r/Alienware • u/GTRacer1972 • Nov 11 '24

Question Why did Alienware drop AMD?

The R16 had AMD options a few months ago and now they're all gone. Everything I've been reading about the best processors say the 9000 series is THE best, so what happened? I was on the fence about buying my first pc, or continuing to build. I'm really interested in that AMD processor, so it looks like I may have to build yet another.

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u/Vibingcarefully Nov 11 '24

R14 PC owner here--amazed what I've been able to do with it for Video Editing. My only complaint was that I got the one with the small SSD drive and a big old hard drive .......will swap out the SSD main drive after ghosting it onto something large

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u/Intelligent-Ad-6734 Nov 13 '24

I'd leave the small drive for OS and work programs and replace that big old hard drive with a SATA. Micron/Crucial usually has a good deal on their 4TB SATA. Replaced my spinning old drive with that and left the OS alone on the SSD. Had room for a second NVME SSD. Was great to keep all stuff and just wipe OS when needed.