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Aurora-R3 is not Ivy Bridge compatible
Just picked up an Aurora R3 from the Outlet with the P67 chipset. I know Ivy Bridge will support socket 1155, but will alienware release an update to the bios to support the new processors? My hope is yes since they are all about gaming and scability but now being owned by Dell for a few years, I am a bit hesitant. Would've picked up the new R4, which is what I wanted but didn't want to pay 4k for that rig when I don't need to processor yet. I'm thinking about popping in a 2700k but with Ivy Bridge, I will probably wait. Plus there are no additional gains over the 2600.
Jparity
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April 23rd, 2012 10:00
With the upcoming release of Ivy Bridge, I'm interested in this as well. With the same socket 1155, does Aurora R3 support Ivy Bridge?
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April 24th, 2012 22:00
At this time, we have not been told anything about the Ivy Bridge.
ChrisMadden
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June 18th, 2012 19:00
I have an Aurora R3 and I am definitely curious about this as well.
hattrik27
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September 21st, 2012 07:00
Bumpity bump, I would like to know this. I too think it probably won't happen but it would be nice. Also what about the PCI-E 3.0 graphics cards?
Frandaman
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September 21st, 2012 17:00
3.0 Graphics card will work on the P67 Alienware boards... I've done that upgrade.
Jparity
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September 24th, 2012 00:00
As far as I know, all the PCI E 3.0 graphics cards are backward compatible at least with 2.0 boards. So it should be a plug-and-play affair for the new graphics cards. On the other hand, I believe modifications to the BIOS need to be made to run Ivy Bridge processors.
holeyguy66
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March 7th, 2013 09:00
yes please shne some ligfht on this. i have a 770k coming for my r3. and the last update for the r3's s A06 which mine came with almost 2 years ago. i would lke some input pretty quickly so i know if i have to buy another mobo
Nollcraft
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December 4th, 2013 13:00
Did you ever get your 3770 to work in your R3? I have a 2550K and would like to know if I could upgrade.
holeyguy66
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December 4th, 2013 17:00
It will not work. I tried in my r3. It won't even post. You have to swap mobos for it. Which cor me wasn't a lrob I was planning on it anyway