#You remove the alienware os from alpha how to#

What that means is that the CPU's that require more power end up being limited to around 2.9ghz. If you use let's say a i7-4790K, which is a really nice CPU, because it requires 84w of power instead of the 35w the i3-4130T requires, it will be limited or 'Underclocked' if you will. Because you have to use a CPU that runs on low power the benefits of upgrading the CPU are negligible.

#You remove the alienware os from alpha how to#

This is a great video on how to upgrade both the SDD and Ram!Д¬PU - There is really only one reason to upgrade the cpu and that is for PC performance and not really gaming performance. Note: Needs to be 2.5' by 7mm although some people have said 9mm will work as well but I wouldn't risk it.ДЄvg cost to upgrade: As low as $98.99 for a 256gb SSD, $169.99 for a 480gb SSD, and $300 for a 1tb SSD if you feel that you need that much. Not to mention downloads seem to be a lot faster with the SSD but I can't confirm that. The Solid State Drive cuts load times easily in half.

If you like to wait for long periods of time for games to load then this is the hard drive for you.

The only reason why I think they chose the HDD that they did was to keep the cost low. The HDD that comes with the Alienware Alpha is literally the worst. SSD - The second most important thing to upgrade is the HDD to an SSD. The reason is because the Alienware Alpha is a low power gaming system.ДЄvg cost to upgrade: $57.99 for 8gb more ram. Note: You must use DDR3L or it won't work. 8 - 16gb is recommended even though 16gb may be a little overkill. 4gb of ram just isn't enough to play some the more demanding games. RAM - One of the single most important things you can upgrade is the ram. Even when you upgrade the components as much as possible you will only gain around 10 fps at the most.That being said, there are still benefits to upgrading. This is due to the GPU, which probably could, but shouldn't be upgraded. What to UpgradeДЇirst off there are only a couple things you can do to increase frame rate. If you haven't bought one but are thinking of buying one, get the base i3 model and I will explain why it will save you money. Hopefully by reading this you won't make mistakes that some people make when upgrading this gaming pc/console. However, if you are like me, you want to upgrade it as soon as possible (not that it needs to be upgraded). So you just purchased Alienware Alpha or are thinking of buying an Alienware Alpha, great! The Alienware console is really an amazing piece of technology for the price and size.