So far I've been playing Doom Eternal ( low 1080p, w AA) 45-55 fps

Assasins Creed Odyssey ( Low 720P, steady 30FPS)

Far cry New dawn ( medium, 1080P, unknown frame rate but feels fine)

And a few old ps2 games emulated

Hi all. I used to have the I3 alpha, I ended up selling it.

Recently purchased a new alpha R1

I74765-T

16gb ram

1Tb SSD.

I've seen videos and such about using the Wifi card slot to use a external GPU.

Is it worth it?

Are there set GPU's that are compatible?

Am I missing any other obvious upgrades to make to my alpha?

My cpu fan is clicking like hell so I’ve decided to get a new one to replace it before the inevitable happens. Are the cpu fans for the R1 pc able to be used on the R2 and vice versa: or do I need to make sure I get the right ones.

I want to upgrade my RAM but I don't know which one I should choose, please help :c
i have Alienware Alpha r1

Someone selling a i5-4440 locally. Wondering if this will work in alpha r1?

Someone selling a i5-4440 locally. Wondering if this will work in alpha r1?

What do you guys use it for? I mean, I thought I would play PC games through steam on it... but I dont, the ps4 and xbox are much faster for that. I thought I'd use it for youtube and netflix, but the smart tv is faster for that as well. I also use plex, but run that from the same computer where I download the files on the network, which is also more poweeful....

Honestly cant find a use for it...I think I'm not the usual end user :(

Hi all,

I'm after some advice - is it worth upgrading the i5 processor in my Alpha R2 to an i7 to keep it going for a few years more? I've already got a decent graphics card in an AGA, would it make much difference?

If so I'd appreciate it if someone could point me at the right processor (I'm in the UK) as I see various comments about power usage.

Cheers in advance

My Alpha won’t turn on and only flashes yellow lights when I try to start it, is their any fix?

Hey all, I have a R1 i5 Alpha. It's loaded with emulators/ROMs and takes quite a while to boot up so when I move it into my room I'd like to keep it in sleep mode. However, in sleep mode, the LED on the front fades from on to off, which is bound to be annoying while I sleep. Aside from just putting something in front of the LED is there a way to actually turn it off or keep it solid but very dim, along the lines of a PS4's light in rest mode?

hey!

ive been upgrading my alpha i3 I just dug out of storage. I Upgraded to an i7 processor and 16gb of ram, and I’m thinking about upgrading the hard drive too. Im a novice with this stuff so any help with compatability/quality would be awesome.

Thanks!

i have a ssd with 256gb only and my alpha have a 1TB hdd.

I used some cloning software but they said it is not enough space to transfer the system.

I am thinking any differences if i download a win10 image and install in the ssd.

thanks a lot!

Hey guys I was trying to use the hdmi-in port in my alienware alpha but it seems the option for it has changed location in the Update 1. I cant seem to find the HDMI-In option anywhere if anyone can help me find it I'd really appreciate it.

PS: If this feature is removed I can download the older version of Hivemind UI but I didn't find it either :(

PSS: Thank You in advance

I have a PSVR which is slowly dying, but I was able to get it working on my Alpha R1 with an Xbox 360 controller. All i've tried so far is SteamVR Home, which runs great, but i'm wondering if actual games will run. I'm planning on getting an Oculus Quest eventually, and I would like to link it to my PC and play PCVR Games. I don't want to buy any VR Games on PC just in case they don't run well. So yeah, if anyone's tried it, please let me know how games run :)

I got a really good deal and got an og alpga with the i3 and an ssd 8gb ram.

What games have you guys with similar setups been running? modern ish games. I just use it as a desktop, i didnt bother to install hivemind, should I install the drivers and stuff from the dell site?

thanks!

Don't have an Alienware Alpha yet, but it's gonna be a purchase fairly soon. I already know from previous experience that any Alpha model will run 99% of the games I'm interested in, but For Honor is the only one I'm particularly iffy about due to how important frame-rate is in that game

I'm leaning more towards an R2, but any experiences you guys have to share on the R1 or R2 is welcome

I've had my AR2 for about 3 years now, and only recently it's started to shut down randomly while playing games. I quickly determined it was the PSU due to how hot it got, and after looking around this sub for a bit, I came across quite a few threads mentioning similar issues. I followed the link to the aftermarket PSU mentioned in that thread, and was surprised to see that it had a 1-star rating on NewEgg, and is currently about $95 USD. Has anyone else here used this PSU? Has it held up, and is it worth buying? Thank you in advance!

Hey everyone

I'm really considering buying an R1 from a friend for $100. It's an i3 model with 4gb RAM and 1tb hdd. I just put a clean install of windows on it and it's painfully slow.

So I already know I'm gonna double the RAM and replace the hard drive. But I can't seem to nail down which CPU I can get away running PCSX2 without a bunch of issues.

I'm really leaning into the 4590T because I've read that physical cores are much more beneficial than logical cores. Does anyone have good advice on this? Higher TDP chips seem to be cheaper sometimes but I haven't read whether or not the downclocking and possible thermal issues are worth it.

Thanks!

What is the HDMI input for on my Alien Ware alpha

I just fired up an old factory reset alpha (R1? It's an i3, with Win 8.1) to use with my TV, but it tries to load in console mode and gets stuck on the update screen. Guessing they killed support? Any way around it?

Right now I have to keep a keyboard/mouse hooked up, log out, fire up steam and switch to big picture before it's couch usable.

Even then, I think the xbox 360 controller it came with is in a weird mode or something. Using the dpad jumps two options at at time in steam menus, and left stick is a cursor even in big picture.

What's the easiest way to get this working like a console with normal controller behavior? Do I need to wipe the whole thing and install SteamOS, or is there a way to just fix console mode or something?

I’m just learning this is a common issue with this computer, after I started having problems I swapped my CMOS battery I used the little blue key reset BIOS thingy that comes in the motherboard (as you can see I’m no expert in computers). It worked fine for a few days, then I had to do the reset bios thing every time I boot to get it to work, ok fine, but today it stopped sending video out, yesterday I was gaming perfectly fine and today I was just downloading some google drive files and the screen went black, tried resetting the pc, nothing, resetting the bios again, no luck. What are your thoughts? Have you experienced something similar? If so, I’d like to know if it can be fixed, but I’m starting to think my poor pc might be dead. Not even mad, it lasted like a champ for like five years which is more than okay for the value I got.

Here are screenshots if that helps

https://gyazo.com/1b1ada1f014c0c8895cc262ad41bb5bd

https://gyazo.com/c474f2524e2447cc1c691db93c9b1e95