5 Must Do Mods/Upgrades For The Alienware Aurora R10/R11/R12
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- Virtually all of these mods/upgrades are related to heat management and the cooling of the handsome but not well ventilated case. These are all mods that I myself have done and noticed a difference in performance and consistency. The tutorials for all these installs are linked below, with any products used linked in those videos. If you have any questions feel free to ask me or the community of R series owners here at Gamer Heaven, and enjoy your AC PC. They truly are great pre-builts and the cooling is the only downside I can see, but we are fixing that one mod at a time.
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0:00 Intro
0:26 Lets Talk Cooling
1:18 Second Intake Fan
2:51 Add and Overclock Your Own RAM
5:16 DRAM Heatsinks on the MOBO
6:10 Push/Pull on the Exhaust Fan
6:35 GPU Thermal Pads and Paste on the GPU
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Hey Kev, glad to see you cranking these tutorials/instructs back to back. Keep it up, Beast Mode!
Thanks Miguel, will do!
Added second front intake fan and this works, you are amazing. did the double sided tape. clean look I am amazed . you my man are the best!!
Great information on these! I am planning on buying one later this year and this is exactly the info I need! Keep doing these!
Another great video bro! im happy with my 3 140mm intake fan set up on my gaming rig.
If you can or already have a video that shows you installing those new upgrades that would be awesome!!!!!! Great video!!
Thanks for all the Alienware Aurora vids, very helpful! Did all the fan upgrades on my R10, but I'm a bit scared to mess around with the GPU.
Hey do you still have the r10 or did u swap how is it 2 years later lmk if you get the chance
@@OmniRavenit’s a pain in the butt! Upgraded gpu to OC 4080 super which only fits if you move that fan to the upper bay. So no two intake fans. I have water cooling and there doesn’t seem to be a need to replace stock fans. SSD only, which I added a new 2.5 as well. Tried to upgrade RAM as well which is fine but having difficulty getting it to run at 3200 speed. Gonna try the hyper x brand to see if that works better
I just ordered the R12 today since I got a great deal with my Dell Preferred account with zero interest for 12 months, so I had to do it! I'm not really much of game, but I do work from home and need something with decent specs, plus I love the look of these machines. I can't wait for mine to arrive in a couple of weeks!
What system specs did you get? And how do you like it ?
Great video. This is really useful as I'm looking at buying a used R10.
Thank you so much this was very helpful as I just purchased a R11... Thought I had to send it back now I see what's causing the heat😅
Love the content that you produce is very informative as for me being new to PC gaming and mining I found your information helpful keep up the good work
Thx for the tips! I am looking for a new PC and I was looking at an R10 Ryzen Edition and these tips can maximize the potential of the device.
Thank you for keeping it constructive yet honest.
This is a great video. A vid for fan upgrades and configuration would be awesome.. Just placed my order.
Just received my R12 and it does come with a pcie4 slot. By the way installed two Corsair pro fans and they work amazing. Took out the HDD and put a fan in that spot with gorilla tape worked perfectly. Installed a 2.5inch 1tb ssd on the bottom tray aswell. Thank you for all of the diy.
How is the R12?? Would you say it's worth it for what specs it came with? Debating on getting a gaming pc, I've always used console but I want to experience the peak performance etc.
If you keep this up you're subscriptions will hit the roof
That is the goal my friend
He deletes his subs post tho that’s not cool
@@Mako-sz4qr wat
I posted something that helps his community out as far a the R11 and he deleted my post every time I chime in with an experience Alienware owner I don’t understand why? Twice he did that. So I’m done here.
@@Mako-sz4qr bruh you're tripping, i've talked with many other ppl on his vids who also own the PC, must be something else
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I am excited about making these mods to mine!!! Awesome!!
Great video!! Thanks. When I searched for the r12 3080 build, I think it only comes with the water cooled version.
this video was complete fire. Thanks bro
G'day mate, thanks so much for your videos on the R11. I have one coming in a week with the 3080 and am looking forward to getting on top of the cooling issues so I can use it to mine.
You’re welcome, right on man.
Hey keep in touch Lace iv3 ordered mine too but I’m still a few weeks away. Can’t wait!
@@cloudattack3279 It arrived last week, almost week before the ETA. Fantastic. I love it. Haven't had a desktop for many years due to free high end laptops from work. Will be working through the fan mods next week.
This really helped me, thank you!
Another great video. Thank you!
I have done all air cooling to my 11 from your videos! newbie to pc completely . so not comfortable with liquid cooling or messing with thermal paste yet so fan upgrades so far! much improvement from that alone!! Thank you and please keep going!! if you do any personal help that would be awesome!!
Hey I know this is a really late reply but did you watch like a TH-cam video or use a website to install the fan? If you did, can you link the video? Ty
Will really be helpful in doing another video installing these thing's
very good info!
thanks
Such a great video. Thanks so much.
Bought the same pc from eBay without a gpu did the mods . Upgraded AIO corsair H60 worked great ; Found the VRM coolers on Amazon that work out great . Installed upgraded ram corsair vengeance lpx 3200mhz . My model is Alienware R10 with the Ryzen 5600X also upgraded the NV Me with a Samsung 970 evo. As for the GPU I installed the Asus Dual 6700xt OC .Had to remove the small 45 degree stiffer on the bottom of the swing arm or power supply bracket to make the supply bracket close. After doing that I was able to replace my side cover .The GPU I ordered is larger than the stock GPU sold by Dell . Mod was pretty easy to perform just get a Dremel tool and drill out the rivets holding the 45 degree stiffer . Make sure to remove the power supply don't want to drill into and damaging. Paid 500 for the tower on eBay and 900 for the GPU I guess scalper price .So far so good with the rebuild , PC is fully functioning . Good performance plays my games without skipping a beat .The front of the case looks pretty cool gets a lot of attention from the family .This product from Dell could of been perfect if the case was a tab bit bigger to fit regular sized parts . Get rid of that swing power supply cradle which I think they have on the new models they sell on the web site . Make them that people can keep them going without modifying the freak out of them . Sell the parts in abundance so the customer of their shit can do their own repairs .Well I had fun rebuilding this computer . Thanks .
This video is exactly what I needed
I love these tower pc
I’ll get one soon.
Some great deals with different gpu n cpu combos
Thanks for your videos. Inspired me to buy an R10 with an RTX 3080 and a 5900X, 32GB RAM @ 3400Mhz
hey are you able to do another video of the thermal pads install i would like to see the 30% result you're getting.
Can the cpu be changed in this R12’s. Mines came with a i9 11900f and a 3090. It’s a replacement unit. Had issues with my first one on the first day. It was a 3080 with 11900KF. I want to change the 11900f to a 10900 or something. Heard a lot of bad reviews about the 1100f after excepting the exchange unit
@@Poppi3579 i believe you can but it depends on what kind of motherboard you have and if you have an 11th gen intel then i think you may need to change your motherboard to go down to a 10th gen
I got a Alienware r9 and I got a 1440p Monitor and I only get 100fps in war zone and I just want to get like 200 FPS and I got a 2080 super in it
Can you make a list of the products you purchased for your upgrades please?
Seriously Brilliant !
Hey man, your videos are super helpful. Could you please do a video on doing a push/pull top fan mod? I'd appreciate it!
I'd like that too. Us Alien buyers no nothing :)
Did you ever find a video? I'm ordering my replacement fan and extra top fan with thermal paste now and would like to do all these upgrades at once.
I can't find your video of the install of the push/pull top fans this. Do you have a video showing how to do this, if you already have the water cool solution for the R10?
Any chance you can post that video of the push/pull top fan? I don't even see the link in the components description.
New Sub here... About to pull the trigger on my AR12... so gonna be doing your suggested upgrades soon.
Underrated asf
So I did a little testing on my R10 Ryzen edition. I got 4 Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans and did the upgrades and used thermal grizzly paste. Some of the things I've noticed from the two stock fans. The Noctua was very very quiet. However the temps were not vastly better. So I decided to try the stock fans again and repasted when I pulled the cooler off etc. So the fans are A LOT louder, however the temps actually came down with the two stock fans and the 3rd Noctua that was were the 3.5 bay was. So I started looking into it. The Noctua would only spin up to about 1800 rpm and pushed like ~80-90 cfm. The stock front fan spins up to 4k rpm and pushes like 130-140 cfm. That was crazy how much more air it pushed when it went 100%. Now the top fan... that bad boy is something else. It's a durn server fan. also has a 4k+ speed on it and pushes about 3 times the air that the Noctua pushed out and it is also a (high pressure) design. So really the Noctua setup (along with the setup used in this video) would be better for quieter operation and similar temps. The stock stuff is good for temps but horrible for noise. I would 100% recommend putting that 3rd fan in the front, and also using some quality thermal paste on the CPU and if using the 3000 series Nvidia cards, doing the paste and pads on it as well. Cheers and Thanks for the video.
Dude thanks for the info! I am getting my replacement unit soon, I originally had air-cooling and it was loud and hot as hell.
So I think I'll take your advice of leaving the server fans and adding a new fan.
Just a question though, included in my replacement is a 512ssd and a 2tb HDD, is there anywhere to move the HDD if I want to add the 3rd fan?
love your videos ! love to see more military pc gamers out there! how big of a graphics card (inch wise) are you able to fit in the case? I ended up getting a good deal on an r10 w/ a 3080 but it's for a buddy who doesnt need anything close to a 3080 so was going to downgrade the gpu and sell the 3080 out of it to make the purchase more reasonable $$ wise. any suggestions would be helpful
I bought this to switch from a ps4 mabe like 6 months ago at best buy. 10700 and 2070 super. I put a aio cooler in it. Made a huge difference
We just received a new R12 purchased during Black Friday at a substantial discount. The system is an 11th Gen Intel Core i7 11700F, RTX 3060Ti, 512GB M.2, 16GB, 2x8GB, DDR4, 3200MHz all of this for only $980 (without tax) with discounts! This was an insane deal. Unfortunately, the water-cooled option was not available for the system deal. We have the Dark Side of the Moon cool which does not have the same lighting options as the White system. This is fine as the system would be positioned such that the lights would not be seen. The system looks good but like many have mentioned it has cooling issues. We have the system raised on a mesh stand with plenty of room for cooling. We first noticed the fans making a clicking noise while idling! I checked to make sure all fans are working and they are. We completed all updates and with nothing running while on idle the system CPU keeps jumping from 62° to 100° Celsius while the CPU performance is bouncing around the lowest to the highest. This is occurring while the system is idling without anything installed yet and no overclocking! Not a good omen. Also noticed there are no VRM heatsinks installed on this unit which could account for some of the CPU heat. The stock CPU fan is anemic. The interior design is small and will not fit a stock RTX card if you wanted to upgrade it. It is not a system to upgrade over time but again at the $980 price point, I didn't care. If we could have purchased a water-cooled system at the reduced price point we would have and I believe the design hinders the ability of the system to adequately air cool it. It is noisy when it kicks in cooling. What is surprising we were running a Lenovo Legion 7i notebook on the desk with a docking station (10th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-10750H Processor, NVIDIA RTX2070 Max-Q) at full settings in games and couldn't hear it but the R12 is like a fan running on high! Again we are so disappointed and will go back to using the Legion 7i. We could do your recommendations but it is not worth our time or effort. Thanks for your suggestions.
I purchased their R11 with every upgrade offered (3090, 128 gb RAM, water-cooled, etc.), and was able to talk to their customer service to get a personal quote. Doing this brought the price down from $5200 to $3900, which I was much more comfortable with. Consider talking to their customer service, especially if you are not as "quick on the draw" during a sale.
Had a similar experience with an R12 but only 64GB of ram, which I will buy the other 64GB later, it’s great
@@taterplays5909 Why would you ever need that much RAM?
@@acewarrior55k38 I also edited videos on windows before I was able to get a cheap m1 Mac mini with final cut
@@acewarrior55k38 ever have used a RED Camera? Ya r3d needs it.
@@taterplays5909 "Only" 64 gigs of RAM lol wat
One prebuild company that does a wonderful job is actually Corsair no one talks about them as much but they make quality systems. But they charge a pretty penny for them
Another great vid. Also fellow Stallions, I made another modification to my order, this time switching from R12 to R10; i9 11900kf to Ryzen 9 5900x, as they added the 3090s back to the R10 models. Only added a week to my delivery time- at this point, what’s one more week. 😂
What temps are you getting with the 3090? Before and after these mods.
@@kylergeston hi - I never did a before test but as an example, after modifying the 3090, the memory junction temps were in the 80s while playing a graphics intensive game like Cyberpunk- max settings, ultra wide 3440 x 1440. I’ve read of people who start to creep towards thermal throttling because of memory temps with that game
just going from a I7 -920 original to one of these, so you hit the nail about cant leave it until you have to
Probably important point to consider, most people will be buying a pre built because of the ready to play aspect. Not many will know how to install or use your recommendations. Especially with a well known brand such as Alienware
Will there be a 2nd video, where you redid the pasting/pads on the GPU? Cause from the first one, I remember you saying, it didnt do anything temp-wise.
I was looking for the video tutorials mentioned in the post?? Thanks
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Lol thats funny because I just got an R10 with a 6900XT. Its replacing the comp I built with a 980GTX about 8 years ago!
Let’s al admit it...someone of you are watching this waiting for your pc to come in
omg i'm actually waiting on an r12 lmao
Oh yes
IT JUST CAME IN!
Mine is coming july 29 so yeah this is gonna be the longest 15 days of my life
@@3lectr1x how was it?
Thanks for the video, really helpful
How easy is it to upgrade the GPU with these models? Can you only buy the graphics cards from Dell? Apparently the r11, r12s etc have smaller graphics cards than the normal GTX cards so they fit in the case
love it..."better than shitty is crappy."
purchased two Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM fans and attempted to replace the stock fans completely I ended up with the Bios fan error on startup. The solution I came up with was to use splitter cables making sure the stock fans were connected to the four pin and the Noctua fans connected to the three pin. I now have two intake fans and two exhaust fans without any error codes.
Don't know whether to thank you or be upset that your suggestions will cost me more $..... I'm gonna go with the first. I Can't believe how much quieter and cooler the R10 system is running. Did 4 out of the 5 mods, but am not quite there with taking apart the GPU. Many Thanks!
Lol, sorry dude. I'm glad your R10 is purring like a kitten now.
@@GamerHeavenOfficial Will the fans you showed set off a bios error?
Lolllll omg when u added the best cry ever , when u spoke of thermal throttle I laughed so hard .
I thought the thermal pad replacement didn’t do much for you...? Did you post an update I missed? Thanks!
What are the two separate part numbers for the to VRam heatsinks? Thanks!
can you make another video and show us step by step on how to install things for a new gaming computer owners? i dont know what i am doing so I would like to follow ur video and upgrade it as I watch the video
Yes! I was actually planning on making something just like that
@@GamerHeavenOfficial Thank you. My Alienware 17 R3 recently crapped out and I am debating on getting Aurora R12. I have been following your videos and they are helpful! thank you!
I got a great deal on my R10 3 months ago. AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT, RTX 3060ti, 32gb ram, 850watt PSU, 1tb ssd, 1tb sata, liquid cooled. $1699 + tax, and because I used my AMEX card, I got another $180 off. Too good to pass on. Thanks for the improvement tips.
I just got a Aura R12 for free I’m so happy lol My first PC .
I have an AW R10 AMD Ryzen 7 5800. One thing I did was cap it at 4.6 GHz @ 1.3 v in ACC. It makes a big difference in temp management. I wouldn't allow the CPU to go higher unless you do a case swap.
Did you see any performance difference with this?
@@alfredosawce1530 I didn't see any difference in performance. These days, you get most of your heavy lifting from the GPU, if you're talking about game performance.
@@diyhomeimprovementandwoodw3751 I was also wondering if switching and adding new fans would make the 550 w PSU work too hard and if I need to buy another.
@@alfredosawce1530 Adding a couple fans should be fine.
@@timsgamingchannel3881 thanks for the response, just bought the r10 because it was up for $1469.
do you have a video doing the push/pull exhaust fans? intake fans seem pretty straight forward
I would like to understand this better too
@@mrjamiemoffat1013 second
@@mrjamiemoffat1013 This guy clearly doesn't monitor his channel. Likely the #1 requested item and no responses.
This video was very helpful though I have some questions about how to change from mechanical hard drives and whats the best new thing to change to? Also if the push pull mechanisim is something I can do with the cooler master fans or do I buy different ones for those?
my old custom built system had a gtx 970 in it that was starting to crash, especially while gaming. Ended up getting an Alienware R12 with a Core i5 and an RTX 3060 (for only $1000) and you are 100% right about it needing these mods/upgrades. I havent done the thermal pads and paste to the GPU yet tho. Do you think it is really needed in a 3060?
no shot you got a r12 with a 3060 for only $1000?
@@illisimo i got one last month with 5 5600x, and 3060ti for 575$ FB marketplace
I was curious about your comment about lowering the VRAM temperatures by 30°. I watched your video several days ago in regards to you doing the thermal pads and your results said I did absolutely nothing?
There was another video he did, where he used thermal paste instead of pads and it reduced the VRAM by 30 degrees
@@hardrckr4983 yea he just released a video 2 days ago that showed it. When I commented it wasn’t out yet so i just watched it. My 3090 temps when mining are already in the mid 90c so my temps on ram are good
Hey man, great video. I went for the 516 GB SSD boot drive w/ the 2 TB hard drive :( What SSD would you recommend to upgrade to so that I can get the second fan? I only use my PC for schoolwork and gaming.
As per the fan topic, is liquid cooled enough? (This is my first gaming pc)
Hey man! Just found this video now and am regretting not seeing it before ordering. I got an R11 with an i7 10th Gen and a 3060 Ti to use for 3D modeling and rendering. I couldn’t secure the liquid cooled version initially, but the parts and vrm heatsink I ordered just arrived from Dell. As a beginner to upgrading PCs, what else do I need to safely and successfully install these parts myself?
I just got a similar build. Ever find out anything else you need to install the parts by yourself?
I have an Alienware Aurora R10 and I noticed you said to do a 2 fan system uptop, can you fit two fans on the top? I thought it could only fit a single fan
That moment when he said you can get an Alienware for cheaper than any other pre-built company. I'm wondering if I heard that correctly because I have never seen an Alienware pc for less than 2 times the price of litteraly any other company with the exact same specs
Love these videos, man! Thank you.
Quick ?
You said don't purchase an internal HD, should I just purchase an external HD? And leave it plugged in like the way I do for my consoles??
Also, with something like the R12, can the CPU be swapped out for something better? I have an i7, but want to push to an i9 or even Ryzen
did you make a video of replacing the pads and paste?
Is the anything you can do for cooling without removing the hard drive to add the fan?
Questions for you regarding ram, I've seen other videos where if you install other ram modules the ram is read but the speed of it drops. 3200mhz to 2900mhz how is this fixed?
Do you have a video of you installing all the cooling options your talking about.
I have 3 coolermaster fans in my r11 with a 3090 and 10700k the cpu is pretty good at 70c in cyberpunk, the gpu will top at around 78c on stock fan curve. I changed to a coolermaster 500m case and the highest gpu temp I see is 70c with the stock fan curve only hitting 50% vs 70% in the alienware case. The pre builts arent bad but the case design leaves alot to be desired, though it does look really cool
Would be cool to see case swap video.
@@norcal773 I am not a TH-camr lol if you have questions I can help out
I managed to get 3600mhz on my ram in R12, and thanks for these useful tips bro. I upgraded my stock fans to corsair pros but I didn't realise I could add an extra. so that's my next upgrade. I am currently experiencing highish temps and would like to reduce that. CPU hits 90c but doesn't stay there. it stays between 80c-90c when playing A rated games. An extra fan might reduce that abit im hoping :)
you ever fix your high temps?
@@B34R117would love to hear from op if he was able to improve temps
You can also unscrew those 2 or 1 hard drive additional slot and add fans. I unscrewed mine and waiting for the fans from amazon to arrive. And speaking of VRAM temp. Mine stays at 98c and my hash rate is 121-122mh/s or I can go higher to 124-125 mh/s but the vram temp is 100c. Oh this is without the thermal pad and paste. ;) I dont wanna void my 3 years hardware warranty from Dell haha. Alienware r10 with rtx 3090.
Will you be doing a review on the new model? The R13/14.
Hey when you* upgraded your ram, did you buy different brands of the same speed?
I was always told to buy the same brand if you plan on buying 2 sticks of 8 or 2 sticks of 16 and so forth
Hey man! awesome video , which radiator and where can i find to upgrade. like everyone, i just want to cool this PC properly. i will buy two new 120mm fans and the heatsink's . now just wondering about the radiator to help?
thank you
The r11 that I bought had a stock fan that has "148.9CFM" on the label. Apparently with 4300 RPM. Is this the same one you pulled out and does it still need to be changed with such high specs?
What type of harddrive do I buy if I don't select from the menu?
I am glad that i found this video, i just bought the R11 , I am not gonna use computer for pure gaming, but i will use it for 3d modeling and some video editing, would any cooler master fan do the job?
Did you do a video where you show the second time you upgraded your vram paste and pads?
@@andypdx9054 Me too.
I believe he actually did this off camera sadly 😥.
I almost bought an Alienware R10, but I always research things before buying them. With needing to do mods like extra fans (and replace the existing fans with better ones), have a crappy unbranded MOBO that makes upgrading/replacing/relocating very difficult, the massive amount of bloatware Dell installs, the RAM being too expensive, etc, etc.....I started looking elsewhere for a system that can easily be modded. (Looking at Build Redux and Maingear at the moment since buying prebuilt is about the only way to get 5900x's and 3080's these days)
What did you end up with? Something similar to the specs of this system ?
@@kylergeston A Maingear Vybe. AMD 5900x and 3080 gpu
@@Curveball I'm really thinking of going this way as well for the same reasons you mention above. Future modifications and upgradability being the main points. Appreciate the reply. 👍
@@kylergeston You're welcome. Good luck with it.
Where are all the links for the upgrades to the PC?
Any ways to get more tutorial about how you installed all of those?
I like that you have Star Wars shit n the background. Myself I build 2 full sized radio controlled droids. R5-D4 and R2-Q5, not full of shit its on my 2 channels. Thanks for the video I just bought an R12.
Also you can't use any ram on the Aurora boards. The Ram operates at 1.25v on these boards instead of the standard 1.35v so a lot of sticks don't work.
Hi. Would like to ask does adding thermal pad and paste on the gpu cause the warranty to void since we are doing mods to the card?
How many fans total should be replaced and are they all 120mm?
Did you say that the DRAM heatsinks are already installed with a Watercooled cpu ?
Will replacing the thermal paste on the GPU void the warranty? I doubt swapping the front fan would.
If I did these upgrades for cooling, do you think it would be sustainable for a 5900x and a 3090?
if I change the fans they work, but I cannot control them properly from the Alienware Command Center. At offset 100 they turn to a maximum of 57%. I couldn't find a point in the BIOS either
Wouldn't doing any of this void the Warranty?
Got my own rams from From corsair, and a good fan. However. I'm wondering if I should just install it as a second one?
Hey man what’s the fan Called and can you do a video on how to install safely
It's a good service offering up ideas and solutions to other Aurora case owners... But if I'm completely honest about it - most of these wouldn't even be an issue worth tackling if the cases had proper airflow to begin with. Newer CPUs and GPUs for 2021 with higher wattage requirements have only further proven the restrictiveness of these cases in that regard. Once you move upward from the lowest stock processor and graphics card offered, watercooling becomes your only option to effectively lower temperatures... which kind of sucks because it's more complexity crammed into an already surprisingly small internal case volume. Also: some of us don't like or want watercooling, but you're SOL on that with these cases.
If you really want to throw some more money in the pursuit of getting more air flowing around inside your case, may I suggest buying a modular SFX PSU and mounting it in the space. Its smaller size takes up less volume, you can minimize cables to just what you need. Cut some added holes around the PSU cradle... May as well eek out as much flow as possible now that the physically larger old PSU is no longer taking up room. I went with adding a 4-pin forward intake fan as well, and am using an M.2 SSD and lower-mounted SATA SSDs to get rid of the standard hard drive outright.
Keep up the excellent tips suggestions - I'm sure other owners are happily digesting these!
Is there a video showing how to install these components?
you’re beast bro ... can you demonstrate how to upgrade the 2 fans?
That's my demonstration of how I added 2 push pull fans to the Alienware water cooler rad.
I didn't do the front intakes but I actually have zero need. Cpu at 100% usage on CINIBENCH multicore test only hit 88c after my push-pull rad fan upgrade with Noctua 12-25s.
Noctuas are the quietest decibel 2000rpm fans. Better than the corsair pro. And they come with y splitters and gaskets and a whole whack of shit.
Gaming ultra settings on VALHEIM my CPU doesn't get above 65c and neither does my 3080
@@MurdahBassRecords can you control the fans from the alienware command center?
@@unclebrowns8393 yeah but I haven't had to.
I've recently added two more noctuas to front intake (removed the front 1 TB harddrive to do so)
Sent tha piece of shit Alienware liquid Cooler Back to dell and got the corsair h60. (Dell didn't cover the whole CPU in thermal paste and tightened down the cooler so hard it cut grooves into the copper plate so i was able to send it back. Also put Noctua thermal paste in my CPU.
Ran CINIBENCH again and this time my CPU never got above 81c on a 15 minute CINIBENCH23 multithread test @100% cpu usage.
I dropped from 88c to 81c.
A whole 7c cooler.
NO BIOS errors all that shit is fixed
@@MurdahBassRecords ok I understand. did you connect the fans to the top fan connection or to the CPU fan connection? For me, the ones for the CPU are connected to the top fan, the front fans are connected to the front fan. I also have Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM fans but I can't control them via the Alienware Command Center. If I set the controller to 100, the fans turn up to 57% according to the AWCC and not up to 100% :(
@@unclebrowns8393 yup my push pull fans for rad with y splitter are connected to the top fan. And my two intake fans are connected via y splitter to the front fan.
My fans never run at 100% not even while doing the CINIBENCH test.
I haven't played around with it because haven't had a need to as the cooling is more than sufficient now but maybe I'll try and play around with it later
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