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Hey man I truly love your content and want to send a heartfelt thank you, you're direction. I bought a aurora r10 w/ Ryzen 9 5900 & RTX 3080. Did some very quick googling and decided to spend an ass load amount of money again and get the new case, mobo, psu rad and additional fans. If you have any pointers for removing the CPU and GPU this poor colt become a stallion I would love to hear them.
Mate think of it as just an adult lego. Computer parts can take a beating and chance of you fucking it up is very very slight. Some people have soaked it in water dried it up and it turns back on.(dont try at home ofc)
A TH-cam channel who does shorts that does crazy stuff to pc parts for example built the pc in water took it out dried it all the parts worked just fine.
You created a lovely video and PC. Us DIYers are always up to a good challenge. Before I begin a new project, I consider three considerations: Time, Effort, and Cost. I have some comments concerning your build. When I paint small parts, I use a Lazy Susan. To ensure I don't over-tighten screws, I use an EK-Loop Torque Screwdriver - 0.6Nm. I take photos of everything, internal and external, before disassembling the old case. I that photos of where the cables attach and place address labels on the wires. I use one of the older type ice cube trays to hold small parts and fasteners. I use Verco tape to make sure the tray doesn't move. Before I place the components into the tray, I label the ice containers so that I know where the contents go. I put a bath towel on the workbench in case I drop a small fastener so it won't end up on the floor. If a screw falls into a hard-to-reach recess on the case, I keep a telescoping wand with a magnetic head handy. Since your head can block light and make seeing the inside of the case difficult, I wear an LED headband. I hope some of my comments might assist you and others when doing a project like this.
Thanks for the video. I'm sure with the amount of work this took compared to views that there's no way it paid off in comparison with other videos, but your work is invaluable. Even as someone who's confident in PC building and messed with SFF rigs in the past, I just wouldn't want to go this far without such well documented work and I really appreciate people like you charting your experience and helping know what to expect.
I just case swapped my R10 and without this video I would've been completely lost. THANK YOU SO MUCH DUDE! I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort editing and figuring things out, so again man thank you so much!
@@colinh211 it took a little fidgeting with but on the bottom of the mobo the white pin area, if i remember correctly its(from the left) the 3rd and 4th pins OR the 4th and 5th pins for the power button. thats what worked for me
This video, and some of your others has convinced me to go back and build my own systems again. I have cases and 1200 watt power supplies and liquid cooling. A new MB, and use the Processor , NVMe drives and GPU from the R11 and retire the chassis. In my experience the proprietary MB and Bios for Alienware are so finicky that even changing a fan upsets it.
Thank you, you can't believe how much this video helped. I'm glad you made this video since you are still the first and only person to tackle it with a complete walk-through. Appreciate it.
I recently upgraded my r9 to a customized r10 model. (Specs: Nvida Geforce 3080, 1TB SSD, 64 GB Memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900). I was contemplating switching the case because of the known cooling issues, but as someone who has NEVER built their own pc I feel this may be too much for me to take on without some practice building first. However, I do want to say that watching this video has given me a lot more knowledge about the building process and it makes it a little easier to me to learn since I'm only familiar with the auroras. (Also I'm broke af after buying the r10 and can't really afford anything else rn lol) I think the best thing for me to do is just change out my stock fans and maybe start building something smaller on the side or playing around with my older model. Thank you so much for this video and how in depth it is!!
You're better off building your own, trust me it's not as hard as you think, if it wasn't for the price gouging that's been going on recently with PC components I would always recommend building your own....you get a lot more value out of it and you'll get the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself.....
@@viruscure4677 Imagine going on a video about alienware just to shit on it lol. I actually like the alienware community because they're nice/informative and dell support is equally as great. I have NEVER has any issues with alienware and every time I make a comment on how much I love mine the whole "build your own pc" community just likes to shit on it or say I'm an idiot for not building my own. Most of the time you're not even saving that much money and if you have any issues it's just more money out of your pocket and time wasted. And if I go on a pc building forum and ask what went wrong, they just laugh at you and tell you you should've done something completely different. Not everyone has the time to build things from scratch, nor the want to. I'll get crap either way, so I'll just enjoy my prebuilt and make tweaks for fun with the help of my supportive community :)
@@rdhdstepchild I mean that's fine if that's how you feel I'm not gonna judge you, your response is valid not everyone has the time, also I'm not shitting on you I'm just giving you my opinion, I know some people in the "build your own community" (yeah I made that up) can be dicks but not all of us are like that, and in general I like watching videos of all sorts of prebuilds, custom builds and the such....my first prebuilt was a Velocity....don't know if they are still around....lasted me a good while 5 years or so, then I wanted something better and I started building my very own..... It was scary at first, but I managed to do it and seeing it boot up for the first time, man the satisfaction I got from it was amazing....I'm on my fourth build now, I usually keep my PC builds in budget range mostly to avoid over-complicating it, trying to keep it simple.... Man I droned on lol, anyways I get your point trust me, but you know maybe one day give it a try, who knows you might even like it....it's not very time consuming either if you keep your build pretty simple....
Just wanna say thank you for this video I have an R10 but I recently upgraded but used some parts from the R10 for my new build but now I can use the MOBO, PSU, and cooler for my GFs build. I had searched far and wide as well for videos on the disassembly or case swap and found nothing.
@@BLZNCRZYCHKEN I’m currently stuck with the same problem. Is your motherboard also completely missing the slots the new case cables come with? My new case has the power Sw cable and all the LED cables but the Alienware had none of those
Pro tip for removing thermal paste/ cleaning electronics in general: Coffee Filters! Lint free, cheap, and disposable! Something I learned from my years of working on motorcycles and rebuilding engines. Thanks for the video, I plan on doing this swap from a R12 i picked up for 650 bucks with a RTX 3080 in it. will be worth the headache... I hope.
@@bL3dbL4k Maybe Dr Funk ment the r11 videos in general helped or this video will help 🤷♂️idk? Regardless comments are a good 👍 thing so Cheers 🍻's to both of you👊
@@vsDrunkenYoda If he made other videos on installing extra fans in a PC. Then my bad! All good either way. Didn't mean to come off harsh. Have a good one! 🤙
Liked at the end of the intro. I can already tell this video is pure quality. Also, i envy how well you speak. Coming from a sales background your tonality and enunciation is well above what i can even achieve.
Just finished my swap on the R12... what a pain. Huge props for the video, made it less of a guessing game. I ended up bringing over the stock power button and leds from the front. Only issue I have is the front USB not recognizing and the pre boot is telling me the front fan isn't on but it is... all in all... much better cooling and look
you should try connecting 2 pin power switch of your new case to pins 4 and 5 of LED CON port on alienware mobo. It worked just fine for me without bringing over alienware power button.
@@jbcom2416 Im sorry I'm new to this PC stuff but Im thinking about case swapping my R11 as well, is there anyway you can show what you're talking about in your comment?
I was waiting for this video because I was going to case swap my R10. Awesome video, I know it was a lot of work. I ended up just using the 6800xt, 5900x, ram, and storage from my R10 for my first build. I'm glad I didn't try the swap, I probably would have gone insane.
@@GamerHeavenOfficial Took me about twice as long as the guys I watch who build them live. I think it will be much easier the second time. Good thing I wont be doing it again for a few years.
@@ASOGAMERS so you said you used the storage from your r10 for your build along with your cpu gpu and ram. Did you run into any bios issues bc of using the storage with Alienware programs on it or did it just not load the Alienware stuff because you’re no longer using a dell? I was considering doing a case swap my self (r10 Ryzen 5800x, rtx 3070, 32gb ram, 1TB m.2) but after seeing this I realize what you did is probably waaaaayyyy easier. Costs a bit more I’m sure but still a much simpler solution I don’t know what parts are good for the hardware I already have. And I want mine to be more silent than my r10. I only game, no streaming, no mining, no nothing. Just pure gamer here. Any suggestions?
@@Jayspiesaresquared I was afraid I was going to run into the problem you described, so I bought a 500gb m.2 ($64) and did a fresh install of windows 10 pro (oem key was only $15). I ended up wiping the 1tb m.2 it came with and added it into the second m.2 slot on my motherboard. I didn’t get in a hurry and waited for my new parts to go on sale before I purchased them. I bought an open box 1000w evga g+ for $125 (open box, excellent condition) I don’t even think it was taken out of the box. Icue capellix 150 AIO cooler for $167, Asus 550-f for $179, lian li dynamic for $139. It’s definitely quieter and 15+ degrees Celsius cooler. I’m happy with it, but not sure if it was worth the extra expense. Oh, and I had three rgb Corsair fans that I previously purchased when I added fans to my Alienware, so that was about $70 I didn’t need to spend.
@@ASOGAMERS word, this will likely be a project I do down the line then. It’s a double edged sword, but I purchased a 3 year protection plan with my r10 from micro center so I think it may be better for me to just stick with what I got until everything is out of warranty and then eventually mess with the setup. My cpu has the Alienware liquid cooler so that def helps reduce noise. It’s just hard to make a system that is as quiet as say a new generation console, but that’s a cookie cutter experience that is worth the trade off for a better gaming experience. Definitely will take what you wrote into consideration. Cheers mate
I've been trying to do this to my R12 since I replaced the GPU with a 3080ti and no useful information (maybe bits and pieces but not a lot). Thanks for documenting it all and creating this awesome guide!
I would suggest swapping the board out with the unify z490 if your going to keep your 10700k for another 2 or so years. The thing has great VRMs and ram/cpu OC potential.
Hey if anyone wants to do this just know that you need to buy a new wifi card because the wifi card inside of it needs antennas to work and the ones in the Alienware aurora r11 are attatched directly to the case and the wifi won’t work without it apart from that great video
- The AIO upgrade you talk about is not as straightforward as you might think, at least as far as the R11 is concerned. From what I understand, the mobo will throw a BIOS error if it's not talking to a Corsair ML120 Pro (no RGB, no LED), and the front lower intake fan will also throw BIOS errors if it doesn't like your fan selection (I believe it prefers, again, the Corsair over Noctua and others and may not like anything over 2400 RPM). The other caveat with the Corsair is, although it may be a noise upgrade, it actually doesn't push as much air as the stock fans and the upgrade may end up actually lowering cooling performance. A few mods I've seen on this chassis have opted for two replacement fans on the AIO in push/pull using a splitter for power. Otherwise, thanks for the thorough instructions, as I bought my R11 at the height of the shortage/aftermath of COVID because it was one of very few places you could get a 3070ti.
First, thanks for the effort. I do appreciate it. Second, I am a bit disappointed at the results. I was hoping you would use a more conventional case, because it is unclear if the motherboard and power supply would fit in a regular case. It seems that the best bet would be to replace the case, motherboard, power supply, and maybe the cooler. Then move the CPU, GPU, and memory to the motherboard for installation into the new case. I see have seen several stripped Alienware computers on eBay recently, so I guess that is what some are doing.
So, I’ve commented about this on some of your other posts. It’s still not clear what you did with the power switch connectors. In this video, you definitely hooked them up to the password clear jumper, and you saw it turn on for a second., and shut off (I’m assuming this is what is supposed to happens when you jump those pins). There is info out there about the pins you actually need to bridge - they on the front LED header. So my question is, are you still using the password clear pins for the power switch? You sort of addressed this at the end. I’m guessing that’s why it is doing the weird reboots at startup.
Yes, sorry. currently have the power switch plugged into what is label reset on the mobo. the case didn't come with instructions for the front button plugs and of course Dell doens't have a proper mobo diagram lol. I am likely going to be getting a new motherboard in the near future, and if so, in that video I will give more attention to showcasing the case plugs into exactly which pins on the mobo.
Many CPU cooler mounting screws, including these AIO ones, are spring tension screws. They will bottom out on the motherboard when tightened all the way.
Greta video for a case swap! fyi you can run 2 GPUs on this motherboard i had two 3090 dell gpus running on it one to mine and other to game/mine.. i also swaped the case to a open concept Termite T3 ATX case, 1000x better than the Alienware case.. and your video was gold and helpful thank you!
Great Video. You definitely improved upon what dell made with your upgrades, both functionally and aesthetically. I decided to watch this video because I saw this dell computer on craigs list with an I7 11700f and a 3080, 64 gigs of ram, 1tb nvme and a 3tb hdd for $1000. I thought If I did buy it, I'd want to do a case swap, but as you mentioned in the video Dell has proprietary parts inside that makes such an operation a PITA. I like my build experience to go smoothly, so full custom would be the way I would continue to build computers. I avoid tech that uses proprietary parts, software or ecosystems because I like to tinker with my tech and brands that make that harder I just don't mess with. Great job with your project tho, I enjoyed it.
Thank you for taking the time and doing this, it’s made me realise I’m better off with a custom build. I purchased my R12 from eBay and it’s definitely ok for what I need to use it for at the moment. However I’m not going to put myself through the pain of a case swap. I do agree you’ve made it look good, but unfortunately dell did not make it easy 👍
I swapped Aurora R10 case with Lian Li o11 dynamic mini and spent 4 hours tweaking and working around many incompatibility issues. I wish i saw your video sooner.
Dude your video was such a huge help! I can't thank you enough! I did my full case swap today from a R-11 to a Fractal Design Meshify C White case. I do have the power button failure but everything else came right up without any issues. I had to change the fans from my R-11 to the new case because the new fans are 3 pin. I went and bought new 4 pin fans but the splitter is 4 to 3. So I am stuck with 3 pin running at 100% I think. I just finished and have some minor tweaking to do I'll keep ya informed. Once again THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Ok I got the fans up and working. Also I found a work around with the power button haha. I just installed the old button on the new case in the top. Power button failure went away. Also I took the LED's out of the old case and put them in the new case. So now I have LED lighting! Man I am so happy I found your video. Thanks again. Case swap complete!!!!
@@Phil-id5 do not reuse the psu as its made for the aurora case its not worth getting all the extension cables as it will cost the same as getting a new one. IMO
Hi I bought the same case, the video was very useful but i need to know how you manage to make the power button to work, can someone tell me where he explained it I probably missed it, or can you go more into it
Hello, great video. Did you ever solve the last two errors? The critical start up error related to the power button or the multiple restarts from cold start? Thanks again.
Great video man. Looks like it was a lot of trouble because of dell's proprietary crap. Overall it's an interesting concept and I appreciate you documenting it!
Awesome video!! Which pins did you use exactly for your power switch. I’m trying to add an auxiliary power switch to my R11 and can’t get power no matter what I do?
Also, just so you know 3080/90 Founders Edition Water Blocks from EK fluids actually fits these Dell OEM cards Perfectly so you can actually custom water loop your Dell OEM 30 series cards because they do thermal throttle so badly. Corsair makes a decently priced but really nice and VERY EZ to use complete custom loop kit if you aren't comfortable doing a full custom loop and then you can just buy the FE block from EK, which they're the best in the biz for custom water cooling so I would buy everything from them if I was you. it's understandable if you aren't quite that comfortable with something like that though.
love the channel , i must admit i am getting hives as a new r10 owner, its the nicest rig ive ever owned i pulled my mech drive and installed 2 corsairs thx to you for the prior video, schmekel, lmao thats how long it took me to type as im listnin, thx again you rock
Man 3 years later and i still havent found anyone on the internet that has showed another swap. This was very helpful and im thinking about doing a swap to my R12 so this will be a helpful video. I was up in the air on just parting out the R12 and making a new build or case swapping. After 3 years would you do it again or just build new?
@@GamerHeavenOfficial :-)🤣 im just jealous. Oh on the back of your video im gonna be putting the corsair 120 fans upgrade and thermal paste on my GPU, also i was going to upgrade my R11 RAM from 32 to 64gb but seen soooo many people with issues, so not gonna be doing that. I love your videos keep up the good work 👏👏👏
I would love for my question to be answered. Am I able to take my already customs built pc and buy a Alienware r12 case that is already gutted with nothing inside of it, and put all my parts into the r12 case? Without there being any problems? And does the r10-12 Alienware cases fit an ATX mother bored.
Yeah I think I’d swap the mobo and psu too. How many components make it an Alienware at that point then? Great video showing how much work this is with proprietary hardware!
Can you please clarify that the power button plugs in where you showed it in the video? And that the "scorched" issue was a bad psu and not a result of frying it.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the informational videos i have completely upgraded my r10 ryzen edition definitely want to try this next step out next thanks again.
Amazing video. I want to do this but question as I didn't hear you mention it. During your "can you case swap" video, you mentioned disconnecting alienwares motherboards from the stock chassis disables them. Did you have this issue on this swap?
After you case swapped alienware, have you notices any decrease in wifi speed? I suspect that the motherboard needs the antenna to probably connect to wifi because my computer now only has 80mbps downloading speed instead of the normal 400.
You are a fuckin BOSS! FUXK THE HATERS! I appreciate your artistic ideas and contributions to us Alienware users. I really wish the Darkmoon version came with better LED lighting. I had NO idea (when I bought my 2 PC's from DELL) that the white version had customized LED colors over the black version... ugh... anyways. Im going to follow your guide and it will REALLY pop in my dual (side-by-side) racing rig setup. Thanks so much! God bless your INTELLIGENT/KIND/ARTISTIC HEART! ❤❤❤❤
I think it came out amazing and looks great. I’m curious as to the amount of extra space you have with the Dell 3080. If I’m swapping a case, I’d like to be able to fit a “typical” size video card if I ever upgrade from my 3090 in a couple of years.
There are two things I wonder if you could clarify. First, I’ve seen online that without the front IO and the Alienware power switch there are issues at start up. How did you solve these problems? Secondly, how did you end up hooking those RGB fans up at the end? In the video you say they won’t work and will use just the standard fans, you talk about where you’ll put the mesh and then the video cuts and you suddenly have the RGB fans hooked up and running. You say you’re using a SATA cable. Did you get power by tricking the system into think it is powering a hard drive?
with regards to power switch, you just hook up 2 pin pow sw cable to pins 4 and 5 of LED CON port on mobo. Thats how i was able to boot the system without Alienware proprietary power switch when i swapped the cases.
@gamer heaven I can’t for the life of me, figure out how to get rid of the boot up failure of the top fan or whatever fan it may be. I did a Corsair Liquid cooler upgrade and Corsair fans. I’ve tried going back to even stock everything and I still get that dumb error. If you find a solution, please document it. It’s very annoying lol
hello, excellent video, I have a question, could you solve the error message that it gives when turning it on, because I have the same problem after changing the chassis of my r12
Nice video. Been happy to have ran into your Aurora videos since I got one on black friday last year and they have been good input. I used the Ryzen DRAM calculator to set custom settings in the bios when I upgraded my ram and have not had the computer crash once. Also just did a case swap but opted for a different mobo since dell uses an intel mobo for ryzen anyways.
I’d recommend you get a powered hub bud. Plug all your stuff to the hub then you’d have just a single cable to your pc. Will clean up wiring a ton . Also get a usb hub which you can connect 2 PCs too. Like $20 on amazon.
You did a great job! I dont have an Aurora but I been thinking of doing an open case similar to your new one for my H510 Elite since its a hotbox in there.
Ok, I'm doing a full case swap. But have no clue where to plug the power button on to the mobo.....it wasn't very clear in the video what actually worked and where the rest plugged in.
Awesome job dude!! Both on the teardown/build as well as the video editng! Would you know if any of the PCIe slots (not used by the GPU) are Gen 4.0? I added a gen4 ssd via a pcie adaptor (like you did), however, im only getting gen3 speeds. Dell tech support claims that they are indeed 4.0 but im quite doubtful. I wanna know if I'll need to retiurn this expensive gen 4 ssd, and get a gen3 instead.
Awesome video, thanks for doing all the hard work! One question: can I swap my MoBo, keep everything else (CPU, PSU, RAM, etc.), and then swap to a new case? would that fix those proprietary crap problems, or do I need to get a new PSU as well? I'm really sick of my R12 running hot since I jammed a 3080ti in it and added a tiny fan to the front panel... GPU runs at 84 degrees on a good day while gaming!
@@chrome-empire3887 I figured out that we can't really do it unless you want to deal with a bios error every time you turn the pc on! The MoBo has a proprietary connector for the PSU and the case has a proprietary connector for the power button and the RGB lights. Best way forward: buy a new case, a new MoBo, a new PSU and a new key for OEM Windows. Not as neat and inexpensive as I wanted it but hey it's Cyber Monday so you might get some good prices!
Great Video Bro! What would be dope is maybe you'll get Alenware's attention, and you could lead them with a line of Alienware DIY! And they might start selling case swaps
I subscribed! I bought my Aurora R10 literally exactly a year ago from today and recently I’ve been looking to upgrade. Your videos helped me get up to speed on X Y and Z. I’m going to upgrade my rigs ventilation just as you did and buy a RTX 3080 Ti. I’m actually heavily considering swapping rigs but I was wondering if it’d be possible to upgrade my motherboard to something with PCI 4.0 during the transfer process?
Would you say that it would be easier if you replaced the motherboard and power supply all together? I am considering that option down the line when i case swap to make it a little easier.
I’m currently in the middle of swapping my r8 to a lian Li case ended up ordering a new motherboard and using a Corsair liquid cooler bc the Alienware liquid cooler doesn’t fit in the new case. This was way more difficult than I imagined when starting and I am way passed the point of return Lolol
HOW TO FIX TRIPLE RESET/ WHERE TO PLUG IN SW WIRE PROBLEM: Just a heads up to anyone doing this, if you experience the same problem he did with the pc reseting three times, if you plug in the power sw wire into the white plugin located under the PCIe slot it solves this problem MAKE SURE too plug it into the 3rd and 4th pins for this to work. There are no plugins for the remaining wires in that bunch.
Absolutely great and amazing video on this case swap. It seems like I won't be able to do what I wanted, just reuse the PSU on a different mobo. The proprietary pin layout of the PSU to mobo ATX power makes it so there isn't an easy way to integrate it into any other build. I will probably just lay my R10 on its side, put in a PCI-E 4x splitter and turn it into an open air mining rig. Already swapped out the GPU, CPU, and RAM to another mobo/build. Just have the R10 carcass waiting with 1000W power supply haha.
oh boy, I was thinking of doing the same thing. I have the R11 and after looking at all the hoops you gotta do when turning on the pc then get stopped because you're not using original parts, ugh! looks like a hassle and a half. maybe I'll just get another motherboard instead.
Thanks for the vid my friend. i am hoping to do a case swap on mine as it is a Alienware R10. Just upgraded to a Ryzen 9 5950X cpu and a RTX 3080 GPU and 48gig of ram. Boots on a Crucial 500 gig NVME m2 card and put in 2 ssd disk from Crucials one with 1tb and the other at 500 gig for back up. Needless to say that i put in as much fans as i could in the case with the Noctua brand fans, but the GPU still runs a little hot. just wondering if you could make a video on another project but in a LIAN LI case as i think i will be going that route for mine. Also if there is a way to wire the front io properly so we can the Stock power button and USB3 ports and all or is there a way to do it without having any Error code on boot. Thank you
I have an R7 I think it is, tried to swap the ram like in your other video but it resets the speed to 2166 or whatever the stock speed is. Changed the bios and saved it, but it just constantly resets the PC till it reverts to stock again.. such a headache. Time for a new build I guess
1. Why on earth did you keep the Aio fan stock? Looks like you even kept the enclosure on? The noise of the top fan (especially) is the worst thing about that case. Replace it with a noctua fan. Or the new Phanteks T30, if that's compatible. 2. You can easily run 2 GPU's on that board, in the original case even, if you take out the hdd brackets underneath. I had it mining 2 rtx 3060's since these cards need x8 PCie slots to run un-nerfed. The slots underneath it are not in the way as the GPU sits away from the mobo a bit. 3. From the looks of it the mobo restrictions make for way too much of a hassle. You can get a decent B550 Micro ATX board for about 50,- nowadays, sounds like a better option here. 4. The sound of that 3080 is quite horrible when the fans ramp up. I would go for a better airflow case for that GPU, preferably with the option for fans underneath your GPU and just more space for airflow. If you're going to put in this much effort you might as well squeeze out every little bit of performance and noise reduction out of it. 5. Thanks for doing this. This PC is pretty horrible imo, the noise especially. This video shows you are probably better off spending a little extra and getting/building something a bit more versatile and quiet with less of a hassle. Even if you change the case, the fans, the mobo and PSU, you are still left with a noisy VRAM overheating GPU.
Im actually running 2 x 3090 in my R12. But obviously the second one it run outside of it via an poe extension cable. The second 3090 is from my RI 1 . So both are from dell. When my pc shutdown cause by power outages, mobo don't recognize the second 3090. I have to manually unistall and reinstall via control panel.
Nice video thanks. Question so im doing a r12 case swap and im still a pc noob what can i use for rgb fans with the same motherboard? Just any argb fan hub and argb fans will work through sata power? I really want the rgb lol
Get a new case, motherboard, and power supply. dont keep that motherboard its garbage. Actually the alienware in general is garbage. I owned the r12 and swapped out everything basically. Just kept the GPU
Where did you end up plugging in the power switch, restart, LED + and -? I just swapped everything from an r8 over to a 5000D and that’s what’s pretty much holding me up
Does the dell PSU work with another mobo? Got an R12 and completely stuck with the RAM at Gear 2 issue. I am thinking that swapping the MOBO out will be the best option.
Was gunna case swap my r12 when the aio failed but I claimed warranty to dell so now they’re giving me an r13 instead of fixing the fan lol Now I’m stuck between still going for it or just keep it as is.
Hi, thanks for your videos. One question, can the plastic part that holds the hard drive cable be replaced? I accidentally bent one. I hope that I don't have to replace the whole motherboard.
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nice build , did you know why corsair psu fried?
How did you hook up your power LED Negative a positive And how do you hook up your HDD L ED
Hey man I truly love your content and want to send a heartfelt thank you, you're direction. I bought a aurora r10 w/ Ryzen 9 5900 & RTX 3080. Did some very quick googling and decided to spend an ass load amount of money again and get the new case, mobo, psu rad and additional fans. If you have any pointers for removing the CPU and GPU this poor colt become a stallion I would love to hear them.
@@chrislowe4738 man tells all the easy parts except the hardest part how arenu supposed to hook up the mini led connectors and power connectors lol
I need another aurora case like that for my current project. You still have it collecting dust?
Your a brave guy. Every time I work on my r12 I pray that this thing turns on. To do a whole case swap. crazy 🤪. Guess us army guys are brave
Mate think of it as just an adult lego. Computer parts can take a beating and chance of you fucking it up is very very slight. Some people have soaked it in water dried it up and it turns back on.(dont try at home ofc)
It was a little nerve pain racking , but turned out just fine
A TH-cam channel who does shorts that does crazy stuff to pc parts for example built the pc in water took it out dried it all the parts worked just fine.
You created a lovely video and PC. Us DIYers are always up to a good challenge. Before I begin a new project, I consider three considerations: Time, Effort, and Cost. I have some comments concerning your build. When I paint small parts, I use a Lazy Susan. To ensure I don't over-tighten screws, I use an EK-Loop Torque Screwdriver - 0.6Nm. I take photos of everything, internal and external, before disassembling the old case. I that photos of where the cables attach and place address labels on the wires. I use one of the older type ice cube trays to hold small parts and fasteners. I use Verco tape to make sure the tray doesn't move. Before I place the components into the tray, I label the ice containers so that I know where the contents go. I put a bath towel on the workbench in case I drop a small fastener so it won't end up on the floor. If a screw falls into a hard-to-reach recess on the case, I keep a telescoping wand with a magnetic head handy. Since your head can block light and make seeing the inside of the case difficult, I wear an LED headband. I hope some of my comments might assist you and others when doing a project like this.
Thanks for the video. I'm sure with the amount of work this took compared to views that there's no way it paid off in comparison with other videos, but your work is invaluable. Even as someone who's confident in PC building and messed with SFF rigs in the past, I just wouldn't want to go this far without such well documented work and I really appreciate people like you charting your experience and helping know what to expect.
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
I just case swapped my R10 and without this video I would've been completely lost. THANK YOU SO MUCH DUDE! I'm sure it took a lot of time and effort editing and figuring things out, so again man thank you so much!
How did you wire the front panel power button on new case ?
@@colinh211 it took a little fidgeting with but on the bottom of the mobo the white pin area, if i remember correctly its(from the left) the 3rd and 4th pins OR the 4th and 5th pins for the power button. thats what worked for me
This video, and some of your others has convinced me to go back and build my own systems again. I have cases and 1200 watt power supplies and liquid cooling. A new MB, and use the Processor , NVMe drives and GPU from the R11 and retire the chassis. In my experience the proprietary MB and Bios for Alienware are so finicky that even changing a fan upsets it.
That’s great my friend. Enjoy your build
Thank you, you can't believe how much this video helped. I'm glad you made this video since you are still the first and only person to tackle it with a complete walk-through. Appreciate it.
Just did this for my brother a few weeks ago. All I have to say is prepare to also buy a new motherboard along with a case
thas what I would do anyway. Been looking to make a new build using the components and jus buying a new mobo and psu.
@@noshot5793 make sure to get the atx 24 pin extender and the cpu power extension if your going to use the dell power supply
This man should win 🥇 TH-camr of the year
I recently upgraded my r9 to a customized r10 model. (Specs: Nvida Geforce 3080, 1TB SSD, 64 GB Memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900). I was contemplating switching the case because of the known cooling issues, but as someone who has NEVER built their own pc I feel this may be too much for me to take on without some practice building first. However, I do want to say that watching this video has given me a lot more knowledge about the building process and it makes it a little easier to me to learn since I'm only familiar with the auroras. (Also I'm broke af after buying the r10 and can't really afford anything else rn lol) I think the best thing for me to do is just change out my stock fans and maybe start building something smaller on the side or playing around with my older model. Thank you so much for this video and how in depth it is!!
You're better off building your own, trust me it's not as hard as you think, if it wasn't for the price gouging that's been going on recently with PC components I would always recommend building your own....you get a lot more value out of it and you'll get the satisfaction of knowing you did it yourself.....
Do yourself a favor and do not buy from Alienware ever again.....
@@viruscure4677 Imagine going on a video about alienware just to shit on it lol. I actually like the alienware community because they're nice/informative and dell support is equally as great. I have NEVER has any issues with alienware and every time I make a comment on how much I love mine the whole "build your own pc" community just likes to shit on it or say I'm an idiot for not building my own. Most of the time you're not even saving that much money and if you have any issues it's just more money out of your pocket and time wasted. And if I go on a pc building forum and ask what went wrong, they just laugh at you and tell you you should've done something completely different. Not everyone has the time to build things from scratch, nor the want to. I'll get crap either way, so I'll just enjoy my prebuilt and make tweaks for fun with the help of my supportive community :)
@@rdhdstepchild
I mean that's fine if that's how you feel I'm not gonna judge you, your response is valid not everyone has the time, also I'm not shitting on you I'm just giving you my opinion, I know some people in the "build your own community" (yeah I made that up) can be dicks but not all of us are like that, and in general I like watching videos of all sorts of prebuilds, custom builds and the such....my first prebuilt was a Velocity....don't know if they are still around....lasted me a good while 5 years or so, then I wanted something better and I started building my very own..... It was scary at first, but I managed to do it and seeing it boot up for the first time, man the satisfaction I got from it was amazing....I'm on my fourth build now, I usually keep my PC builds in budget range mostly to avoid over-complicating it, trying to keep it simple....
Man I droned on lol, anyways I get your point trust me, but you know maybe one day give it a try, who knows you might even like it....it's not very time consuming either if you keep your build pretty simple....
Just wanna say thank you for this video I have an R10 but I recently upgraded but used some parts from the R10 for my new build but now I can use the MOBO, PSU, and cooler for my GFs build. I had searched far and wide as well for videos on the disassembly or case swap and found nothing.
So I just swapped my R9 into a 5000x. It helped, I’m still trying to figure out the power switch cables
Did you ever figure this bit out? Trying to reuse the motherboard from my R12 and I can’t figure out the front IO/power switch cables myself..
@@BLZNCRZYCHKEN I’m currently stuck with the same problem. Is your motherboard also completely missing the slots the new case cables come with? My new case has the power Sw cable and all the LED cables but the Alienware had none of those
Pro tip for removing thermal paste/ cleaning electronics in general:
Coffee Filters!
Lint free, cheap, and disposable!
Something I learned from my years of working on motorcycles and rebuilding engines.
Thanks for the video, I plan on doing this swap from a R12 i picked up for 650 bucks with a RTX 3080 in it. will be worth the headache... I hope.
Thankz for the videoz about the R11. This helped me install extra fans and become more familiar with the inside of the PC. Keep up the great work!
@@bL3dbL4k Maybe Dr Funk ment the r11 videos in general helped or this video will help 🤷♂️idk?
Regardless comments are a good 👍 thing so Cheers 🍻's to both of you👊
@@vsDrunkenYoda If he made other videos on installing extra fans in a PC. Then my bad! All good either way. Didn't mean to come off harsh. Have a good one! 🤙
@@bL3dbL4k yea he added stuff to the r11 4or5 months ago.
Cheers 🍻 Bro Thanks for being apart of Gamer Heaven 😎 👊
Previous videos man. Hope you have a nice day.
@@drfunk2419 👊😎👍
Liked at the end of the intro. I can already tell this video is pure quality. Also, i envy how well you speak. Coming from a sales background your tonality and enunciation is well above what i can even achieve.
I watched the whole video. Def appreciate it and I think what I learned is I’ll just buy a new motherboard as well as a case 😅
Just finished my swap on the R12... what a pain. Huge props for the video, made it less of a guessing game. I ended up bringing over the stock power button and leds from the front. Only issue I have is the front USB not recognizing and the pre boot is telling me the front fan isn't on but it is... all in all... much better cooling and look
you should try connecting 2 pin power switch of your new case to pins 4 and 5 of LED CON port on alienware mobo. It worked just fine for me without bringing over alienware power button.
@@jbcom2416 Im sorry I'm new to this PC stuff but Im thinking about case swapping my R11 as well, is there anyway you can show what you're talking about in your comment?
@@erikperez6061 sure, i can send you a photo where you should plug power switch
@@jbcom2416 can I get that same photo? Lol bout to do this job soon.
@@midnightmediareview can email the photo if you want
I was waiting for this video because I was going to case swap my R10. Awesome video, I know it was a lot of work. I ended up just using the 6800xt, 5900x, ram, and storage from my R10 for my first build. I'm glad I didn't try the swap, I probably would have gone insane.
Good luck on your build , it should go relatively smooth
@@GamerHeavenOfficial Took me about twice as long as the guys I watch who build them live. I think it will be much easier the second time. Good thing I wont be doing it again for a few years.
@@ASOGAMERS so you said you used the storage from your r10 for your build along with your cpu gpu and ram. Did you run into any bios issues bc of using the storage with Alienware programs on it or did it just not load the Alienware stuff because you’re no longer using a dell?
I was considering doing a case swap my self (r10 Ryzen 5800x, rtx 3070, 32gb ram, 1TB m.2) but after seeing this I realize what you did is probably waaaaayyyy easier. Costs a bit more I’m sure but still a much simpler solution
I don’t know what parts are good for the hardware I already have. And I want mine to be more silent than my r10. I only game, no streaming, no mining, no nothing. Just pure gamer here. Any suggestions?
@@Jayspiesaresquared I was afraid I was going to run into the problem you described, so I bought a 500gb m.2 ($64) and did a fresh install of windows 10 pro (oem key was only $15). I ended up wiping the 1tb m.2 it came with and added it into the second m.2 slot on my motherboard. I didn’t get in a hurry and waited for my new parts to go on sale before I purchased them. I bought an open box 1000w evga g+ for $125 (open box, excellent condition) I don’t even think it was taken out of the box. Icue capellix 150 AIO cooler for $167, Asus 550-f for $179, lian li dynamic for $139. It’s definitely quieter and 15+ degrees Celsius cooler. I’m happy with it, but not sure if it was worth the extra expense. Oh, and I had three rgb Corsair fans that I previously purchased when I added fans to my Alienware, so that was about $70 I didn’t need to spend.
@@ASOGAMERS word, this will likely be a project I do down the line then. It’s a double edged sword, but I purchased a 3 year protection plan with my r10 from micro center so I think it may be better for me to just stick with what I got until everything is out of warranty and then eventually mess with the setup. My cpu has the Alienware liquid cooler so that def helps reduce noise. It’s just hard to make a system that is as quiet as say a new generation console, but that’s a cookie cutter experience that is worth the trade off for a better gaming experience.
Definitely will take what you wrote into consideration. Cheers mate
I've been trying to do this to my R12 since I replaced the GPU with a 3080ti and no useful information (maybe bits and pieces but not a lot). Thanks for documenting it all and creating this awesome guide!
I have no plans to case swap but I literally sat here for an hour watching this lmfao.
I would suggest swapping the board out with the unify z490 if your going to keep your 10700k for another 2 or so years. The thing has great VRMs and ram/cpu OC potential.
Thanks my guy just finished case swapping my Aurora R9 this video was a huge help!
Hey if anyone wants to do this just know that you need to buy a new wifi card because the wifi card inside of it needs antennas to work and the ones in the Alienware aurora r11 are attatched directly to the case and the wifi won’t work without it apart from that great video
You can remove them actually lol
- The AIO upgrade you talk about is not as straightforward as you might think, at least as far as the R11 is concerned. From what I understand, the mobo will throw a BIOS error if it's not talking to a Corsair ML120 Pro (no RGB, no LED), and the front lower intake fan will also throw BIOS errors if it doesn't like your fan selection (I believe it prefers, again, the Corsair over Noctua and others and may not like anything over 2400 RPM). The other caveat with the Corsair is, although it may be a noise upgrade, it actually doesn't push as much air as the stock fans and the upgrade may end up actually lowering cooling performance. A few mods I've seen on this chassis have opted for two replacement fans on the AIO in push/pull using a splitter for power. Otherwise, thanks for the thorough instructions, as I bought my R11 at the height of the shortage/aftermath of COVID because it was one of very few places you could get a 3070ti.
Thanks for making this! Been trying to find a guide since the current case is the worst. I’ll be trying this case swap this weekend. Cheers!
First, thanks for the effort. I do appreciate it. Second, I am a bit disappointed at the results. I was hoping you would use a more conventional case, because it is unclear if the motherboard and power supply would fit in a regular case. It seems that the best bet would be to replace the case, motherboard, power supply, and maybe the cooler. Then move the CPU, GPU, and memory to the motherboard for installation into the new case. I see have seen several stripped Alienware computers on eBay recently, so I guess that is what some are doing.
That’s exactly what I did.
Doing that now
@@smittyboy did u keep ssd? or do fresh install of windows
@@kylepena2057 Kept the SSD. Later, I purchased a new one with a fresh install.
Nice swap! I can watch you talk for hours idk why maybe cuz of your funny personality, keep up the work!
So, I’ve commented about this on some of your other posts. It’s still not clear what you did with the power switch connectors. In this video, you definitely hooked them up to the password clear jumper, and you saw it turn on for a second., and shut off (I’m assuming this is what is supposed to happens when you jump those pins). There is info out there about the pins you actually need to bridge - they on the front LED header.
So my question is, are you still using the password clear pins for the power switch? You sort of addressed this at the end. I’m guessing that’s why it is doing the weird reboots at startup.
Yes, sorry. currently have the power switch plugged into what is label reset on the mobo. the case didn't come with instructions for the front button plugs and of course Dell doens't have a proper mobo diagram lol. I am likely going to be getting a new motherboard in the near future, and if so, in that video I will give more attention to showcasing the case plugs into exactly which pins on the mobo.
@@GamerHeavenOfficial can you kind of describe the location of that plug? I’m case swapping mine and the error is annoying
when i case swapped aurora r10 i connected the new case 2 pin power switch to alienware mobo LED CON port pins 4 and 5. It worked perfectly fine.
Many CPU cooler mounting screws, including these AIO ones, are spring tension screws. They will bottom out on the motherboard when tightened all the way.
Greta video for a case swap! fyi you can run 2 GPUs on this motherboard i had two 3090 dell gpus running on it one to mine and other to game/mine.. i also swaped the case to a open concept Termite T3 ATX case, 1000x better than the Alienware case.. and your video was gold and helpful thank you!
Hey man can you show how you connected the power button and the power led to the mobo? I am trying to figure out the best way to connect those
I don't own an Alienware and I probably never will, but I found this interesting
Great Video. You definitely improved upon what dell made with your upgrades, both functionally and aesthetically. I decided to watch this video because I saw this dell computer on craigs list with an I7 11700f and a 3080, 64 gigs of ram, 1tb nvme and a 3tb hdd for $1000. I thought If I did buy it, I'd want to do a case swap, but as you mentioned in the video Dell has proprietary parts inside that makes such an operation a PITA. I like my build experience to go smoothly, so full custom would be the way I would continue to build computers. I avoid tech that uses proprietary parts, software or ecosystems because I like to tinker with my tech and brands that make that harder I just don't mess with. Great job with your project tho, I enjoyed it.
Thank you for taking the time and doing this, it’s made me realise I’m better off with a custom build. I purchased my R12 from eBay and it’s definitely ok for what I need to use it for at the moment. However I’m not going to put myself through the pain of a case swap. I do agree you’ve made it look good, but unfortunately dell did not make it easy 👍
I swapped Aurora R10 case with Lian Li o11 dynamic mini and spent 4 hours tweaking and working around many incompatibility issues. I wish i saw your video sooner.
So I can fit all my r11 components in a dynamic mini too?
@@obriantomlinson2776 yes, fits just fine
@@jbcom2416 Dan I wish you had a how to video
Dude your video was such a huge help! I can't thank you enough! I did my full case swap today from a R-11 to a Fractal Design Meshify C White case. I do have the power button failure but everything else came right up without any issues. I had to change the fans from my R-11 to the new case because the new fans are 3 pin. I went and bought new 4 pin fans but the splitter is 4 to 3. So I am stuck with 3 pin running at 100% I think. I just finished and have some minor tweaking to do I'll keep ya informed. Once again THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Ok I got the fans up and working. Also I found a work around with the power button haha. I just installed the old button on the new case in the top. Power button failure went away. Also I took the LED's out of the old case and put them in the new case. So now I have LED lighting! Man I am so happy I found your video. Thanks again. Case swap complete!!!!
Would you mind clarifying how you hooked up the power switch, I seem to be having problems with that specific part of my swap
How did you fix the fan issue?
Did the stock 1000w psu fit the Fractal case?
@@Phil-id5 do not reuse the psu as its made for the aurora case its not worth getting all the extension cables as it will cost the same as getting a new one. IMO
Hi I bought the same case, the video was very useful but i need to know how you manage to make the power button to work, can someone tell me where he explained it I probably missed it, or can you go more into it
Have you figured it out yet I’m trying to figure it out
Hello, great video. Did you ever solve the last two errors? The critical start up error related to the power button or the multiple restarts from cold start? Thanks again.
I need an answer to this too if there's a fix
Great video man. Looks like it was a lot of trouble because of dell's proprietary crap. Overall it's an interesting concept and I appreciate you documenting it!
Yeah it was for sure Citizen, my pleasure man.
Awesome video!! Which pins did you use exactly for your power switch. I’m trying to add an auxiliary power switch to my R11 and can’t get power no matter what I do?
Also, just so you know 3080/90 Founders Edition Water Blocks from EK fluids actually fits these Dell OEM cards Perfectly so you can actually custom water loop your Dell OEM 30 series cards because they do thermal throttle so badly. Corsair makes a decently priced but really nice and VERY EZ to use complete custom loop kit if you aren't comfortable doing a full custom loop and then you can just buy the FE block from EK, which they're the best in the biz for custom water cooling so I would buy everything from them if I was you. it's understandable if you aren't quite that comfortable with something like that though.
love the channel , i must admit i am getting hives as a new r10 owner, its the nicest rig ive ever owned i pulled my mech drive and installed 2 corsairs thx to you for the prior video, schmekel, lmao thats how long it took me to type as im listnin, thx again you rock
Man 3 years later and i still havent found anyone on the internet that has showed another swap. This was very helpful and im thinking about doing a swap to my R12 so this will be a helpful video. I was up in the air on just parting out the R12 and making a new build or case swapping. After 3 years would you do it again or just build new?
My r11 was delivered with dual 2070 supers. So yes, it does work.
your garage and your setup is so neat, no mess anywhere, you make me sick :-)))
It’s called OCD 😂
@@GamerHeavenOfficial :-)🤣 im just jealous. Oh on the back of your video im gonna be putting the corsair 120 fans upgrade and thermal paste on my GPU, also i was going to upgrade my R11 RAM from 32 to 64gb but seen soooo many people with issues, so not gonna be doing that. I love your videos keep up the good work 👏👏👏
I would love for my question to be answered. Am I able to take my already customs built pc and buy a Alienware r12 case that is already gutted with nothing inside of it, and put all my parts into the r12 case? Without there being any problems? And does the r10-12 Alienware cases fit an ATX mother bored.
Yeah I think I’d swap the mobo and psu too. How many components make it an Alienware at that point then? Great video showing how much work this is with proprietary hardware!
Truly a tremendous video. Love the creativity with the battle hardened storm trooper theme. Appreciate you sharing your experience!
thank you for the video .. it made case swapping my r10 a lot less annoying ... would of been really cheesed waiting on the 24 pin extension lol
Glad to hear that !
Did you change the motherboard? If not, do u still get th pre-boost error or did you fixed it?
Just finished my R10 swap into a roller case for when I travel. I had to use the factory on switch and keep the led to remove the startup up errors.
Can you please clarify that the power button plugs in where you showed it in the video? And that the "scorched" issue was a bad psu and not a result of frying it.
Thanks for this ! Also you can use 2 gpus, I use 2 for mining, just need a riser cable
Good to know, thank you for that information about the GPU's.
Just wanted to say thanks for all the informational videos i have completely upgraded my r10 ryzen edition definitely want to try this next step out next thanks again.
Awesome video, I didn't know this was possible, but I'll be doing the same shortly. Great information!
📝 The journey starts today. 😅Thanks for the guide
Amazing video. I want to do this but question as I didn't hear you mention it. During your "can you case swap" video, you mentioned disconnecting alienwares motherboards from the stock chassis disables them. Did you have this issue on this swap?
Thank you. No I did not , it appears that that was only an issue on much older Alienware desktops.
@@GamerHeavenOfficial Whoo thank Jesus Cornelius Christ! Appreciate the response. Love the content bro! You're doing us common folk favors!
After you case swapped alienware, have you notices any decrease in wifi speed? I suspect that the motherboard needs the antenna to probably connect to wifi because my computer now only has 80mbps downloading speed instead of the normal 400.
You are a fuckin BOSS! FUXK THE HATERS! I appreciate your artistic ideas and contributions to us Alienware users. I really wish the Darkmoon version came with better LED lighting. I had NO idea (when I bought my 2 PC's from DELL) that the white version had customized LED colors over the black version... ugh... anyways. Im going to follow your guide and it will REALLY pop in my dual (side-by-side) racing rig setup. Thanks so much! God bless your INTELLIGENT/KIND/ARTISTIC HEART!
❤❤❤❤
Thank you for the kind words
I think it came out amazing and looks great. I’m curious as to the amount of extra space you have with the Dell 3080. If I’m swapping a case, I’d like to be able to fit a “typical” size video card if I ever upgrade from my 3090 in a couple of years.
There are two things I wonder if you could clarify. First, I’ve seen online that without the front IO and the Alienware power switch there are issues at start up. How did you solve these problems? Secondly, how did you end up hooking those RGB fans up at the end? In the video you say they won’t work and will use just the standard fans, you talk about where you’ll put the mesh and then the video cuts and you suddenly have the RGB fans hooked up and running. You say you’re using a SATA cable. Did you get power by tricking the system into think it is powering a hard drive?
with regards to power switch, you just hook up 2 pin pow sw cable to pins 4 and 5 of LED CON port on mobo. Thats how i was able to boot the system without Alienware proprietary power switch when i swapped the cases.
@@jbcom2416 MY MANNNNN!!!! I created an account just to come and THANK YOU for this, you saved my build :')
@@jbcom2416 bro you are the best
@gamer heaven I can’t for the life of me, figure out how to get rid of the boot up failure of the top fan or whatever fan it may be. I did a Corsair Liquid cooler upgrade and Corsair fans. I’ve tried going back to even stock everything and I still get that dumb error. If you find a solution, please document it. It’s very annoying lol
hello, excellent video, I have a question, could you solve the error message that it gives when turning it on, because I have the same problem after changing the chassis of my r12
Nice video. Been happy to have ran into your Aurora videos since I got one on black friday last year and they have been good input. I used the Ryzen DRAM calculator to set custom settings in the bios when I upgraded my ram and have not had the computer crash once. Also just did a case swap but opted for a different mobo since dell uses an intel mobo for ryzen anyways.
I have dual GPIs running in my R10 right now. All depends on the GPU and size of its form factor. 2x A4500, no problem.
this video is gonna help me so much in a year or two thank you so much!
Actually replacing the mobo on my r9 today wish me luck 😬
Good luck 🍀👍🏽
I also want to upgrade my mobo on my R9. How did it work out for you, what new mobo did you use?
I’d recommend you get a powered hub bud. Plug all your stuff to the hub then you’d have just a single cable to your pc. Will clean up wiring a ton . Also get a usb hub which you can connect 2 PCs too. Like $20 on amazon.
👊GREAT😎JOB👊
& Use the r11 as a pot and 🌱 plant something in it👍.
Well you know they say it ain't easy being a G. Very nice 👌 👍
Could you go into more detail with the front panel connectors? I’m having trouble with the front panel io
Great Job man, RESPECT !!!
Thanks a lot!
You did a great job! I dont have an Aurora but I been thinking of doing an open case similar to your new one for my H510 Elite since its a hotbox in there.
Ok, I'm doing a full case swap. But have no clue where to plug the power button on to the mobo.....it wasn't very clear in the video what actually worked and where the rest plugged in.
Did you ever find out
Awesome job dude!! Both on the teardown/build as well as the video editng! Would you know if any of the PCIe slots (not used by the GPU) are Gen 4.0? I added a gen4 ssd via a pcie adaptor (like you did), however, im only getting gen3 speeds. Dell tech support claims that they are indeed 4.0 but im quite doubtful. I wanna know if I'll need to retiurn this expensive gen 4 ssd, and get a gen3 instead.
WooHoo!! This is Legitness. DELL is a cringy OEM imo, so this chassis/case swap is going to be great.
Agreed
Awesome vid man, definitely well documented!
Thanks for doing this its going to help me alot when i get a new case for my r10
Awesome video, thanks for doing all the hard work! One question: can I swap my MoBo, keep everything else (CPU, PSU, RAM, etc.), and then swap to a new case? would that fix those proprietary crap problems, or do I need to get a new PSU as well? I'm really sick of my R12 running hot since I jammed a 3080ti in it and added a tiny fan to the front panel... GPU runs at 84 degrees on a good day while gaming!
Did you ever figure this out? I’ve been trying to figure out the same thing for a long time.
@@chrome-empire3887 I figured out that we can't really do it unless you want to deal with a bios error every time you turn the pc on! The MoBo has a proprietary connector for the PSU and the case has a proprietary connector for the power button and the RGB lights. Best way forward: buy a new case, a new MoBo, a new PSU and a new key for OEM Windows. Not as neat and inexpensive as I wanted it but hey it's Cyber Monday so you might get some good prices!
Great Video Bro! What would be dope is maybe you'll get Alenware's attention, and you could lead them with a line of Alienware DIY! And they might start selling case swaps
I subscribed! I bought my Aurora R10 literally exactly a year ago from today and recently I’ve been looking to upgrade. Your videos helped me get up to speed on X Y and Z. I’m going to upgrade my rigs ventilation just as you did and buy a RTX 3080 Ti. I’m actually heavily considering swapping rigs but I was wondering if it’d be possible to upgrade my motherboard to something with PCI 4.0 during the transfer process?
did you ever solve the issue with Dell's "SupportAssist Pre-Boot System performance check" Pop up on boot up?
Would you say that it would be easier if you replaced the motherboard and power supply all together? I am considering that option down the line when i case swap to make it a little easier.
I’m currently in the middle of swapping my r8 to a lian Li case ended up ordering a new motherboard and using a Corsair liquid cooler bc the Alienware liquid cooler doesn’t fit in the new case. This was way more difficult than I imagined when starting and I am way passed the point of return Lolol
HOW TO FIX TRIPLE RESET/ WHERE TO PLUG IN SW WIRE PROBLEM:
Just a heads up to anyone doing this, if you experience the same problem he did with the pc reseting three times, if you plug in the power sw wire into the white plugin located under the PCIe slot it solves this problem MAKE SURE too plug it into the 3rd and 4th pins for this to work. There are no plugins for the remaining wires in that bunch.
Glad I found this video I've got an aurora r8 that I'm wanting to case swap and there's still nothing out there. One any one thats done it
Great video man!
Absolutely great and amazing video on this case swap. It seems like I won't be able to do what I wanted, just reuse the PSU on a different mobo. The proprietary pin layout of the PSU to mobo ATX power makes it so there isn't an easy way to integrate it into any other build. I will probably just lay my R10 on its side, put in a PCI-E 4x splitter and turn it into an open air mining rig. Already swapped out the GPU, CPU, and RAM to another mobo/build. Just have the R10 carcass waiting with 1000W power supply haha.
oh boy, I was thinking of doing the same thing. I have the R11 and after looking at all the hoops you gotta do when turning on the pc then get stopped because you're not using original parts, ugh! looks like a hassle and a half. maybe I'll just get another motherboard instead.
DOPE. Thanks for the hard work.
Thanks for the vid my friend. i am hoping to do a case swap on mine as it is a Alienware R10. Just upgraded to a Ryzen 9 5950X cpu and a RTX 3080 GPU and 48gig of ram. Boots on a Crucial 500 gig NVME m2 card and put in 2 ssd disk from Crucials one with 1tb and the other at 500 gig for back up. Needless to say that i put in as much fans as i could in the case with the Noctua brand fans, but the GPU still runs a little hot. just wondering if you could make a video on another project but in a LIAN LI case as i think i will be going that route for mine. Also if there is a way to wire the front io properly so we can the Stock power button and USB3 ports and all or is there a way to do it without having any Error code on boot. Thank you
I have an R7 I think it is, tried to swap the ram like in your other video but it resets the speed to 2166 or whatever the stock speed is. Changed the bios and saved it, but it just constantly resets the PC till it reverts to stock again.. such a headache. Time for a new build I guess
max is 3200mhz
1. Why on earth did you keep the Aio fan stock? Looks like you even kept the enclosure on? The noise of the top fan (especially) is the worst thing about that case. Replace it with a noctua fan. Or the new Phanteks T30, if that's compatible.
2. You can easily run 2 GPU's on that board, in the original case even, if you take out the hdd brackets underneath. I had it mining 2 rtx 3060's since these cards need x8 PCie slots to run un-nerfed. The slots underneath it are not in the way as the GPU sits away from the mobo a bit.
3. From the looks of it the mobo restrictions make for way too much of a hassle. You can get a decent B550 Micro ATX board for about 50,- nowadays, sounds like a better option here.
4. The sound of that 3080 is quite horrible when the fans ramp up. I would go for a better airflow case for that GPU, preferably with the option for fans underneath your GPU and just more space for airflow. If you're going to put in this much effort you might as well squeeze out every little bit of performance and noise reduction out of it.
5. Thanks for doing this. This PC is pretty horrible imo, the noise especially. This video shows you are probably better off spending a little extra and getting/building something a bit more versatile and quiet with less of a hassle. Even if you change the case, the fans, the mobo and PSU, you are still left with a noisy VRAM overheating GPU.
You’re right. I had 2 Dell 3090s in mine. Temps were shit though Lol
Im actually running 2 x 3090 in my R12. But obviously the second one it run outside of it via an poe extension cable. The second 3090 is from my RI 1 . So both are from dell.
When my pc shutdown cause by power outages, mobo don't recognize the second 3090. I have to manually unistall and reinstall via control panel.
they make low profile fans for that top 120mm hole my guy
Nice video thanks. Question so im doing a r12 case swap and im still a pc noob what can i use for rgb fans with the same motherboard? Just any argb fan hub and argb fans will work through sata power? I really want the rgb lol
If I bought a new case and a new motherboard, I assume this would be a lot easier. I guess I'd have to get a new copy of Windows though.
Get a new case, motherboard, and power supply. dont keep that motherboard its garbage. Actually the alienware in general is garbage. I owned the r12 and swapped out everything basically. Just kept the GPU
This is exactly what I did.
Where did you end up plugging in the power switch, restart, LED + and -?
I just swapped everything from an r8 over to a 5000D and that’s what’s pretty much holding me up
Did you solve this issue
Does the dell PSU work with another mobo? Got an R12 and completely stuck with the RAM at Gear 2 issue. I am thinking that swapping the MOBO out will be the best option.
Was gunna case swap my r12 when the aio failed but I claimed warranty to dell so now they’re giving me an r13 instead of fixing the fan lol Now I’m stuck between still going for it or just keep it as is.
Hi, thanks for your videos. One question, can the plastic part that holds the hard drive cable be replaced? I accidentally bent one. I hope that I don't have to replace the whole motherboard.
I meant the SSD drive.