Is a Six-Year-old Alienware X51 Gaming PC Still Worth Buying?
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Alienware PCs generally range from expensive to very expensive but if you find a second hand one like my X51-R2 here, then you can get the brand name for less money.
In 2014 this $700 or so configuration was the weakest in the Alienware lineup, so how well has it held up, and can it be upgraded?
Thanks for watching :)
I remember when I used to think the only option to get into pc gaming was to buy an Alienware when I was in high school lol
Me too!
Me three Lmaoo
Back in high school, my dream GPU was the 780Ti when it was new
their desktops were actually a very good choice back in the days. However, now only there laptops are worth it unfortunately.
Yeah but right now they suck. :
I would've loved one of these as a kid, thinking Alienware was the best thing ever.
Now I'm building computers and realize is just some crappy "Alienware Gaming PC" as some crappy 2000$ PC with 1 stick of 32GB ram.
same i wanted alienware.
Yeah they had great marketing, most people I know including myself had the same thoughts, some still do
@@graingerferry7904 Back then in like 2005 - 2012ish, most people weren't too keen on the PC building community by then, so Alienware was really their best option for a good gaming PC when Linus was still unpopular and having the most 3D girls on your graphics card box meant more performance rather than RGB nowadays.
Bro I use to see Alienware computers the grail status until my other friend around the age explained to me that they aren’t worth it.
Same, I always imagined how awesome it would be to own one of their over 2000 $ systems. Now I know better and build my own rigs. Alienwares nowadays are a total ripoff, you get the cheapest blower design GPU they could find, a weird alienware branded motherboard with the absolute minimum spec VRMs and a pathetic cooler. And as some have mentioned maybe even single channel ram at the lowest clock speed one could buy.
I would love an old alienware just to play about with
I would totally build a sleeper pc in a old alienware case.
I have one
It's not fun to play with mine, it's more of a chore whenever I try... Thank god I upgraded.
I'll buy this not for what's inside. It's for the case looks cool. Throw away the motherboard and procesor and GPU. Sell the DDR 3 memory sticks. The memory will get you your money back on the case. People still need the DDR 3 memory if they're running an AMD A12 which can still run most newer games like example GTA V or Doom Eternal they just update GPU to either AMD RX or NVDIA 20 series
Alienwares are trash the cases are difficult to build anything higher end that wont overheat I used to have one and it has these weird lighting and fan boards separately and wont work unless using a alienware mb to my knowledge
There is something so relaxing about your videos, I don't know what.
Maybe the way you talk.
Thanks :)
I ever think the same, lol. The way he talk make the video realy good to watch
MY GRANDMA USED TO OWN THIS.
Oh my gosh we used to play WOW together, that’s so crazy that it’s the exact make and model that her’s was... thank you for bringing back that feeling of being with her.
Nice to hear. What a cool granny dude!
Love your consistency man I really enjoy how everyday when my online classes finish you upload a video so I can relax a little with your relaxing voice and excellent content. ❤️
Thanks mate
even this "6" year old entry level pc easily beats the shit out of my maxed out gaming lga 775 pc
i have 775 with q9650
well yes, they stopped making processors for it 9 years ago
@@-Ofek What cpu cooler do you use? I have an e6300 and I tried replacing it with a q6600, but it heats up wayy too much for my cpu cooler and the q6600 cant run at all for more than 3 minutes without overheating
@@strider6294 lmao i have a dell optiplex 380 im using the stock cooler
And I thought my Ryzen 3 was underpowered... I started on a 775 socket Celeron D 😂
The way they put these together making swaping parts stupid hard. Soooooo glad I didn't buy something like this when I didn't know any better.
same. i was looking at these back in 2013
And they had garbage cooling
yeah I was better off with an hp prebuilt, its a regular case and i was able to upgrade it so much that I can still run games great
Done on purpose, to dissuade the average guy, but not to complicated so it's not fixable.
i upgraded my friend's pc recently and this was what she was using before. she gave it to me and i havent touched it yet cuz that power brick made me nervous to upgrade anything on it. this video has actually helped a lot to give me an idea of what i can do. time to look for a 1050 ti.
I mean you could probably get away with almost any gpu that can run without psu cables since the PCI-Express slot only takes about 75w (if I remember correctly)
Mine has the 330W block, which is about the same size as the 970 GPU shoehorned into it. Dimensions are critical, for example, the 1070 reference won't fit as it's about 2cm too long. An alternative is to get the AGA as that allows the smaller 12V adapter to be used solely for the CPU, and then run the GPU in a separate enclosure; it's no longer really a SFF at that point though.
Note the mobo is custom, with extra power stages to support the single 12V input (compared with the ATX 24 pin with multiple rails) and airflow is severely compromised, with a single 40mm input fan at the front into the GPU area and a CPU fan ducted to the outside. There's an extra sub-20mm fan over one of the power stages that must have been running hot.
I have this setup. I got an x51 from a friend who thought it was broken. He had a 1060 in it and it wouldn't start at a moment. I bought a 1050ti. popped it in, and it works on every modern game, not ultra settings though, more like med high with nice fps. Mine has an i7 4770, 330v psu, 16gb ram and the 1050ti mining card. Very happy. Oh and 500gb ssd with sticky tape on top of the disk drive. Velcro would be better though.
The outside design is OK, very console like, but the internals of these or basically anything Dell usually bother me. Too much extra crap I think because of tooling reuse and steel and drive bays etc. Sometimes airflow is smart, other times non existent lol. It just always seems like it could be easier, even with mass production and cost in mind....
Sometimes Dell just makes the weirdest things. I got an old Optiplex and instead of a normal Cpu cooler, it just has a massive heatsink with the front case fan blowing right onto it. Is that considered a passive cooler since it isnt the cpu cooler that has the fan? idk.
My Optiplex 9020 MT is a pretty standard ATX design, the 9010's family and prior even uses a standard 24 pin connector.
@@LloydLynx if only i had one of those newer optiplexes. Mine is the 755.
@@nerk886 Optiplex 755 uses BTX form factor which explains its rather strange heatsink design
@@nerk886 Many Office Pc's have that, also HP. This way they cheap out on the system fan, as the same fan also cools the motherboard and blows air out of the case.
And honestly it works good, I have a Dell and a HP office pc that I upgraded to a Q6600. Even overclocked to 3ghz they stay fairly cool.
Why would they put a i3 in an Alienware?? Even back when this system was new this system was overpriced and shitty. That’s Alienware for you though.
Because people who buy an Alienware usually know nothing about PCs, or at least nothing in depth or up to date. May as well fill the price stack. Check out the Alienware subreddit sometime....
It was an ok cpu back in the day, but yeah shouldn’t be in an Alienware to be honest
I mean, AT LEAST a i5 4590 for a motherfkng Alienware.
Yeah, if you had $600 to spend on a PC in 2014 you could've gotten the same specs but with a better PSU and a GTX 950 or maybe even a discounted 960 (GPU budget would've been around $150)
That 13 is not even nearly as horryfying as the 745
we’ve actually got one of these as our family computer, my father bought it back in 2014 just because it looked cool and back then all i would play on it was minecraft lol
same specs except that ours actually only came with 6gb of ram
My pc ram was listed as 7.95 gb🤣🤣
@@quinnard9750 whats funny anout that? 7.95 means 8
@@vashishtshaurya Yes, it means that .05 of it is saved for the system
@@Quicksilver-7791 yeah exactly and it ain't like your getting scammed out of .5 gb of ram cauzd it's hardly makes a difference
@@vashishtshaurya it's just weird
this is the exact computer i got for my 16th birthday... that thing lasted me a good 4 years. even though it was a desktop, it was so comparatively light and small to other desktops that i regularly took it and everything that came with it to other places i would stay for more than a week. its really cool to see you review something that served me so well for what feels like so long. after i was done with it and made my first pc, i installed linux on it, and gave it to my dad. he still uses it for his home pc with an ultrawide monitor.
My x51 has a i7 3770 and I put a 960 4gb and 16 gigs of ram in it and it still rocks. While its not my main system anymore I'm not going to get rid of it. It makes for a great back up. I did have my 1660 super in it before I took it out and put it in my new build.
@@greatgoen2125 I have the 330 watt and the 1660 super worked absolutely fine in it. Don't worry about the powersupply most of these card coming out today won't even be close to reaching any power limit.
gtx970.. hdd are fuck up already...
Mine is still my do all with a 750ti, i5-4460 and 16GB. If I can in the future was looking to "upgrade" to the same CPU and GPU as yours.
Maybe a later gen i7.
I am still using my Alienware X51 16GB ram, Evo 860 SSD, 250 Intel SSD, 1060 turbo 6gb, I7 intel with 330w power brick and still going strong.
Love this! I have an X51 R1 that an old client gave me for free, that I've been slowly upgrading over the last few years with whatever components I can muster up for free \ cheap \ had already. As you stated, getting components that fall within the power limits has been an issue, especially since on an R1 it is recommended to buy the power board from an R2 if you want to upgrade to the 330 watt power supply, and at around 150 US dollars, I decided it would be best to just stick with the limitations.
It started as an even more basic machine than yours, with a third gen i3, 4 gigs of RAM and a GT 730. Since then I've upgraded it to an i7 3770, 16gb of Kingston HyperX, a 512GB SSD and an EVGA 1050ti.
It's actually impressed me multiple times with what I've been able to run on the machine, and it's become the perfect little living room PC. The only thing that's managed to elude me is finding the compatible Blu-ray drive for it at a reasonable price.
All that said, I really only recommend picking one of these up if you are buying one that is pretty much already maxed out components wise, and even then only had a reasonable price.
I don't know if this has been said already, but I would love to see you do a video about just how far you could upgrade the system. even possibly a motherboard swap to a newer platform. its a great form factor for a living room pc but just hasn't got the legs for a premium experience in 2020.
That little i3 is still capable of putting up a good fight 6 years later, that's really impressive
GTX 745 buyers thought: surely this thing is only slightly slower than a 750ti
In reality: Extremely slower than a 750ti night and day.
I had one of them in my first prebuilt pc
Well you'd think it would be a least slower than a 750 (non-ti), and that's pretty noticeably slower than a TI. So it being much slower than a 750TI should be expected.
I think that too. They were never really meant for gaming.
Im curious how it got 4GB VRAM in the first place whereas there was only 2gb vram max for my GTX 750Ti
@@aqibmehmood7326 probably because it is ddr3. Still it is useless.
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I'd love to own one, for the case alone.
The inclusion of a riser-card that allows full-height GPU's is almost worth the entire thing.
Granted as you pointed out, the PSU brick might be a bit on the low end, but one can still get plenty of fun out of a GTX 1050/1650 with i3/i5 and 8 GB of RAM.
The case is a pain. I broke the mobo somehow trying to install an ssd.
I'm pretty sure I can handle it.
After all, I've been assembling computers since the 486.
2:57 Looks like the mothership had little aliens inside.
Broo 💀
I have this pc, had a gtx 745 and an i3, served me well up to till march 2020, when i built a new pc. It makes me glad to see a pc i had on the channel.
I own one of those. i5, 8gb (now 16), SSD'ed from the first day on, GTX 750ti. It's impressive what it can still do. It was the first gaming rig I ever bought, slightly overpriced, but smooth like silk. Wouldn't buy again because form factor and custom, weak PSU, but it's still serving its purpose to this day for casual mayhem.
Does it make sense to get the i7 version, getting a decent deal on marketplace
@@prodigy5892 Yes if you get the beefier PSU with it. Then you can throw in a nice 1060 and enjoy surprisingly modern gaming performances.
You should start testing these old systems with GeForce Now and Google Stadia... If they are capable to "run" those services then they'd become quite interesting to purchase and use "as they are", without any need to upgrade.
Better to upgrade the machine to the max supported by the MB and run Games on the machine...
It literally works on a 50 dollar atom stick.
this thing wifi are right next the cpu heatsink....
Riiight, gaming pc with gtx 745, well done Alienware
its 6 years old bro
@@0_rkx It was crap 6 years ago
I used this computer with an i5 and 1060 3GB for a year! Got it at a pawn shop and GPU from ebay! Fans would kick up though!
This PC is what actually got me into PC gaming? Served me well for several years before failing. Now I am building my PC's.
I still have my X51 R3. Call it whatever you want, but I've had this thing since 2013 and it's been my favorite PC that I've ever owned. I love it and will never sell it!
I have one and it works just fine, i7 4790s, gtx 1060, 16gb ram, ssd. I only game at 1080p and it handles most things no problem.
I had one of these up until this year, upgrading as I went and it was great. Eventually moved the entire contents to an HTC case and gave it to my daughter. It was only yesterday that I used the gpu bracket out of it to mount my 5700XT vertically in my new PC. The gift that keeps on giving :-)
my x51 r1 was my BABY. pushed it to its limits.. 16gb of ram, i7-2700k, 2tb ssd, and... i kind of forget the final gpu? so many passed through that poor box... that was a GREAT 5 years. it may have ran warm, and may have been a bit loud, but dammit, it was sleek, out of the way, fast as all hell (compared to what i was used to) and was one hell of a conversation piece! took every game that i could throw at it like a champ. R.I.P. Roswell, miss ya little buddy.
*OVERPRICED WARE*
Agree. Look nice though.
@Circuit Carbon haha true but their next macbooks look very fine though if they lower the price due to using mobile chips while the mobile chips are on par or faster than a 10th gen i7 (I think a14x is going to be faster haha). Plus the graphics might perform better than a rx 5500m
@Circuit Carbon back then lptop was shit.. so this is good option when you had dorm tv..
I've started work that week and was very pleased to use this computer as my first work computer, and it still olds up pretty well for developpling 3D applications
Your content gets better and better. Nicely presented and interesting.
ahh I had one of these when I was younger! it was great, except for when the motherboard fried (replaced under warranty). I still have it, and it has a GTX 670, an i7, and 8gb of ram. Got it for christmas in 2013 - I won’t forget it.
Good. Make an update once it's upgraded. I recommend:
- LGA1150 i7
- Maximum RAM
- GTX 1660 Super (or equivalent)
It can't do all 3 even with the 350w PSU.
Cool editing with the held perspective text
I have this machine and still use it. Still going strong.
I bought one of these for a family member when they first came out, with an I7 and a gtx960. Over the years we upgraded the memory to 2x8gb Ripjaws, upgraded to a ssd, added a drive in the hidden m.2 slot, and upgraded the wifi/Bluetooth to 6. This version works with the Alienware graphics amplifier, which takes a full size standard power supply. I got one used, upgraded to a 650ps, and was able to get a rtx960 running after some effort. The amplifier takes a lot of load off of the x51s power brick, which we have replaced twice over the years. The system still holds up well, though the bulk of the accelerator kind of negates the x51s small form factor.
Switching from a 10+ years old normal office pc to play games like nfs most wanted 05 in the lowest setting to this one, well, I'm really happy of my purchase because i can finally play assetto corsa with around 50fps 😁
Not bad :D this looks so Nice.
I just upgraded from one of these last week. It last me 7 years and only had the GPU upgraded to a 1050ti 3 years ago because the power supply couldn’t handle anything more. I had to get a new machine because this one would crash / bsod constantly, would fail to boot (the fans would spin up and lights would come on and then it would power off before repeating this until I stepped in), and the 8GB of ram wasnt cutting it anymore. Rest in peace X51 from 5th grade. Me and my new rig will remember you when I’m off at school :’)
I have the XPS 8700, it's essentially a step up from this... I have an i7 4790 and it came with the GeForce 745.. I didn't keep it long as I upgraded it to a Radeon r9 270+ then to a GeForce GTX 1060, I can openly say that if you upgrade that to an i7 and a 1060 you'll be able to run most games smoothly at 1080p.
Recently gave one of these to a friend's kid but it was a i7 4790 and I put a 1060 GTX in it. He's loving it.
I’m still using one of these that I got back in 2014. I’ve upgraded it to an i7-4470, 16GB of PC3-12800, a 1TB SSD, and a GTX 1050 over the years. The upgrade path for this machine means I was able to get get by over these years I’ve been using it just fine.
My daily system is an Alienware X51 R2 with an i7-4790 liquid cooled, 16GB ram & an ASUS GTX 1070 Turbo with the 330W power brick. This is about its max configuration and it is a VERY capable system running everything I play at max such as BF1. The X51 R2 is a very nice, underrated system. :-)
I own a X51 R3, with i5 6400, 8gb DRR4, 480 GB SSD, and a GTX 970. I built another PC to replace my X51 R3 about a year ago. I love the small size, needed a small computer with full size specs. I didn't have the room at the time for full size tower. Dell removed the disc drive from the X51 R3. It still pretty good 1080p system for the games that I played on it. My X51 R3 costed 400 US dollars in late 2018.
I have the X51 R2, and I can say, it’s served me very well. Very surprised to see this video
I still have the Alienware X51 and I’ve had it since 2014.
I have owned this wonderful piece of gaming tech for last 8+years.
Probably the best purchase I've done.
I'm now going to update the memory and graphics card for cyberpunk 2077 and I'm set till next gen.
Processor is i7 3rd gen out of the box.
Yayy another randomgaminghd upload 😄😁😁💪
I overpaid for an Alienware R1 (about $260 USD) with an i3-2120, 8gb DDR3 and a GT645. I ended up swapping out the i3 for a Xeon E3 1245 (no issues at all! Just plug n play. It was about $30 USD and it’s basically an i7 2600 with ECC memory support for about $65 less on the used U.S. market), added another 8gb dim for 16gb total, and managed to get a GTX 1060 FE in the box for about $150. While yes, I did overpay ALOT, it was a worthwhile purchase because I needed a pc that would fit in a bookshelf and wanted something very compact but upgradable and versatile. It plays SW BF1 at 65-70 FPS, SWJFO at 60-65 FPS, and Halo Reach at about 90 FPS (all games at a mix of medium/high settings at 1080p). It’s a lovely 2nd computer for me and I have no regrets really.
Edit: Forgot to mention I also put in a relatively cheap ssd in it & I did a complete fresh install of windows for quick load times and a bloatware free experience
I have an Alienware X51 R2 (as a Secondary emulation and gaming machine) with i5 3470, 12 GB DDR-3, I swapped the CD/DVD Drive with an SSD caddy and added a 120 Kingston Hyper X+500GB HDD. The graphics card is 1050ti. The gaming experience on 2K is pretty decent. Moreover, the power supply can be upgraded to a 330watt and GTX 1070 or 1660 can also be used moreover the system has a power delivery daughter board inside which may or may not support a 330-watt power brick. Overall it's a pretty nice console-sized PC. BTW love your videos, keep up the good work.
My first modern PC which I bought at the start of 2014: i5 4440, 2x 4GB DDR3 1333, GTX 650ti OC 2GB, 1TB WD Blue. Still pretty decent to this day and it cost less than the X51, though the motherboard had to get replaced in 2017.
I had to specify the 650ti as they were calling it a gaming PC despite the lack of a graphics card. Probably the best lived part, as it matches a GT 1030 in performance while having NVEC. Still my favourite graphics card even having owned a GTX 970, and currently a GTX 1070. Going from a Quadro NVS 110M, it was a big deal.
I remember playing ghost recon phantoms on my dads laptop, and somehow convinced him to get me an x51 R2. This was my first introduction to PC gaming, and it was an amazing experience at the time, where all I played was CS:GO and BF3. Good times❤
I actually bought a Dell XPS 8700 6 years ago for around £700 and that had a i7-4790 with a GTX 745, 16GB DDR3 at 1600MHz, a 2TB HDD, a crappy 460W PSU and a godawful stock Intel cooler.
It's had quite a few upgrades since:
GTX 1070 (might be upgrading again to a RTX 3070 if I manage to get it)
1TB Samsung 860 EVO SSD (Windows installed here) + 2TB Crucial MX 500 SSD + existing HDDs
Riotoro Enigma G2 650W 80+ Gold PSU
Arctic Freezer 33 eSport Edition cooler
Everything was moved into a NZXT S340 case. The old case was an absolute nightmare to work with and it got caked in dust so easily.
CPU & RAM remain as they were.
The 4790 is still a fantastic CPU even today and 16GB RAM is plenty.
I’m three years late to this video, but I bought a “top of the line” R2 unit back in 2014. i7-4790, 8GB DDR3, and I think a 760 Ti. I last upgraded it in fall 2019 with a 1660 Ti, 16 GB DDR3 and a 2TB SSD. I games on this machine all the way up to July 2023 when I retired it in order to build my own gaming PC for the first time ever.
Now we’re at the end of 2024 and I think I’ll give my X51 R2 a complete dust off both in and out, fresh install windows 10 and possibly re-paste the CPU cooler. Then I’ll sell it locally for like $200 usd or less. Hopefully it’ll find a good home.
I bought one of these for 150 at a thrift store in 2018, and upgraded to 32 g ram. runs great for general computing...!
Our family has the i5 model with a 1050 ti and a 500gb SSD in it. My wife uses it for work daily, as well as some casual gaming. The machine is still quiet and quick 6 years on.
Hey I got one for free from my mother in law(she used to play wow back in 2014 lol). Definitely gonna try and upgrade the graphics and cpu
this is the exact same pc i currently have and although its not top of the line it still handles my games fairly well most of the time.
I received one of the R1 machines for free in 2015. Ran it until this year with 16 GB of RAM, an SSD and a 5 TB HD. If you replace the original power board (D0HY5) with the R2 power board (D85RT) and use the 330 watt power brick, it's possible to use 6 pin to 8 pin adapters and run the 1070 TI and newer.
I got this i5 model of this pc as a birthday present in 2014 and still use it today as I haven't really had the budget to upgrade since, still runs most games I play like csgo and gta at 90+ fps
They make great media PCs. Pair with a wireless keyboard/trackpad and hide behind the TV (they also sit horizontally if needed) and it can play movies, or casual games all day. With the 330W block, it can run a 970 as standard, or even 1070 blower with a minor case hack (the HDD might need swapping to a 2.5 SSD, and the front fan and Alienware head are removed).
Love these old x51s! Still use my R1 with a 3770 i7, 16 GB of RAM, and an upgraded 1060 GTX. It's surprisingly capable for 1080p gaming and emulation (with the right expectations). I even enjoy some of my well-aged titles in 4K. If finances allow, will be upgrading this holiday season.
I wanted this pretty badly back in the day, glad to see a video :)
I own an X51 R2 bought new in 2014 that I've taken apart in 2017 and put into a Mid Tower case and a new 450w power supply. It came with the i7-4790 with the GTX 760ti w/ 16gb Ram which i swapped for a GTX 1060 6gb and it still holds up to the most recent titles at a playable frame rate.
Power brick is not a limitation at all. If the male jack is proprietary, you can cut it off. Buy a bigger rated power brick with the same voltage, then solder the male jack to the new brick. Done.
i normally dont comment, but man i love your chan, it's like weekly nostalgia
A true legend on the scene, keep it up man love the videos!
I prefer the cases Alienware used in the early 2000s that were normal looking towers but had their own modifications to them. I also liked the old dells of the late 90s to early 2000s, mainly the Dimension XPS T and B lines.
Yup I have a alienware x51 R2, i7 4790, 1060 gtx founders edition, corsair Vengeance Pro ddr3 16gb, Noctua NH-I9i, NF-A6x25 and NF-A4x10 fans. Love the form factor, picked it up dirt cheap, so I did these upgrades, normally play tarkov, and has no problems with 60+fps
I would love to see a fully upgraded version of this system!
Remember seeing the ads for theses as a kid, and this being my dream PC, ohh how times have changed
I am at the moment, turning a X51 R2 into a Retroarch Emulation system i picked up for £50. Haswell i5, GTX 745, 240w PSU and 1TB HDD. Added a 128gb SSD for OS and going to use the 1TB HDD for the roms. Great use for any of the 240w psu versions as they are not worth paying £50+ for the better PSU. If you have one gathering dust then it is a great solution for them.
I like those texts on the case you put, keep it up man! 👍
I still have Alienware X51 i bought it used about 2 years ago it still works great
Back in the mid 2000’s I drooled over owning an Alienware computer. I remember building one on the website and the best one I could build was over $16,000 lol. I can’t remember the specs but I know even a computer I built in 2008 blew that one out of the water. Also I am a proud owner of a 2014 Alienware laptop that has the i7 4000 series (can’t remember the exact number) and also the AMD GPU that’s almost as powerful as the GTX 970. (Again can’t remember the AMDs numbers lol). But the laptop still holds up really well today.
17,600th exactly!!! my birthday keeps getting better!!!!
So this computer was one I got. Paid $1200, had an i7 2600k, 8gb ram and....a gt 555m.... It taught me a lot about computers. It broke so often I learned how to fix a lot of things. Once the GPU sounded like a jet engine on dota med 30fps i put in a 960 and it was still good, even if it was overpriced. But I got my money's worth in knowledge.
I have an Aurora r2 as a backup pc and with just a gpu upgrade it's a beast that can handle most games
Funny that a year later they released the Alpha, a much smaller and more powerful machine for the same cost. I bought one a little after it came out and am still loving it. I've got a much better PC now but I have about 800 emulated games running on that thing flawlessly from NES to Wii U. The thing can still run WII U GAMES. Gem of a machine and I love it to death, I'll be sad the day it dies.
I bought one of these back in May, it was listed as broken on Ebay (needed a bios update) it cost me $300AUD which is about 160GBP and came with a i7 4790 16GB of ram and a gtx 745, I installed a gtx 1650 into it. Now its a really strong and cheap gaming system. These old alienwares are great little systems once the graphics are upgraded. I just hope the price doesn't inflate to much in the future because they're a great cheap way to get into gaming.
I still use this computer! Although I have upgraded it with gtx 1650 paired with my 15 4460, this computer still does me well :)
These are actually a great little machine, If you get the alienware x51 r3 power supply and fit that to the case you can turn them into little beasts
mine had a 4770 and a 980 gtx in it at the time (best way is to get a blower style fan, no modding required if using a r3 power supply)
I actually have one of these laying around, it was my dads old pc. It has a i7 4790, 8gb ram and it had a 750ti. I now have a exspensive pc as my main rig, but im looking to buy 1060 for the alienware and use it for LAN parties or just for when i have friends over.
Get a 16gb kit of 1600-2133 mhz ram and a pny blower style 1660 and you’re golden I have that exact setup and run warzone at 1080p at medium/high setting and get just under 120 fps
Temps are fine too my cpu never goes over 70C and the gpu right at the same never going over 70C
Hey I've been subbed for like 2 years now keep it up
this was my second ever gaming computer. at the time this was pretty high end
Just picked one up today for $20 lol! On market place , I just put in a 1650 and 8gb ram for a total of 12 , man best deal I’ve gotten in a long time
First! Keep the good work up!
im using this right now with a i5 4460 and soon in the week ill be upgrading the gtx745 to a 1050ti
DONT BUY THE 1050 TI,BUY THE RX 570 Or GTX 1650 SUPER,the 1050 ti is over pruced fir how shit it is
Yeah mate a 1650 is a much better deal
1050 ti sucks you cant really play games with that one in 2020
Thank you RUclips, watched this video the day it came out, but got the notification today, a entire week later.
Man I loved this case design back in the day.
I remember years ago before Dell bought them. Just a basic system from them was well over 5,000 US. I love how the world has flipped. How popular tech is now.
I have the r3 and did some modifications to it. Now has a 400w 80+ gold psu built in, and a ryzen 7 3700x, with an RX 5700. Yes the wattage sounds low, but it still works great!
I’m still regularly using our Desktop PC from 2011 with an i5 660 and a GTX 220! Just threw in a new SSD, a better $20 cooler, and messed with the setting in Windows 10 and now it’s a purring like new! I’m a happy camper as long as it can run 2 monitors, so I can play Shapez.io and surf RUclips as the same time 👍👍
I just to have one. With i5 4460 and GT 745. Yet, I upgraded to 16GB RAM and GTX 950. Biggest issue was 240W PSU. Biggest was 330W, able to run even GTX 970, as Alienware website said. Still, lovely looking small PC.
the alienware x51 r3 is my current gaming pc, and it still holds up well. i have plenty of room to upgrade. the 6th gen intel i5 can be upgraded to the 7th gen i7 when i need to, the 16gb ram and gtx 1060 are plenty powerful enough. the video card is a desktop one so i can upgrade it anytime i feel the need. the power supply and size limit of the video card are the only limitations. i find the 330w external power brick can handle a graphics card using up to an 8 pin, or around 160w usage. the graphics card length cant be past ~10 inches. if the one you bought came with the 180watt power supply, you have to buy the 330w if you upgrade the gpu
I have an older Aurora R1, left over from a friend who upgraded from it.
Was an i7-920. Originally came with a GT 230 (why!?) then 'upgraded' with a GT 630.
When I got it, I put in an i7-950 and GTX 1050ti. And 18GB triple channel ddr3.
A fun system and looks cool. Is a backup light gaming system and usually runs my TV as it can do 4K video.
I got one of these with an i5 , 750 ti and SSD for my sister back in 2016. Cost me only about $300 at the time. Still holds up very well, tho i wouldn't expect RDR2 or anything like that to run well on it, but it's not impossible.