Hey all,
I bought my alienware x51 R1 nearly 2 years ago and have not changed a single thing to it since then.
Recently, i have experienced random shut downs, issues with the graphics card, screen going black and saying NO HDMI SIGNAL, disk always at 100%
I ran some fixes for all of the problem, but overall, the set-up isn't as fast anymore as i was used to.
My speccs are:
x51 R1
i7 3770 @ 3.40 GHZ
8GB RAM
GeForce GTX 660
windows 8.1
1 TB storage
would it be good to upgrade the graphics card? or the SSD?
i was thinking about this card: GeForce GTX 970 (the stock version since i've read that the OC version wouldn't do any good)
additional info;
----- EDIT---------
I would like to move everything to a new case..
I need to know if there is anything i need to keep in mind when buying a new one.. i currently have my eyes on a micro ATX
There are tons of them, all with other sizes and options.. what do i need to keep in mind?
What will I need to buy exactly knowing i will upgrade to GTX 970 and i would like to install SSD?
- Micro ATX casing
- Micro ATX motherboard
- better power box
- extra fans?
what else?
I have never done this before.. so i need as much info as I can get
Thanks!
I bought my alienware x51 R1 nearly 2 years ago and have not changed a single thing to it since then.
Recently, i have experienced random shut downs, issues with the graphics card, screen going black and saying NO HDMI SIGNAL, disk always at 100%
I ran some fixes for all of the problem, but overall, the set-up isn't as fast anymore as i was used to.
My speccs are:
x51 R1
i7 3770 @ 3.40 GHZ
8GB RAM
GeForce GTX 660
windows 8.1
1 TB storage
would it be good to upgrade the graphics card? or the SSD?
i was thinking about this card: GeForce GTX 970 (the stock version since i've read that the OC version wouldn't do any good)
additional info;
----- EDIT---------
I would like to move everything to a new case..
I need to know if there is anything i need to keep in mind when buying a new one.. i currently have my eyes on a micro ATX
There are tons of them, all with other sizes and options.. what do i need to keep in mind?
What will I need to buy exactly knowing i will upgrade to GTX 970 and i would like to install SSD?
- Micro ATX casing
- Micro ATX motherboard
- better power box
- extra fans?
what else?
I have never done this before.. so i need as much info as I can get
Thanks!
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