r/Alienware

I was given this for free many years ago.

Just dropping here my pc hehe

-gtx1070
-i7 8750H

Currently sitting on 16GB RAM, planning to bump it to 32GB and maybe 64GB down the line when I feel like dealing with the BIOS. Adding two 2TB M.2 sticks, and about to grab an AGA to throw an ASUS RTX 4070 SUPER in (hopefully it fits, even if I have to run it with the lid open lol).

Finally, I was able to finish my "custom PC" 😅. My 2023 Alienware Aurora R16 was sitting unused for a couple of years, so I decided to give it a try and add some personality to it, and this is the final product. I am not trying to follow any trends or anything; I just wanted a PC that feels like mine and that I can sit, watch, and enjoy.

P.D. Most of the mods are purely cosmetic.

Alienware is turning 30, and we're celebrating with a free-to-all 30th Anniversary Battle Pass on Alienware Arena starting October 1.

This isn't a premium pass. It isn't paid content. It's a free community celebration built around 30 years of Alienware history.

Here's how it works:

• Start the Battle Pass on Alienware Arena
• Earn Alienware Reward Points (ARP) from any source across the platform
• Progress through milestones and unlock rewards
• Earn Battle Tokens along the way
• Spend those Battle Tokens when the Battle Pass Store opens later in the month

Featured rewards include game keys for:

• Agatha Christie - Murder on the Orient Express
• Bandit Trap
• Bang-On Balls: Chronicles
• Berserk Boy
• Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Reforged
• Cassette Beasts
• Cook, Serve, Delicious! 3?!
• Deathloop - Deluxe Edition
• Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age
• Dino Hazard: Chronos Blackout
• Fight School Simulator
• HYPER DEMON
• It Takes a War
• Oblivion Override
• RoboCop: Rogue City
• Squirrel With a Gun
• Stasis: BONE TOTEM
• Terraformers
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
• The Evil Within
• Turnip Boy Robs a Bank
• Zombie Army Trilogy

The Battle Pass Store will also feature six collectible Alienware anniversary pins celebrating iconic systems from Alienware's 30-year history.

A few things worth knowing:

• The Battle Pass is free
• Alienware Arena is free
• Progress is earned through normal Alienware Arena participation
• Claim rewards as you complete milestones
• If you miss claiming a reward you've earned, it will still be distributed at the end of the season
• Battle Tokens can be spent when the store opens later in the month

Whether you've been part of Alienware Arena for years or you're just discovering it, this is our way of celebrating 30 years of Alienware with the community that got us here.

New to Alienware Arena? Join for free: Alienware Arena

Ready to start your Battle Pass on October 1? Alienware Anniversary Battle Pass

Which reward are you going after first: a game key or one of the collectible Alienware anniversary pins?

Right now, here's what's going on:

- Screen artifacting issue, not from the GPU but from the LCD panel itself; a quick smack from my knuckle on the back of the screen appears to have fixed this problem

- AMD GPU not showing up anywhere in BIOS or Device Manager; I suspect either the driver is effed or the MXM card gave up the ghost, and that's why it ended up at the Goodwill

- WiFi card suddenly just gave out on me while I was using the machine after installing Windows 7; either the driver is effed or the Broadcom card gave up the ghost

- Thermal paste on both the Mobo and MXM card is original to the machine from November 2009, and is basically the consistency of Fordite at this point; CPU is thermal throttling bad and this thing is running like absolute dogass right now, even with new RAM and SSD

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Here's some wins:

- AlienFX works perfectly, and is thankfully not bricked like some of these were back in the day

- Mobo works perfectly, and all the ports are just fine

- Upgraded to 8gb DDR3 RAM, from the mismatched random 6gb sticks that came with the machine

- The original battery still holds a charge and works for 1 hour and 15 minutes, which is about what the capacity was when new; this is shocking because you cannot get these batteries anywhere anymore

- R3dfox is such a great browser for being able to natively access the Dell support website and download all the drivers from there

(also don't mind the old ass thermal paste in the first photo, I'm using Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut to repaste this machine)

Aurora R16 started making this sound last week. I had the desktop for sometime now ( 3 years ) and its my first actual PC. My warranty ran out last year I didnt reinstate it hopefully I didnt make a bad call with that.

Thanks in advance.

Nvidia 4090

Intel I9 - 14900KF

2TB SSd

64 GB RAM

Just got this last week. Is this blinking part supposed to be there? Is this the light that flashes when the storage drive is being accessed? Sounds silly because it has an SSD.

Saw this open box from Walmart for about 1500 with 290h, 5060, 16gb， 1tb

Bought the machine and turned out it's brand new and the box even had the original seal

Loving the 2k oled monitor so far and mode to quiet the battery seems decent. The quality is overall good as it's 16x.

Honestly I'd prefer the keyboard to be more firm and take out the right side numpad so that everting is centered and we'd have larger key for typing and gaming. It's a bit small tbh