DieHard Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 (edited) Looking at MSI GTX 970 (4GB) but I think that may be pushing my motherboard's limits. Have 875 PSU. Intel i7-2600 cpu throttles up to 3.9 Need advice. -Edit- ==== Should have referenced this article at the get go : http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19661685 Thanks Edited April 2, 2016 by DieHard [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
HawkDCS Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 You should be able to get that 2600K to 4.5Ghz easy with very little if any voltage bump. Just get a good cooler. I used a 2600K up till a year ago and it was still plenty fast. I only rebuilt out of needing to do some pro tasks with video editing and content creation rendering etc. The new CPUs from Intel are very small gains. Sandy Bridge has not been massively out classed even after the years. The new chips are only about 35% or a little faster. We used to see that on a bad year with CPUs haha. 2600K will drive the 970 just fine. If you do SLI you will be pushing it but single card no sweat. That board looks like it has PCI 16x 2.0 so that plenty for a single card with DCS. 1 Rig: 5960X @ 4.5GHZ 32GB 3000Mhz DDR4 Titan XP Dell 3415W 21:9 Thrustmaster Warthog
Demon_ Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 How Far Can I Go with a New GPU for Alienware Motherboard 046MHW? How far your wallet can goes. The P67 is a good chip, PCI-E (2.0), 875w. I see no problem. Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche.
Hadwell Posted April 1, 2016 Posted April 1, 2016 you'd be able to use a 980ti no problem. My youtube channel Remember: the fun is in the fight, not the kill, so say NO! to the AIM-120. System specs:ROG Maximus XI Hero, Intel I9 9900K, 32GB 3200MHz ram, EVGA 1080ti FTW3, Samsung 970 EVO 1TB NVME, 27" Samsung SA350 1080p, 27" BenQ GW2765HT 1440p, ASUS ROG PG278Q 1440p G-SYNC Controls: Saitekt rudder pedals,Virpil MongoosT50 throttle, warBRD base, CM2 stick, TrackIR 5+pro clip, WMR VR headset. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
DieHard Posted April 5, 2016 Author Posted April 5, 2016 (edited) You are right, this guy did, see last message, a GTX 980 Ti . Nvidia is recommended for the Alienware Aurora-R3 http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19578368 I will try the Nvidia Geforce GTX 970 from BestBuy at $379 single card before taxes. The 980 Ti is a bit expensive. Next step after this upgrade wii be a new homebuilt. I will wait for the 1.5 / 2.0 merge and the newbie platform coming out and see what you guys are building then. DCS World is the only game / sim I play. Though, some of the guys to the Alienware forums, techie guys like this DCS forum, keep the tower case, gut it out and rebuild it with upgraded parts. Edited April 5, 2016 by DieHard [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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