I fixed the Alienware!, she ain't so bad now?!?!
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2021
- I fixed the Alienware Aurora R4 with it's Intel i7 4930k CPU and Radeon R9 290x completely intact with a few tricks! Consider Supporting Me On Patreon? / timmyjoe
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I'm jealous of how full and pretty Timmy Joe's beard is.
100% agree, grow it out, Timmy!
lol i wish my beard would go away. i have to shave 2 times a day if i wanted to be clean shaven
He needs to make a "how to beard video"
Agreed
I know! My beard is ALWAYS patchy 🤣
6:57 "Alright, she's back in there now, aaand the FIRESTRIKE is 11...." 😆
I was giving an alien ware that stopped working. I promptly took it apart for pieces. Got an i7 6700, gtx 960 2gb, and 2x4gb ddr4 ram. All for free. Seemed like a good deal to me.
Thanks for not leaving us hangin! So many videos are interesting but then don't do a follow up with the fix
It's always a good day when I get a notification from TJ.
and it turns out that he fixed it sorta
I am glad to see you uploading a bit more. Side note: I have been seeing a lot of these Alienware systems showing up on marketplace and Craigslist. Been curious.
The CPU is fast enough, just doesn't have the instruction sets which makes it feel older than it should.
can you name the instruction sets?
I don't think it lacks any critical instruction set. It's a relatively modern CPU.
Yess more content
And yeah, as far as the 6700xt coverage goes, I used to watch all the reviews for every card. Nowadays I'm so burnt out on the cycle of [card gets released, sells out instantly, price doubles overnight] being the norm that I'll watch MAYBE one video review on a new card and that's it. I've gone back to using nothing but the older, low-end cards nobody wants for my builds because it's the only category where I can find any kind of fair pricing.
So glad you didn't give up on this one! :D
I bought one of these systems with a GTX 690 back in the day. Pictures looked amazing. I don't use headphones, so I couldn't even hear my games over the jet engine under my desk. It's a sick looking case - probably why I went with a Raven RV02 for my fist build. The 690 always had a black line at the bottom and refused to fill the entire display - it was my first Dell return - it was delivered, unboxed, boxed and shipped back all within 24 hours.
keep up the great work man, love you bro!
I have a reference 290 with a Corsair aio adapter and an h55 that I ran for years. I even mined a little on that thing and it still runs fine. The blower on the reference was audible with headphones on under load.
i only have one friend that owns an alienware and is happy with it. he bought its used for about half price and has only replaced drives and gpus. its worked for him the 6 years I've known him but i don't think i could ever buy a prebuilt.
Awesome. This is great news. I got burned on my first flip...an r9 290x with an amd fx6300 mobo and some ram. I know now what lousey components to start flipping but I didn't know any better at the time. I managed to flip the rest of kit for a decent profit. However, the card was basically worthless...shut down under load. Ran way too hot. So now I gotta try the Hawaii bios editor. Persistence is key. I know these times really suck for getting any kind of GPU... but keep up the good work man. Thanks for the tip.
Hang in there man. Things will get better.
🙂 yay, nice job, i didnt know u can edit the bios, thats helpful. I have done the lower voltage trick too to reduce heat but i have only done it sliding it down in Afterburner. Thx for the video
I'll be the one and only person who loves their Alienware. Got my R7 with a water cooled 8700, 16GB ram, gtx 1080 and optane for $950 open box from best buy (retail $1900) going on 3 years ago and I could get that back for it right now if I sold the parts.
Love your video's bro, wish you'd do more.
get on there Timmy, you done a fine job there mate.
Content to watch which doesn´t piss one of in the current market, thx TJ.
Good job TJ!! 😉
G'day Timmy Joe,
Good to see you've given this Alienware some new life, the Case reminds me of 'Snowpiercer'
🤔 Have you thought about setting Afterburner to start Minimised with the Profile activated, then you don't need to do it every time the PC is started
That is awesome that you fixed this Alienware!!!
Great Video! Liked the follow up!
Good job Timmy Joe Alienware Tech
Dude, I have this same case (Completely re-done) and thermal's are perfect. No issue's whatsoever with heat or anything. Cant change color's on the side panel without the original AW mobo and daughter board. Now it's got
Aorus z390 Pro wifi ITX
16gb Corsair vengeance LPX
i5 9600K
Zotac 1060 AMP! edition (6gb)
1tb Intel 660p NVME
2TB WD black
Coolermaster 240mm AIO
600W Thermaltake PSU
5 fans (2 of which required holes to be drilled for air flow) with a fan/RGB controller.
I don't know why but these AW's have been my favorite looking cases since highschool.
I want to do the same thing with one a friend has laying around. Were you able to save your front panel connectors?? I really don't want to put the effort into this if I cannot get full functionality out of the system, though I am aware of the side panel LED daughterboard issue. The front USB connectors are completely unusable in the case I am eyeing, I am wondering if they can be replaced as a unit or individually??
@@stephenhood2948 I had an aftermarket USB3.0 hub that I used. It slid into the front bay.
@@stephenhood2948 I think I gave it to my little brother, I can check and see if he still has it laying around.
@@kb278 Good idea, I hadn't thought of that. I'm going to look into grabbing this PC, that is one of the coolest looking cases of all time, even if it has the airflow of a trash bag.
@@stephenhood2948 I drilled some holes in the back for an exhaust. Put two in the front as intake and a 240mmAIO in the top.
Before I retired it I had a 2070 and an overclocked 9600k and no heat issues.
Timmy you should see what 3rd party R9290 models used the Stock PCB layout and see if you can find a better non blower cooler for the card that fits in the case!
I've got one with a stock cooler, overcooked (the GPU is badly heated).
BUT,had two of them 290x's,changed all the thermal solutions,changed the turbine (one from 4870 fitted rather nice,and was a bit faster,I think).
But,the aftermarket cooler solutions for it rediculusly expansive!!!!!
@@DuneRunnerEnterprises I was just thinking with how hot these cards ran that someone would have a cooler sitting from a dead card! Either way it's the only way I can think to fix the thermal solutions on the card!
I have one of those wireless antennae. Came with my studio slim 540s. You can unscrew it.
I can be wrong, but I think gray color aluminum purpose was to help with heating to reduce flex of the board. Unlike most Xbox 360 came out, it have original problem, it flex too much to cause a ring of death.
I rocked an E5-1650-V2 (xeon 4930k) and a GTX 1080 for like 5 years. Yeah overclocking was weird on my Gigabyte board to. Never could get it stable with a manual overclock but if I set the Boost clock to 4.2Ghz and changed nothing else it was 100% stable in everything and would run 4.2Ghz under load always. Never dropped clocks unless it was idling.
That R9 now sounds just like my RX580, way better than in the previous video
These early, full-on space ship inspired Aurora/Area-51 Alienware systems were little me's nerdy wet dream. Sure they were always plastic out the wazoo, but they were always so eye catching you just can't help but see it and go "That's a nice computer", even if it just had a bottom-end P4 and a PCI GeForce 2 MX inside.
you can upgrade them. I've seen people getting the latest most expensive crap inside and heck they even figured out how to get it to work with the lights and all the crap.
@@Adrian-mq5ld Yeah, but I was speaking more from the perspective of the hardware at the time. Up until Dell bought Alienware, they were always so expensive that the properly spec'd out models were unobtanium.
@@KiraSlith yea you are right but if you like the old cases (which were really cool imo) you could still make a really cool PC .I have seen few Aurora R3 and R4 on reddit ,people made really modern PCs out of them and they even kept the MicroATX format ....its crazy what you can do these days. In the past you had to make a PC then buy a case to fit your crap ....now you can build around the case you like .
lol went through this crap at 2am ,that was a weird rabbit hole that night haha
@@Adrian-mq5ld And I would've already done that, if it wasn't for the Cooler Master Praetorian from the OG Atrea-51's era I already have on the shelf waiting to do just that.
@@KiraSlith haha those were the days .That CMP case was basically a small apartment in Europe lol
Can't you set a fan curve in the radeon drivers ?
2:43 Fiji BIOS Editor, nice :D
Not going to watch content on cards we cannot get... that goes for everyone that releases this content. Love your videos!
I do love my alienware laptop, It has its issues but its still fun to use.
Bought an Aurora. There was a toaster in the place a GPU used to be. Damn scalpers.
I thought you would have custom that case !
No kidding on the CPU score! My 4930k at 4.3 GHz scores 1066 while my laptop's stock Ryzen 5 4600H scores 1477. The quad channel memory and the 16-way L3 cache has its place but the old intel sandy and ivy bridge-E era chips are finally getting dated. The 4930k still games just fine though but it hurts that they all seem to hit a wall after ~4.4 GHz without a beefy water cooling loop and plenty of volts. It plays everything I need it to at above 60 fps at 1080p paired with a 1080 Ti.
Since the time Dell took over Alienware....both quality and service plummeted
Timmy Joe, ARE YOU STALKING ME, a person you have never heard of?!? It is freaky how similar our taste is in computer "bling." We both love the Kraken X72 and similar NZXT AIOs. I just recently did a build for fun where I used an orange theme with some TridentZ DDR4 like the ones behind your shoulder appear to be. And I swear on all I hold dear, I have that same Alienware green smoke wallpaper running on three different rigs right now! (None of those rigs are Alienware garbage, I'm not a savage, I just like the wallpaper.) It is downright freaky to tune in and see... like, MY STUFF in your videos! Too fun...
"100% sorta"...yep Canadian humble brag right there
6:58
I'm not the only one that noticed. 🤣
were are listing it?
You should try to get a few of comparable "gaming" brands of computers for a head to head matchup. Might take a while to get 3-4. But that would be an awesome video!
Nice bro couse i love those pcs. I feel joy.) My favorit system i could never buy.
Just an FYI, the reason that it’s gray is because it’s the same chassis as the Dell precision office PCs that Dell has so they can just reuse all the parts on Alienware systems. They use the internal chassis and just change the outer shell.
I feel like it would be a whole lot nicer if they just did a new set up for the Alienware ones. Since the airflow seems terrible in those
That fucking cucumber bit killed me ROFLMAOOOOOOOO
Now i understand where the chnise get the bios for there X79 and X99 motherboards which allow unlocked cpu overclocking
I love mine I swap out the mother board has a i7 7700k and 5700 xt with original water cooler .
Where does the air come from? Not the front of the case where it should. I bet if it was a standard case with front air flow, it would do fine with stock BIOS on stock card.
Seeing timmy dance on noobs...... Priceless
@Timmy Joe PC Tech, how much did you sell it for?
I have this same computer but with a GTX 590. Curious how you got Windows 10 working? I had to install 7 then 10 on top of it due to it missing UEFI BIOS but I could never get Windows 10 to act correctly.
I have an Alienware Alpha R2 and I love it. Might be the last good thing they ever made. Then they discontinued it.
Timmy Joe i am hoping u can pick up a voodoo pc and rebuild it or restore with modern components that would be an awesome video please! Ive always loved the look and build quality of those machines i dont think there is much like them these days. Thanks!
I can get one of these for cheap. I wanted to build a sleeper setup inside of it, I'm not at all interested in resurrecting it. Just want the case, that case is really cool, though I can see where airflow will be a challenge. My one concern is the front panel USB connectors are worn and full of dust. I have previously tried blowing them out with no success. I was wondering if these USB connectors could be replaced?? Either collectively or individually??
Where you gonna sale it at man I am interested
I have a newer alienware and it still sounds like that. I'm pretty sure it's because they use Delta industrial fans. Not bad but loud.
You should also disclose that you heat gunned that gpu when you sell that PC.
EAD
@@BenState I'm not your mother
11:30 the case looks like a Ford Edsel🤣😂
Best cpu in that socket is the xeon 1680v2, its an 8 core overclockable xeon for that socket that was a OEM only cpu
theyre about 120-150 usd on ebay.
Yeah, those cases are a death sentence. I do, however, love my 15R2 laptop with a 4k touch display that covers OVER 100% of AdobeRGB (and obviously sRGB), with an i7-6820HK (overclocked) and a GTX 980m with 8gb of VRAM, running on a 1tb Samsung 970 Pro Plus nVMe with another 1tb M.2 drive as well as a 1tb SSD. No, it's not the latest and greatest, it's a little heavy, but it's built like a tank with tough aluminum panels and it has excellent cooling. So Alienware can do a pretty nice laptop, but I'd never get one of their desktops.
I actually like some of the alienware cases.
Like this one I would rock. (how much are you selling it for anyway? XD)
The CPU is still better than a x5650 at 4.6Ggizz...
Yeah it's still not too bad. It's almost 3 times faster than FX 6300 and 2 times faster than FX 8370.
I didn't care about the 6700XT and when 7 channels I follow covered it in the same day I just gave them all a thumbs up without watching any of them.
It is a very nice pc. I like it. >_> I love the case design.
Would you do a Cinebench R20 with that CPU?
i find my rx570s default fan curve is .. Hopeful at best. needs to be upped 25% on all points lol
I'm still rocking my Aurora R4 with upgrades since 2011 when I bought it... I know, totally lame... as soon as I can get my hands on a 3080 or 90, I'm building a pc.
I still think that the case looks really cool, too bad it's a zero airflow trash, I'd probably drill a bunch of holes on it if I had one.
I already managed to make my case have decent airflow (no difference between open/closed side panels, at least). Got a phantom 410 just 'cause it sorta reminds me of some alienware cases, just removed the hdd cage 'cause that's useless and made the rubber feet a bit taller.
Dude got me dead when he said " a good CPU...a 5800x and 6700xt" thats quite a bit more than a good setup. If im not wrong wasnt the 5800 and 5900 rated as pretty much the best CUP's for gaming as well as when you pair it with the 6000 series gpu's
7:45 someone noticed that window appears at alienware logo on screen when he hits the case with his hand?
that usually only goes up to what? titan x pascal/vega 56/64 so think like gtx 1080ti class card
thats what _i_ am willing to do to x79
the old look alone does not mean the bios is not uefi
What's wrong with gen 1 ryzen?
I have an R4 bought it in 2012 december and used it till jan 2013 after that I moved out and decided to quit playing video game. I only used it for one month in the past so after 9 years of not using it I decided to bring it back to life by reformating it, update to windows 10 and added new thermal past and I must say it runs perfectly smooth and perfect. I never even tried playing games when I bought it. I finally tried diablo 3 for the first time it worked awesome. Do you think i should sell my new one month old alienware R4 or keep it and used it for another 1.5 years? I won’t play any hardcore gamming until diablo 4 come out in 1.5 years. I was about to order the R11 now but R12 just released so i canceled my R11 order and decided maybe i should just use R4 for another 1.5 years by than R13 and 12 th gen intel will be out.
The office pc i built for my parents doesnt even have a grey interior😂
Ohh well the r9 290 is fine man. I use one and dont feel like upgrading anytime soon
I just put new mobo in mines but stuck on American megatrends screen got an Asus prime mobo in it. Maybe I need to download chip set drivers etc for the USBs to work as I am using wireless keyboard and mouse. The system even lists 1 keyboard and mouse but is unresponsive, so I can't even get into the bios. So maybe I need to get a wired keyboard to set it up initially, or it is maybe another issue. I am not actually getting an error message just a "press F1 to enter set up' but not responsive.
Have had several Alienwares. All have been sound expensive gaming joys.
much love Timmy! #hang in there cat poster
Miss your videos
Timmy Joe looks like he could pass as Ed Sheerans brother.
4930k should oc to 4.6ghz easy ... 4.7ghz should be possible with LLC ... and maybe 4.8 .. that was my cpu at 4.7 with 2 fan radiator wc, before getting back to amd and 3900x (no manual oc fun cause no real point of doing it manually anymore, but so much cores and low consumption has its big advantages)
Is That Kitt from Knight Rider?
Hey Timmy, i like your stuff🤪
Thats what his Wife said ...
Weird mine had no secure screws for the wifi
Alienware has engineered a 3090 that's 10.5 inches that doesn't compromise on performance.
ayy thats my cpu :) running mine at 4.4ghz. pairs great with my rtx 2060
Why does my MSI Afterburner look different from everyone else's?
tried thermal grizzly liquid metal on the blower card yet?
Running Win 10 on an Aurora R 3
I came for the fire an left disappointed
Was hoping to see you modify it and add some fans. It's still just a coffin lmao
It is not, its very space age.
@@akimbofurry2179 Its an overpriced piece of crap lmao
overclocked 5960x should show numbers similar to 2700x
I just took the plastic side panel and top panel off of mine lmao
Does your whole bowling team have those shirts? Do they get their own name on theirs? So many questions...
JK u know I luv u
Man I wish I could build and sell computers like you, but I work in hardware so it's a conflict of interest.