Click the link; it seems to me that on mention of the 780 & 290x, our newest friend here @AlienEimy is script-reading over the R4 875w model. Of greatest interest is this chart from Dell.com KB Article:
& find copy / paste of chart below
525? --> no 780's, no 290x as we, or at least I, would suspect --> did suspect
I think you & Eimy have the information you need now
ummmm ... buy a 180watt 1080 next week or so for $600 & call it a day
980Ti is yesterday's news > ~$400 1070 should match it, 1080 stomps it
Aurora & ALX R1 R2 R3 R4
Recommended PSU Wattage (W)
PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors
PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
GeForce 700 Series
GTX Titan Z
875
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 780 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
Card 2: P14 and P17
GTX 780
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 770 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
Card 2: P14 and P17
GTX 770
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 760 Ti SLI
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 760 Ti
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 760 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 760
875
-
Card 1: P14
GT 750
525
-
-
GTX 745
525
-
-
GeForce 600/500 Series
GTX 690
620
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 680 SLI
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 680
550
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 660 SLI
800
-
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 660
525
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 590
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 580
600
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 560 Ti SLI
650
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 560 Ti
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 555 SLI
500
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
GTX 555
400
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GT 545 (DDR5) SLI
450
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
GT 545 (DDR5)
380
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 490
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 480
600
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 470 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 470
550
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GeForce 400/200 Series
GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE SLI
620
-
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE
500
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTS 450 SLI
520
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
GTS 450
400
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 295
650
Card 1: P16 and P15
-
GTX 285 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 285
520
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 280 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 280
550
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 260 SLI
650
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
GTX 260
500
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GT 240
350
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P15
Table 1
Recommended PSU Wattage (W)
PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors
PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
Radeon R9 2xx Series
R9 290x
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
R9 270x CF
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
R9 270x
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
R9 270 CF
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
R9 270
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 8000 Series
HD 8990
875
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
HD 8950 CF
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD 8950
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD 8870 CF
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD 8870
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 7000/6000 Series
HD7970 CF
800
-
-
HD7970
550
-
-
HD7950 CF
700
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
HD7950
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD7870 CF
600
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
HD7870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD7850 CF
575
-
-
HD7850
450
-
-
HD7770 CF
520
-
-
HD7770
430
-
-
HD7750
350
-
-
HD6990
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
HD6970 CF
800
-
-
HD6970
550
-
-
HD6950 CF
700
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
Radeon HD 6000/5000 Series
HD6950
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD6870 CF
600
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
HD6870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD6850 CF
550
-
-
HD6850
450
-
-
HD5970 CF
850
-
-
HD5970
650
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
HD5870 CF
650
-
Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
HD5870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD5770 CF
550
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
HD5770
425
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
HD5670 512Mb/1Gb CF
450
-
-
HD5670 512Mb/1Gb
400
-
-
Table 2
Tables 1 and 2: Alienware Aurora Graphics Cards and Their Correct Power Connectors
Hi, Officially Alienware has verified up to 780 with Nvidia and R9 290x with AMD, however, unofficially ONE 980 should work fine, if you want to add a second video card, then you will need to upgrade the PSU.
I'm not sure how to answer that, since it's not for sale yet. If you browse here & Alien Arena, the A51 R2 owners (& also the laptop+AGA owners) are asking this qwestion; the answer right now is 'don't know'. Feel free to ask on Arena & the GeForce forum, letting them know you have an X58 MSI (MS-7591).
Like you, I have a very similar x58 MS-7543 in my A51 R1 & 'I don't know yet' if 1070/1080 works. They should. In situations like this, we try to buy a card from a seller with a liberal return policy (MicroCenter Nvidia or EVGA direct etc) > just in case.
Aurora R3 Owners > will 1070/1080 work > don't know yet
"It should work if you have 875w PowerSupply, and it has the proper-pinned power-plugs natively. Since it's Aurora-R3 you better get one with a Dual-BIOS switch that supports both Legacy and UEFI Hybrid. Aurora R3 is maybe just EFI (not true uEFI) so it can't decide which it needs. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get one with a switch on the video-card. Reportedly, some newer MSI & Sapphire cards have the switch. You might have to un-snap and remove the Aurora's plastic video-card air guide if new card exhausts into case.I also have this from my notes that someone wrote: Just wanted to say that the R9 380 does work. But you have to buy a hybrid BIOS graphic-card like "Sapphire R9 380 Nitro". The Sapphire cards are able to switch the BIOS boot from UEFI to legacy BIOS. There is a small "switch" at the corner of the card you can use. It works fine without any issues."
Cass-Ole
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May 25th, 2016 11:00
@kb > you have a case harness which is meant to run either the 525 or the 875; in your case harness you have a pair of video cables:
J556T & W229G are the 875 part #'s, try eBay ~$40, pop old out, pop new in
@Game7 created a chart, it has cards which 525/875 can run. I see 290x on the list but only for the 875. here is an old chart below:
the 225w GTX 285 was the top card for the 525
If you buy 980Ti, any card rated over 225w, and your system shuts off? purchase the 875 psu
after the 875 swap, power a 250w+ card by using both cables, one connector from each
one from blu/wht & one from blu/ylw
Aurora R4 PSU upgrade
Click the link; it seems to me that on mention of the 780 & 290x, our newest friend here @AlienEimy is script-reading over the R4 875w model. Of greatest interest is this chart from Dell.com KB Article:
525? --> no 780's, no 290x as we, or at least I, would suspect --> did suspect
I think you & Eimy have the information you need now
ummmm ... buy a 180watt 1080 next week or so for $600 & call it a day
980Ti is yesterday's news > ~$400 1070 should match it, 1080 stomps it
Aurora & ALX R1 R2 R3 R4
Recommended PSU Wattage (W)
PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors
PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
GeForce 700 Series
GTX Titan Z
875
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 780 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
Card 2: P14 and P17
GTX 780
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 770 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
Card 2: P14 and P17
GTX 770
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 760 Ti SLI
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 760 Ti
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 760 SLI
875
-
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 760
875
-
Card 1: P14
GT 750
525
-
-
GTX 745
525
-
-
GeForce 600/500 Series
GTX 690
620
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 680 SLI
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 680
550
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 660 SLI
800
-
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 660
525
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 590
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 580
600
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 560 Ti SLI
650
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 560 Ti
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 555 SLI
500
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 555
400
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GT 545 (DDR5) SLI
450
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P15
GT 545 (DDR5)
380
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 490
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
GTX 480
600
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
GTX 470 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 470
550
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
GeForce 400/200 Series
GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE SLI
620
-
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE
500
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTS 450 SLI
520
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTS 450
400
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GTX 295
650
Card 1: P16 and P15
-
GTX 285 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 285
520
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 280 SLI
750
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
GTX 280
550
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
GTX 260 SLI
650
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
GTX 260
500
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
GT 240
350
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P15
Table 1
Recommended PSU Wattage (W)
PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors
PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
Radeon R9 2xx Series
R9 290x
875
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
R9 270x CF
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
R9 270x
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
R9 270 CF
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
R9 270
875
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 8000 Series
HD 8990
875
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
HD 8950 CF
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD 8950
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD 8870 CF
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD 8870
800
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 7000/6000 Series
HD7970 CF
800
-
-
HD7970
550
-
-
HD7950 CF
700
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD7950
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD7870 CF
600
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD7870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD7850 CF
575
-
-
HD7850
450
-
-
HD7770 CF
520
-
-
HD7770
430
-
-
HD7750
350
-
-
HD6990
700
-
Card 1: P15 and P17
HD6970 CF
800
-
-
HD6970
550
-
-
HD6950 CF
700
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
Radeon HD 6000/5000 Series
HD6950
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD6870 CF
600
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD6870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD6850 CF
550
-
-
HD6850
450
-
-
HD5970 CF
850
-
-
HD5970
650
-
Card 1: P16 and P15
HD5870 CF
650
-
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 2: P16 and P17
HD5870
500
Card 1: P14 and P15
Card 1: P14 and P15
HD5770 CF
550
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P15
Card 1: P14
Card 2: P16
HD5770
425
Card 1: P14
Card 1: P14
HD5670 512Mb/1Gb CF
450
-
-
HD5670 512Mb/1Gb
400
-
-
Table 2
Tables 1 and 2: Alienware Aurora Graphics Cards and Their Correct Power Connectors
(edited)
Eimy_B
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May 25th, 2016 09:00
Hi,
Officially Alienware has verified up to 780 with Nvidia and R9 290x with AMD, however, unofficially ONE 980 should work fine, if you want to add a second video card, then you will need to upgrade the PSU.
kivonb
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May 25th, 2016 15:00
Thanks a lot. Couldn't ask for more. As u say, will buy the 1080 and call it a day for the next 4 years :).
The 1080 would be compatible with the R1 motherboard right?
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May 26th, 2016 04:00
I'm not sure how to answer that, since it's not for sale yet. If you browse here & Alien Arena, the A51 R2 owners (& also the laptop+AGA owners) are asking this qwestion; the answer right now is 'don't know'. Feel free to ask on Arena & the GeForce forum, letting them know you have an X58 MSI (MS-7591).
Like you, I have a very similar x58 MS-7543 in my A51 R1 & 'I don't know yet' if 1070/1080 works. They should. In situations like this, we try to buy a card from a seller with a liberal return policy (MicroCenter Nvidia or EVGA direct etc) > just in case.
Aurora R3 Owners > will 1070/1080 work > don't know yet
*Aurora R3 (2600k cpu etc) may need a card with a dual vBios (legacy + uefi); in today's R3 news, problem with as simple as an R9 270x:
"It should work if you have 875w PowerSupply, and it has the proper-pinned power-plugs natively. Since it's Aurora-R3 you better get one with a Dual-BIOS switch that supports both Legacy and UEFI Hybrid. Aurora R3 is maybe just EFI (not true uEFI) so it can't decide which it needs. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get one with a switch on the video-card. Reportedly, some newer MSI & Sapphire cards have the switch. You might have to un-snap and remove the Aurora's plastic video-card air guide if new card exhausts into case.I also have this from my notes that someone wrote: Just wanted to say that the R9 380 does work. But you have to buy a hybrid BIOS graphic-card like "Sapphire R9 380 Nitro". The Sapphire cards are able to switch the BIOS boot from UEFI to legacy BIOS. There is a small "switch" at the corner of the card you can use. It works fine without any issues."