Alienware Alpha R2 User Manual

Contents
Before working inside your computer.......................................... 10
Before You Begin ..............................................................................................10
Safety instructions.............................................................................................. 10
Recommended tools........................................................................................... 11
After working inside your computer............................................ 12
Technical overview......................................................................... 13
Inside View Of Your Computer........................................................................... 13
System-board components...................................................................................14
Removing the base cover............................................................... 15
Procedure.......................................................................................................... 15
Replacing the base cover................................................................17
Procedure.......................................................................................................... 17
Removing the hard drive............................................................... 18
Prerequisites...................................................................................................... 18
Procedure.......................................................................................................... 18
Replacing the hard drive............................................................... 21
Procedure.......................................................................................................... 21
Post-requisites....................................................................................................21
Removing the top cover................................................................. 22
Prerequisites...................................................................................................... 22
Procedure.......................................................................................................... 22
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Alienware Alpha R2 Specifications

General

Tcase	66 °C
Bus type	DMI3
Stepping	R0
Processor cache	8 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	i7-6700T
System bus rate	8 GT/s
Processor family	Intel® Core™ i7
Processor series	Intel Core i7-6700 Desktop series
Processor socket	LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
Processor threads	8
Processor codename	Skylake
Number of QPI links	-
Processor frequency	2.8 GHz
Processor cache type	Smart Cache
Configurable TDP-down	- W
Processor lithography	14 nm
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Processor front side bus	- MHz
PCI Express slots version	3.0
Processor boost frequency	3.6 GHz
Processor operating modes	64-bit
ECC supported by processor	No
PCI Express configurations	1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 W
Number of processors installed	1
Maximum number of PCI Express lanes	16
Memory types supported by processor	DDR3L-SDRAM, DDR4-SDRAM
Memory voltage supported by processor	1.35 V
Memory clock speeds supported by processor	2133, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
Memory bandwidth supported by processor (max)	34.1 GB/s
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	64 GB
On-board graphics card ID	1912
Discrete graphics card model	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
On-board graphics card model	Intel® HD Graphics 530
Discrete graphics card memory	4 GB
Discrete graphics memory type	GDDR5
Graphics card Open GL support	Yes
On-board graphics card family	Intel® HD Graphics
Maximum on-board graphics card memory	1.74 GB
On-board graphics card OpenGL version	4.4
On-board graphics card base frequency	350 MHz
On-board graphics card DirectX version	12.0
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)	1100 MHz
Number of displays supported (on-board graphics)	3
Scalability	1S
Processor code	SR2BU
Processor ARK ID	88200
Processor package size	37.5 x 37.5 mm
Supported instruction sets	SSE4.2, AVX 2.0, SSE4.1
Thermal solution specification	PCG 2015A
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) version	1.00
Memory slots	1x SO-DIMM
Internal memory	8 GB
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory clock speed	2133 MHz
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)	1 x 8 GB
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
SSD interface	PCI Express
Storage media	SSD
Total storage capacity	512 GB
Wi-Fi standards	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth version	4.2
Cabling technology	10/100/1000Base-T(X)
Ethernet LAN data rates	10, 100, 1000 Mbit/s
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
Volume	1.2 L
Chassis type	Mini PC
Product color	Black
Placement supported	Horizontal
Audio chip	Realtek ALC3234
Motherboard chipset	Intel® H110
Power supply input voltage	100 - 240 V
Power supply input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Operating altitude	-15.2 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude	-15.2 - 10668 m
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 65 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	0 - 95 %
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	10 - 90 %

Weight and Dimensions

Width	200 mm
Height	55 mm
Weight	1810 g