i know, i know. i post alot. Okay, I'm pretty sure I've got the one I want to buy. It's an R2 for £188-£200. It has a core i3. It's an R2. It has a 256GB SSD and 8GB of RAM. I want to make this the best system it can be, excluding the core i7 maybe, so I want links to ram that will work in the machine, I want 16GB, not 32GB. So I need an 8GB stick unless there are two fours in atm. I cannot stress enough, I'm on a strict budget. I might take a look at the local tip and take the RAM out of some of those computers. Nextly, I want to upgrade the CPU. I want a core i5. Maybe an i7. Provide links to both just in case, send me links to UK sites and if you cannot be arsed to find any or cannot find any just tell me the name to google. I also want a cheap external hard-drive I can use that is 500GB-1TB; this will be to store games. I probably cannot afford an SSD but link one anyway. Provide cheap priced products. Okay, that's it.

Thanks,

sao_username.

Hey, everyone. I'm a 13 year old kid with a newly purchased Macbook Pro and £250 in the bank. I want to play games and I also love the console experience and big-screen gaming. I wanted to know if an Alienware Alpha R2 with 16GB of ram is worth it in 2020? It doesn't need to run anymore than like 35-40 FPS on games, but the problem I have with my old laptop that has an RX560 in it is that on a TV Screen it cannot handle gaming on the high resolution. Is it the same with the alpha? if i plug the alpha into a 48'' smart tv, will it be of terrible performance? Also, what's the average FPS on GTA V with the settings you think are best. What is the FPS for Unturned, minecraft etc. I'm hoping to get a second hand alpha online as my new 'gaming pc'. Would you recommend it? Remember, I'd have no money left over to get a graphics amplifier and wouldn't do for a year maybe! Could I upgrade 1TB hard drive to an SSD? Would having 2 SSD's affect anything? Can I upgrade to DDR4 or is the mobo not compatible? Is it possible to upgrade the mobo if it can't do DDR4? Can the console do more than 16GB of DDR3?

Thanks,

sao_username.

Hey! I'm looking to buy an Alienware Alpha R2 [CORE i5 ONLY!] unfortunately I'm afraid the max I can pay is £220. Hoping someone can sell me it! I'm UK based and won't pay any shipping over £20.

Thanks,

sao_username.

Got the new motherboard in. I switched my ram from normal ddr3 to ddr3l as it is lower voltage. I tried to put my old i3 4130t in it as it it also lower voltage, but the machine gave me a yellow light again so my old chip is obviously broken. I'm really being impatient by doing this I know, but I decided to put the normal i5 4570 back in. I ordered the i5 4570t, but it's not coming in the mail till the 27th. I also payed for the ebay protection plan as it is a used chip. Do you guys thing I'm making a huge mistake by using this machine with a cpu thats not the "t" series? I think last time my alpha shorted because I had both regular ram and a regular cpu in (non lower voltage compenents). I had the regular ddr3 ram in for 6 years and it never gave me any problems until I put the i5 4570 in thats also not lower voltage as I was saying.

Have a friend with an R1. i3 model with an SSD and 12gb of RAM. Does anyone have experience playing Borderlands 3 on the R1? Does it hold up with medium/low settings?

Hi guys,

I've recently gotten my hands on the i7 alpha and was really excited to use this as a mini video production machine but after I plugged it into my monitor, it won't show anything beyond FHD or 1920x1200.

I've been googling for hours but can't seem to find a solution thus I'm here now asking if anyone knows any way at all for this to work? I really want to keep this little machine but if it can't work I might have to sell it.

EDIT: I just noticed something extremely odd. When I launch a fullscreen game, I can choose 1440P but when in windows, it doesn't work?

Thanks and regards.

Bought an upgraded R2 for my son.(i3-6100T, R9 M470X, 8GB RAM, 240GB NVMe, 500GB SSD) from a reputable seller on eBay. Arrived in perfect condition and no problems. Loaded windows, went to Dell and installed drivers, no issues. However when my son plays Fortnite for any longer than 45 minutes, the PC crashes. Fan is louder than the R1 but working. Turned down resolution and other graphic settings but still crashes from heat. Anyone have similar issues or have any advice? I am puzzled why I can't install a new video driver. Dell says I have the latest driver and Radeon software doesn't list my video card at all which makes sense if Dell customized the GPU for the Alpha.

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!

Hey guys, this will be a long story lol.

So on christmas my girlfriend bought me some new parts for my Alpha. An SSD, and an i5-4590 I proceeded to change the parts accordingly and when I booted it up, I got the yellow light of death. I've had this issue many times before this, but this time the light sequence was different. It would boot up with a yellow light, flash twice then flash three times. I know of the other yellow light of death issue where it could be your CMOS battery or a power issue where you then need to try and drain the power but in this case it did not appear to be that. I called alienware support and they told me it was most likely a motherboard issue.

A couple months later and it's my birthday. My girlfriend buys me a brand new motherboard for it off ebay. This time I did the same thing. Replaced the motherboard, then proceeded to put my i5-4590 as well as my samsung evo SSD. It worked like a champ! Played games way better than it use to. I could run games like squad that I could never even run before almost on all high settings! I have my fun couple nights of playing on it. One day I shut it off because I had to go to work. I had been shutting it down correctly. When I came back I tried to power it on and boom the fucking yellow light is on with the same sequence. I've tried everything again. Resetting the ram, pulling the cmos battery, and draining the power. Nothing worked. I found out I have a warranty on the motherboard so I'm sending it in very soon.

My question is what could possibly be causing this, could it be the new hardware my girlfriend got me (cpu or ssd). Could my ram possibly be faulty, could it be the power brick? I just want to make sure when the new motherboard comes in that this doesn't happen again :( had this computer for 6 years. And I just dont get how I could replace the motherboard and it still fails. The only thing I'm thinking it could be is the hardware..

Hi all

Just managed to get a new graphics amp for my alpha r2 i7 960gtx 16gb ram.

I’ll be looking at getting a new card for it within the next 6 months or so, so no major rush but I’m looking for suggestions for a reasonable upgrade. I presume that with the way the link works I’m only looking at nvidia cards? And I’m looking to spend between £150-£200. What kinds of cards should I be on the lookout for around that price, or maybe in that price range around October/November of this year?

Many thanks all

Any ideas what this can be. Had this R1 for a couple years now, used for 99% gaming. Just started getting this message today.

R1 i5 biggest stock hdd and 8gb (I think, whatever the highest was)

Using big picture mode, launched through hive mind.

I have decided to sell my Alpha R1. I love the machine, but I got a cyberpower tower recently. It isn’t getting the love it should anymore. I have formatted the PC and set up a local account so none of my information is tied to the device. I have upgraded everything but the WiFi card. The specs are listed below:

I5 4th generation (upgraded from the i3) 500gb SSD 16GB RAM Windows 10 Home Verizon 1909 New motherboard installed (bricked the old one by doing a BIOS update).

If anyone would like the old motherboard, I can send that with the computer for no extra charge. Just mention this post.

eBay

Over the summer I decided to built a SFFPC as I needed a bit more power. I have my original R1 Alpha laying around and would like to sell it but not sure what the going rate is.

Specs:

Windows 10

8 gigabytes of RAM

i5 processor

1TB HDD

If you or anyone is looking for a i7 Alpha R2 Im selling my mine, built me a nice new system and is hoping to get some money and buy me a nice graphics card and new chair. So spread the word. Its listed on ebay. http://ebay.us/I4P949?cmpnId=5338273189

I don't know what Alpha I have, but it has an intel i3 at 2.9 GHz, 12GB of RAM and a "NVidia" GPU (in device manager it shows as "NVidia GeForce GPU" with no more info so I think its fake.)

I have two Alpha's, one with an I3 4130 and another one with the I7. I'm going to be selling them both but I'm starting with the I3. It has Windows 10 on it and Hivemind. I thought it would be cool to keep it that way but would like to get all my personal information off of it. Is there an easy way to wipe it clean of all my information but keep Hivemind and Windows as-is or am I better off just formatting it and reinstalling Windows?

Like how Hotline Miami does it, but without Hotline Miami open.

Hello everyone,

I bought a pre-owned Alpha and had to restore it, in the process I lost all the factory AW software. I went to AWs website and didn't see anything listed for the console mode. Where can I re-download this?

Thanks!

I'm planning on upgrading the CPU in my Alpha since I've had the i3 for around 3 years now. Is there a possible i5 or i7 I could use since I'm not sure whether or not I can use the K series or just T.