Upgrading The Alienware X51 R1 To Game in 2020 -Massive Gains!

I upgrade the Alienware X51 R1 GPU, RAm & add an SSD to see if it will game and perform better in 2020 and it was a lot of

[stalksey]

Thank you very much for this video!! It appears I have been quite fortuitous with my timing but recently I dusted off my R1 from 2012. First on the list is upgrading the GPU and my only prior experience is a RAM upgrade on a Mac laptop half a decade ago. Your video has proven very useful!

[Shirewolf]

Upgraded my Alienware X51 R2 some time back.
Current build: I7-4770 cpu, HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8gb ram, Samsung 860 EVO 1TB, and an AMD RX470 4GB video card. All using the 330w power supply brick. It is not my main gaming PC, but fills in the role of home/office PC pretty well for me.

[aaronwoodcock]

I did a custom drill job where I took off the top lid, drilled holes with my smallest bit in the location where the heatsink was, took the whole chassis apart in order to put in a Noctua NH-L9x65 Low Profile cooler (The chunkiest one you can fit), Flipped the fan to push hot air up/outward where the holes I drilled were, and repasted it with thermal grizzly kryonaut. Thing Keeps cool.

[ElvisMamani-gm]

Massive thanks! I'm going to try to do the same to my R2. Clear and pedagogical

[illusionboy]

Mine has the stock shit still inside just opened her up and saw spider webs lmao the stock 960 has carried my rig for the past 3 years

[loganrickard]

i did upgrades to mine before the prices went through the roof. i put in a 1660ti blower style under 275 bucks. runs great for the amount of power needed is power efficient.

[leangxd]

классный маленький компьютер
спасибо за инструкцию и тесты в играх
всем добра!

[jimmycruz]

I have one of the that i still use. Only difference was mine came with i7, and gtx 660

[kikayei]

I have an X51 R1 too, and I upgraded it with a GTX 1070 & a 1tb ssd. I can’t play games at high settings because it’ll crash my X51. I would like to upgrade the cpu cooler with a Noctua low profile cooler and replace the small case fan with a Noctua fan. Come to think of it, perhaps a GTX 1060 would’ve been a wiser choice since it consume less power than the 1070. Good video, sir.

[MightestSun]

I have a i7 with 8gigs or ram and better PSU. I also put a 1660 super in it runs like a beast

[Hardbody]

Which RAM do you recommend fir R2 model??

[valkala]

I must have missed it but did you use the R1 stock 180Watt brick? Thats what I got with my R1.

[elenanestorova]

Hi, what is the size when buying a power supply for the pc? I've bought one but it's not giving enough power and the pc keeps turning off and then on again.
Im trying to figure out if its from the power cable or is it from inside a part that needs replacing.

[MarkTodd]

Thanks for the video, I will be using this as a guide when upgrading mine. A question for a complete beginner if you don't mind - I am thinking of upgrading to an 8 pin GTX 1660 and note that my current GTX 660 (and the card you used in the video) are all 6 pin.. Is this machine capable of changing the 6 pin to 8 pin or will there be some sort of compatibility issues? Many thanks

[nonamemcnotaspy]

Does that ram actually run at 1866mhz? I have 1600mhz installed and it only runs at 1333mhz... ive seached online and dell forums only to have dell techs amd others tell me that the x51 can only do 1333mhz and me tell them I bought the damn thing and show them the build list showing 1600mhz. I know 100% that it was 1600mhz but I hadnt used the PC in a while and the cmos battery died and it lost whatever setting dell had set. Im on latest bios and cant find any solution to get ram running back at 1600mhz

[andrewdupuis]

i have Alienware X51 R2 I7 4790 I bought about 2 years ago as used it person own it befor replace cdrom with SSD 250 gb

[affan]

I use x51 r3, intel i7-6700 with power supply 330 watt. What should I upgrade especially the graphics card.

[rcao]

Dear "RetroTech", I notice in the video to power cables for video card... Mines are label 1 and 2 and for the GTX555 was cable 1 in mine, when upgrading to GTX950 wich cable did you use...? And where did you get parst from...? (Ram, SSD, and GTX950... I'm a enthusiasts and I like to do it my self just like your video... Also I'm using Widows 7 Premium, are you using the same...? I'm in Australia...

[caradenino]

Need your advice: I have the X51 R1, i7-3770, 330 psu, 8 Gb ram, 1 tb hdd, my 660 gpu died on me🙏, looking to upgrade gpu to 1070 or 1660 ti blower style, can you point to the right direction of a specific brand I need to order? Do I need to make any special modifications? Thanks

[billywoodusa]

How is gaming on this? I didn’t see a follow up video. I am debating upgrading my X51 R1 with 240 watt power supply. I play ESO and Warface. I can’t play Warface now due to the age of my gpu.