Alienware Area-51 upgrades (part 1)

My Alienware Area-51 R2 is 6 years old and was showing some issues. So I decided to upgrade some parts:
- the original power supply was swapped for a Corsair RM1000x modular PSU.
- The 3 original fans were replaced by 5 Corsair RGB fans (3 HD en 2 LL) which are now controlled via iCue thru a Comannder Pro
- I installed an NZXT internal USB hub. Because the Alienware (msi) motherboard only has 1 usb header, and you need a 2nd one for the RGB.
- Instead of the 1 original CPU radiator fan, I installed 2 corsair fans in a push-pull setup.
- I replaced my Founders edition Nvidia GTX980 with a Gigabyte RTX 3080 Aorus Extreme GPU
- 16GB RAM got replaced by 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance pro RGB RAM memory
- I modded the Alienware side panel so it has a plexi window so I can see the internals of the system

Only the motherboard and CPU remain the same. That will be for a future upgrade.

[CarnorJast]

I love my R2 case! So weird looking and totally cool! Best case I have ever owned! Rectangle cases are so boring now-a-days!

[buddy]

This is amazing I have the R5 and only really upgraded the ram and gpu. It's nice to know I can take the upgrades eve. Further

[TheSlyhound]

Why would you have the aio fan on the exhaust side…

[guanwang]

does the RTX 3080 work good with the original motherboard? the Dell Tech told me that the motherboard does not support the RTX series, cuz I am getting a 3080 Ti now, really worried

[AmericanTIV]

I have a R3 Area 51, Can you do a tutorial to open the case as the computer is showing age, and alot of bluescreens.

[Phatboy]

Ram isn't working beeps twice continuously. Also cloned ssd drive wont boot as main

[TheSodatastegood]

have the same rig but didnt upgrade to 3080 or 3090 due to it not having 2x240mm fans for the hybrid versions, noticed yours isnt a hybrid and its just a regular card. you dont have any heating issues i remember installing a 1080gtx and temps would hit up to 80. right now have a 2080 rtx hybrid and temps never go above 51. how high does your temp go with that 3080?

[nobreathing]

Do you think If you upgrade the motherboard, the lights on the chassis itself would go out? I'm afraid to upgrade my motherboard because of this issue

[pikaoinfinite]

Yo bro nice . Thanks for the video . My Area 51 R2 power supply died yesterday after years of use lol. Now I see ur videos and I want to lear how to upgraded like urs or even better if possible . Money it’s not inconvenient but knowledge yes 😢. For now I have been watching some video how to open and I’m gonna take out the power supply by myself . Any advice . Thabnk u again

[olivercox]

I just bought this empty case! I’m excited to try and do what you did!

[zachariwoeltje]

Since it’s a R2 you still running the original i7 in this video with the 3080 ?

[boredomgamer]

I know it's late but how did you fit the PSU?

[niklaslinde]

Would you recommend the case, Ive been thinking about buying the case and put the internals from my pc in there. Is the case completely made out of metal?

[Silentium-Est-Aureum-]

Hi! How did you bypass the bios fan error? Ive try with the corsair ml 120 Pro and everytime i start my computer the same error happen...

[VincyGamer]

hi, I have Alienware area 51 r2 for a couple years now & my CPU cooler just went bad I try reaching out to dell & my local pc store they say dell no longer makes them, any idea what I can do about this ???

[Floridasky]

i wanna upgrade my R2. any compatible plug n play motherboard out there for it ?

[NoHackeur]

Hi,

i have another question, how did you manage to add USB internal motherboard hub? i tried with a splitter via the single port but i don't trust it. It can destroy maybe everything.. Is there another solution ? thank you in advance.

[djexentrix]

Nice work. What memory did you have in this video?

[RyanYu]

If you can talk about your upgrade in the video that will be better for your video man.

[XxWolfDerpxX]

What cpu do you currently have and what is the current performance like? Is this also the stock r2 motherboard?