Aurora R10, part numbers

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This is how I do it to avoid all of that stuff.

Instead of this link = https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Dell+KGKW8&linkCode=ur2&tag=dg0be-20

I use Google. I enter dell part N205T =

 https://www.google.com/search?q=dell+part+N205T&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS964US964&oq=dell+part+N205T&aqs=chrome..69i57j33i160l4.2959j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Then I shorten that link to =
https://www.google.com/search?q=dell+part+N205T

The short link is what I use when I hyperlink a word.

Thank You for the clean-up.

I wasn't looking for parts, I was just calling out the affiliate link . . . which appears to have been inadvertent . . . case closed.

Do a thread and post some photos of your R10 resto-mod project in progress!

@ProfessorW00d 

Best place to start is the FAQ for part# from @DELL-Chris M 

FAQ Aurora R10 7419975

So I have my New R10 Frankendell up and running.

I call it frankendell aka Frankensteins m0nster because I bought parted out R10 case without motherboard.  Then bought the newer Motherboard, heatsink set for the VRMs, etc. The bare case came with 1000W power supply, Water Cooling, and the cables and caddies for the 3.5 drive up front, and 2 X 2.5 drives below.   I added motherboard, CPU, RAM, and Video card.  The goal was to spend LESS THAN $1600 for everything which was met.  I now have 1000W black dark side of the moon system, with AIO cooling, and VRM heatsinks, and M2 SSD with heatsink that does not interfere with my Video slots.

Next upgrade is going to be specific 1080 TI video that fits with the front fan installed the way its supposed to be. Cost of the Video card is LESS than $700 which is what they originally sold for years ago.

If you plan on spending more than $700 I would advise buying an RTX 3060 or RTX 3070 instead which is just as fast.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53155385

New Recommended video card is
XFX Speedster SWFT105 Radeon RX 6400 4GB GDDR6, RX-64XL4SFG2
XFX SWFT105 RX-64XL4SFG2 B09Y7358KJ

Now that I have a working unit I upgraded it with specific heatsinks, OEM AIO water cooling, VRM heatsinks, 1000W power supply, very specific PCI-E M2 SSD then Laptop 2.5 inch HDD.

Corsair MP600-NVMe-PCIe B09Q2NCFS7

Still working out getting NON Killer WIFI card.

Also dont know about the clear plastic cover for the antennas and screw part number. 

Works with bare R10

No need to post photos.

Im using OEM parts so its not going to look any different.

So next step is also done.

ADD HDD for steam library and add 1080TI

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/53166806

The entire point of the exercize is that I kept costs below $700 for any given part and total cost under $1600. If buying a raw board make sure you have your cpu and cpu heatsink for testing DOA or not.

Anyone selling the board without the VRM heatsinks should be avoided.    I chose 2nd version of motherboard with Ryzen 5700X

AMD-5700X B09VCHQHZ6

CPU heatsink is NOT AMD standard. The Heatsink for INTEL aka XPS 8940 CPU Cooler 0VWD01 MWXCG fits fine for testing. That wont fit into the dell case however with the power supply swing arm closed which is why phase 3 of the project is to remove the motherboard from the dell case.  Thats not as hard as it looks but its going to take more fiddling.

Motherboard with wifi and antennas and heatsinks

I don't need to do that but others are not as fortunate as I am having income more than half the people on earth.

1000 Dollars or even 500 dollars is not realistic for many people.

GPU's in particular are not an easy buy.  Which is why I experimented with parts to simulate someone else getting the same thing etc.

Knowing my non dell GPU works fine with the newer motherboard with bios 2.2.5 and 2.2.6 means I now have a good test GPU for repairs as well as a good recommendation for others looking to update their dell.

The entire reason for wanting an R10 Ryzen edition has to do with AMD making better not quite so blazing hot cpus that are not handicapped by the wimpy Dell 120MM AIO cooling or case.