When going through chat you can do various upgrades. Some of these are:
Keep the stock 550W PSU and add AIO Watercooling (+$50)
Upgrade to 1000W PSU and add AIO Watercooling (+$200)
Add Killer NIC Wifi 6 Wireless Card (~+$20-$30)
There's more upgrades available. See the non-deal version of the R10 for possible upgrades here [dell.com] and rough prices.
R10 Specs (Updated 11/2020; Also attached to post): https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/ali..._en-us.pdf
R10 Service Manual (Updated 8/2020): https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/ali..._en-us.pdf
NOTE: Dell's Memory used in this system is a PROPRIETARY MODEL manufacturered by Kingston. As such, if you want more than 16GB, you'll likely need to either purchase more memory from Dell or replace all of the memory with retail memory; NO MIX OR MATCH.
See this post for Memory Info (Thanks quantecipher! Make sure to give them rep!): https://slickdeals.net/f/14826469-1200-begins-02-11-alienware-aurora-r10-desktop-3700x-rtx-3070-16gb-ram-512gb-nvme?v=1&p=1452
Stock Dell memory seems overpriced for what it is and many users highly suggest, if upgrading to 32GB, to buy your own 32GB kit that's compatible with this PC instead of buying 32GB through Dell. See post on memory again since not all memory modules are stable with the R10 system.
Hope that helps!
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If not, at $1200 this is indeed a great deal.
but yeah, i'm done with alienware.
If not, at $1200 this is indeed a great deal.
Cpu ok! But outdated
Small m2
Weak psu
Slow memory
3070 have been In stock at various retailers this past week I've skipped on them and got 3 x 3090 .
If you want a 3070 check fbm they usually only marked up $100-$150 , which is still cheaper then this.
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Cpu ok! But outdated
Small m2
Weak psu
Slow memory
3070 have been In stock at various retailers this past week I've skipped on them and got 3 x 3090 .
If you want a 3070 check fbm they usually only marked up $100-$150 , which is still cheaper then this.
Cpu ok! But outdated
Small m2
Weak psu
Slow memory
3070 have been In stock at various retailers this past week I've skipped on them and got 3 x 3090 .
If you want a 3070 check fbm they usually only marked up $100-$150 , which is still cheaper then this.
You are not building this computer for this price or less in the current PC market.
RAM may be slow, but owners have mentioned support for aftermarket RAM. Still advise to do research first, but doesn't make this less than a deal.
Cpu ok! But outdated
Small m2
Weak psu
Slow memory
3070 have been In stock at various retailers this past week I've skipped on them and got 3 x 3090 .
If you want a 3070 check fbm they usually only marked up $100-$150 , which is still cheaper then this.
Without the context of price saying that a system is 'slow' or underpowered is meaningless. All systems are 'slow' or 'fast' compared to something else. The question is - is this a decent deal for $1200?
And btw - from the other thread I doubt PSU is weak for the system. If you are upgrading down the line then it might be a different story, but from comments on the thread I truly believe the PSU is well balanced for what's in the box. A few folks were not convinced, but overall it did seem to be the consensus. I'll certainly trust professional system designers unless there is definitive data to prove PSU is a bottle-neck.
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~$400 for a 3700X system to replace my i5-7400??
Sounds like a steal!
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