablo 4 on your system , did it on mine we have the exact model the only difference was my pc was a 6400 that I upgraded to the 6600K paired with an RX 570 8gb and I can play Diablo 4 i advise you to download the latest windows version and it will be the 22h2 and you can play d4 on that and call of duty , cheers keep the vids coming
@@TaylorBrauer hmh thats very strange. perhaps some bios setting? or is that a common issue with that model? Ive never had such issue and windows 10/11 runs flawlessly on my 2009 macbook
ON R5 AURORA YOU NEED TO BUY MATCHING SETS LIKE 2 X 4 GB FOR 8GB DUEL CHANEL MODE OR 2 X 8GB FOR 16GB AND UPWARDS COMPATIBLY SPEEDS FOR R5 ARE 2166MHZ, 2400MHZ, OR 2666MHZ, ALWAYS BUY NEW AND SEALED MATCHING KITS, ALSO THE DIMM SLOTS ORDER IS IMPORTANT HOPE MY DIMM SLOT CONFIG BELOW HELPS, IT WOULD BE BETTER THAT YOU BUY RAM STICKS LIKE HYPER X FURY MODUALS THAT DONT USE XMP PROFILES , JUST RUN AT THE NATIVE SPEEDS FOR THE SPEEDS LISTED IN THIS COMMENT, 32GB SHOULD BE 4X 8GB AT EITHER 2166MHZ, 2400MHZ, 2666MHZ XMM1 XMM2 XMM3 XMM4 8 GB _ 4 GB 4 GB 16 GB 8 GB 8 GB 24 GB 4 GB 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 32 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 8 GB 64 GB 16GB 16GB 16GB 16GB
@@miscellaneousmayhem8623 It's hard to say since the cards could be varying sizes. Dell has excellent documentation on their website which should tell you exact dimensions of what will fit.
why exactly such a powerful card? a 4060ti would be much better fit and actually fit physically too. thid is just a waste of money...a 4060ti would also wortk with the old psu
@WT95 i dont own one. just sayin that such a powerful card is a terrible idea. i figured he wanted an nvidia card but i myself would have gone with something like the 6700xt.
Oh definitely. That 6700 can't keep up. It's more of an upgrade to step up the CPU because of the mobo replacement required. I believe this series of Alienware went up to 9th gen Intels.
Do u think this processor can handle a rx 6600? I’m stuck with this pc for now and I could get a rx 6600 for 100$ from my friend. Currently have a gtx 1070
I don't know anything about the rx6600 to give you a solid answer but as long as it's got the right PCIe port, power delivery within PSUs spec, and it will fit the dimensions of the case then it should be fine. Dell has detailed info on graphics card length supported by the chassis on their site. Good luck!
@@dazios6874 It does get pretty loud. That's just the nature of compact cases with a couple fans and lots of hardware. That's been an on going challenge for Alienware.
It might be possible to upgrade to an R6, R7, etc motherboard as long as it's the same chassis. idk that for sure though as I haven't tried this. As far throwing any non Alienware mobo in there, def not.
@@TaylorBrauerI got this exact pc with a gtx 1070. You think I should buy this rx 6600 that I found for a good deal and just use that with the i7 6700 for now? I’m planning to build a whole new system next year but not right now.
From one Aurora R5 Owner, thank you for your service 🤟
Yw!
dude it's incredible you fellow aurora r5 users exist oh my god thakn you
Yw!
@@TaylorBrauer do you think my r7 will be bottle necked badly if I get the dual 4070 with the the intel i7 8700 cpu?
@@rizzo6783 most likely a bit with the 8700. If it was me, i'd get the card and upgrade the rest around it.
Everyone who gets builds a PC has a similar look of excitement after putting everything together, pressing the power button, and seeing things light up/seeing something on the screen. It's that feeling that keeps me building PCs and mashing together old and new parts too. Gotta admit it's kinda addicting lol.
Right?! It's so rewarding having it come to life after all the time spent to assemble a build.
We have the exact specs, pre-upgrade. I got the Aurora in 2016 on the marketing point that it was upgradable. Hitting that eight year mark, I wanted to know if it was still possible to get more years out of this thing. Thanks for proving it's possible. Great video.
tbh, there's not many years left in it especially since it doesn't support Windows 11 and Microsoft will be ending support for 10 in the future. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Hi, do you think Aurora R6 is more bigger in order to put a new graphic? What did you do then?
The R6 has the same dimensions. I believe they use the same case all the way up til the R8. Those specs are widely available for lookup.
Love the video!! I have just purchased an Aurora r8 and I'm on my journey to update it, thanks a lot for the video!!
Congrats! It's a fun machine. Come back when you get it upgraded and let us know how it went.
Just fyi, I put an Asus Dual 4070 in my R5 and it fit fine. I was thinking of making and external port / enclosure via a riser cable with artistic plates in acryllic ...but apparently I didnt need to. Might do it later for art's sake.
Very cool. I didn't know there was anyone making a dual fan 4070.
Ohh wow that's cool. I was looking at the 3070 to replace my 2070 Super but now I'm thinking about the dual fan 4070 you mentioned.
I'm still leaning towards just getting a new PC altogether, but this is a great option too. Thanks.
Hello, I was wondering if a 2060 would work well here.
Should depending how long it is - my 4070 takes 10.5 inches and fits. Same with my 2070.
How has it been running for you ? I’m thinking of buying a 4070 and I have the i7 8700 in my r7
I was able to upgrade my R5 to Win 11 by changing some BIOS settings (TPM) and a registry hack. I've been running it that way for about a year without issue. I've been thinking about trying a 4070 and PSU upgrade. Thanks for the video.
That's awesome! You're getting way more life out of that R5. Let us know how the upgrade goes, if you'd like to share.
Hi thx for this vod and I have a silly question hope u have an answer: my mother board from R5 was broken, so I replaced with one from Asus. Then I installed windows 10 with the version that Diablo 4 required. I wonder if I replace back the original mother board for r5 will I still be able to run Diablo 4? Was the limit coming from the mother board?
Your video makes me think twice on getting the mother board!
I'm not entirely sure what your circumstances are but it sounds like you're talking about the graphics card? There's a few considerations to make when upgrading the R5 such as the size of the card, the power required to power it, the price, and the prospect of future support from Dell of which there isn't any left for the R5. I would consider those before making an upgrade.
It will run D4 just fine if you set the settings to medium or bit lower. My gtx handled it Well under 65 degrees.
Got myself an stock R5 i7 6700k liquid cooled 32gb gtx1080 850w.
Bought it new 8 years ago, bumped the Cores up to 4,4ghz and still runs great.
Okay, repasted cpu and gpu , blowned out some dust, replaced all stock fans with better fans with airflow and a second 120mm fan in the front...
Still great pc. 🙃
I’m looking to do the same thing to my r5 but instead of a 4070 I’m gonna do a 3070. I still do need a new power supply which specific one did you get?
Any R5-R9 850w alienware psu will work. My psu's specific part number is HU850EF-01. They should be pretty easy to find. Good luck!
@@TaylorBrauer thank you!
How’s the 3070 in the Aurora r5 performing
@@dazios6874 I actually found out you could fit a 4070 founders in to it so I got that. It’s performing great on 1440 p and can even run some games on 4k.
Thank you so much for your work and this video. I have a R6 7700k 850w liquid cool gtx 1080. I have been trying to figure out for a year now if I can upgrade to a 40 series and if so how high of a 40 series would it handle? Also would I need that Pcie 16x adapter you had to put on the video card? Idk if this helps but my motherboard is the 270z chipset.
Yw! The 850w should have all the PCI-e power cables for a modern card. Check Dell's support site for documentation on the R6 which will tell you the exact dimensions of card that will fit inside the case. The adapter was more of a brute force way of demoing a card that doesn't fit inside the case and I wouldn't recommend that method as a practical solution.
Great work and excellent video, I also have an alienware aurora r5 and now that I see your video I wonder if I could upgrade it with 2 external gpus, increasing the power supply. Do you think the processor supports it?
Thank you! I'm not sure it supports dual graphics cards. Check the Dell manual online. They have pretty great documentation.
Man this is a great video. I have a R5(same case as yours) and upgraded it to a 2070 Super, was thinking about getting a 3070 but now I'm seeing a dual fan 4070 will fit just fine. I already have the 850 power supply.
Now I'm trying to decide if I want to upgrade or maybe do a dual stream setup and use my R5 for capturing.
THANKS for the video and info.
Thank you! A dual fan 4070 sounds like a beast upgrade to the R5. It sounds like you've got a pretty good plan there with the streaming setup. I'm wishing you the best in your streaming endeavors!
Hello this is ebraheem khuram does rtx 4070 ti better than 4070
Hi there. The Ti is faster that the non Ti but it's larger. I'd recommend the fastest card that can also fit inside the case that's also within your budget.
Yeah it so expensive rtx 4070 ti so faster
Do you need to change out any “factory/ pre-build” fans for cooling for this psup?
Nope. As long as all the fans are functional it should be just fine.
Watching this had filled me with nervous energy. I have never upgraded a PC before I can't even begin to build up the confidence to try.
Upgrading this AW isn't the best place to start to upgrade. I'd say it's on the more annoying side when it comes to upgrading desktops.
Friend, my motherboard was damaged. I have an Aurora R5. I want to know what motherboard do you recommend to put in that tower? I'm thinking of buying the MSI Gaming Intel B250 LGA 1151, I'm not sure I'll buy it because I think it won't have enough space to put it.
It's a propriatary mobo so any replacement will have to be another Alienware motherboard. The R6 and R7 mobos might fit in here if you're looking to upgrade but I'm not 100% sure of that. These Alienwares use a special connector for the front power button which won't work with other branded motherboards.
@@TaylorBrauer thanks for the information friend
That will be the hardest bottle neck ever 😭
idk, I could probably do one better 😀
I have this exact model that I have and I made some minor upgrades to already. Question: everywhere I look online suggests I'm stuck with the motherboard and 6700k CPU, BUT they've also said the best one can do with the GPU is a 2070 super and you proved that wrong. Do you think there is some way to upgrade the CPU or am I stuck?
The CPU is spec'd to a certain socket and I don't believe that any generation other than 6th gen i3, i5, i7 will fit that socket. So, unfortunately, you are most likely limited CPU wise. As for GPU, as long as you take wattage and size into account, you can use anything you want. In the video here I took wattage into account with the 850w PSU but I clearly didn't take size into account, hence the riser cable.
@@TaylorBrauer After leaving my comment, I did another info search and saw that the socket is LPA 1151. I looked up what the best processors are at this size and found that there is an Intel Core i9-9900K sized this way. Do you think it would work or will it crash and burn?
@@Pudsports tbh, I don’t know. You might have to do some digging to find someone who’s successfully done it before, if you’re on the fence about attempting it yourself.
Would a 3070 have any issues fitting into the case as the 4070 did?
Looks like the limit is 10.5" per the r5 manual.
www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-aurora-r5-desktop/alienware-aurora-r5-setupandspecifications
with what are u doing that overlay while gaming to check the system workload?
It's called CapFrameX which leverages RivaTuner. It's got tons of customizations for on screen display.
i have an r6... does it has have 6pin connector that can take a newer GPU besides a 10xx series?
Not sure but it's pretty easy to crack open to check.
It's crazy no one is talking about upgrading their r6. It whether r5 or r7. There must be something with the r6....
Can you still boot into the BIOS by hitting F2 when it's booting up with the new video card?
Yep. Same with F12 if you need to access the boot loader.
havent finished yet but you mentioned if I want to play modern warfare or how about the latest COD I need 1904? Mine does say 1904 in the version number, still an A%. Do you think I should upgrade to this 4070 or just go for a new PC? thanks great info...Oh wow now I'm at the part where you are changing the power supply, 850 sheesh that seems high...Upgrading the ram, then the fan doesnt fit! Ya nevermind lol I'll buy a new PC
haha yeah it gets a bit ridiculous. These Alienwares weren't the best for upgrades to modern graphics cards unfortunately. I still love the style of this R5.
Thanks! Great video.
Thank you, Spock. Glad you enjoyed!
Hi please answer my question I'm late to this but do you think it's safe to leave gpu outside case?I want to upgrade my gpu but it's too big I don't mind being outside the case at since I don't care about no rgb light or any of that stuff I can just sit the gpu on top of a box like you did in the video? Is it safe some say no but realistically speaking is it???
It's as safe as a GPU being on the outside of your case. Which is to say, having this as a long term solution is risky especially if you can have things that can spill or fall on the GPU. If it was me, I'd keep to GPUs that fit inside the case.
I was hopeful to see that card fit in the box. Lol. Then you bust out the Frankenstein solution!
Thank you for that video. Answered my question. Hard no.
haha glad it was helpful.
@@TaylorBrauer Love the video. Where did you get your extender cable? I was looking for one as long as yours. As it happens I have the same system and, since it doesn't have thunderbolt 3, I was thinking I could put the extender cable out the back and route it into another case that I would use as a video card holder with its own powersupply. Glam frankenstein! (Glamenstein)
@@rehdwolfe haha that sounds wild. I linked the riser cable in the description. Good luck!
get a dual fan next time
Hello friend, I greet you from Ecuador. I have an alienware r7 core i7 8700k, my question is, can I install the rtx 4060? What components should I change?
Thank you, friend
I’d recommend checking out Dells documentation for the r7. That will detail exactly what size card can fit in the case for the rated power supply.
I have an R9 with a 2080super want to install a 4070tisuper what do you suggest? im not sure if it will fit where did you get the extender. Pls i need help
Luckily, Dell has some great documentation that should give you exact dimensions of card that will fit in the R9. Docs are on the support page and just enter your service tag. I'd recommend getting a card that fits to those specs, and perhaps more importantly, a card that is within the limits of your power supply. I wouldn't recommend getting an extender for using a card outside the case.
I have r5, thanks for your input. Hard to find people like you. My problem, 2 flashing lights indicates memory issue, 16 rom 2133, no boot, new 460 ps, new i7 6700, new mb, rear green light, reset cmos, no help from dell tried to sell me r16. Want to get this r5 to boot. Respect your input. Deeply appreciate your time. Failure after installing 3200 rom. My bad.
oof, sorry you're having to deal with that. I would maybe try no memory and see if you still get the same code. Then add ram one stick at a time. Sounds like you've done extensive troubleshooting. I'm wishing you luck in finding a solution.
How do I know what psu to get. I’m trying to find a 550 watt but I don’t know what will fit
Luckily, the R5 through like R9 have compatibility between themselves because they have similar chassis. Search for what you have along with what you're looking for and I'm sure you'll find compatible options.
@@TaylorBrauer does it use a standard atx psu?
@@dazios6874 I'm not sure. I only looked for the Dell/Alienware PSUs as they have the right cable lengths and some cables are proprietary. I def think you run into issues with a regular PSU that isn't for that exact Alienware generation.
Yo I really need somone like u (who daily drives an Aurora r5 and smart) idk if I have a r5 r6 r7 or r8 can u tell me the diffrence please ? also how do u get the cpu gpu temps and usage percent on the top left ?
There should be a service tag on the back that you can enter on Dell's website and view the specs for the system. If you don't find it on the back it's also listed in the BIOS. That stats display is coming from MSI Afterburner. It's a GPU tweaking program but it has a on screen display for stats in the settings.
thats...awesome!
Thanks!!
Does the cpu makes the system bottleneck? the gpu is overkill for the cpu
Yes, the cpu bottlenecks. I knew it was going to be a bottleneck going in but I was curious hehe.
@@TaylorBrauer Anyway thanks for your video. I also have Aurora r5. Despite the bottleneck issue, you proof that GPU upgrade will improve the performance.
@@Chrisdian7 Yw! Have a good one.
hey youre really smart, any ideas what upgrades i can make to my aurora r6
i have no idea where to start. i wanna make it the best i can
If you don't already have an SSD or NVME drive installed I'd start there. That's going to give you the most performance upgrade. There's also RAM, CPU and Graphics Card upgrades. Those might or might not require upgrading the PSU though. Dell has great documentation for these Alienwares which should give you a lot more info on what's possible with upgrades. Good luck!
I have an alienware aurora r7 as my pc what upgrades would work in it to get a stable 240 fps in fortnite
I just picked one up for 50 it definitely needs work just got ram needs a graphics card and a hard drive but it's in decent shape I think you can upgrade the processor ile look into it but I'm definitely excited to see you were able to play 2077 on it that makes me feel hopeful
Congrats! That's a great deal. Look into Dell's documentation for the R5 as it's really helpful in knowing all the compatible hardware. Enjoy!
instead of a gpu upgrade why not platform upgrade? pretty sure for tha money spent on the 4070 TI u could've gotten a newer Intel platform or even amd. EDIT..... after checking ur channel out i see it was mainly a test, as u have a 7800x3d and 13600k on aswell. SRRY bout that
No worries. I appreciate the feedback. You're right, if I wasn't doing an experiment the better choice would be looking to upgrade the mobo, processor, and ram.
Awesome video! I have an R7 and wondered if you could do something like this.
I believe so since it shares the same chassis. Try to get a card to fit inside the case so it doesn't get damaged. Check your power supply to to make sure it supports whichever card you pick.
what's the best gpu i can upgrade to without getting a new power supply？
The power supply I pulled from this Alienware is 460w so any combination of hardware that falls below that. Check how much wattage your power supply can support.
@@TaylorBrauer thanks for the reply, I'm a noob. What's the thing that you used that showed all the data like the fps and other stuff?
@@jeffyou7594 Yw! It's called CapFrameX. You'll have to install RTSS (the Rivatuner stats app) to get the overlay to show up. It's a pretty nice software that can also record graphs for a bunch of stuff.
@@TaylorBrauer ok ty！
Im quite confused, ive ran pcs with 4th gen and no gou and theve updated later than than build and ive had windows 11 running fine and updating
In the case of the R5, like I have here, Alienware never released a fTPM bios update to the system so it's not compatible with Windows 11. I couldn't even get the latest version of Windows 10 working on it because one (or more) of drivers is incompatible with later versions of Windows 10.
I was looking at updating my R7 and i think the 4070 dual fan might fit haven't tried it yet but looks like it will and if it's just shy ill remove the front facing fan and get one that's a lower profile which should do it
That's exciting! Check out the documentation for the R7 to see what lengths are supported. The Dell docs are great and should provide you with everything you need before you upgrade.
I put a 4070RTX in my R7 and it works great. That one will let you run Diablo 4 and upgrade Windows10. It keeps asking to upgrade to Windows11, but I am not certain the processor supports it.
Aurora R7 supports Win 11 as I have one with the original 1080 GPU 16GB; I was lucky that I upgraded my PSU to 850W as I've just got a RTX4070 to install as it is within the 10.5" length for the case. Good to know the RTX4070 works great
@@dingapotamuss6213did you upgrade the cpu also I have an R7 with a gtx 1070 and I want to upgrade to a 4070
@@rizzo6783 I didn't upgrade the CPU as I'm leaving that for when I buy a new rig. The 4070 upgrade was a short term performance measure until then. If you are going to upgrade the CPU I would take advantage of new motherboards with DDR 5 RAM and PCIe 5.0 (4070 is PCIe 5.0 ready). Putting a new CPU in the R7 is like dropping a Ferrari engine into a Ford Focus.
What is the overlay you are using to see the output measurements?
I'm using a tool called CapFrameX.
Hey I need some help Im trying to get a 40 series for my aurora r11 but I don’t know what will fit can anyone help me
Check documentation on Dell's support site. That should contain a lot of info on exactly what can fit.
Supposedly you can install Win11 if you just do a clean install (no upgrade from Win10. Your key should transfer over, but honestly just get a pro key and bake the drivers in with microwin
It's a bios limitation which is much tricker. Dell didn't add the fTPM workaround to these motherboards.
@@TaylorBrauer I see… how irresponsible of them 😂 I wonder what other mods are possible, like adding Thunderbolt. There is what appears to be a TBT header but the pins aren’t soldered on… if that is a standard 5pin, perhaps a maple ridge card could be installed
A 650W power supply will also work.
4060TI fits as well I test it out double performance compared to my 1080
That’s good to know. The 4060ti is a powerful little card.
How did that ram work on that motherboard ?
It works. There's no XMP so it wasn't using the full speed.
@@TaylorBrauer I see , could my i5 be an issue since when I put 3000MHZ 2x16gb my computer wouldn’t boot I’d get the 4 yellow blinks
@@tjomg9354 I'm not sure but, Dell has great documentation on their site which should help you out. Good luck!
A crazy idea would to be watercool and Aurora R8 I've searched all the cross RUclips and no one has ever even attempted it.
That's a good idea. It's tricky given that the inside is so compact.
@@TaylorBrauer It would require custom water blocks for the GPU and CPU. Which a company that's well know makes. The water pump can be placed anywhere..
I would use soft tubes for flexibility and have custom metal brackets for the pump. Also would cut out the top of the case out so I could at least put a two fan radiator in there(if possible)
The size of the GPU would be greatly reduced since you only need the chip cooled and you won't need fans for it.
I have and aurora R8 myself and always wanted to custom water cool it. Went looking on RUclips see if anyone has attempted it but found nothing..
So I think I'll try it myself when it get time.
But could be a great idea for a RUclips video though my help your channel grow..
@@vlossgaming533 Oh dang you've thought about this. You should give it a go if it's a project you really care about. If I had the skillset I'd try it. That's a bit advanced for my desktop customizing skills. I would like to try a custom loop in a larger case to get my feet wet.
Bro thank you for upgrade the gpu and power supply and that was good. But can you play game on your. Pc😊
Yw!
Dude the rtx 4070 super faster than your rtx 4070😊
Bro thats not fair play, you also upgraded the ram.
Yes, that’s correct. Not sure what’s not fair as there isn’t any rules lol.
Hey loved the video, but want to let you know that you can play Diablo 4 on your system , did it on mine we have the exact model the only difference was my pc was a 6400 that I upgraded to the 6600K paired with an RX 570 8gb and I can play Diablo 4 i advise you to download the latest windows version and it will be the 22h2 and you can play d4 on that and call of duty , cheers keep the vids coming
Thanks! I'll consider looking into that.
Wait you can install a 4060ti with 460w psu? Interesting
Nvm I kept watching lol
Also the windows proble should be fixed when you completely reinstall windows
You would think but unfortunately that's not the case. The initial install will work but as soon as you layer on the drivers, it crashes again.
@@TaylorBrauer hmh thats very strange. perhaps some bios setting? or is that a common issue with that model? Ive never had such issue and windows 10/11 runs flawlessly on my 2009 macbook
@@florider_hd It's a Dell thing. Dell refused to patch pcs before the R7 and that includes PCs with newer versions of windows 10. It's pretty lame.
@@TaylorBrauer dang. im using a 2013 dell rn with a 1660 super in it. it works just fine on the newest version
ON R5 AURORA YOU NEED TO BUY MATCHING SETS LIKE 2 X 4 GB FOR 8GB DUEL CHANEL MODE OR 2 X 8GB FOR 16GB AND UPWARDS COMPATIBLY SPEEDS FOR R5 ARE 2166MHZ, 2400MHZ, OR 2666MHZ, ALWAYS BUY NEW AND SEALED MATCHING KITS, ALSO THE DIMM SLOTS ORDER IS IMPORTANT HOPE MY DIMM SLOT CONFIG BELOW HELPS, IT WOULD BE BETTER THAT YOU BUY RAM STICKS LIKE HYPER X FURY MODUALS THAT DONT USE XMP PROFILES , JUST RUN AT THE NATIVE SPEEDS FOR THE SPEEDS LISTED IN THIS COMMENT, 32GB SHOULD BE 4X 8GB AT EITHER 2166MHZ, 2400MHZ, 2666MHZ
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You should put an AIO
That would be fun.
Only a two fans Gpu can fit in that case
i don't know what my friend did to my r5 but i have windows 11 pro on mine.
That's pretty awesome. You can get some more life out of the r5. I'm not sure Windows 10 will be supported in the long term.
@@TaylorBrauer should a 3060 to fit a little better than the 4070? I don’t want anything too crazy just trying to beef mine up a bit.
@@miscellaneousmayhem8623 It's hard to say since the cards could be varying sizes. Dell has excellent documentation on their website which should tell you exact dimensions of what will fit.
I got ya. Thanks for the info.
get a 2 fan card.
@@ayayoutuber true. A 2 fan card would be much better.
why exactly such a powerful card? a 4060ti would be much better fit and actually fit physically too. thid is just a waste of money...a 4060ti would also wortk with the old psu
a 4070 ti and a 4060 ti are so far apart in performance lol
@@REALMETAFN yeah i know but you wont be able to fully utilize the 4070 in most games because of that old i7
@WT95 i dont own one. just sayin that such a powerful card is a terrible idea. i figured he wanted an nvidia card but i myself would have gone with something like the 6700xt.
Perhaps you're right and the simple answer is, I don't have a 4060Ti.
The Asus Dual 4070 fits perfect if you are interested
i7 6700 with rtx 4070 ti ? WTF ?
Exactly.
It’s crazy because I think you are cpu bottle knecked now. Could get more with a new cpu I would inagjne
Oh definitely. That 6700 can't keep up. It's more of an upgrade to step up the CPU because of the mobo replacement required. I believe this series of Alienware went up to 9th gen Intels.
@@TaylorBrauer that is true I forget about their proprietary motherboards too
Do u think this processor can handle a rx 6600? I’m stuck with this pc for now and I could get a rx 6600 for 100$ from my friend. Currently have a gtx 1070
I don't know anything about the rx6600 to give you a solid answer but as long as it's got the right PCIe port, power delivery within PSUs spec, and it will fit the dimensions of the case then it should be fine. Dell has detailed info on graphics card length supported by the chassis on their site. Good luck!
@@TaylorBrauer thanks boss
@@TaylorBrauer and also did ur Aurora r5 fans ever get loud, mine get pretty loud on games like apex legends
@@dazios6874 It does get pretty loud. That's just the nature of compact cases with a couple fans and lots of hardware. That's been an on going challenge for Alienware.
@@TaylorBrauer and btw sorry for asking a bunch of questions, is it worth upgrading the ram on my r5?
Is it even possible to upgrade the motherboard on a Aurora r5
It might be possible to upgrade to an R6, R7, etc motherboard as long as it's the same chassis. idk that for sure though as I haven't tried this. As far throwing any non Alienware mobo in there, def not.
@@TaylorBrauerI got this exact pc with a gtx 1070. You think I should buy this rx 6600 that I found for a good deal and just use that with the i7 6700 for now? I’m planning to build a whole new system next year but not right now.