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December 3rd, 2017 10:00

Alienware Aurora r5 Question

Right, so I have the Alienware Aurora r5 i5-6400 @ 2.70GHz edition. I was wondering if I could upgrade the CPU to i7-7700/i7-7700k without any problems. Is it possible or am I screwed? If it is possible, how do I go about installing it? Thanks.

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December 4th, 2017 10:00

Hi RebarRazer‌,

Check this:  

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December 4th, 2017 12:00

Service Manual page 77, consult service manual for how to remove cooling components or related items

Check online (video etc) for how to apply new CPU thermal paste / grease, use Arctic Silver 5 at minimum, explore the best pastes to use, sometimes it's subjective, anything you use is better than nothing at all

Youtube

how to install 6700k > https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+install+6700k 

apply thermal paste > https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=apply+cpu+thermal+paste

Alientube, see disassembly > https://www.youtube.com/user/Alienwareservices/search?query=aurora

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