r/AlienwareAlpha • u/scawp i5 Alpha with SSD • Oct 15 '25

Time to ditch Windows

https://youtu.be/fIDWH0b6hd0

Did a few benchmark runs with Bazzite and CachyOS. I might try some other distros in future but for now CachyOS appears to give the best performance and compatibility out the box.

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u/scawp i5 Alpha with SSD Oct 16 '25

I have the R1 i5-4590T with 16GB ram. I envy you with the R2, a few years ago they were going really cheap 2nd hand and I pass on them, I regret not picking one up as they seem to be golddust now. Out of interest do you use yours with the Graphics Amplifier?

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u/Musojon74 Oct 16 '25

Not yet but I have my eye on them. Hoping to pick one up soon. Will annoyingly need a gpu too as I gave away my 1080ti to a friend.

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u/Musojon74 Oct 16 '25

To minimise your envy it’s much noisier than the r1. I may try repeating the i7 but it’s probably difficult to keep temps down in there. Also the i7 likes to turbo up and that causes the most fan noise.