ALIENWARE alpha rebuild

[Hunter0128]

Budget (including currency): 1000

Country: usa

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: you name it.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

I have an Alienware alphas that I've had laying around and collecting dust. I loved the little thing but its been struggling. so it got replaced with a full size powerhouse. so here's my thought or at least i hope. i want to eventually rebuild it. new ssd.cpu hard drive the works. i however don't know what the mother board can handle have an external graphic amp that plugs into it and have a 3060 (lucky me). i want to know 1 what CPU i can possibly fit in it. (preferably an i7-7700k) beyond that i want to know what would be best to stuff in it. any help would be awesome, want to keep the shell is the goal. it does sit on a fan so cooling isn't hard. 

[Fasauceome]

13 minutes ago, Hunter0128 said:

i want to know 1 what CPU i can possibly fit in it. (preferably an i7-7700k)

What CPU does it have now?

 

The 7th gen i7 models are usually pretty awful value, doesn't the case have a standard layout? Perhaps a new motherboard would be nice. 

14 minutes ago, Hunter0128 said:

i however don't know what the mother board can handle have an external graphic amp that plugs into it

External graphics amp? Not sure what you mean.

[jaslion]

I see what you are wanting to do but sadly it's not possible. It doesn't support egpu (the wifi card pcie adapter thing is not something you should do and it is not fast enough for a 3060 anyway that and you need to be lucky that it would even work). The 7700k is a terrible value cpu too so also not a good idea.

 

I would honestly just sell it and get a proper system. It's not worth the money and it's simply had it's time. People love them as small media boxes but that is about what it is still useful for.

[Hunter0128]

2 hours ago, jaslion said:

I see what you are wanting to do but sadly it's not possible. It doesn't support egpu (the wifi card pcie adapter thing is not something you should do and it is not fast enough for a 3060 anyway that and you need to be lucky that it would even work). The 7700k is a terrible value cpu too so also not a good idea.

 

I would honestly just sell it and get a proper system. It's not worth the money and it's simply had it's time. People love them as small media boxes but that is about what it is still useful for.

the Alienware alpha r2 is capable of using the egpu. but i hear you was just hoping to have a small form factor pc and use something i already had

 

[jaslion]

3 hours ago, Hunter0128 said:

the Alienware alpha r2 is capable of using the egpu. but i hear you was just hoping to have a small form factor pc and use something i already had

 

Ok the r2 is you didn't specify that. Still the upgrades to it will be more than a new and well better system. It's also not small the moment that egpu is there then it's the size of a small micro atx system.