Can You Case Swap Alienware Aurora R9/R10/R11/R12
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- My channel has been blowing up with fellow Alienware Aurora owners asking if you can case swap this PC. I will cover the reasons someone would want to ditch the stock Dell chassis, if you can swap the components out of an Alienware gaming desktop, and most importantly, if you should. I will also explain some fixes for the issues with the stock case without having to do a full case swap and my opinion on the whole topic.
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1:10 Why Case Swap-3 Reasons
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This dude is better than Dell Community Forum, he’s answering all my questions!
he's also wrong
@@jayhow5150 In what way?
@@RPGPlayer01 I was wrong did a swap hard but can be done main issue is the power button and the fans instead of hot wiring a diffrent power button I cut the existing one out of the case and molded it to the new case basically ruined the original case and for the fans I got dummie censors to take care of start up error messages
@@RPGPlayer01 if you need any advice or help doing it let me know on here
WHEN TIME COMES FOR ME TO UPGRADE IM JUST GONNA BUY A NEW CAUSE MOTHERBOARD AND POWER SUPPLY UNIT And SWAP EVERYTHING ELSE. THAT WAY I CAN UPGRADE TO A MOTHERBOARD WHERE I CAN HAVE TWO GPU's
The psu is inside that swivel, it's a standard psu. The front shield plate comes off then the 4 screws in the rear. After that you can remove the psu and swap it with any standard ATX psu if you want.
So it can be swapped, which is what Im getting from your comment, yeah?
@@sohei_tengu and the MB can also be taken out, no adhesive, not an issue - seen it done.
And the Mobo is not glued…
And the mobo is not locked by Dell…
And yes any ram will work…
And nothing will break if you remove the mobo…
This guy should read before he speaks…
He is giving so much disinformation here.
It’s so sad that so many people are learning (not learning) from this channel.
And I know very little about computers, but apparently know more than him?? That’s sad!
Glad I found this channel man, you answered all my questions! Thanks so much! I just got my R11 yesterday and I use it for day trading m. I run some pretty heavy programs on their haven't had a single issue yet for overheating. I've learned a lot from your channel so far
Glad I could help!
For all the reasons I hate buying OEM, parts to build my own were impossible to find last year. So I went with the R10 and spec'd it so it'd last me a few years with no interest in upgrading / tinkering with it.
You bring up some excellent points about exactly why case-swapping on one of these is nightmare-inducing. No thanks. I'd rather just build from scratch.
Appreciate the videos!
this man answering all the important questions fr
It's what I'm here for
like fr we didnt ask him to but he still told us he need big props for this
It's refreshing whenever I come across Alienware owners that actually know what they're talking about. I bought an discounted R9 with my covidbucks and found that the average Alienware customer is very clueless and Dell seems to use that to rip them off and sell configurations that I don't even think they should be selling.
With tinkering it's a pretty good computer, but they should do so much better for people who just want a no hassle, prebuilt, gaming PC. At their regular price it's really pretty ridiculous in some of the ways they cheap out on things.
Yup got a discount ryzen 9 5900x and radeon 6800xt for $1500 but haven’t cracked it open. I know a good bit about computers but don’t really care to take it apart lol
Thought about swapping the case for watercooling. Instead decided to do an exterior watercooling. I bought the Alphacool Eiswand and now Im getting 23 Celsius on the RTX3080 and maximum of 40-50 degrees C while gaming. Perfectly happy
I have the r12 and found the case a way different shape than I thought it would be from pictures - way wider and taller at the back than the front. It's huge and heavy and lives in shame under my desk as it literally doesn't fit on it. Thanks so much for your videos!
brooo same. and the sad part is that it is hard to upgrade. like besides money, imagine having a GPU better than the 3090? well get thinking because all you can do is imagine!
Recently started watching your videos and decided to go with the r10 for my first power house pc, thanks for all the info! Subbed with the notifications on!
me 2. placed order yesterday 5900x with 3080
Great video, I reached out to Dale and they said you can take the motherboard out the computer if you want it to, I went ahead and upgrade it to a water cooler from the original fans and it works just great keep up the Great work.
Why did I buy one? Cause it was the only east to get a 3080. Ended up gutting that disgusting case from CPU, ram, drive, GPU, and mounted everything in an itx case.
The aurora is awfully loud, inconvenient with is rounded shape and heavy.
How has your custom build performed compared to your aurora pc? lower temps on cpu and gpu?
@@ComplexFaith I didnt measure temps adequately in the aurora, but the fans were going to the max after just a few mns, and they're terribly loud. It was just NOT bearable long term. Now temps are under control (constant monitoring) and fan noise is not an issue, and the case is half the size of the original one.
What causes the loud noise? Cpu fans or just case fans
@@sir_toasted8117 no thermal paste on GPU: tons of heat; overheating GPU; no airflow = fans spinned at max RPM and had NO EFFECT whatsoever. Loud as a a vacuum cleaner tbh. Horrible case. Loud fans as well. Insufficient cooling on the CPU (120mm AIO for a 5800x, not enough).
So the WHOLE DESIGN has to be thrown away, and redone around a more conventional ATX case. I can't believe manufacturers don't sell prebuilt itx with meshlicious or similiar cases...
@@liberteus I have a alienware aurora r9 and it’s crazy loud and I don’t rly know what to do
Some great info, I've got a R10 and was thinking of a case swap
thanks for this vid! You answered a ton of questions, I'll just keep enjoying my r12
Thank you for this great video and Channel. I just successfully swapCase My R11. Went for a Fractal North Case. It went well. I've installed Jumpers on the MB to avoid dealing with Bios-lock or anything: I don't have any error messages.
Stallion...so excited to get my Alienware sometime today. I’ve gotten all the supplies to do your recommended cooling. But I have to ask, if I’m not concerned about visual appeal would it be a great idea to leave the case off to keep it cooler? Any risks? Thanks!
Love this!! Keep it coming....
I have an R8. Straight away the Blower RTX 2070 failed within a few months with zero overclocking. I swapped it out for a GTX 1650. Next I swapped the NvME M.2 250Gig to a 500gig Evo. After that I added a 700gig HDD from my moms broken mac book pro. I would like to upgrade the RAM and I didn't know only certain types work. Been trying to learn more about the motherboard. I do run a i7 9700twith water cooling. The R8 was a gift and I want to make the most of it. I recently took the power unit out to clean the fan and it seems once you get it out of that swivel thing it stands alone. This was my first gaming PC and Ive learned a lot. Next PC will deffy be custom built. Great video I subscibed.
the PSU would work in any other case EXCEPT the 24pin power cable is SHORT and needs and extension. Also, the motherboard is only screwed down, not glued, and nothing shut down the motherboard in my experience while doing a complete teardown to do a custom water cooled GPU.
Is the mobo a standard mobo convention?
Could be just me, but the PSU looks to have the standard ATX12V mounting screws in the back. I imagine it just needs a case with the compatibility for its length unless dell decided to use a custom height unit in more than one PC.
I'd love to take a look at this but they are not easy to get for a decent price and rarely come up secondhand (this market isn't making it easier)
This video is super helpful. I have an r11 with 3080 and i9 10900kf. And it is so stupid hot. I modded it with dual Corsair ml120pro fans on the aio (dang tight) and still this baby is still quite spicy. Next step is an external water cooling setup.
For a heads up, anyone looking to buy the Dark Side of the Moon R11 case (which I did), there are only 2 zones for RGB lighting. The "Alienware" on the side has no RGB nor the fins around the front of the case. The lunar case has all 4 zones, the DSotM case only has 2 zones.
This was disappointing to discover after the fact
Yeah, also discovered this after the fact. Ah well, I'm not mad. I still like the dark case a lot better.
@@jfaristide less heat ;-)
Another here who found out this too late. Should have known the optional extra $$ charge was valid
I've got the Black version R11 and I've had my motherboard all the way out without encountering any adhesive or being locked out of it. I've also swapped my RAM out for 2x32GB 3200MHz (in XMP, running at 3200MHz) T-Force Dual Channel that I walked into Micro Center and bought. What I've heard regarding RAM is that if you try to do a BIOS update with anything other than the supplied RAM (or other RAM Dell sells), it kicks you out of the update, citing 'unofficial memory'. Nice to know that Cooler Master fans work, I ended up going with Corsair ML120 Pros, 1 in the front slot and 2 more on either side of the stock Alienware by Asetek AIO. I couldn't add another intake fan, as I have a 14TB Seagate Exos in the 3.5" drive bay.
If you have enough space you can take out the shroud for the hdd and move it on the bottom (where the 2.5 inch bays are). Just replace one of them with the 3.5 inch and it will slide in with no issues - that’s how i did it.
Regarding BIOS update…i have a set of crucial ballistix 2x8GB 3000MHz and it installed the updates with no issues. I guess it really depends on your luck.
@@radutatar2350 I turned this into a real gaming rig long ago. But, thanks :)
@@jfaristide Nice to hear that! Any serious mods on it?
@@radutatar2350 I took the CPU, GPU, RAM and drives out of it and put them in a Fractal Torrent with a z590 motherboard, a noctua nh-d15 cooler and an extra Fractal 140mm fan for exhaust. Everything performs to its full potential, now.
I gave the R11 case with mobo, PSU, AIO and 4 Corsair ML120 case fans (2 for aio, 2 for intake) to my brother. He threw in 32GB of 3200MHz RAM, a 10700k, a 512gb inland nvme ssd and a 2060 and has had no thermal issues whatsoever.
Nice vid bro lol I was just wondering about this haha
Glad it helped
Maybe a weird question, but would be easier to swap to an r7 case? The internal setup looks similar, and I am super partial to the way the r7 case looks.
hey there, i just ordered a alienware, your videos are so helpful and i’m so excited. already ordered the 120mm fan! i have an off topic question, where did you get your backgrounds for your PC? they look great!
If you want a cool wallpaper that moves you can get wallpaper engine on steam and it’s 5 bucks
You get a like from me sir. Because i bricked mine when i tried to swap the case 😢. Its cool tho because now ill just make my own since i still have a graphics card and ram and all that good stuff. Appreciate you brotha.
Very useful, nice!!!
What do you do with these wonderful cases when you need to upgrade your GPU? to my understanding new GPU's will not fit?
The PSU is a standard ATX PSU. I am currently using one in a custom build, it required no "fabrication". Just took it out of the R10, put into new PC build. No special tools or skills required, plug and play. If the cables are too short, good quality cable extensions are cheap and easy to find. *Most* of the AW PSUs are 80+ gold rated and decent quality, no reason not ro reuse.
The motherboard is also not "part of the chassis" or glued in. It's screwed in, and can be removed easily. I do concur with the sentiment about most other AM4 motherboards being better though, and would recommend not using Dells unless you need to. Right now is a great time to get new/used AM4 boards cheaply.
Hey, I’m an R11 owner and a little new to this community. I’ve watched a lot of your videos today and I have some questions. First, can you replace air cooling with liquid cooling on the R11, can you replace the core on the R11, and what is mining. You talk very highly of your community so hopefully I get answers, thank you.
Random question what brand clock is that? Been looking everywhere
Thanks man you just saved me a lot of trouble :)
Glad I could help
I did the Corsair fan swap by adding 3 fans and removing the two and about 6 months after my motherboard just shit the bed. Would you recommend paying for the on site service or just buying a new case/motherboard/psu?
Fantastic vid
is it possible to take the CPU and GPU from the R10 and put onto a rog strix motherboard?
Looking at the motherboards for the Alienware r7 (yes, I know that is not a model covered in this video) and the Alienware r12, it seems that they are the same size and have the same mounting screw configuration.
Rather than shelling out for a new r12 to replace a r7 (that I paid more than a $1,000 for in 2019), the r12 motherboard and 1000w power supply can be purchased on eBay for less than $300.
Did you end up adding in the 2 fans at the top?
They are PCIe Gen 4 now in Aurora 12 - according to the spec sheet I downloaded from Dell. They are Z490 boards.
Man you have inspired me. I just bought a damn 3090 tho and now idk what to do with my r11.
I do have 1 question. instead of case swapping. ccan you mobo swapp. are there any motherboards small enough that are Pci4 with 2 nmve slots that are worth getting that can fit in it
Do you have any ideas on how to cool the gpu in the aurora series. I have an r9 and my gpu is getting up to 85c or so
Which gpu can fit in the r11, and what's the best two fan 3070?
I currently have a R10 and want to swap the case, my biggest question is, for the power button, where is that located since alienware has their own cable inside the case? Just curious.
just did a case swap on my aurora R10, I moved everything except Motherboard, power supply and CPU Cooler along with fans that came with the Alienware over to a Corsair 5000D Airflow. You cannot remove the Cooler unless you remove the motherboard and if you remove the motherboard you will Brick the system. So like he says if you plan on case swapping be prepared to spend an additional $200-$400 to get it done.
If you have an R12 can you run userbenchmark on the memory? There is a major ram bottleneck on all R12- cannot run at 3200 or 3400 MHz
I’m looking for cases suggestion for my Ryzen R10 that I got in February from Dell. I took my 3080 and purchased a 3090 and I loose a lot of space for the additional fan by the bay of the HDD. Thanks in advance.
Can I buy the AIO from dell ? I went with the air cooled option, and am regretting it. Thanks for the help.
Hey man! Thanks for all the info. Though I'm pretty sure the 5000 series R10 and the R12 have PCI-E 4.0 x8 lanes on the primary slot (as per Dell's website). The older R10 and R11 max out at PCI-E 3.0 x8.
My pleasure. So I have heard both, but if Dell is claiming 4.0 on their website that is probably pretty accurate, and would make sense considering it doesn't make a difference for intel 10th gen(R11), but does benefit AMD CPUs(R10) and the 11th gen intel CPU (R12).
Can you give me a link where it says that please?
Can you swap your GPU for an RTX 3080 FE or a 3080 TI FE? Will they fit?
What about the old mobo drivers, would i have to delete them. When switching to a different mobo?
I have an r12 I’m not looking to case swap it or anything but I am looking to do some upgrades I would like a better gpu and cpu, cooling and ram. I currently have an i5 processor in it not sure on the exact one and a 3060. I would like to upgrade to a 3070 ti at minimum and would like to liquid cool it, as it sits right now it’s just air cooled. Can any cpu/ graphics card and ram be thrown into an r12 or just specific parts?
I have taken my motherboard out of my r12 and haven't had any of the "running the script" issues you talk about. I also threw in some trident z 3000 and that works fine. apparantly its not specific ram its specific configs, for example 4 tridentz 3000 is reported to not work but i have 2 sticks in there fine without issue
You talk of a rtx 3080 in the R11 case... how does it fit?? I wished to upgrade my gbu with a 3080ti or better a 4080 but i mesured the space and it seems not fitting inside! Heelp!!
Hey guys. I have the Aurora R9. I want to upgrade the crappy little SSD. Is there another slot in there that I can use? Can someone advise what's the best 2 TB SSD to get? What adapter would I need, if any? Will it need a SATA cable or whatever its called?
Hey what about an R13? If I can I don’t plan to for a couple more years but eventually I think I will based on temps mainly. I’m upgrading my cooling to see if that actually helps but I feel I may need to eventually
So I have an aio watercooled system for my r10 how hard would it be to swap the case
What about the other way around? Can I build easily inside that case with non Dell parts?
aren’t there any 24pin extensions so you can just use the psu like normal? I’m pretty sure you can reuse the psu aswell
What type of ram cards can you upgrade with in the R12?
Just came home from an overnighter at Best Buy with a brand spanking new 3070 Ti (they only had about five 3070 cards which went immediately so I had to take the Ti version). I needed to upgrade the 1070 that came with the Alienware Aurora R7. Problem? You guest it - its having trouble staying cool in this poorly engineered for airflow case. What airflow there is-is being challenged by an add-in NVME PCI-E board on the bottom and by the PSU mounting hardware on the top. I'm concerned this case is going to cook that new graphics card to death. I see case swapping is a poor option so should I just remove the usable components and get a new case and motherboard?
You gonna get into Helium Mining?
Thanks for the video.
Where can I get the heatsinks? Dell doesn't have it on stock.
Try ebay
I've got an R10 with a RX6800XT, I've installed 2 front noctua fans as well as making a few of your recommendations and I'm getting (gaming) thermals of 45C CPU and 89C GPU + 105C GPU Junc temp. This is already the third video card that Dell has replaced in my R10 and it's still overheating... Meanwhile, my wife has the exact same build (we bought at the same time) and hers is problem free. Hers came problem free out of the box and mine has had issues since day 1.
Thanks I’ve been down a whole rabbit. Basically have specd put a whole custom pc minus gpu and cpu. Lol
A friend of mine bought it with 5800x and rx6800xt and swapped them over on to his new motherboard reused his better looking case and 1kW evga psu, put a noctua fans and cpu cooler too because gpu market is shitfest and dell overs 6month 0% option in canada, thinking about doing the same, does that make sense or am i being crazy?
i put new mobo in my aurora but i cannot get the power button connector to work with new one since it has its own connector, what i do?
How do you switch the power button from the r12 to a normal case?
Thats pretty cool
This is actually the first case IV seen that I think warrant a case swap
I've had mine for a while, but the thermals although decent, do struggle some as we get into the warmer days of the year. even with my aio set up, and also the gpu, I prefer it to have better air flow in general. still on the fence about it though
I'll be doing mine this weekend... I'll let you know how it goes... I did pull my r7 3700x for my other rig... put a r5 3600 in.
@@josephkarl7080 what case did you use? did you have to buy another mother board?
@@josephkarl7080 soooooo...?
How can you determine what AIO water cooler are compatible with the R12? Are there any clearance specs listed somewhere? I might end up just adding the case fans in the end to avoid ordering an AIOWC that would not fit without knowing in advance.
any standard 120mm aio should fit, as they use standard 120mm fan bolt patterns
Not to be too demanding, but would you consider doing a video where you stick another gpu into the Alienware? Not too many videos (if any) cover that and this case has two slots! Most people probably have an older (and cooler running) card lying around and could utilize it in this fairly compact case for crypto mining :)
^ Why I'm here.
Gonna swap from air cpu cooling to water where do I find the Lshaped heat sinks
You can and only thing you can't reuse is the MOBO. Many people buy AW desktop at this time is for RTX 30XX and you can definitely take it out and I have already done this swap. And ryzen version CPU aio cooler is using intel's standard (1151 so that is another thing you can't reuse if you are using ryzen version aurora)
I think I could swap ram and GPU rtx 3080 also Samsung ssd from my Alienware aorora r11 to custom pc
I want to upgrade the mobo but will everything work ? Lights etc
can anyone give me advice , im trying to install a 3080 in my r12 but have a space problem.. the intake fan gets in the way.
I'm wondering if I can put a R11 MB in my R7 case.
I want to swap my R12 since if I upgrade from a 3080ti to a 4080 the 4080 will not fit in the R12
I actually wanted to take an old cpu and extra fans and pick up an r11 case to get those cool ass lights. Does this case use proprietary case pins and such?
Heyo mate I just got a R10 (same case just AMD) I found they do use proprietary screws. Just a heads up, this case is not that customizable, the swiveling PSU gives you very little room tbh
@@jonerikmoyles Thanks man, i was assuming that it was pretty tough to work with. I appreciate the heads up.
I have aun Aurora R5 and I LOVE MY CASE, but unfortunately my CPU is pretty old (i7 6700) and muy MB only let me upgrade to an i7 700k wich is also old compared to the 11th intel new generation; so my cuestion is: can I upgrade my MB so I can get a new CPU? I don't want to change my case :(
So you think this is a good first time per built pc then when I get money and stuff to build my own custom pc
I don’t know how true is the “motherboard lock” thing on the aurora. I have an R10 that has been taken apart about 5 times easily and motherboard being swapped (by myself), the PSU is a normal one, and with the Ram - i’m running a pair of crucial ballistix ram with no issues.
I am an R12 owner and I am interested in case swapping. and I know the motherboard is a piece of junk but does the motherboard really stop working when you remove it so that you have to run a script?
no way
Have you done a video on upgrading the ram ? My buddy is buying an Alienware they’re adding like $200 to the price to go from 8gb to 16gb. I told him we could just buy another ram stick easily. Didn’t know there was specific brands we had to use.
If you upgrade the RAM - from what I've heard - keep your old RAM, as BIOS updates will fail on aftermarket RAM. I have not done a BIOS update since upgrading my RAM, so I cannot confirm this, but better safe than sorry
Well your vid encouraged me to just stick to a cooling mod. But for constructive feed back a large segment of the audience who normally custom builds didn't have a lot of options and probably a little irritable about the "Why would you buy it" prodding.
Just bought an R12, really on here looking for case mods for cooling and fitting a retail 2080, impulse clicked this even though I don't want to case swap. Thought I'd state a correction, in the video he says the R12 is pCIe 3.0 not 4.0, which as of today is no longer correct (if it was ever correct?), per Dell. Whom also caveated that only X8 link speeds are supported, though.
What's your hashrate?
shot in the dark here but i think this guy might like storm troopers
Can you fit a second GPU in that case if you remove both heatsinks and go full on water cooling
Well thank you for the feedback on that also can you fit a double fan rad in the front and do a custom water loop in that case
What if I Took out the internals of my R12 And put it in a White Case because they Look Insane
I believe you are incorrect on the power supply being difficult to take out, it's just a few screws. It just needs a psu cable set. The ones in the case are super short.
i bought my r10 cause it was half off second hand but i’m not very fond of the case and i want to see my internals
I have an R8 and idk if this still applies but we'll see
I got the R11, i7 10700, with Vvidia RTX3080, all air cooled. Been considering going i9 10900K with 360 cooler, but im not clear if that cooler would fit in this case. Any thoughts?
Just build a pc that's what I'm doing cuz Alienware cases are so bad my 2070s is thermal throttling
@@sSteppingStones Oh I did already. I had a local company build a tower with the i9 13900, Z790, DDR5 32M ram and this time an internal 2TB SSD. Got a 3060 separately to put in place of the 3080 in the alienware, and put the 3080 in the new tower. NOW I get the performance I wanted from the beginning for the few games I play.
The alienware is now my main everything else other than gaming PC, but can still be a back up gamer if need be.
I swapped the stock RAM with G.Skill Trident Z RGBs and they work fine
That’s good know looking upgrade , I got ryzen 3600 , evga 2070 super ultra with 32 gb ram 3200... was look at Alienware ryzen 5800x with 3080 , wanted use ram I have Dave few dollars
XMP enabled though? Generally every Ram stick works that's not the problem though, depending on the Ram your XMP won't work
Haha fair enough. Though I wouldn't technically call case/mobo/psu swap a "case swap". So in that regard the answer is a hard no
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Short answer: no. You could swap GPU/CPU, but the motherboard is wedged in the “chassis” - not a functional/switchable case.
It seems like a bad motherboard though. With that in mind I feel like it would be worth it to just leave it in the case.
You can actually switch off the security feature he is talking about. It is a setting in the BIOs.
@@Ayoul yeah it’s not a good motherboard
@@shmevanriceballz2857 can you just buy a different one
Case swapped one yesterday. its not wedged in.. it doesnt get bricked etc
I'm switching my current custom build in to the A10
I've kept my r10 its making bank so I can't really see the downside. I'll head back watch ur vids which I've watched on the gpu cooling but already replaced the non existing fan with a corsair 120 pro and have 2 more being delivered. Still don't love the heat but ill do ur mods and see how that goes. Love the pc hate the heat.
Hey, you have to search the video "Dell Aurora R12 RTX 3080 Repaste and Fan optimization - Easy 30 degree temp difference fix!" on youtube. I think you will also do this very easy change on your gpu in your Alienware Aurora! 13.05.2021