I have an Aurora R10 with a Ryzen 3800X and it idles around 35-40c and tops out at around 70c under load. I don’t have any experience with the 5950X but those idle temps seem a little bit too high for a Ryzen Zen 3 CPU with a liquid cooled package.
But if you are thinking of returning it, do it within the return window, don’t wait too long.
If you believe or have been told you have the liquid cooled package, then it is quite possible the CPU heatsink is not seated properly on the CPU. That would require either having Dell schedule a technician to do it for you or you can do it yourself.
You would need to remove the heatsink from the CPU, clean the heat sink and CPU, then reapply thermal paste.
I was told that I have a liquid cooled CPU and I that 60 degree at rest is normal but what it annoys me is the fan always on. And when I play games the fans increase speed and they are so LOUD that it seems to be on a plane taking off (and I'm not playing flying simulator!), I'm seriously considering to return it as too noisy
The Aurora R12 (Intel CPU) has 4 light zones and the Aurora R10 (AMD CPU) has three light zones. The picture you posted is of the Aurora R12 and the arrow pointing to is what's referred to by gamers as the "Halo Light". The "Tron Light" is the solid inner light that goes around the power button and Alien Head.
You have the Aurora R10 so you don't have the 4th zone which is the Halo Light. The temps you posted indicate you probably have the air cooled package with the 1000w PSU. The only way to know for sure is to look at your invoice or you can get it by logging into your Dell account and it will be listed on the work order. You could remove the side panel cover and swing out the PSU arm and you will easily see if there is a fan mounted on top of the CPU or if it is fitted with a liquid cooled CPU block.
The very loud fan noise also seems to indicate it has the air cooled package.
maybe gamer needs to wear gaming headphone with big explosion and ammunition firing to drown out the background flying Alienware pc noise, but seriously your experience is consistent w reviewer. one option is to return for the R14 Ryzen based which has better chassis air cooling and hopefully less noise (and no black screen reported by some in R13).
On the R10 I have had I ordered it with a 3700X and liquid cooling. Around 45 idle and 75 full load.
You have to play with the fan speeds and generate curves for them that still cool enough, while at the same time not sound like a jet plane.
You can do that with AWCC. It's not the best solution and somewhat time consuming, because the balance of fan speed and cooling is different from model to model.
thanks for the answers and interesting article on the link you sent, but how it is possible it scored #1 if the noise is so terrible? Honestly you cannot expect to use headphones at all times to cancel the noise, it is like having a Ferrari without exhaust! Maybe the thermal paste is not fit properly and I was 'unlucky' with this machine (and I'm not going to touch it to void the warranty) but if the problem is common to all these models as the reviewer is suggesting, it's bad that Dell released a machine with such big problem.
oh boys, I wish I read more of the problems of the R10 before buying it, apparently the LOUD noise of this machine is normal and I would need to replace the fans with Corsair or similar. But why doesn't Dell just use better fans in their machines? Those PC are not cheap and the fan is less than 1% of the total price so a cheap solution at the expense of unhappy customers doesn't seem to be a good business decision!
The reason for the high levels of noise is the RPM of the fans, which is roughly double that of the more silent aftermarket fans.
They move a lot of air, at the cost of noise.
I can only deduct that in order to cool the inside of the case properly, they decided they needed a lot of airflow hence the fans. The issue is really with the case design.
I retired my R10, so I will not be able to take a screenshot. I do remember I used the offset and left the curves around. If memory serves me correctly, I used a +20 offset.
Thanks Vanadiel. The top fan is loud but the front is equally noisy, what PC did you replace the R10 with? Question: is there any way to reduce the stock fans RPM below 5300 ? I tried by using flat curves but they still spins at hidle and it annoyes me especially when Im not playing games I don't want to hear the dishwasher like noise in the background
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I have an Aurora R10 with a Ryzen 3800X and it idles around 35-40c and tops out at around 70c under load. I don’t have any experience with the 5950X but those idle temps seem a little bit too high for a Ryzen Zen 3 CPU with a liquid cooled package.
But if you are thinking of returning it, do it within the return window, don’t wait too long.
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If you believe or have been told you have the liquid cooled package, then it is quite possible the CPU heatsink is not seated properly on the CPU. That would require either having Dell schedule a technician to do it for you or you can do it yourself.
You would need to remove the heatsink from the CPU, clean the heat sink and CPU, then reapply thermal paste.
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I was told that I have a liquid cooled CPU and I that 60 degree at rest is normal but what it annoys me is the fan always on. And when I play games the fans increase speed and they are so LOUD that it seems to be on a plane taking off (and I'm not playing flying simulator!), I'm seriously considering to return it as too noisy
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The Aurora R12 (Intel CPU) has 4 light zones and the Aurora R10 (AMD CPU) has three light zones. The picture you posted is of the Aurora R12 and the arrow pointing to is what's referred to by gamers as the "Halo Light". The "Tron Light" is the solid inner light that goes around the power button and Alien Head.
You have the Aurora R10 so you don't have the 4th zone which is the Halo Light. The temps you posted indicate you probably have the air cooled package with the 1000w PSU. The only way to know for sure is to look at your invoice or you can get it by logging into your Dell account and it will be listed on the work order. You could remove the side panel cover and swing out the PSU arm and you will easily see if there is a fan mounted on top of the CPU or if it is fitted with a liquid cooled CPU block.
The very loud fan noise also seems to indicate it has the air cooled package.
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RodsterB, tuscan72 has the Aurora R10 with the Lunar Light chassis, CPU liquid cooling, 550W PSU.
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Re: when I play games the fans increase speed and they are so LOUD that it seems to be on a plane taking off
on best gaming pc 2021 review regarding the R10, reviewer said
REASONS TO AVOID
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On the R10 I have had I ordered it with a 3700X and liquid cooling. Around 45 idle and 75 full load.
You have to play with the fan speeds and generate curves for them that still cool enough, while at the same time not sound like a jet plane.
You can do that with AWCC. It's not the best solution and somewhat time consuming, because the balance of fan speed and cooling is different from model to model.
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thanks for the answers and interesting article on the link you sent, but how it is possible it scored #1 if the noise is so terrible? Honestly you cannot expect to use headphones at all times to cancel the noise, it is like having a Ferrari without exhaust! Maybe the thermal paste is not fit properly and I was 'unlucky' with this machine (and I'm not going to touch it to void the warranty) but if the problem is common to all these models as the reviewer is suggesting, it's bad that Dell released a machine with such big problem.
Happy New year all!
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oh boys, I wish I read more of the problems of the R10 before buying it, apparently the LOUD noise of this machine is normal and I would need to replace the fans with Corsair or similar. But why doesn't Dell just use better fans in their machines? Those PC are not cheap and the fan is less than 1% of the total price so a cheap solution at the expense of unhappy customers doesn't seem to be a good business decision!
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The reason for the high levels of noise is the RPM of the fans, which is roughly double that of the more silent aftermarket fans.
They move a lot of air, at the cost of noise.
I can only deduct that in order to cool the inside of the case properly, they decided they needed a lot of airflow hence the fans. The issue is really with the case design.
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Thanks, would you be able to take a snip of your curves?
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I retired my R10, so I will not be able to take a screenshot. I do remember I used the offset and left the curves around. If memory serves me correctly, I used a +20 offset.
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Question: How do I know where the noise comes from? Are there settings where I can temporarily deactivate the fans one by one?
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AWCC allows fan speeds to be changed.
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Thanks Vanadiel. The top fan is loud but the front is equally noisy, what PC did you replace the R10 with? Question: is there any way to reduce the stock fans RPM below 5300 ? I tried by using flat curves but they still spins at hidle and it annoyes me especially when Im not playing games I don't want to hear the dishwasher like noise in the background