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 ?
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 ?