kivonb

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May 24th, 2016 19:00

Upgrade Aurora R1 Graphics Card

Hi Guys,

I have a stock aurora r1(late 2009) and want to upgrade my 1gb hd 5870 to something beefier. Was thinking about an 980Ti. I have a 575W PSU. Will it work with the stock mother board and the lower powered PSU?

TIA,

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Cass-Ole

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May 25th, 2016 11:00

@kb > you have a case harness which is meant to run either the 525 or the 875; in your case harness you have a pair of video cables:

each cable wears a 6pin & a 6+2 jumper
in the 525w, only one cable 'works'
525 has one independent 12volt 'rail' rated @ 18Amps / 216watts for vid-card duty
875 has two 12v rails, 18Amps x 2 = 432watts, thus both cables 'work'

J556T & W229G are the 875 part #'s, try eBay ~$40, pop old out, pop new in

@Game7 created a chart, it has cards which 525/875 can run. I see 290x on the list but only for the 875. here is an old chart below:

the 225w GTX 285 was the top card for the 525

If you buy 980Ti, any card rated over 225w, and your system shuts off? purchase the 875 psu

after the 875 swap, power a 250w+ card by using both cables, one connector from each

one from blu/wht & one from blu/ylw

Aurora R4 PSU upgrade

Click the link; it seems to me that on mention of the 780 & 290x, our newest friend here @AlienEimy is script-reading over the R4 875w model. Of greatest interest is this chart from Dell.com KB Article:

& find copy / paste of chart below

525? --> no 780's, no 290x as we, or at least I, would suspect --> did suspect

I think you & Eimy have the information you need now

ummmm ... buy a 180watt 1080 next week or so for $600 & call it a day

980Ti is yesterday's news > ~$400 1070 should match it, 1080 stomps it

Aurora & ALX R1 R2 R3 R4

Recommended PSU Wattage (W)	PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors	PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
GeForce 700 Series	GTX Titan Z	875	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	GTX 780 SLI	875	-	Card 1: P16 and P15 Card 2: P14 and P17
	GTX 780	875	-	Card 1: P16 and P15
	GTX 770 SLI	875	-	Card 1: P16 and P15 Card 2: P14 and P17
	GTX 770	875	-	Card 1: P16 and P15
	GTX 760 Ti SLI	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 760 Ti	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
	GTX 760 SLI	875	-	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTX 760	875	-	Card 1: P14
	GT 750	525	-	-
	GTX 745	525	-	-
GeForce 600/500 Series	GTX 690	620	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	GTX 680 SLI	800	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 680	550	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
	GTX 660 SLI	800	-	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTX 660	525	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GTX 590	700	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	GTX 580	600	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	GTX 560 Ti SLI	650	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 560 Ti	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	GTX 555 SLI	500	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTX 555	400	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GT 545 (DDR5) SLI	450	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15
	GT 545 (DDR5)	380	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GTX 490	700	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	GTX 480	600	-	Card 1: P16 and P15
	GTX 470 SLI	750	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 470	550	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
GeForce 400/200 Series	GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE SLI	620	-	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTX 460 1Gb/768Mb/SE	500	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GTS 450 SLI	520	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTS 450	400	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GTX 295	650	Card 1: P16 and P15	-
	GTX 285 SLI	750	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 285	520	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	GTX 280 SLI	750	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	GTX 280	550	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	GTX 260 SLI	650	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	GTX 260	500	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	GT 240	350	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P15

Table 1

		Recommended PSU Wattage (W)	PSU 525 watts PCIe connectors	PSU 875 watts PCIe connectors
Radeon R9 2xx Series	R9 290x	875	-	Card 1: P16 and P15
	R9 270x CF	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	R9 270x	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
	R9 270 CF	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	R9 270	875	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 8000 Series	HD 8990	875	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	HD 8950 CF	800	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD 8950	800	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD 8870 CF	800	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD 8870	800	-	Card 1: P14 and P15
Radeon HD 7000/6000 Series	HD7970 CF	800	-	-
	HD7970	550	-	-
	HD7950 CF	700	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD7950	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD7870 CF	600	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD7870	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD7850 CF	575	-	-
	HD7850	450	-	-
	HD7770 CF	520	-	-
	HD7770	430	-	-
	HD7750	350	-	-
	HD6990	700	-	Card 1: P15 and P17
	HD6970 CF	800	-	-
	HD6970	550	-	-
	HD6950 CF	700	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
Radeon HD 6000/5000 Series	HD6950	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD6870 CF	600	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD6870	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD6850 CF	550	-	-
	HD6850	450	-	-
	HD5970 CF	850	-	-
	HD5970	650	-	Card 1: P16 and P15
	HD5870 CF	650	-	Card 1: P14 and P15 Card 2: P16 and P17
	HD5870	500	Card 1: P14 and P15	Card 1: P14 and P15
	HD5770 CF	550	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P15	Card 1: P14 Card 2: P16
	HD5770	425	Card 1: P14	Card 1: P14
	HD5670 512Mb/1Gb CF	450	-	-
	HD5670 512Mb/1Gb	400	-	-

Table 2

Tables 1 and 2: Alienware Aurora Graphics Cards and Their Correct Power Connectors

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Alienware-Eimy

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May 25th, 2016 09:00

Hi,
Officially Alienware has verified up to 780 with Nvidia and R9 290x with AMD, however, unofficially ONE 980 should work fine, if you want to add a second video card, then you will need to upgrade the PSU.

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kivonb

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May 25th, 2016 15:00

Thanks a lot. Couldn't ask for more. As u say, will buy the 1080 and call it a day for the next 4 years :).

The 1080 would be compatible with the R1 motherboard right?

Cass-Ole

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May 26th, 2016 04:00

I'm not sure how to answer that, since it's not for sale yet. If you browse here & Alien Arena, the A51 R2 owners (& also the laptop+AGA owners) are asking this qwestion; the answer right now is 'don't know'. Feel free to ask on Arena & the GeForce forum, letting them know you have an X58 MSI (MS-7591).

Like you, I have a very similar x58 MS-7543 in my A51 R1 & 'I don't know yet' if 1070/1080 works. They should. In situations like this, we try to buy a card from a seller with a liberal return policy (MicroCenter Nvidia or EVGA direct etc) > just in case.

Aurora R3 Owners > will 1070/1080 work > don't know yet

*Aurora R3 (2600k cpu etc) may need a card with a dual vBios (legacy + uefi); in today's R3 news, problem with as simple as an R9 270x:

"It should work if you have 875w PowerSupply, and it has the proper-pinned power-plugs natively. Since it's Aurora-R3 you better get one with a Dual-BIOS switch that supports both Legacy and UEFI Hybrid. Aurora R3 is maybe just EFI (not true uEFI) so it can't decide which it needs. Save yourself a lot of trouble and get one with a switch on the video-card. Reportedly, some newer MSI & Sapphire cards have the switch. You might have to un-snap and remove the Aurora's plastic video-card air guide if new card exhausts into case.I also have this from my notes that someone wrote: Just wanted to say that the R9 380 does work. But you have to buy a hybrid BIOS graphic-card like "Sapphire R9 380 Nitro". The Sapphire cards are able to switch the BIOS boot from UEFI to legacy BIOS. There is a small "switch" at the corner of the card you can use. It works fine without any issues."

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