Alienware Alpha - A Look Inside the Alpha

[froggyboy604]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TePalKjzfPc

Alienware's Product Marketing Consultant Marc Diana opens up the upcoming Alienware Alpha to show the internal component layout and demonstrate how easy it can be to make upgrades.
 
Learn more about the Alpha or preorder today at: http://www.alienware.com/alpha
 
Upgradable Components: 
- 4th Generation Intel Core i CPUs, Desktop ‘T’ Variants, based on 22nm Hasswell architecture. 
- Memory, 2x DDR3 SoDIMM Sockets, up to 16GB 1600MHz supported.
- HDD, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB Models offered. 
- Intel Wireless Adapter, up to 2x2 802.11ac Dual Band +BT 4.0
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Standard Components: 
- Intel H81 Chipset, LGA 1150 socket. 
- Custom NVIDIA GTX GPU based on Maxwell architecture, with 2GB GDDR5 memory 
 
Ports: 
- 2x USB2 (Front)
- 2x USB3 (Back)
- 1x USB2 (Bottom)
- 1x RJ45 GbE
- 1x HDMI-Out 1.4a
- 1x HDMI-In 
- 1x optical audio out (Toslink)
- 1x DC in

It's pretty impressive that the Alpha can be upgraded to 16GB of RAM, and the CPU/Processor is also upgradeable to a faster CPU by the users.

This looks like a pretty easy PC to upgrade for the average PC user.

The two cooling fans, and heatsinks also look very powerful at cooling the computer.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

Wish I had these in my troubleshooting class this past semester where we had to take a bunch of PCs apart and put back together.

 

[IntoxNitram]

I'm pretty interested in these things. They seem really good.

 

[froggyboy604]

Wish I had these in my troubleshooting class this past semester where we had to take a bunch of PCs apart and put back together.

Some of those old PCs can be pretty difficult to take a part especially if they use weird screw types like torx and hex, and the PC has a lot of screws on it. The cheaper PC cases can also scrap, and stab your skin causing you to bleed if you scrap or stab yourself while working inside a PC.

Laptops are the hardest to fully take a part, and put back together because of the number of screws and cables inside it.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I found it impossible to take macs apart, and some laptops have been built so they can't be taken apart.