Upgrading Old Alienware PC With New Components

[Jespersi]

Hello every one.

i'm planning on upgrading my old outdatet rig, with all new components,

first off it's a old alienware aurora alx I had for some time now, and i want to keep the case, becouse I still think it looks grate

also want to point out that i have 0 expirence in building a new PC only watch alot of linus's build guids on youtube

 

the old components are:   

Processor : Intel Core i7 Processor 920(2.66GHz,8MB cache,4.8GT/sec)  

Graphics : Dual 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card  

Memory : 6GB 1333MHz (3x2GB) Tri Channel Memory

 

and the New components i'm am thinking off buying are:

Motherbord: Asus rog Maximus VIII gene, socket-1151

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K skylake 4.0 ghz

Graphic card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 ROG Strix Gaming

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133MHz 16GB

 

so plz comment, i'm not playing anything atm, but am thinking of getting the HTC vive to do some VR gaming 

and also play some ohter AAA games titels

also im playing on a Predator x34 monitor if any one need to know

 

ps. im from Denmark so im sry for the bad grama

 

[xnoobftw]

No budget?!

Fit 4 titan x (pascal) in!

[BLoCkZ420]

Really curious if this works, don't the older models have like, dedicated PCBs just for the lighting?

[Skiiwee29]

10 minutes ago, Jespersi said:

Hello every one.

i'm planning on upgrading my old outdatet rig, with all new components,

first off it's a old alienware aurora alx I had for some time now, and i want to keep the case, becouse I still think it looks grate

also want to point out that i have 0 expirence in building a new PC only watch alot of linus's build guids on youtube

 

the old components are:   

Processor : Intel Core i7 Processor 920(2.66GHz,8MB cache,4.8GT/sec)  

Graphics : Dual 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics card  

Memory : 6GB 1333MHz (3x2GB) Tri Channel Memory

 

and the New components i'm am thinking off buying are:

Motherbord: Asus rog Maximus VIII gene, socket-1151

Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K skylake 4.0 ghz

Graphic card: ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 ROG Strix Gaming

Ram: Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133MHz 16GB

 

ps. im from Denmark so im sry for the bad grama

 

Welcome to the LTT forums.

 

Alot of times with niche cases like this, they will have custom parts, like the motherboard, and PSU's. My only concern would be the PSU. 

[Jespersi]

i accidently pressed save while typeing sry.

[Jespersi]

the budget is around 1600 us dollers which is whot this setup will cost in my contry

[Jespersi]

16 minutes ago, BLoCkZ420 said:

Really curious if this works, don't the older models have like, dedicated PCBs just for the lighting?

they do, but some say if im lucky i cut work with the new motherbord, but then agin i rly dont know

[BLoCkZ420]

Just now, Jespersi said:

they do, but some say if im lucky i cut work with the new motherbord, but then agin i rly dont know

Well if it works out for you it might be worth considering buying an Alienware in the future, if only for their awesome looking cases ^^ Good luck fam!

[Kuri]

6700K is fine but if it's only for gaming it might be overkill.

You can probably get a cheaper motherboard for like 150$

but that's up to you.

If you are going for the 1080 there isnt really much that you could go wrong.

You could get a better memory but overall the game performance wont be

affected that much. From 2133 to 2800 it's like what 2FPS average and slightly

higher minimum FPS.

 

So overall looks good.

[Jespersi]

Just now, BLoCkZ420 said:

Well if it works out for you it might be worth considering buying an Alienware in the future, if only for their awesome looking cases ^^ Good luck fam!

thanks

[Jespersi]

Just now, Kuri said:

6700K is fine but if it's only for gaming it might be overkill.

You can probably get a cheaper motherboard for like 150$

but that's up to you.

If you are going for the 1080 there isnt really much that you could go wrong.

You could get a better memory but overall the game performance wont be

affected that much. From 2133 to 2800 it's like what 2FPS average and slightly

higher minimum FPS.

 

So overall looks good.

I know the hole setup is maybe a bit overkill, but then agin, i was hoping it cut be a bit future proof

just like the old system kept going for around 5-6 years

[Herman Mcpootis]

I'd recommend you get a cheaper motherboard, the i7 6700k+that asus mobo probably costs more than a 5820k and cheap lga 2011-3 mobo.