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November 27th, 2019 16:00
Aurora R6 CPU upgrade
I've owned an R6 for a few years. It's currently running an Intel i5-7400 CPU, 16GB DDR4 (I'm assuming a single stick), a GTX 1060 6GB and a 2TB mechanical HDD.
I've read a bit about the i5-7400 bottle-necking during gaming and was interested in upgrading my system. I can swap the RAM for 2x16GB dual band 2666Mhz sticks and add an M.2/SATAIII SSD relatively easily (I imagine lol).
I'm just curious as to what swapping the CPU and cooler entails. Is the system too proprietary for such a thing? It'd be nice to not have to replace my rig outright. I've never opened my system before, so I have idea what kind of real-estate I have in there lol.
-Ian
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JOcean
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November 27th, 2019 18:00
This forum post should help you out.
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November 27th, 2019 19:00
Thanks for the link . I went ahead and posted there too. They had mentioned something similar.
The thread inquired about upgrading to a different gen CPU within the same motherboard (7th to 8th gen). I’m wanting to stay with the same gen and chipset. Just upgrade to the locked i7 CPU for my board.
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November 27th, 2019 21:00
Swapping a 7400 for 7700 is a relatively painless task, but you will need to buy thermal paste. I don't think it's really a worthwhile upgrade for $300, or that it would really be bottle-necking a 1060 if all you're doing is gaming. Maybe CPU intensive games. But I'd suggest upgrading your SATA HDD to a M2 PCIE NVME first, followed by the GPU, followed by the RAM, with CPU last. You can use the same Dell supplied cooler for the 7400 and 7700. But if you were going to upgrade all above, you'd be better off buying a new system. If you wanted a K class processor, add liquid cooling (e.g., corsair H60), and an OEM dell VRM heatsink, you can probably get it on eBay for $10 or so.