Working in an Alienware box...

DarkSideA8

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A friend just called asking about upgrading his computer. I told him it would be super easy. Then I looked up his current box, and I'm not sure. Not having looked at any pre-builts in a long time; quick question for those of you familiar with Alienware...

I notice they have an odd placement of the power supply. Will these accept off the shelf upgrades? Also, are these things so tightly built that it might be a problem swapping out the 2060 card that came with it?

The specific box is the Aurora R8

My first inclination is to get them to buy a different box.
 
One can hope
https://www.google.com/search?q=Ali...oECBwQAg&biw=412&bih=718#imgrc=mdlRDA1p68kvdM

It's a pretty tightly packed box. Would a 3070 fit? Does not look like anything bigger would
"Both the nVidia RTX 3070 and RTX 3080 Founders Edition graphics cards will fit in the Aurora R8. You should have at least an 850 watt PSU and a liquid cooled CPU. You will need to change the lower front intake to a 15mm fan for the RTX 3080 to fit."
https://www.dell.com/community/Alie...-30xx-upgrade-Dell-support/m-p/7723527#M34361

3070 should be gtg
 
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