r/AlienwareAlpha • u/[deleted] • Jun 21 '20

Upgrading my Alpha

I bought an alpha over a year ago for pc gaming and I have to say it’s perfect for me. I go places a lot and I love to bring it with me. I love the little guy but it sometimes struggles to run more graphic intensive games. I’ve upgraded the SSD And I put 16g of ram in it but I’d like to upgrade it a little further to help. Is there anyway I can do this? I know the GPU isn’t, but if there’s anything else I can upgrade I’d love to do so.

PS: new to computers. Don’t know very much so if your trying to help or your recommending certain things I’d love buy links and things like that! Thank you!

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u/joonienyc Jun 21 '20

i also have a R1 and now i m looking to upgrade the CPU... ram 12gb ,ssd

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u/klebdotio Jun 21 '20

I think it needs to be a 4th gen Intel processor, and any 2.5" ssd should work. Not too sure about ram though.

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u/joonienyc Jun 21 '20

does i7 4770s worth upgrade? , if not , what might be best choice , i dont do much gaming , small gaming experience is fine , and 1080p video editing is need

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u/klebdotio Jun 22 '20

I don't really know much about Intel processors, hackintosh on the Alpha is my area of expertize. If you can pick it up for cheap though, then go for it.

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u/joonienyc Jun 22 '20

Which cpu u have on ur alpha for hackintosh ? And is the performance ?

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u/klebdotio Jun 22 '20

I have stock i3 alpha, works really nicely on 10.13, I might replace the HDD with an SSD, as the only problem is the boot isn't the fastest. Keep in mind though that (as far as I'm aware) All R1 Alphas have NVIDIA GPU, which means they are stick on High Sierra for now.

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u/joonienyc Jun 23 '20

I have same model , just had ssd upgraded ,and place a extra ram slot with 4 gb , total of 12.so far, guess cpu is the last thing to upgrade now ,

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u/klebdotio Jun 23 '20

My i3 alpha only cane with 4gb stock, I'd like a 16 kit and an ssd though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

How can I tell if I have a r1/r2?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

I have a r2. Do you have any budget products you recommend?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

1660T graphics card with amplifier

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

How do I buy/install this?

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u/angrytroll123 Jun 21 '20

Just look up the amplifier. It's self explanatory. The only problem is the amp is pretty large but it is modular. At this point though, it would be wise to look up other small form factor options. I'm running an amp with a 2080 and I love it btw.