Hello all!
I have an old Area 51 ALX-R6 system bought in 2007. Yes, I am well aware it's old and that its original price is the equivalent to a hefty down payment on a house or car nowadays.
I have been upgrading it throughout the years. Replaced the video card (currently a GTX 580), RAM and harddrive. I am looking to upgrade the CPU and motherboard to an i7-3770K and ASRock Z77 for the board. Unfortunately it is not as easy as buying the new parts and putting them in. My particular model came with liquid cooling which is for the CPU only. As I understand the cooling has a lifespan of 4 years at best before it needs to be refilled. I was not able to find any information on the cooling system that I have even after calling Alienware tech support. The original invoice has it listed as "TC LCS SINGLE PROCESSOR LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM VFAN PROCESSOR" and that is it.
Does anyone have knowledge about the liquid cooling systems used in the ALX-R6 systems of 2007? Should I just buy and use air cooling and get rid of the liquid all together? I thought about this but I seem to remember that you can get better results with liquid cooling.
Thanks in advance for any info! Your replies are greatly appreciated!
I have an old Area 51 ALX-R6 system bought in 2007. Yes, I am well aware it's old and that its original price is the equivalent to a hefty down payment on a house or car nowadays.
I have been upgrading it throughout the years. Replaced the video card (currently a GTX 580), RAM and harddrive. I am looking to upgrade the CPU and motherboard to an i7-3770K and ASRock Z77 for the board. Unfortunately it is not as easy as buying the new parts and putting them in. My particular model came with liquid cooling which is for the CPU only. As I understand the cooling has a lifespan of 4 years at best before it needs to be refilled. I was not able to find any information on the cooling system that I have even after calling Alienware tech support. The original invoice has it listed as "TC LCS SINGLE PROCESSOR LIQUID COOLING SYSTEM VFAN PROCESSOR" and that is it.
Does anyone have knowledge about the liquid cooling systems used in the ALX-R6 systems of 2007? Should I just buy and use air cooling and get rid of the liquid all together? I thought about this but I seem to remember that you can get better results with liquid cooling.
Thanks in advance for any info! Your replies are greatly appreciated!