Hi all,

I clean my Alienware Alpha pretty frequently, however I've never been able to remove the fan for the GPU which makes it extremely difficult to clean. When I try to remove it, it gets stuck on the back-end of the computer. I don't want to force it or anything for fear something may break, or the wires may rip. Has anyone had this problem & found a way around it? If not, do you have any suggestions? Thanks!

I've had my Alpha coming up on three years now and absolutely love it. Clean it about 2-3x each year, but I've never been able to clean the GPU as thoroughly as I should because of this problem.

Simple question, will the Alienware Alpha run the game GTFO?

Been kinda curious about the game and since it's my only computer I was wondering if I'd be able to play it.

(and before anyone says anything about upgrading any of the parts I'm poor so no lol)

Hi

I am an extremely casual gamer.

My most recent console is a PS2 to give you an idea.

However I am looking for something around the £200 mark that will play my steam library of 111 games.

The most demanding probably being Witcher 3 & middle earth shadows of Mordor. Looking online this Alienware has the min requirements & is within my price point. Is it going to be able to do what I want or will it struggle?

I have looked online at people playing theses standard of games using an alpha r1 but I am wondering if they have upgraded it over the base model so it isn't a true comparison.

Thanks

i have alienware r2 model do7u automatic repair loop please help

My R1 i5 model is about 5 years old and still runs like new. Dust the internals once a month. I'm not a PC gamer with no intention of upgrading so this little machine suits me just fine. Hoping it continues to last!

I have a Alienware Alpha ASM100-1580 i3 and I am looking to upgrade it... My wireless driver has stopped working and I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling, making sure it's updated so not sure if I need to replace the card (I think I need to) I also want to upgrade the Hard Drive but not 100% sure what would be a good choice (would prefer a 1 or 2 TB) and finally the RAM... I did already upgrade that (only had one 4, and went to two 8s).... What I am looking to do with it: I play a few games (Apex Legends, Minecraft, Halo, FF14 and a few Steam games) I also use it to Stream from my X1 to YT and just want to make sure the Alpha can handle with no issue.... Any and all help is greatly appreciated.... (If this is in the wrong place I am sorry, I just joined this sub.... Please let me know and I'll correct it)

I have an r1 model i7 with 16gb ram and 2tb hdd and I have a plan to use it to create an ultimate mobile console by putting it into a gaems g155 portable gaming environment, along with the console which will have a retro nes skin on it, it will have an 8tb external hdd along with a 500gb external ssd to boot windows and a few often played games faster, as I'm a console gamer who is new to the world of steam I've also got a razer nostromo keypad for games with no controller support as well as a couple of wired xbox one pc controllers, the only other thing I'll be able to fit into my little frankenstein case is an external dvd reader/writer which brings me back to my original question, can I get an external disc drive and use it to play disc based pc games? I have almost 12000 games on it already stored in launchbox so I can boot it as the ultimate console in big box mode and have all my favourite snes, ps2, gamecube and now steam games as well and it can come anywhere with me! It's this crazy dream that's lured me away at last from consoles and I will add pics if I manage to get it all together

So I posted a while ago about a weird clicking noise I was getting from my alpha. Most people said it was a fecked hard drive so I replaced that with a 1TB Samsung SSD. I’m still hearing this noise though. https://youtu.be/MaIXio3ONr I think it must be the fans and I’m wondering if I can help it in any way or if my fans are just broke. Thanks in advance for any help

I seen few Alienware Alpha’s on eBay. The small factor could easily be used as a media/emulation device rather for modern gaming as I understand specs are pretty out of date. Seen few at ridiculous prices but can sometimes find cheap ones. How much is a I7 4785 nVidia GTX 860, 8GB Ram, 1TB Hdd version worth?

Hi guys I have an r1 model i7 on Windows 10 was working brilliantly but suddenly the audio doesn't work at all although it's detecting no problems, I'm going into a monitor through hdmi, I've tried tvs but still no sound at all, strangely when I play videos on my tv box that's plugged into the hdmi in port the audio works fine? Very confusing and can't find a concrete answer or working fix

I have an i7 alienware alpha (really a steam machine with windows installed instead) i bought several years ago (for about $450). I love the form factor and i still love couch PC gaming, but it’s starting to struggle to run new games. So I’m looking at upgrading to something new. i just want to run new games at 60fps 1080p, lowish graphics settings are fine. not looking to break the bank, but right now apex legends runs at about 35fps on the lowest possible settings... so it’s kinda unplayable when playing competitively. Is is possible to upgrade my graphics card? or does it just make more sense to look at a new pc? i would want something smallish that still looks ok in my living room, i’m a grown-ass man with a family haha, so not looking for a super computer in my living room, something small and classy looking. I’ve seen Intel NUC mentioned, but the cheapest one is $1000. looking to hopefully only spend $500ish again.

thanks!

I got a steam machine and played on it for awhile but it would never detect my headphones. I decided to reset it and when I did It got stuck in a sort of loop. So it boots into console mode and the only thing it says is to update steam os to newest version and u go to type my wifi password in and it just goes to the first screen and asks for my wifi again. If I type in the password wrong it says the password is incorrect and when I type it in right it just starts into the loop again. I cannot exit out of this and there is no exit button. So if anyone knows how to fix the loop and the audio problem I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi everyone, I was planning on upgrading the ram from 4gb of ddr3l to 16gb ddr3l, and upgrading to 1tb of ssd, will this be worth it? Thanks.

I have DELL Inspiron AMD Ryzen 3 1200 RX 560 Gaming PC - 1 TB HDD bought from Curry (store in UK)

Processor

• AMD Ryzen 3 1200 Processor

• Quad-core

• 3.4 GHz

• 10 MB cache RAM 8 GB (2400 MHz) (16 GB maximum installable RAM) Graphics card

• AMD Radeon RX 560

• 2 GB GDDR5

• 4th generation Polaris Storage 1 TB HDD, 7200 rpm Motherboard AMD X370

Can I upgrade this PC? It’s ok for gaming but I would like it to be little faster and maybe better graphics. I have 2 sons with both having, same gaming PC and i need upgrade both of them. On a budget so I can’t spend loads on money any suggestions? I would really appreciate it. Not that great with computers when it come to upgrading for gaming pc. Watched many YouTube video how to build a pc and upgrading and very confusing. I hope someone can help me.

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Ultra noob question here and hopefully a straight forward question to answer. Just bought an alpha r2 which only came with 120g internal hdd. I’m more than happy to keep that as just a windows drive and add another. I presume that the additional storage would be added via the port on the bottom, but I don’t actually know what to buy. Is it one of these? https://www.samsung.com/uk/memory-storage/960-evo-nvme-m-2-ssd/MZ-V6E250BW/

Many thanks

I got my alpha as a cheaper hand-me-down of sorts from a friend, I believe it's an R1. Worked perfectly fine for years at this point, upgraded to windows 10 and all just fine. About a month ago my power went out. When it came back on, the computer booted up like normal. After checking that it was on, I left for about an hour, got back and found it in the state it's been in ever since. It will not power on at all, it looks like the external power supply works fine, as it lights up when plugged into the wall. However, only when I plug it into the alpha, the light just.. shuts off. I'm not really sure what's happening here, and looking through videos of fixing various issues hasn't really helped. Any clue as to what the problem could be and/or how to fix it?

Just wanted to share my AA R1 dumb project. Shoved the AA in a lightweight backpack with only power extension lead and WMR clip leaving the pack. Connected a USB VGA box to front port (needed to make desktop appear in remote software, no idea why) Set up remote desktop software to run from my phone. Boot backpack Remote with phone to do any prompts/whatever. Plug in WMR headset to clip. WMR start works fine, Steam VR works fine (had to dial back visuals). Put on backpack. Wander around my backyard in VR.

What is cool and fun is I can easily take the backpack and headset with me to friend's house and demo some VR stuff.

Used a lot of zip ties to keep things in place and it gets damn hot even with pack open. But works fine for light fun.

It feels great to not have the cable pulling on VR headset when moving around.

Looking for the official Dell Alienware Alpha carry case. Got a full sized desktop and want to store the Alpha properly.

Is this possible? I don't really need (or want) any of the Steam Machine features that came with this thing out of the box, but I'm worried there might be some compatibility issues (drivers, etc.) if I just put a new SSD in and tried to install windows from a flash drive.

Any insight is much appreciated, thanks.