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SchneeBalL

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Hi guys

well i managed to bag a bargain R4 ALX on the outlet with a 3960x ( OC'd to 4ghz )CPU in it ( nearly £1300 off original list price !! )

but i want to upgrade on its arrival with parts i have now, sooo my question is will it take the upgrades?

So stock,

Alienware Aurora R4
Label
Info Mod
24X DVD +/- RW Drive
Shipping Material
Speakers : Not Included
Information SKU - Remanufacturing Order
Display: Not Included
Genuine Windows® 7 Ultimate Operating System
ALX Matte Black 875W Chassis
Media Card Reader 19-in-1
Misc
AntiVirus: McAfee SecurityCenter 30 Day trial version
Optical USB Black Mouse
Software
Software : Datasafe Local 2.3 Basic
misc
Info Mod
32 GB Memory (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel
Wireless: 802.11n WiFi and Bluetooth 2.1 EDR USB Combo Adapter
Thermal Heatsink
Optical Drive : 8X Blu-Ray RW (Blu-Ray, DVD, CD read & write)
Shipping Material
Misc
AlienFX Colour : Quasar Blue
Audio: Creative SoundBlaster Xfi Titanium Music Card (PCIe card)
English Genuine Windows 7 SP1 Ultimate (64Bit OS)
MOD,SW,LTG,DELL-DOWNLOAD-FLAG
Back Up Media Not Included
Documentation
misc
2 TB SATA III Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Power Supply: 250V AC Adapter
Graphics : 4 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
Info Mod
Dell 105 Key Soft Touch USB Keyboard Black
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3960X (Six Core Extreme, 15MB Cache) Overclocked up to 4.0Ghz
misc
Certified Refurbished

Now heres my upgrades i want to put in place,

Audio: Creative SoundBlaster Xfi Titanium Music Card (PCIe card) - Recon 3D professional fatality edition

Graphics : 4 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 - Dual GTX EVGA SC Titans

32 GB Memory (4x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3 Quad Channel - 4x8GB Corsair Dominator 2400mhz platinum

ALX Matte Black 875W Chassis - Corsair AX1200 PSU

2 TB SATA III Hard Drive (7200RPM) - Samsung 820 pro series 840 512GB SSD + 3TB barracuda 7200 drive

Optical Drive : 8X Blu-Ray RW (Blu-Ray, DVD, CD read & write) - Pioneer Bluray RW

Watercooling of GFX + CPU possibly at some point but i will see how the CPU loop runs on its own first...

thoughts and will it run ok ?
 
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toondw

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A beast! Just remember ssd do not fit without a dell adaptor or a icy dock adaptor.

4 Beta
 
MattyB

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Welcome!
That will be a monster of a machine!! You may as well get another 512Gb SSD and run them in RAID 0! :D

The 690 will be more than enough but dual Titans is pretty nice to think about. Sounds like a good plan.
 
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SchneeBalL

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MattyB said:
Welcome!
That will be a monster of a machine!! You may as well get another 512Gb SSD and run them in RAID 0! :D

The 690 will be more than enough but dual Titans is pretty nice to think about. Sounds like a good plan.
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Yeah i am thinking about snagging another Samsung drive lightening quick and plus the price as dropped some since i bought mine.

i had a custom PC before Christmas and which was running Quad SLI with the 690GTX and i didnt rate them really! But the 2 Titans in SLI with 6GB vram is something else ! and OC like a dream

will post pics of the stages of my upgrades when it arrives its currently in Production now with EDD 26-06 which i find strange as its cert refurbed :-/
 
jayhernandez7

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Everything should fit and be compatible(check specs on board first though ;). And dual Titans = BEAST! Also, you should give *cough cough*, I mean sell, me your 4 GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690 lol







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