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February 1st, 2018 05:00
AW Aurora R4 hardware upgrades
These are my current specs: http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/7099726
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
CPU: Intel Core i7 3820 @ 3.60GHz Sandy Bridge
Motherboard: Alienware 07JNH0 BIOS A11
Graphics: 4.0Gb NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980Ti (x2)
RAM: Crucial 32GB DIMM DDR3 @ 1600 MHz
HHD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB
PSU: Alienware 875 Watts.
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I'm hoping to do a few things:
upgrading to Win 10 (already bought, being shipped)
swap out the CPU for a newer better performing model without replacing the motherboard
upgrade the graphics to a 1080 (if it will fit in the R4 case ?)
add an SSD as the boot drive and make the current hhd as storage
Tesla1856
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February 1st, 2018 12:00
1. These 3 items are fine
2. Sounds good. If you would have done it sooner (last year), it would have been free upgrade (but I think that offer is finally over)
3. No, I would not bother. Yours is quad-core, 8-thread. Plus, BIOS Micro-code only supports the old CPUs from that time.
4. Yes, it will fit. Search for my Aurora-R1 GTX-1070 upgrade posts with pics.
5. Yes, perfect. It will run SATA-3/600 so welcome speeds of read-500/400-write or there abouts. It will seem like a new machine.