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May 29th, 2016 13:00
upgrading older Alienware Aurora
Little background. I purchased Alienware Aurora few years ago. Recently one of the graphic cards fried and I am running only on one.
I would like to replace my graphic card and add more RAM memory. Any suggestions or success stories? Here are what my components look like as of today:
330-0172 : S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom for DHS Desktops
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Tesla1856
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May 31st, 2016 13:00
With 875w PS, you should be able to install any single AMD or NVidia video-card under about $600.
If it truly only has 1x3=3gb memory, you can get some tri-channel 1333mhz dimms from crucial.com. In exact sets of 3 to populate a whole Bank of 3 dimms. 6gb or 9gb total system memory would be much better than only 3gb. You could also do 2x6=12gb (that's what my machine came with stock).
If you want some speed for booting Windows and loading games, install a 240gb SSD as C: OS boot.
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June 1st, 2016 11:00
Thank you for responding. I ordered 3x4GB RAM few days ago so it should be coming any day. Graphic card I am not sure which one to get. Does Nvidia GeForce 960 make sense?
www.amazon.com/.../189-2092847-3716468
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June 1st, 2016 19:00
People seem to like the nVidia 960. Plenty of websites out there reviewing video cards for you to read.
I'm still running AMD, but if I was going NVidia ... yeah, I would probably get a 960 or 970 (a slightly faster 960) .