Open fan GTX 1660 Ti is acceptable since it was not too hot and 'only' rated 120W TDP if you don't care the noise. System: Alienware X51 R2 CPU Core i7-4790 Intel Bench 76, 249,438 samples 226 GPU GTX 745 (OEM) Nvidia Bench 10, 24,508 samples 60 SSD 860 Evo 500GB Samsung Bench 106, 609,576 samples 80 RAM. My current specs are: GPU: GTX 745 4GB (a custom dell GPU, came with the computer) CPU: Intel i7-4790.

I am looking to upgrade the graphics card in my Alienware x51 R2.

That's my experience when I was using gtx 970 with open fan design. Hey guys, I'll be honest I am quite new to PC gaming and do not completely understand the PC components. The heat from from graphic card would finally and quickly affect the CPU cooling, making the cpu fan very noise and clock dropping. Overall youd new a much better CPU and better GPU overall the X51 really is not worth upgrading as even maxed out with an i7 and GTX 970 wont hold up for. Heavy gaming would have graphic card generate a lot of heat inside the case. For max performance, at this moment GTX 1660 Ti is the best option, very close to RTX 2060 without RTX on.īlower version is the best option for X51 case and airflow setting, which could push the heat airflow directly outside the case.

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