bought a dell xps 8940 to replae my old and abused HP in the specs (which surprisingly held up for about 4 years of massive multitasking and gaming abuse beyond its capacity)
(pre)anyway are any of the dell and hp components interchangeable?
it seems like physically both companies use almost identical generic brand components even motherboard looks very similar
anyway
i got i7-10700 2.9ghz
upgraded to 32gb micron ddr4 3200
upgraded to 1tb oem nvme drive as well
and it came with gtx 1650 super which pulls destiny 2 at 4k at 55fps very angrily
with windows 11 pro
360watt psu and the basic most useless fan
total it cost me about 650 with fuel to go pick it up and buying ram and ssd on ebay
so i consider it a decent deal
besides the obvious and most reasonable advice to get rid of it
what can i do to make it better?
there are many unresolved and questionable things about these systems on teh web
like whether i can or cannot upgrade the psu or ram or what video card to run with what psu
can i use alienware PSU with this motherboard? even if it requires physical mods to cut out the psu butthole to fit it in
is there a liquid cooler option that can even work with it?
is there a heatsink kit that i should use to keep the temps down on ram and other components that are good bang for the buck?
(pre)anyway are any of the dell and hp components interchangeable?
it seems like physically both companies use almost identical generic brand components even motherboard looks very similar
anyway
i got i7-10700 2.9ghz
upgraded to 32gb micron ddr4 3200
upgraded to 1tb oem nvme drive as well
and it came with gtx 1650 super which pulls destiny 2 at 4k at 55fps very angrily
with windows 11 pro
360watt psu and the basic most useless fan
total it cost me about 650 with fuel to go pick it up and buying ram and ssd on ebay
so i consider it a decent deal
besides the obvious and most reasonable advice to get rid of it
what can i do to make it better?
there are many unresolved and questionable things about these systems on teh web
like whether i can or cannot upgrade the psu or ram or what video card to run with what psu
can i use alienware PSU with this motherboard? even if it requires physical mods to cut out the psu butthole to fit it in
is there a liquid cooler option that can even work with it?
is there a heatsink kit that i should use to keep the temps down on ram and other components that are good bang for the buck?
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