Aurora R5, GPU upgrade, #10

Question

Hello! I am a complete noob to this but ive had my desktop for a long time and finding it harder to run games and even photo editing software so i wanted to upgrade my GPU. Ive been researching and a lot of posts sound too complicated for me. What is the highest GPU I can get for my current desktop that requires the easiest amount of work without having to install other things?

Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 -6100 CPU @3.70GHz

Nvidia geforce gtx 950 Installed

RAM 8GB

Is my computer maybe too old?

Thanks!

FinalTouch68 · Answer

@Wolfgang8565

Yeah can take a few things up like ram CPU and GPU but your not going to gain much todays games seem to getting power hungry. I looked up your set up not sure if its the correct one though. It looks like you can add a I7K that's better then yours. The ram you can always add more of that. The GPU depends on what you want to spend and how much cooling you will have. Like most aliens these days there isn't much room for cooling so they are turning to water cooled CPU.

Really this just depends on how much you want to spend on updating a older PC or simply buy a new one. Or even build one, heck I built a nice PC for 2g with out GPU.

A link to the page:

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

I'm not sure where I can find that. I opened it up and don't see the label with the psu info. Also, I don't see where the current GPU is?    Thanks for the help so far!

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

Hello! So I got the GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER as suggested which I think fits great but the plastic fan under is slightly too big. The black patch thing won't fit and there's a tiny space left when I try and close the whole thing. Any suggestions?

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

Wrong pic that's my old card

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

Ok I wiggled some stuff and got it to close pretty well. https://ibb.co/rfwGw1D I'm gonna start this up and report back. Will check out your links if it doesn't work. Thanks so far!

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

https://ibb.co/6RS4qsp Sorry can't seem to post pics here. Link should go to pic.

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

Sorry black latch. I got the one you linked. I was able to close it without that latch do you think it should be fine?

speedstep · Answer

NON DELL cards will require secure boot OFF in bios.

Alienware Aurora R5 Regulatory Model: D23M

Regulatory Type: D23M001

http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/alienware-aurora-r5-desktop_Setup-Guide_en-us.pdf

zotac 1050 TI mini

https://www.amazon.com/ZOTAC-GeForce-DisplayPort-128-bit-ZT-P10510A-10L/dp/B01MCU1ERO/

a quieter faster option would be the KALMX 1650 NE5165001BG1-1170H

http://www.palit.com/palit/vgapro.php?id=3494&lang=en

https://www.amazon.com/Palit-GeForce-KalmX-Grafikkarte-passiv/dp/B084PY6DLY

Zotac 1050TI Mini

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

https://ibb.co/vcv77Rb https://ibb.co/sJ80b30 Pics for reference

Wolfgang8565 · Answer

https://ibb.co/mX6BmxZ New card

speedstep · Answer

The Kalmx may be too tall then&#xa0; 178x138x38 mm&#xa0;&#xa0;&#xa0; 7 inches x 5.43 x 1.5 inches It came with 490-BDEI : NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 950 w ith 2GB GDDR5 https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/alienware-aurora-r5-desktop_service-manual_en-us.pdf https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/alienware-aurora-r5-desktop/alienware-aurora-r5-sm/before-working-inside-your-computer?guid=guid-5d3b1051-9384-409a-8d5b-9b53bd496de8&lang=en-us &#xa0; &#xa0; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvxld_MUxyA Better view https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIxU_fSTV8

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