Making An Alienware Great Again
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- čas přidán 20. 01. 2020
- For the last few months I've had an old Alienware ALX case taking up space and gathering dust in the corner of the room, going to waste. Today I put together a 1080p gaming PC inside it to see how well it would take to some after market and more modern components.
Can we get those cool case lights up and running too?
New Specs:
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
16GB DDR4
GTX 1660Ti
Thanks for watching :) - Věda a technologie
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"A small liquid cooler would fit, but to be honest I'm not really a FAN" 2:10
Dum dum tras
Read this comment AS he said it in the video, twas weird experience
He got me with a "HA!"
There's a local computer shop I go to and they've been trying to sell an at least 12 to 13 year old Alienware computer case for $40. They use to want close to $100 for it. It's absolutely massive. I think there was some sort of older AMD Athlon build in it originally.
Stupid
I'd buy it because I need a case
They sometimes make really great sleeper pcs if the case is not broken or anything
These things usually were hd 5970 crossfire build with usually a i7 970 etc
@@Uyuzefe ah yes this alienware pc will throw off all suspicions suggesting that it's a gaming pc. Genius
Always loved the old school Alienware cases. Would love to a build in one.
I'm the same I've done my dream build which originally was a G5 case.
But I got given one of these cases so I am now building into one
Wow I remember owning this pc when I was a kid/teen, my grandpa bought it for me as a Christmas gift in 2011. It was a lower spec version, but it still ran games like a charm. When I got a little older and started gaining knowledge about pc parts, I tried upgrading it with a new fan while the computer was still plugged in and completely fried the motherboard (the burnt smokey smell was horrible). After this happened I bought a few parts from Best Buy, and used some still functional parts from my fried Alienware (cpu, fans, hdd) to build my first ever custom PC.
Sometimes people learn the hard way the best.
I used to work at the Dell CAR at UPS Coventry where these would come in for repair, there was actually a version of the case that instead of just the hole vents on the top, there were like slats shaped like the front IO cover at the front that ran all the way back. When the system got hot they would all open to vent. Thought it was the coolest case I’d ever seen at the time.
That must've been a ALX version. Both the Aurora and Area-51 alx versions from this particular time period had those vents at the top instead of the peforations this one has.
Found one of these through my job and have been slowly uprgading it, it has the fans and they actually work very well and are still awesome!
I have one of these :)
I have this specific model. Works fantastic.
"A small liquid cooler would fit but to be honest I'm not really a fan"
The comedy writes itself really
Went over my head
2:10
'a small liquid cooler would fit but to be honest I'm not really a *fan* '
I got it.
Stefan
U need the Area 51 X case for that, the on top mounting radiator cases, great quality! DELL did a good job here, before DELL alienware was not any near good quality! only fancy parts....
@@lucasrem r/woo... Never mind
@@lucasrem mine came with a h100 water cooler it fits perfect.
Love this project. It's a great twist on the "sleeper" concept, but using an old high-end case rather than an old crappy one. Would love to see more similar projects in the future!
Love how the top of the front panel retracts. That is class
I love how there's an additional plastic covering just to make sure the gpus air flow is cut off... 😆
no, airflow is optimized for Reference design gpus. (Reference design throws air outside only from the back, are better for sli/Xfire and hard intensive works)
@@alienwaregameralx1874 username checks out
Air flow not cut off there massive fan that blows air from front to back plastic covering it acts like air chamber cooling gpu lot more. Edit after watching video seems multiple case fans are missing.
Owen Carey you really going to copy my comment?
Owen Carey enjoy the 2 likes. I hope they were worth it
I still have this pc I bought 10+ years ago and it’s still kicking to this day . All I did to it as time went on was upgrade the Ram and throw a 1080ti into it. Oh and along with a SSD. Thing still kicked like a champ. Quite impressed it lasted all these years .
Bro I think we have the same life cause I got one in 9th grade (February 2013) and when I got back into pc gaming for pubg in 2017 I got new ram and slapped a 1080ti (best graphics card ever) in her lmao
Me: *about to have an early night*
RGINHD: *uploads*
Me: “welp, here we go”
3.5" to 2.5" HHD/SSD adapter caddy would really clean it up. can find online for like $4 to $5
For a 15% load time boost
I have 2.5 in 1 TB HDD, but my pc can only use 3.5 inch. What I did was to stuck a shit ton of double sided foam tape and stick them to unused phone protective case (not solid ones). And to finalize this, I added 2 rubber band to strap the HDD and phone case.
@Ray Ward velcro works a treat too:) i get it from my local hardware store, packet has 5 two piece (one furry one hooks) 'patches' with adhesive backing (about 2inchx3inch size) . can mount an SSD anywhere:)
Ben D
remove all that old bay shit, NVMe only.
what case you did?
🙂 yes, theres also one for the 5.25 bay, its just weird that most builders dont use them
I like how this case has a front panel sliding door. It's pretty cool that it still works
I love the Alienware ALX case its just so cool with the neat features and its so big so there are so many possibility's
awesome build dude, love that slow opening optical drive door on these old chassis, so cool!
I, too, call my bedroom the "office"
I also call the toilet the "oval office"
I think this channel is really underrated, and I enjoy your content. Keep it up, man :)
the opening of the top of front cover of the case looks so cool
I find the older alienware gear to be very interesting and fun to watch. thanks for posting as usual
Thanks for delivering on the project. I voted to overhaul it
Of all the chasis I've been watching in tech videos, this is the one that impress me the most
Thank you for the info. I got my R3 bout 6 years ago for free ond only last week was able to get it running (temporarily). I have been looking around for replacement parts for a few weeks now and this video should help a lot.
Great video. Nice to see the case of my teenage dreams brought back to life and on a budget within reach.
Nice little system that you have there. Thank you for sharing your video.👍👍
G'day Random,
Great to see the Internals went to new homes & the case has been given another life also,
I know the case has the Alien Theme but it reminds me of The Snowpiercer Locomotive
Always excited for these upgrade videos
I enjoy this guy’s videos so much
Very nice! Grats on your new build!
Your voice is quite genuine. Solid review.
Nice, you treated it with love and it loved you back!
That disc drive cover is just 👌🏻
nice, i love these older Alienwares.
Try the ugly green model!!!!!!
This guy is so humble, so refreshing
I've built around 10 systems in these aurora cases (including a few of the ALX versions with the active cooling slats). They work rather well for something dell produced. The alienware motherboards were certainly a weakpoint (most of the R3 &R4 variants I got had failed motherboards.) I have a soft spot for them as they were early to the RGB craze and the cases were built like tanks (like dell server gear). I have sold all of these since and I only have an X51 R2 that I will sell and a pre-dell area51 case that my friend wrapped, just need to find an power supply adaptor plate. As for the command centre software that can usually be made to work but involves checking out many different revisions to find one that will allow installation and sometimes messing with the USB header settings in the bios.
Hey, do you have any resources you'd recommend? I have an old Alienware Aurora from 2009 that's on its last legs and I know NOTHING about computers, but would love to modify it.
I just watched the first video on this computer last night! Talk about good timing.
Got a whole r4 from my buddy that’s been sitting in his basement gonna do a amd switch, gonna be a sleeper thanks for letting me know I’m not the only one that had this idea.!
Finally someone mentioned the 1600 AF lol. I'm using it in my build in March unless other deals come about
i really enjoy these videos been going on a rghd video binge
This is a wonderful guide! I have this exact Alienware I picked up in 2008 and over time has fallen way behind.
I am attempting to update it to make it a solid video editing PC that can play some Total War at high specs. I ADORE the case with the lighting which is a big part of why I have kept it around all these years and I'll be curious to see how it can stand in this day and age. Considering it came with (at the time) the max RAM of 12GB, I'm certain getting it halfway decent today shouldn't be too costly a task.
PC people like to diss all prebuilt systems, but many of the prebuilds have very solidly built cases. I like what you did with this.
I have the same one games perfectly I have upgraded parts 1050 to asus strix and I have new ssd and 20g of ram I love my pc and I’m glad that people like u are making videos on it
I’ve got one of these Aurora R1’s from 2010. It still works fine. It has the original Alienware liquid cooler and a GTX 295. Command centre works fine if you install the Win7 version for the R1. Get it from the dell website. There’s also a firmware update for the controller board for the lights etc. This version of CC also works ok with Win10, which I’m currently running. Newer CC versions will not work however.
Looks great and a very worthwhile upgrade. Have you considered 3D printing for the custom SSD bays. (or double sided sticky tape)
Great video. Keep up the good work.
my goodness. i just went back to watch the original video yesterday. he must be tracking my viewing history.
I just love Alienware cases, just as much as Dave
Omg thank you. I have this same exact case sitting doing nothing also.
I always wanted one of these cases. These things always looked amazing
yo bro im on a pc like this rn a alienware from the vid but the specs are very bad so maybe u could help me with getting some pieces and help me build?
As an old skool (I started with a P100)/budget gamer, I love this channel. I've also always wanted an Alienware, but they always seemed unaffordable at the time.
Love these old cases!
I have this very same case whose parts were cannibalized. Thank you for sharing!
Awesome! I had a very similar one with the AIO water cooled i7-920 , but with an ATI 5870 and 12 GBs of RAM.
I have the 1660 version of the same Zotac card and man that card is very compact and great for smaller PC builds.
I like how your video always have the seagull flying around
I've seen a few nice alienware cases on the used market. They're mostly priced more than they are *really* worth considering the level of jank and age of the case, but there's definitely a badass factor to them.
I love these alienware videos
I did the same thing back in 2017 and it worked brilliantly with the command centre.
did you have to go backwards on version????
@@abyxis no worked with Windows 10 on the latest command centre for the original machine
Bro I can’t believe you got rid of the stock cpu liquid cooler, that thing was so cool!!
Nice build the only thing I would have done different was to add a 3.5 to 2.5 converter so I could put the SSD in one of the HDD cages. Since you have extra 5.25 external bays available, I would add a front I/O that supports memory cards readers and 3.0 USB or even USB C if your MB supports it. I would also add an AIO since I happen to have an extra one available, but not sure if I would by one just for that build. If I was planning to put a CPU and MB that supports OC than for sure I would put an AIO in the case fro CPU coiling.
I can't wait to do this with my 2010 Aurora.
0:32 What a Glorious name to have lol.
lol racist bots!
imaghostya actually takes the names of whoever’s on your friend list
@@Zeqweery didn't know that lol
I have one of these. I love it. The case is the best I've ever had.
Came originally with an i7 3960x, 16gb, GTX 690... I upgraded it to a 500 SSD, i7 4960x, 24 gb ram (I have 32 but couldn't get one of the 8gb sticks in due to a replacement cooler) and a gtx 1070ti.
It's my old editing pc but now it's my son's gaming pc... and yeah it is HUGE but I love the size of it too.
Hey came across your channel and got to say great videos. Got yourself a new sub
Yesterday I found a 2009 Alienware Area 51 by the dumpster. This one is even more dramatic than the one in the video, with 5 RGB zones and crazy set of fins that open up as the computer gets hotter. It was one of the pricier models from that period, with this particular configuration costing about $3500.
Initially thought I'd just pillage it for parts, but upon closer examination decided to keep the monstrosity. I love my PCs the exact opposite of Alienware - as compact and power-efficient as possible, but It's impossible not to fall in love with how ridiculous this machine is!
Thanks for this. I have an old alienware aurora and wasn't sure if I could remove the mobo to put a new one in. Good to know.
I love your videos sir!
Loved mine. The build quality is impressive and the weight!! Damn that thing is heavy! I was planning to do the exact same things but instead i sold it since i already had the Lian Li Razer to build...
dude i love your fucking videos man, you are an inspiration for up and coming PC enthusiasts...
I'm like you, theres just something about old alienwares. I remember getting a game Joint Operatiod and in the back page of its manual it had ab alienware advert and I always always wanted one, although I knew that unless we won the lottery I'd never get one, but wouldnt stop me opening that manual up and looking at the picture.
I just bought a aurora with an i7 8700k and a 1080 for only €600. Working perfectly!! Couldnt be happier 😄
Jesus, that's an incredible deal, go you!
@@Haplo699g thank you!!!
Like your honesty, i`ve heard some people refer to mums spare room as the studio after sticking up 2 sound tiles. lol
That case is dope
I still have and use the Alienware Aurora R4 which i bought in 2013. Only thing i did upgrade is the GPU (from gtx 690 to gtx 1070) and the HDD to an ssd (+the HDD of course) other specs are: i7-3820 / 32gb ddr3 ram / Dell 1000w PSU and a AIO liquid CPU cooler. Still runs everything like a charm
I love this. Keep it up!
Some advice. Command centre should work with pretty much any mobo, but you may need an older version as some were locked out and some not. Also, you didn't wire anything wrong certain games use the case lighting actively. So in metro if you enable the flashlight it will go whiteish pink. In dying light it goes green at night, white with a flashlight and red if you fall too far.
This case is dope af
Such a awesome case!
Great video man
These are the best and prettiest computer cases ever made.
I have a regular aurora r3 that i have used for the last 8 years but in 2014 i got a barebones aurora case off the ebays and proceeded to throw a mATX Am3+ board in it, it's been running fine as well since 2014. My only gripe on these is how the PSUs are setup, there's 4 12v rails so really heavy duty loads need to be split across the rails to keep the PC from crashing.
we did the same thing with our Alienware Aurora R2 we put a AMD FX board in it and it runs really nice with a H60 Water Cooler and 32GB of DDR3
Nice Build👌👌
👽 I like the minimalist design
Oh my god, that pc... that starting of the video is like the best thing I ever seen, I swear the god If I had that pc,I would just doing this: 0:00 to 0:02 for like 3/4 of my lifetime :D
and again, and again, and again, and again, and ag...
@@lucasrem I never Saw one of these, not even 10years old Pc, thats why I was so amazed, srry
It gets stuck halfway if you do it too often (yep that happens to mine...)
@@friedricheckert1619 nooo :( rip dreams...
yeah, i have this alienware case and i do it a lot hahahah
Nice build! I gave up on mine after I looked up the price of the micro atx boards and I just moved all my stuff to a new case with a new r7 processor
4:26 if your wondering what that gap is, its for the hard drive fan, they built a fan for that little slot so your hard drives stay cool! i have one in my alx!
Yep mine had a fan in the front, middle, and back of each hard drive cage. So like |=|=|
You should do an updated GTX 950 review for this year. I tried my old one out and oh boy it was rough. I'd love to see your take on it's modern performance
Looks like my Alienware Aurora R2 case. Mine was not an ALX. I replaced the MB a while ago and only a few months ago got around to replacing the lighting - which stopped working under Win10. I used an LED light string designed for TV backlights, which has a small IR remote and is USB powered. Works great. But it's a lot of work to rip out the old lights and retrofit the lights. But if you are up for the work, works great and is no longer OS dependent. Nice case, but it's very heavy, as I'm sure you know.
I upgraded My Alienware aurora r4 alx, the mini io card that controls the vents didn't work with my mobo (msi gaming edge ac). I decided to skip alienware command center and do it on my own. Didn't like the comandcenter anyways. Only had to buy an arduino uno and mothorshield + do some coding. If the interest are there and people want more info and help just sen a message and I can make a video on it or something. I will try to keep this case for as long as possible 🤘
I had the same AW Aurora R1, got it for free... also 920, similar gpu... I overclocked the 920 for a while, paired it with a 1060 6gb... went to a 980x with the same gpu, @ 4.5 on cpu (6c/12t).... then went and converted it all to an R4 motherboard. Using the same lighting board... I only had the 550W psu to begin with, but got the 875W on ebay later on... Anyway, after the mobo conversion, I ran a 3930K for a while, @4.5 over all 6c/12t... also went up in gpu to a 2070 @ +200/+700... same oc I had on the 1060 to be honest. I even ran that gpu with the 980x, and it didn't bottleneck anything at 1440-4k... similarly the 3930K was fine at near all resolutions... and am now running a 4930K, similarly @4.5 over all 6c/12T, same OC on the 2070... Of course all the Alienware software and lighting works as intended, and the stock AW motherboards are pretty solid in overclocking. Lots of nit picky options for every little hundredth of a volt on just about any given component. Speed adjustments, cuts, etc for everything. Quite good... It runs really well too, benchmarks up with in the top 90%, or is it 10% ? Of 3Dmark that is... in near any of the tests, even ray tracing... It basically does what the 2070 can do at its current OC, as there simply is no bottleneck. It will allow up to a 2080 ti to flex its legs with ease really, no real reason to move up in the world unless you could use more cores, or really needed a better option power wise, as this is a 135W cpu... with my own allowed to hit 185w if it wants. . . So uhhh... there's that.
But I honestly think the approach I took was the right way to go... proper mobo, everything works, couldn't possibly get better performance... I mean, unless you got a better gpu of course, but that's a budget choice is all. Im good being maxed out at 1440p to 4k in any given title... as well as being able to max out most all VR titles with ease. And for quite a budget build, all things considered.
It really is a wonderful case though.. airflow is incredibly good, with fans dedicated to the HDD array... the tooless, quick swapping, raid setup that it has. The PSU area has great ventilation. The GPU area has its own pass through of fresh air to hit the GPU fans... The RAM and VRM get their own little fans and such... all controllable and programmable when the software is working too... Its great.
Brett Prior
weirdo board, are you able to fit some newer CPU design in it, RTX levels?
They did sell many ATX small tower models too, only them i need, rest of them are spare parts to me.
soo you are having Dell Ms-7591 in which you placed i7 980x... i also got the same machine Its Alienware Aurora ALX i guess but its motherboard is ms 7591 so i wanna know that can i upgrade my cpu to X series..
My next door neighbour gave their Aurora R4 which houses a i7-3820, you mentioned that you swapped out the CPU. Did you use another stock Dell motherboard for the 3930k?
@@NitrousXProductions The standard Aurora R4 mobo will take sandy bridge or Ivy ... or Sandy-E and Ivy-E respectively. So no, I just use the standard R4 mobo. Once you go from sandy e to Ivy or Ivy e, you can enable PCI E 3.0 in the BIOS.
@@Dex99SS Thanks for letting me know. Which CPU cooler did you use to overclock the CPU? Did you use the stock one?
Old but gold 😍
Glad you use the same Ram as me lol, been corsair LPX on DDR3 and DDR4
Back in high school my dumb ass bought one of these and now I think I'll gut it and just use the case form factor as it does look really cool. I hope the lights still work
It's defiantly an nice case
For that SSD, you could have used a dual 2.5" to 3.5" adapter for a couple US dollars/pounds, so that you'll have a much cleaner mount for it.
Just a tip. :D
Thx for the video! very helpful since i'm still using the same old R4, was thinking about buying a whole new pc but the case makes me hesitate, tho i'still don't know if a RTX would fit inside
"Its a large case but its quite tight on the inside", Yeah thats what he said
Funny was trying to get this exact PC last nite. In tact. Still waiting on offer up
You can get a ssd/2.5 HDD to 3.5 converter thing for a couple bucks/pounds on ebay. I've used them before in older cases and it makes it much easier!
this is literally my current setup rn