I have r3 and r4 ALX. I use it for retro gaming but agree they are very heavy and terrible to clean. The reason why Ive never done deep cleaning like this. Good job
Yeah, it's honestly not worth the effort, unless it's just out of curiosity, I think in the videos etc you can't tell how massive & heavy it is either, you could put the same components in a case half the size/weight these days
Watching you re-wire this machine stresses me out. You have the video footage of how it was wired originally, and I promise it can look just as good going back together. Makes a great sleeper build case, just need to not be afraid of some tedious work.
Tedious work? This took me a month to film/edit. This was originally about 15 hours of footage. Re-using the case for anything is honestly not worth the time/hassle, I promise you'll immediately regret it when it arrives as its extremely large & heavy without any of the benefits of either of those things. It weights at least 3x my other desktop & all the glamorous looks of it are just the cheapest feeling/most fragile bits of plastic attached with 48 screws per panel. As for the wiring it really wasn't any better before I started, honestly it's an absolute miracle I managed to get this thing back together in the way I did where it is actually functioning, I think most people would have given up, did you see the pile of screws I had after I'd take it apart? There must of been about 200
@@DumpzterfireGaming okay so your not wrong, but I do have a basic disagreement-and that is extremely worth it, you just have to not be afraid of angering the aliens. I already had a R4 chassis with a working setup, however recent software and windows changes rendered it fairly useless. So I’m hours of work in, and I found that the worst part is that trying to re-use old parts is generally a waste of time. I’m gutting it again and using it for a special build where I take the chassis apart and custom cool it-which is where most of my problems have raised. It’s very receiving to new parts except AIO liquid coolers, however the 5 pin color wires will be a hassle in this planned future build. I am awaiting repair time for a motherboard and a fresh AM5 chip to attempt this as well as learning more about customer ported cooling. I basically rearranged everything but the micro atx location and the power supply. It has serious potential-it’s just dimensional min/maxing and spatial management.
@@DumpzterfireGaming and I appreciate the demonstration of tear down, it helped find some hidden screws, still can’t figure out the spring assembly for the hide-a-port on the top. Have to revisit videos for that.
@@dda90100 I think if something is worth it or not is a very subjective thing, to some people stamp collecting is worth it, or, other strange things, for me, if someone asked is it a good idea to buy one of these old Alienware computers to build a new PC inside I would say absolutely not, I would tell them to just buy some new parts, because these old Alienware cases are very restrictive as they do not fit ATX motherboards, there also too heavy & too large with no benefits of those things. Maybe if new cases were expensive it would make more sense. but there not, new cases are the cheapest thing in building a new PC
@@dda90100 9:25 in that is the part where I am trying to put the spring assembly back together & I ended up having to bend the metal of the case to do it, definitely don't take it apart is my advice, it's near impossible to get back together again
Cheers mate, I might start another video next week, I'm thinking of building a similar one from the same time but try to make it better than this Alienware thing, I'm not sure how I even got it back together at all.
yo bro i have a question could u help me upgrading my aurora r4 bcs i have the same one as on the vid but im scared of doing it alone if u got some time then i would be very happy u can hit me up by this comment i will respond
@@Kacperjanek-nf8rx Would be interesting too see what this computer is like with a brand new gpu, it should work fine I think, the cpu/ram, probably not going to make too much difference, gpu you just unplug the old one and plug the new one in, see what happens I guess, long as it has the correct connectors, or you could try just buying a gpu that doesnt need the extra cables
Hi there. Crysis is what got me into building compuers back in 2007 and I haven't looked back since then. Good times!
It was so impressive visually back then
It sure was. Reminded me of the jump from snes to n64
I have r3 and r4 ALX. I use it for retro gaming but agree they are very heavy and terrible to clean. The reason why Ive never done deep cleaning like this.
Good job
Yeah, it's honestly not worth the effort, unless it's just out of curiosity, I think in the videos etc you can't tell how massive & heavy it is either, you could put the same components in a case half the size/weight these days
Watching you re-wire this machine stresses me out. You have the video footage of how it was wired originally, and I promise it can look just as good going back together. Makes a great sleeper build case, just need to not be afraid of some tedious work.
Tedious work? This took me a month to film/edit. This was originally about 15 hours of footage. Re-using the case for anything is honestly not worth the time/hassle, I promise you'll immediately regret it when it arrives as its extremely large & heavy without any of the benefits of either of those things. It weights at least 3x my other desktop & all the glamorous looks of it are just the cheapest feeling/most fragile bits of plastic attached with 48 screws per panel. As for the wiring it really wasn't any better before I started, honestly it's an absolute miracle I managed to get this thing back together in the way I did where it is actually functioning, I think most people would have given up, did you see the pile of screws I had after I'd take it apart? There must of been about 200
@@DumpzterfireGaming okay so your not wrong, but I do have a basic disagreement-and that is extremely worth it, you just have to not be afraid of angering the aliens. I already had a R4 chassis with a working setup, however recent software and windows changes rendered it fairly useless. So I’m hours of work in, and I found that the worst part is that trying to re-use old parts is generally a waste of time. I’m gutting it again and using it for a special build where I take the chassis apart and custom cool it-which is where most of my problems have raised. It’s very receiving to new parts except AIO liquid coolers, however the 5 pin color wires will be a hassle in this planned future build. I am awaiting repair time for a motherboard and a fresh AM5 chip to attempt this as well as learning more about customer ported cooling. I basically rearranged everything but the micro atx location and the power supply. It has serious potential-it’s just dimensional min/maxing and spatial management.
@@DumpzterfireGaming and I appreciate the demonstration of tear down, it helped find some hidden screws, still can’t figure out the spring assembly for the hide-a-port on the top. Have to revisit videos for that.
@@dda90100 I think if something is worth it or not is a very subjective thing, to some people stamp collecting is worth it, or, other strange things, for me, if someone asked is it a good idea to buy one of these old Alienware computers to build a new PC inside I would say absolutely not, I would tell them to just buy some new parts, because these old Alienware cases are very restrictive as they do not fit ATX motherboards, there also too heavy & too large with no benefits of those things. Maybe if new cases were expensive it would make more sense. but there not, new cases are the cheapest thing in building a new PC
@@dda90100 9:25 in that is the part where I am trying to put the spring assembly back together & I ended up having to bend the metal of the case to do it, definitely don't take it apart is my advice, it's near impossible to get back together again
You're a great storyteller. Keep it up!
Also, that computer is nightmarishly complicated. Nice job working on it!
Cheers mate, I might start another video next week, I'm thinking of building a similar one from the same time but try to make it better than this Alienware thing, I'm not sure how I even got it back together at all.
Great video, must of taken a while with all that editing
Hi, nice video! Keep it up 👍🏻
Cheers buddy
You have to unscrew the back panel??? I was thinking of using this case as a side project but now im thinking its not worth it... Thank you
Oh yes, everything on this case has 25 screws holding it on
Statue!!!
Rubber Chicken!!!
yo bro i have a question could u help me upgrading my aurora r4 bcs i have the same one as on the vid but im scared of doing it alone if u got some time then i would be very happy u can hit me up by this comment i will respond
What part are you trying upgrade?
@@DumpzterfireGaming gpu cpu and ram
@@Kacperjanek-nf8rx Would be interesting too see what this computer is like with a brand new gpu, it should work fine I think, the cpu/ram, probably not going to make too much difference, gpu you just unplug the old one and plug the new one in, see what happens I guess, long as it has the correct connectors, or you could try just buying a gpu that doesnt need the extra cables
Could u maybe know what parts would be compatible I have around 300 euro @@DumpzterfireGaming
@@Kacperjanek-nf8rx Maybe try the intel arc 750 or 770, I think those are around that price and i dont think they need any extra power cables either