Looking for advice upgrading Alienware R1 GPU

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coronamandini

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I'm looking to upgrade my Alienware R1 I purchased back in 2010. After 7 yrs its finally starting to struggle with game play.

I play Warcraft a lot and it struggles through raids and game play. I would like to upgrade my video card. I'm looking for something between $200-$400. I really like Nvida GTX models. Trying to get away from Radeon. I'm running two monitors but just gaming on one. I use the other to research as I play tabbing out. My current setup is.....

Overclocked Intel core I7 930QC 3.36GHz 8Mb watercooled

6 GB triple channel 1333 Mhz DDR 3

Dual Radeon HD 5670 Crossfire

500G 7200rpm 16MB Cache HDD

875w power supply

Windows 10

Let me know if anymore info is needed.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 
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HamBown81
You would likely be well served by a GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060. Even at the level of the 1060, you processor is likely going to be holing it back so take that into consideration as well.

I guess you can always take it to your next build either way :D

EDIT: You could also look into upgrading your RAM, you can support up to 24GB triple-channel DDR3-1333
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You would likely be well served by a GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060. Even at the level of the 1060, you processor is likely going to be holing it back so take that into consideration as well.

I guess you can always take it to your next build either way :D

EDIT: You could also look into upgrading your RAM, you can support up to 24GB triple-channel DDR3-1333
 
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coronamandini

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Thank you!
Got my eyes on
MSI GeForce GTX 1060 DirectX 12 GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G 6GB 192-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16
And
16 gigs of
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL
(1,350) along with the 6 gigs I have already.

 
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Sounds sweet. DO be careful mixing RAM. If you have issues after installation that may be the reason.
 
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coronamandini

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I will remove the old and stick with the Ripjaws to be safe.
Again thank you.
 
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