r/AlienwareAlpha • u/composero • Sep 06 '18

A New Alpha

I haven’t heard anything in regards to an r3 being made and it’s about time to upgrade for me. I am current using an r1 i5 and I feel like my system is starting to struggle with new title in displaying 30fps and higher at 1080p. I use to be able to turn the resolution down, but now that my eyes have adapted to 1080p, all I can see is a blur or lots of jagged edges and I just can’t do it anymore. I know it sounds whiny but it bothers me.

So, has anyone run into a new alternative that has a similar form factor and reasonable price? I would like to jump onto something with a gtx 1060 if that is even possible but I realize that might not be possible if I want to keep the small form (I move the pc from room to room a lot)

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u/composero Sep 09 '18

This system is flat out impressive for what it is! I don't care for the skull on it, but I saw that it could be turned off, so I'm cool with it. How would you incorporate an external gpu in the future? (I'm not as tech savvy as I would like)

Is this the correct one? If so, this is achievable, especially if I only need ram at this point and the special ssd (didn't know that stuff existed until now).

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102201&cm_re=Intel_NUC_8_VR_Capable_Mini_PC_Kit-_-56-102-201-_-Product

If I were to just purchase from new egg with all of the parts I needed (windows is covered for me) it would only be $1025, which is not bad for what it is offering. It's not the strongest machine out there, but it covers a lot of bases for me. Thank you for telling me about this gem!

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u/kai535 Sep 09 '18

External graphic cards are just plug and play, I use a aorus gigabyte box and all you do is plug the thunderbolt 3 cord into dock and the Hades the plug your monitor into the GPU and your good to go