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Area-51 R5, latest CPU?
So with the latest update on the bios, what is the latest CPU that it can accept? Can I put a i9-10900 on it? I currently have a i7-9800x that came with it and a RTX 3080 12GB. I want to upgrade my CPU because its falling in some games and other stuff.
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DELL-Chris M
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March 13th, 2023 06:00
i9-10900 was never tested.
The best CPU offered on this 2018 released Area-51 R4 was =
NRPY0 i9-9980XE 3.00GHz
Area-51 R5 tested/validated OEM CPU =
NRPY0 i9-9980XE 3.00GHz
D6D1J i9-9960X 3.10GHz
PKP18 i9-9940X 3.30GHz
XWTJ8 i9-9920X 3.50GHz
K4FDV i9-9900X 3.50Ghz
14YJ3 i9-9820X 3.30GHz
91YJ0 i9-7980XE 2.60GHz
20MGX i9-7960X 2.80GHz
69DC2 i9-7940X 3.10GHz
JWVJF i9-7920X 2.90GHz
R06C6 i9-7900X 3.30GHz
33CDW i7-9800X 3.80Ghz
N42VP i7-7820X 3.60GHz
6XRPW i7-7800X 3.50GHz
GKX5M i7-7800X 3.50GHz
JOcean
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March 11th, 2023 13:00
Actually the i7 9800X is 8% better than the i9 in performance according to Game Debate.
crimsom
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March 11th, 2023 13:00
Hi @Marcos1234 welcome to this free user-to-user Alienware laptop discussion forum.
Moderator has been requested to move this Alienware Area-51 R5 thread to the Alienware Desktops - Dell Community board.
Marcos1234
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March 11th, 2023 14:00
Idk about I think this i7-9800 can't match my rtx 3080 that why I'm looking to see which one I can upgrade to
Vanadiel
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March 13th, 2023 07:00
You can try this bottleneck calculator to see what your options are: Bottleneck calculator
You do have to take the results with a few grains of salt, but at least it can provide a baseline.
Also note that bottlenecks are dependent on screen resolution.
9980XE would be a good option for 1440P and up. At 1080P there's not much option for you. Now considering the price for any of these CPU's and the aging architecture of that platform, I would personally be looking at a new motherboard and go from there.
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March 18th, 2023 11:00
Same spec here...now migrating to an MSI board and i9 13900kf. The i7 9800x whilst decent for its time with my RTX 3080, the CPU was frequently bottlenecking the GPU in MSFS 2020 in VR.
Plus AW have stopped the Area 51 series with the R6 threadripper - and nothing performance gaining beyond the Skylake-X 9000-series and 4.5 GHz.