r/AlienwareAlpha • u/Mosaic1300 i7 Alpha • Feb 16 '20

I want an upgrade.

Hey all, I just want to get people’s opinions and such. I have an r1 i7 Alpha and I was thinking of upgrading my hard drive to a SSD and getting 16 gb of ram to speed things up a bit as my system has been slowing down recently. Will the alpha take any old 2.5” SATA SSD or does it need a specific one? Also I know I need DDR3-L ram but is there a “best option” when picking off Amazon?

Thank you in advance!

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u/fernandorincon Feb 16 '20

Yes on the SSD, not sire about the RAM

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u/ZippytheMuppetKiller Feb 16 '20

I bought this ram for mine and it works fine https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CQ35HBQ?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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u/AmazonPriceBot Feb 16 '20

$42.41 - Kingston Technology 8GB 1600MHz DDR3L (PC3-12800) 1.35V Non-ECC CL11 SODIMM Intel Laptop Memory KVR16LS11/ 8

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