Fixing Alienware's R13/R14 CPU Overheating Problem
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- Installing a Corsair H60i Pro XT 120 MM AIO Cooler in an Alienware R13/R14 Aurora With No BIOS Errors. If you found the video helpful and might do this upgrade yourself please like and subscribe and I'll catch you in the next video.
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Thanks men. I’ve got one with a i9 and cryotech and still ran a little too hot for my liking. I added a pull fan thanks to your instructions and it worked out great. Lower temps and quieter
Glad it worked out perfectly for your i9! I was a little worried that they would still run hot compared to my i7. And to answer your other comment on the top exhaust fan, yes. My pre built one didn't come with one up there and I cant install one without the special mounting bracket so I actually robbed the 92 mm fan off the CPU cooler I took out and used rubber fan mounts to secure it to the air vent holes up there. Little small but should be just enough to keep the warm air at the back of the pc from being sucked back in the top.
Which model do you have? Do you have R13 or R14? :)
Very informative and really well produced! I happen to have an identical R13 inbound now from Dell myself so this is very timely for me. It seems that you're just getting started making content, and I wanted to encourage you to keep going. First off, you're blessed with a good sounding voice for this. Believe me that is important. You seem to be doing a voiceover, which helps with a major problem I see with a lot of new creators. That is, simply coming up with appropriate dialog. And you seem knowledgeable about your subject. One thing I would have liked to see is the actual connecting of the various cables to the logic board while you were installing the cooler and extra fan. I realize that they may be hidden under the cooler but perhaps you could have shown them at different points along the way. Again great job and I look forward to more in the future.
Wow, thank you so much Jeff! I will keep your tips in mind for the future, your right I am just starting out and have come quite far since the first unboxing video but I know I can still be better. I am super exited for you on your new computer and hope its perfect. Your definitely gonna wanna keep an eye out for a video I've got coming in the future to fix the jet engine noise that the computer can make when under a load. Otherwise, feel free to reach out to me on my Insta @pyrotek_gaming if you ever have any questions about the computer when it gets in; I would be more than happy to help if I can!
Mine was supposed to arrive today, but I received an email a few days ago saying it was delayed. 😢 I haven’t had any luck finding the Corsair cooler you used (yet), but on the bright side, I have a couple of extra weeks now. Are you running Win 11 Home? I have already purchased an additional NVME 4X4 1TB drive along with a CD key for Win 11 Pro (only like $25). My plan is to take the 512mb drive out, and keep it as an insurance policy. Then use it as a second drive once I get the new drive fully ready to go.
Sorry to hear that Jeff, when lookin on your order detail page if you click contact customer support and check order status it will bump your order up the list and hopefully get it out a little faster, mine shipped out 2 days early from this. The cooler must have sold out since I made the video but the one I used had to come all the way from amazon UK because I was not going to spend $100 just on shipping. Hopefully they get some inventory soon it blows my mind how Corsair is out of stock of almost everything they sell, ugh. I immediately upgraded it to windows 11 Pro so I could also use it for work. Keep me updated I am super exited for you to get to play with your new toy!
@@pyrotekgaming Same reason I am upgrading to Pro. I need to use Citrix and Remote Desktop to get into our network and we require it, or at least the Pro version. I'm in IT you?. And I followed your advice and went thru the support request. Now my ship date has moved up from Dec 12th to Dec 5th. Could be a coincidence, but I am going to give you credit. 😁 Now if you could miraculously get Corsair in gear...
Yes, I work as a Network Admin so RD is a must for me too. Also WOW that was a bigger time jump than even I expected! Not sure I've got that kind of pull yet lol but I do hope someone gets some stock soon. Alternatively you could look into other 120 rad coolers and do the same type of setup, I just used this one because it gets power from a Sata connector instead of a USB header SINCE ALIENWARE HAS 0 ON THEIR BOARD!
Thanks so much for this, Pyrotek. You do excellent informative and professional videos. I really encourage you to do more videos and to not give up on your channel. You're a valuable tech guy, and I will support your efforts. You are greatly appreciated by me and my R13 man. I hope this pushes you into consistency to beat the algorithm because you can be a top tech channel. LMK if you need any content Ideas or encouragement. 🖥 ❤
Thank you so much for the thoughtful comment, just glad to be helpful! And I'm always open to new content ideas if you got any!
Thanks for the great video. Definitely going to do this. Do you have any tips or ideas on where to find a mounting bracket for the top slot in the chassis to install an additional fan/exhaust fan? I cant find anything, I was probably going to zip-tie one in. The higher spec models come with one installed already.
No Problem, glad You liked the video! As for the mounting bracket you could try reaching out to dells customer support and purchase one over the phone using your computers serial number but no guarantees. Or you could rob one of the mounting brackets from the front of the computer and use it for the top exhaust since there are mounting holes in the front for a fan without the bracket. Probably what I will do myself soon, your question gave me this idea lol.
thanks its look great !! do you think that the Corsair H60X will do the same ? no bios error ?
Thanks for the video. I'm curious how noisy is the new fan and does it have much ramp up noise? Replaced the 3 other fans with the Noctua that have been recommended in videos before but the noise levels are still high especially underload. Cheers
Thank you for the comment Ali! I also plan to upgrade the case fans at some point with some Noctua Blacks. Under no load the new fans are extremely quiet I cannot hear them at all over the case fans. Under Full load it takes them about 30 seconds for the heat to build up enough that they even change tune at all but they still remain pretty quiet after that well under what the case fans produce under load. I Would be very surprised if they could be heard over even the upgraded Noctua fans when they ramp up. I performed another test just before writing this comment using 100 percent CPU usage and the core temp never got over 62 C. I don't think the cooler fans are even spinning at their max RPM's because this cooling configuration works so efficiently.
Great video and well done. I'm considering buying the Aurora R15 with the 13900KF, 4090 and the Cryo-Tech cooler but now i'm not sure if that will be enough, lol. The new HP Omen 45L has a great cooling system because it is routed outside the case and it is a 360mm AIO.
Thank You! The new Alienware R15 has received some upgrades to help with cooling by now using a 240 MM radiator at the top of the case instead of the 120 mm in the 13 & 14. They also added in a vent on the side panel for the GPU to get more air, but it unfortunately takes away half of your view in the the clear panel. After looking into the new HP Omen 45L case there is not a doubt in my mind that the separate cooling chamber for the radiator is going to outperform Alienware and help both the CPU and GPU temps by keeping the air separate. However, the new R15 might do just fine though with those new upgrades I just cant say that with 100% certainty because I haven't got to play around with them. Also, something to consider apart from cooling is Dells proprietary hardware. HP uses more standardized hardware so future upgrades and replacements are going to be much easier but it's totally up to your preference I'm sure you'll be happy with either. Thanks again for the comment and feel free to reach out to me on my Insta @pyrotek_gaming and let me know what you decide or ask more questions!
@@pyrotekgaming Correct on the Omen. The other thing that frustrates me is Alienware installs their RAM sticks with NO heat spreaders. Urrgh. I'm waiting for the HP Omen 55L with the new Intel and AMD processors. I own both an Aurora R10 and HP Omen 30L and the Omen 30L destroys the Alienware Aurora.
Some heat spreaders would sure be nice, probably something I'll upgrade in the future. Of coarse literally like a week after I placed my R13 order I saw that intel announced the release of the new 13 generation processors lol. The new Omen is the better way to go but I've wanted an Alienware desktop since I was a kid so I just had to go with it instead of something else.
@@pyrotekgaming Do you know if the Aurora R15 will support RAM like Corsair Vengeance 4800Mhz? Will there be a big temp difference between the standard 240mm cooler and the Cryo-Tech cooler?
It should support that RAM speed they have it as an option when you customize one. might have to manually change the MHz in bios after the upgrade to get the added speed out of them. As for the Cryo-Tech it should provide slightly better performance than the regular with better fans, thicker radiator, and a faster pump but I cant say how much better it actually is.
I actually recreated this build today on my R13 and have to say i'm impressed. I did change the fans you used to Noctua nf-a12x25 fans and my temps dropped from 100+ degrees to 55-60 on a sustained 100% load. The only issue I have now is that after a minute or 2 the overall temp in the case reaches 65 degrees which causes the case fans to spin up and generate a lot of sound. Doesnt help that there is no top fan on the original air cooled R13's... Btw this is on a I9-12900K with a 3080 TI. What do you recommend? Changing all case fans to Noctua's as well and including a top fan?
Awesome, and thanks! Honestly I cant believe they would even offer a i9 with anything less than the stock AIO, that's actually ridiculous. I would recommend setting the case fan profiles to quiet In AWCC if you haven't already and check out my latest video on adding that top fan into your system to help with airflow. Also, I should get another video out soon on adding a USB header to these computers so you'll be able to control the fan and pump speed of your AIO because that's gonna drastically lower noise under load since it wont just jump to 100% fan and pump on the AIO as soon as it hits like 65 degrees internal. As for swapping all the case fans I personally haven't tried this because I've heard sometimes it causes bios errors and sometimes it doesn't, and from the videos I've seen it only lowers the sound by around 5 decibels and raises temps since the stock ones have higher max RPMs. Keep me posted with the updates and good luck!
@@pyrotekgaming I did check out that video and added the leftover top fan to the system. (this fan also shows up as FAN MID in AWCC). Funny enough this is the fan that spins up the hardest, almost double of the RPM's than the other case fans. The AIO fans do not spin up as the CPU temp is fine now, it's really the case fans. When checking with HWMonitor I noticed that there is a linear connection to the case fans spinning up and the GPU temp rising. Might it be the GPU temp that is causing this increase in case fan RPM's?
Also checked out swapping the case fans to non-dell-proprietary-ones and it does throw BIOS errors for each fan. They also become uncontrollable and just keep spinning at 100% so changing those will not fix anything.
I changed my max temp for the GPU to 70 degrees celcius with MSI afterburner (which limits it to 50% performance) and did notice that the case fan's do not spin up that loudly, except for the top fan, which spins up to +-55% RPM.
Are there ways to decrease the GPU temp from a hardware perspective? this would also result in lower noise and better GPU performance at lower temps.
@@95315782 Sorry for the late replay I was gonna try and do some testing over the weekend but ended up never even powering on my PC. While I do think the graphics card is gonna have an impact on the case fans speed I wouldn't think the top exhaust fan would need to spin up that high. I even have a +10% offset on that fan normally on my pc and it doesn't get that high or loud. Your graphics card is very powerful though so it could just be putting out that much heat. Not much you can do about it unfortunately if that is really is the case other than limiting GPU power like you did or popping open that side panel for more fresh air. I guess one thing you could try just for fun would be to swap the AIO radiator over to the front top fan spot so there's 2 fans in the back to get rid of that hot air building up in the PC case but that's just an idea I don't know if it would actually make a difference. Best of Luck!
@@pyrotekgamingHi! Just bought this beast second hand and realised this issue with these! I7 12700f gtx 1660 super in it!
Im wondering is there any currently available cooler what could work? Like Corsair H60X or some other brands maybe?
What to look for if buying any? Rgb doesn't bother as side panel fully closed.
Also what size of M2 Pci ssd and which gen could replace the current 256GB to 1 or 2 TB? Is there only one or two slots on motherboard?
I do appreciate your or anyone else's help!
Got a different fan suggestion? That one is out of stock everywhere it seems. I also assume the H60x would work just as well right?
Sorry for the late reply, check the amazon link for the ML120 fan in that videos description it shows some in stock and I think its the best option because its the only corsair fan that can spin at 2400 RPM's which isn't too far off the stock dell fans. As for the H60X I couldn't say for sure if it will work the same since the fans connect directly to the motherboard on that model and they discontinued the one I used. it can work though if you pair it with the USB header PCIe card I used in my other video plus a commander core XT. all of these things together will give a similar configuration and non stock dell fans that wont give errors since they're running off the commander and not the motherboard. Hope this was helpful!
I have some question, got my R13 i7 12700f can you upgrade with 240mm instead of 120mm. I also have no top fan in my case, is there a way to install 1 and stable it. Can you explain more where AIO cable you should connect and where fan cable connect in motherboard. I'm sorry for asking so much, but this is very new to me. Thank you
Thank you for the great content! I got an R13 with 3060Ti and i7-12700F, everytime I play overwatch2 there is always fps dropping issue when CPU temperature is over 85°C. I was wondering if changing the CPU fan to another air cooling system would help with the FPS dropping issue? Or the water cooling system is better?
Thanks for the comment! Any CPU cooling system upgrade you do will be better than the stock Dell cooler and as for liquid cooling it does better than air for spurts of performance as the liquid in the system can absorb more heat quickly and dissipate it without noticing any change in fan RPM's but under sustained loads the 120mm aio cooler and a good tower style air CPU cooler with have similar performance and you should be able to get rid of those FPS drops during gameplay. Hope this was helpful!
i replaced mine with a noctua nhu12s and it is very cool, but i always get the bios error "cpu fan detect failure" (yes its plugged int the cpu header) so its full speed all the time
@@blackcat1365 I would recommend you plug it into another fan header instead. I finally replace the front 2 fans with a 240mm Aio water cooler. And plugged the water pump cable into the CPU header. It worked fine, the fps dropping issue is still there, just less frequently :(
Does the aurora r15 suffer under the same issues with air cooling? It has 32 gigs of ram, rtx 4070, intel i9 13900f, and 750 watt psi.
Incase anyone is having BIOS fan errors after doing this upgrade the reason I didn't have any errors in the video was because during the video creation I robbed the 92 mm fan off of the CPU heatsink and mounted it in the top air vent holes with the leftover rubber pins since I don't have the mounting bracket for a 120 fan. I did this as I just wanted some extra air flow since my computer didn't have a fan up their from the factory not knowing if I didn't do it Id have a fan error. The BIOS looks for a rear fan connection when utilizing the CPU Fan Header which I have the AIO cooler plugged into so if your computer is like mine and doesn't have a top exhaust fan you can get it working with no errors by installing your heatsink fan in the top exhaust area and plug it into the FAN_SYS1 header on the motherboard with a 4 pin fan connection extension or splitter since it wont be able to reach that far with just the fan cord. For those who's computer has that top exhaust fan you'll just need the 4 pin extension and plug that fan into the same fan header I mentioned earlier. The bios should no longer need a connection for the Top Fan header but if it gives an error run the BIOS diagnostic test and tell it to continue test if u get a fan failed test notification. Sorry for not including this information in the video I did not mean for it to be misleading in any way I just wanted to add a fan for extra airflow and it ended up being exactly what the system wanted.
Will mounting a ml120 fan on the top with rubber pins as you did work? My r13 did not come with the top fan as well :(
@@bryanpark2992 The ventilation holes I used to mount the fan to don’t go out far enough for a 120 fan, otherwise I would have done that, if you can figure out another way to get it to stay up there then it will work but I wanted it to look clean without using hot glue or something of that sort. Wish we could just buy that fan mount on the dell website.
Did you have to adjust the cooler fan speed? I have set up my r13 just as you have but it’s quite loud by default. I think the fans are running at 100% speed
@@bryanpark2992 I didn't, not sure I even could since they basically don't exist to the computer. The pump is running at 100% and that is what Alienware Control Center is reading and shows as the CPU fan but the radiator fans themselves are not running 100%, trust me you would know it if they were lol, I believe they adjust just off the temperature the AIO is seeing inside the pump head. Are you sure its not just the other case fans your hearing? during idle they should be barely even spinning and way quieter than the stock dells, especially since they are the mag lev bearings.
Sorry for asking another question about this stuff even though you have been very thorough, I'm just having some difficulty with what to connect where. I bought the Corsair H60x which only comes with the three pin connector and two Noctua fans that have the 4 pin connectors, however when using a splitter and plugging the noctua's into the cpu_fan header I get the cpu_fan detect bios error which I just have to click continue on. If I were to plug the old stock dell 4-pin CPU fan into the CPU_FAN header and mount it on the top as you did, would I connect the other two fans using a splitter into the FAN_SYS1 header?
If i have a liquid cooler allready on my r14, is it ok to make the fan modifications?
The back fan pulls the air out snd insidefan pushes air in right?
Great video!!
Thank You! And yes on the fans they work together to get air through the tight radiator coils.
I was able to upgrade my r13 with a 120mm aio from Corsair. It took months to find one in that size available. Finally was able to order one from Germany. Solid upgrade advice. Thanks!
Glad I was able to help! :)
I have the 120 cryotec liquid cooler that Dell supplies, with the push fan it comes with. Could you recommend a pull fan that would be compatible with the upgrade you did in this video for the stock Alienware cryo tech 120mm cooler setup! Thanks!! A pull fan recommended and any hardware I would need! Thanks!
Happy to help! To upgrade the existing CryoTech cooler to push/pull this is all you should need: a fan, long screws, and a fan power splitter. In regards to the fan itself the one I used in the video (link in description) will work and its a good fan but it just comes down your personal fan preference like if you want additional RGB or maybe an all white fan but it could come with special problems I cant account for. Hardware you will need is this screw kit from amazon: www.amazon.com/Cooling-Radiator-Fitting-Mounting-Durable/dp/B096SQ5VZ7/ref=sr_1_4?key. And this fan splitter from amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B082H7DVRM?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details. Using the long screws provided in that kit your gonna sandwich the fan between the existing mounting bracket in your system to the back of the radiator and use the fan power splitter to connect both the new and original fan to the CPU Fan header on the motherboard so both fans work simultaneously and at the same speeds(Also because I don't think there is another fan connection for it).That should be all you need for the upgrade, DM me on my insta @pyrotek_gaming and I would be more than happy to help further or answer any more questions you may have. Good Luck!
@@pyrotekgaming thank you so much!! Much appreciate!!
Does it works with the corsair h60x rgb elite?
Upgraded my rear fan to a high performance one, now I get a bios error every time I boot up lol. How am I supposed to fix that, older models you could set the bios to _ignore_ the fan error, but I see no way to do that with the R13 model.
do you need the stand off screws, on a ryzen cpu?
I want to replace just the fan on the CPU. I have a r13, I9 CPU. My fan has a slight Wable, that is clicking. What fan should I buy? will it have the same wire power connector?
Nice video
Thanks Leon!
The parts you listed are mostly out of stock. Do you think the ml 120 pro will work ?
Yes, I think it would work just fine as a replacement for the regular ML120 that I used, just wont spin at 2400 rpms since its max is only 2000.
It seems like you always need a Alienware fan plugged into the sys1 port. I’m getting rear fan detect failures with a Corsair ml120 fan
@@bryanpark2992 Honestly it might be every motherboard port, I've heard a lot of bad things from case fan swapping that they just have to live with errors because dell will only recognize their own fans but I have not tested it myself yet. My corsair fans work without errors since they draw power from the AIO the bios doesn't even know they really exist.
I did it, am running it and my CPU is cool. I think my GPU is running a little hotter though. I used a Noctua for the second fan, and that throws a bios error at boot. I'm thinking of throwing the factory fan on for the push, and putting the Noctua above the graphics card at the top of the case. In BF4 last night I was running about 50 on the cpu and 70 on the gpu. Planetside runs about 60 on the cpu, and 85ish on the GPU.
Awesome! Those are pretty good CPU temps your seing! As for the GPU unless you were actually getting better before, those temps actually look pretty normal, they're not too hot where it gonna cause any damage and Dell's GPU's are specifically made to be small compared to the normal versions so with a smaller heatsink they do run a lil warm. best of luck!
@@pyrotekgaming Thanks, your video was great, I was able to follow it completely and I never ever even took a heatsink off before.
FYI your link takes you to a H100i with a 240mm radiator so I hope no one has purchased that accidentally. The H60i seems to be out of stock all over the world so I'm trying this fix with the H60 instead, which is about half the price. I'm no expert, but from reading comparisons it seems like the fans will be louder and the RBG is bad.. and I don't care about either of those things.
I am doing this now. But I was using both the secondary and tertiary HD's. It looks like I need to unplug one and use the power. What is the alternative? R13, upgraded PSU from 460W to 750W.
They make a Sata power splitter where you could run both your HD's off 1 and have an empty one for this upgrade!
Installing a 240 works fine, I did it a LONG time ago and so have many others. A 120 is NOT enough for a 12900KF that mine had. Adding an extra fan is not going to cut it.
What cooler did you install and did you need to buy anything with it to get it to fit correctly?
@@nettlestoo I used the NZXT Kraken as it uses the same pump collar as the stock cooler. You will only need special parts if you choose the one that has ARGB or the LCD Screen as the Dell Motherboard doesn't have USB2.0 headers and standard ARGB headers.
@@nettlestoo NOTE: You need to remove those front Fan Cages, the front of the case is setup for a 240 AIO, is has all of the screw holes. Those cages won't work anymore though.
I have a R13 with i9 12900F & RTX 3090 with 16 GB ram
I do not have any cpu cooler just a stock fan, would this upgrade help my gaming performance?
I’m running low fps I believe due to my cpu overheating and I would like to fix that problem
100% this would help with your gaming performance. I think your right that your CPU is overheating and limiting your FPS because that setup should be able to crank out the frames! Blows my mind that dell would sell a unit with only the baby fan cooler on an i9; they know it will not be enough to cool it. I would reach out to dell if your still under a warranty and tell them that your thermal throttling and maybe they'll send you one of their liquid coolers for free. Hope this helps!
Is it possible to order a cryotek AIO for my r14? Can’t seem to find anywhere on the dell site to get them to send me the cooler. My sons pc is a 5600x Ryzen and gets 80-85 on Fortnite. Way too high for my liking.
I agree with you 100% on those fortnite temps, unfortunately the only way to order the stock coolers is if you contact Dell and give them the serial number of a computer that originally came stock with one so unless you can find one on Ebay or know a friend who has one that would purchase one on your behalf and you reimburse them you'll have to go with something aftermarket like me. Even if you just upgraded to a tower style air cpu cooler you'll still get drastically better temps than what your currently seeing out of the stock air cooler that it came with. Hope this was helpful!
@@pyrotekgaming totally appreciate the feedback on my question/situation. I considered the h60x but I need to make sure it’s fully compatible first. Seems like it “would” be but you know how that can be ;)
@@HodgeFam4Life 100%, and best of luck to ya!
how's the noise level with this? as I think from what you said the back fans will run at 100% all the time now.
Great question Jason, the Alienware Control Center just shows that they are running at 100% even though they are barely even spinning because the fans are no longer plugged in directly to the motherboard. The cooler fans are actually very quiet since they can achieve the same cooling capacity as 1 fan running 2x as fast. I've yet to hear them spool up louder than the actual case fans when under load. Hope this answered your question!
@@pyrotekgaming I got the similar setup as you (diff is GeForce vs AMD), so I'm glad I found your video, 90% of the other ones out there involves the already liquid cooled configurations. Since this is a Dell, and not some DIY put together build, I might as well whine to Dell about it first see what they can offer. Probably nothing much they can give me, maybe some coupon code. Then next might give your fix a try. I've looked into a better tower style cpu cooler, but afraid there isn't enough clearance with the case panel closed or might touch the other components around the CPU. I've already tried swapping the case fans, but I got BIOS warnings, so I reverted. Currently on idle, my CPU fan is giving me a whining sound every couple seconds, so very annoying, and goes up to 80C when gaming.
Ugh, I actually would have preferred the Nvidia card but I guess the AMD gets the job done. That was my concern too with a big air cooler, it actually would have been pretty easy to see if it fit by measuring the dimension of the cooler in the case but I just wanted to try my first AIO cooler. And it actually keeps the CPU cooler than in my other setup with a older gen I7 with a big dual fan cooler master tower. Downside is lifespan though, mechanically there's nothing that can wear out on a tower cooler other than the fan but the lifespan of an aio cooler is like 3-7 years depending on how well its cared for.
@@pyrotekgaming hmm...good heads up about the longevity of these AIOs. Guess I'll go back to find the best tower cooler. Heck any aftermarket cooler would probably do better than what we're given. I actually cut chopsticks up to the height of a few of these coolers, and was going to try to see if it'll fit with the side panel closed. So height-wise should be ok. I'm more worried if the tower cooler would hit that heatsink that's on the motherboard on top of the CPU. Dell gotten back to me and told me to call them about it, I'll give them a ring after work, see what they'll say.
@@pyrotekgaming After going through many redirects from one chat to another from one phone number to another, I finally gotten through to Dell's tech support. Nada, zilch, I'd guess they won't really offer anything unless it's legitimately broken in some way. The guy actually told me to return it if I don't like it. But after crunching some numbers, the R13 is still a better deal. Building the same spec by parts will cost significantly more. Taking your note about lifespan of AIO, I've decided to get the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE. Seems to be the smallest of the tower type dual fan of the ones I can get my hands on. I've measured and it should just barely fit (according to specs at least). Hopefully will work out. Will update once I get it.
It is extremely disappointing to see how cheap and the insane amounts of work arounds they did just to have a 5x mark up bec of there name
Are you missing a top exhaust fan?
the basic configuration without the dell liquid cooling doesn't come with the top fan, mine doesn't as well, sucks, they should have at least throw in the mounting bracket for it.
@@jasonchewy ohh Dell.
Why skip out on a exhaust fan
@@saintsexy85 I'd suppose they assume the liquid cooling with its attached back fan as one component, so the exhaust fan goes to the top. But for the cheaper configuration, the cheap cpu fan is one component, so the exhaust fan goes to the back. I don't mind that, just at least throw in the damn bracket in there.
@@jasonchewy does Velcro work
@@saintsexy85 don't make my regret my purchase even more lol, but I'd suppose zipties and glue gun will do the job too.
How you managed not to get the bios error? No matter what I do I always get it. I installed a H60x elite
Hi Juan, not totally sure why your system is giving you an error the H60x elite is almost completely the same cooler that I used just without the updated RGB so it should work with proper configurations just like mine. I’ve been using mine daily for a couple months now and never had a bios issue. Can you give me some information on how your system is wired and set up and we can try an find a difference to get you up and running with no errors?
I had it connected directly to the Fansys1 but now I got the top fan connected to that one, where did you connect the radiator fans?..I have an Alienware aurora R13
My AIO has 2 fan connection built into the pump head that I use to run my 2 radiator fans without having to plug them directly into the motherboard which is why I think I've never had any issues with bios errors in my system. I do have an idea for you to try though, try plugging the AIO pump head into the CPU pump header on your motherboard and then plug the radiator fans into the CPU fan header and see if you continue to get an error.
@@pyrotekgaming I’ll try that thank you, I’ll let you know how it goes
@@juantoriello9906 Can you post a updated..?
hello the base(chepeast moedel) of r14 does not come with rgb in the honeycomb?
Unfortunately, I don't think so. My mid range R13 didn't have it and the R14 is exactly the same it just uses AMD hardware only.
@@pyrotekgaming Hi Pyro Tek Gaming, thank you for the tips and making this informative session. I was wondering if this setup would work on the Aurora 15 specing a Core i9-13900F, 4090, and Alienware Cryo-tech CPU Liquid Cooling (or is it even necessary for the upgrade, does the Alienware cryo-tech liquid cooling enough for i9-13900fF). I have not yet received the desktop, but I did some research online and was informed that the heating problem was pretty serious in the r15 chassis considering how everything was tightly packed together? Looking forward to your reply and professional advice! Thank you!
@@robertlee5412 Hi Robert, thanks for the comment! Honestly I’d say for the R15 your already better off on cooling with the 240 mm AIO that they come with compared to this 120mm on the R13 with a push pull config. That plus the extra side vents for the GPU to get air through the side panel your gonna have better cooling potential stock in that system than any r13 or 14 even after upgrades. I’d give it a test running some usual game titles or software your gonna normally be running and see how it does, it should be able to handle it. But if not we can look more into it after you get an established baseline and go from there. All the best, keep me updated on your new system when it comes in. Super exited for you!!
@@robertlee5412 If you plan to sell the Cryo Tech Liquid cooling let me know please? :)
Tried everything to get the Cryo Tech liquid cooling but no luck. Let me know if you manage to find one! :)
Can we upgrade to 13th gen i9 in R13 ?
Unfortunately, I don't think so. While the new 13th gen CPU's are backward compatible in a 12th gen LGA 1700 socket they do require a BIOS update to specifically make it work and I don't think Dell would ever waste their time on it. I would love to be proved wrong though. :(
I wanted to have the Cryo Tech Liquid Cooling that has LED/RGB Logo. Does anyone know where I can purchase them? I talked to Dell and they are out of stock. I am willing to swap, buy the heatsink if anyone is interested. I have the one with the logo without the LED. Thank you very much. :)
Keeping an eye out for one of those on ebay is probably gonna be your best option. Best of luck in your search!
@@pyrotekgaming do you think R13's AIO will fir R14? Thank you! :)
@@-Moonwillow Technically yes, the R13 and the R14 use the same AIO cooler part number on the Dell website so it should work.
@@pyrotekgaming Hmm, I saw one selling in Ebay. But he said its not compatible with my R14 Aurora. Maybe I need the bracket no? The problem is where to get that part. Its kinda hard to talk to dell with spare parts. I am living here in EU. They have the part FFD35 but for some reason they cant sell it to me. One says its available and the other one says its not. :(
@@pyrotekgaming Tried my very best. But no luck. Its hard to find the AIO. They said. They can only sell it to me if I have bought the unit with Cryo Tech. If not they cant sell it to me. Which is really annoying.. :(
At this point i'd rather to just sell the whole computer and build me a real one with the money instead. Alienware PCs are just not worth the trouble