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March 13th, 2024 05:06
Aurora R7 SSD upgrade, post #3
Alienware Aurora R7
If case anybody's still running these, I just upgraded from original 256GB NVMe to 2TB Samsung 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD. I know it's overkill and drive is running at half the capacity as the interface bottlenecks, but I was going for capacity and can used this guy after if this system broke. And was on sale lol
Still shows great speed upgrade, and now I can install more demanding games onto it. Used Samsung Magician utility to clone the drive. Very straight forward
Memory is next and maybe GPU if I find a good deal.
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eagle_awdae384e
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March 16th, 2024 01:24
Follow up with RAM upgrade....64GB are working as charm and XMP enabled.
Kingston 3200 https://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search?partid=KF432C16BBK2/32
Verry happy with an upgrade. Especially if you can find good deals
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March 16th, 2024 02:17
That is interesting since the Aurora R7 documentation indicates that M.2 NVMe SSD is not supported . . . only M.2 SATA AHCI SSD.
eagle_awdae384e
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March 21st, 2024 00:52
@ProfessorW00d I think it does both, as it was option back then. Dont think they would have diferent motherboards for one or the other
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October 17th, 2024 05:05
And probably last post upgrade. Just upgraded to RTX 3060Ti with dual fan(9.4" long), and pretty much doubled my FPS rates at 1440p. I got the card for $200 so couldn't pass the opportunity to try. I do have 850W PSU. Well worth it and good for couple more years I think. Sorry forgot to take pics.