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    PC made weird rattling noise, now everything is stuttering

    Alienware prebuilt PC, RTX 3090 with an i9 11900. The only way I can describe the noise is that it sounded like a rattlesnake, one of those bugs you hear at night time, or the sound you get when you wind up a wind-up toy. Nothing out of the ordinary is visible when I opened up the PC, but now...
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    FPS Drop in ALL Games... No-one knows why.

    So, I recently bought an Alienware Aurora R12, about 4 months ago, and I recently started having major performance issues but only in video games. I always wanted to have a nice PC, so after saving up for over a month I bought one. It was amazing from the day I got it, up until about 2-3 weeks...
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    Alienware x51 r2 graphics card upgrade

    I recently got my Alienware x51 r2 out of storage and have attempted to play some new games. However, the pre-installed graphics card is very outdated. Would anyone know of any graphics cards currently on the market that would suit this PC? Preferably one that I don't have to modify the PC to...
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    Alienware 17 P18E Screen Distortion/Glitching

    This laptop was given to me secondhand a few years ago and I'm not very technologically-literate, so please be patient with me - I'll try to explain the issue as best I can. My screen started glitching (thin lines and boxes) a couple of weeks ago and a video error appeared before the computer...
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    Advice on how best to upgrade my PC

    I need some advice on how best to upgrade my PC. The specification is below. I need it to be able to run an Oculus Rift 2 (Christmas present for the kid). From what research I have done the issue is that I need to upgrade my Graphics Card. But I have a small form case and would need to move...
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    Alienware X51 R2 help identifying issue ?graphics/motherboard issue?

    The PC (Alienware X51 R2) started to shut down and when powered back up it was beeping (1 beep and following advice I could find on here I unplugged everything and held the power button to discharge any static in the system). After looking around I found the below: 1 Possible motherboard...
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    Solved What model is this computer?

    My friend gave this and we are unsure of the model name. Not sure if this the right place for this but I'm a bit lost. All I know is that it is Alienware. Any help is appreciated!