I have an old beast, an Alienware Aurora from 2010 with a few upgrades over time (GPU, OS). What it is now:
CPU: Intel Core i7 X 980 (6 core, 3.3GHz)
RAM: 24GB DDR3 RAM
GPU: GTX 760
Boot drive: 300GB - SATA-II
Storage drive:
1TB RAID 1 (2x 1TB SATA-II) -- replaced 1 failed drive in 2018
IMO it's held up well for its age, the CPU/RAM still feels reasonable despite being almost 10 years (!) old, or maybe I'm being naive. But I would like a couple upgrades:
GPU: RTX 2060 (or better)
Boot drive: SSD of some kind, preferably 500GB or more, for faster boot time of OS and certain games (Battlefield, Squad)
Questions:
CPU: Intel Core i7 X 980 (6 core, 3.3GHz)
RAM: 24GB DDR3 RAM
GPU: GTX 760
Boot drive: 300GB - SATA-II
Storage drive:
1TB RAID 1 (2x 1TB SATA-II) -- replaced 1 failed drive in 2018
IMO it's held up well for its age, the CPU/RAM still feels reasonable despite being almost 10 years (!) old, or maybe I'm being naive. But I would like a couple upgrades:
GPU: RTX 2060 (or better)
Boot drive: SSD of some kind, preferably 500GB or more, for faster boot time of OS and certain games (Battlefield, Squad)
Questions:
- Is my ancient rig compatible with a new RTX card? I've had a hard time trying to figure out if the Alienware OEM motherboard is going to play nicely or not. BIOS says it's "Alienware A07"
- The existing drives are SATA-II, again having a hard time figuring out if the mobo supports SATA-III but I'm guessing not... will I need a SATA-II SSD or can I safely use a SATA-III SSD?
- If this was your PC, would you bother with these upgrades or just start over?
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