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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For those thinking that the earlier 5600X deals last month were better, it's not necessarily so. The 5600X is slightly better but then has less cores. They say since most games will be optimized for next gen consoles, and 3700X has the same number of cores, it might be a better idea to get 3700X. Plus it doesn't bottleneck the GPU anyway.
So its not quite as easy as upgrading a DYI, but certainly not a deal breaker IMO.
Cyberpowerpc with 3060 ti and a 3700x
https://www.adorama.com/cyg8200cpgv3.ht
Cyberpowerpc with 3060 ti and a 3700x
https://www.adorama.com/cyg8200cpgv3.ht
The alienware has slot to hold extra HDD, and two open pci-e slots which can also be used for even more storage.
Unless you are trying to go with SLI, there seem to be plenty of upgrade paths already on the R10.
You can even swap in your own AIO water cooler if you have only the base air cooler version.
You can also look closely at that Adorama Cyberpowerpc system. The motherboard inside is a Micro-ATX board, you don't get extra PCI-E slots.
Feels like a cheap motherboard on that CyberpowerPC, so you'd have to swap the mobo for upgradeability anyways to actually get extra PCI-E expansion slots.
So to tally it up:
Cyberpower:
pro - bigger case, more storage
con - worse GPU, B450 mobo chipset
Dell:
pro - better GPU, B550 mobo chipset
con - smaller case, less storage
Any gamer+pc builder can comment on this build for the price?
There are limitations with form factor as it is small in itself but there might be parts around that can bought to fit in for upgrades?
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For those thinking that the earlier 5600X deals last month were better, it's not necessarily so. The 5600X is slightly better but then has less cores. They say since most games will be optimized for next gen consoles, and 3700X has the same number of cores, it might be a better idea to get 3700X. Plus it doesn't bottleneck the GPU anyway.
Not being mean, thats just reality.
The alienware has slot to hold extra HDD, and two open pci-e slots which can also be used for even more storage.
Unless you are trying to go with SLI, there seem to be plenty of upgrade paths already on the R10.
You can even swap in your own AIO water cooler if you have only the base air cooler version.
You can also look closely at that Adorama Cyberpowerpc system. The motherboard inside is a Micro-ATX board, you don't get extra PCI-E slots.
Feels like a cheap motherboard on that CyberpowerPC, so you'd have to swap the mobo for upgradeability anyways to actually get extra PCI-E expansion slots.
So to tally it up:
Cyberpower:
pro - bigger case, more storage
con - worse GPU, B450 mobo chipset
Dell:
pro - better GPU, B550 mobo chipset
con - smaller case, less storage
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