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Aurora R8, Nvidia GPU Upgrade?
About a year ago I purchased my Alienware R8 with an Intel i7 9700 (Non-k) CPU, an NVIDIA GTX 1650 GPU, a stock 850 watt PSU (I believe), and I upgraded both the storage from a HDD to an SSD and I added 16 gigs of Corsair Vengeance Ram at 3200 MHz. I have some questions regarding which NVIDIA GPU's would be the best upgrades for my set up. I am looking to stay in the 600-800 dollar price range. I am nervous that either my CPU or stock Alienware motherboard will not be able to handle a new, more powerful GPU. I was hoping some of the new NVIDIA 30 series cards would work with my setup. Any tips as to which cards would be the best? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Nick C. Takcless
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August 18th, 2020 20:00
Hello @Anonymous , thank you so much for your response. I looked at dell.com and used the "This PC" feature to see that my PC is supposed to have an 850 watt PSU. Would a bottom line Alienware R8 come stock with an 850 watt PSU? Or would you recommend me opening up the case and actually taking a look at the PSU? Thank you.
r72019
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August 18th, 2020 20:00
A quick way to double check is the 460w is nonmodular and the 850w is modular (cables can be removed from the back of the psu).
Also, the 850w has a second unused pcie power cable (for hooking up a second gpu) wrapped up in the metal swing out box. If you remove the psu there is a sticker with the specs on it.
Nick C. Takcless
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August 18th, 2020 21:00
OK sweet thank you. My PSU has some extra GPU power cables tied to the metal swing out arm. The cables are also modular. It must be an 850 watt. I will probably do a little bit more research just to be sure. Thank you!
Nick C. Takcless
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August 18th, 2020 21:00
Thank you! I will definitely look into those cards!
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December 31st, 2020 11:00
Looking for an update. Did you upgrade the gpu? If so is it going well with your machine, or did you have to upgrade power supply or cpu? Trying to decide if I want to upgrade my r8 one last time, or start saving for a new rig.
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December 31st, 2020 12:00
Maybe a bit late for the author, I would say take a RTX 3070.
I would recommend the EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 versions (black, gaming or ultra gaming), or even maybe the EVGA RTX 3080 XC3 Black may be within budget.
Just need to replace the front fan ($20 + plastic ties + 1 hour installation).
This is why I chose the EVGA XC3, 112mm wide so no cutting the PSU door triangle.
Results in this thread here