"It seem like that "should" be an easy upgrade to the R6 and R7's without a PSU upgrade as the 1080s have a rated TDP of 180W, and the 1080 Ti has a rated TDP of no less than 250W"
The R7 shipped with a 850w psu if it came with the 1080ti.
The 460w was for base configs. Keep in mind the 460w only supports a max of 385w on the 12v rail (it is a legacy model with overpowered and underutilized 3/5v rail, as that isn't used as much these days as in years past).
Anyway, if you have the 460w psu and 220W for the gpu and 95 for the cpu, that only leaves 75 watts for almost everything else in the pc.
Thank you. However I am aware of both of the power supply options for the R5, R6 and R7s as well as the 3v and 5v rail power requirements. Perhaps I was unclear, but I was enquiring as to whether or not anyone had attempted to use the RTX 3060 Ti in a stock R7 as it has a minimal 20W increased TDP over the stock 1080. My calculations, which could be off, indicate that the 3060 Ti should "theoretically" work with the stock 460W PSU.
I did look at upgrading to the Dell 850W N1WJD PSU, but both the USD$500 price tag for a reconditioned PSU and set of cables and the $850 price tag new from Dell for the PSU and cables are excessive for a PSU upgrade.
Surprised that the 460w PS in your Aurora-R7 with Nvidia GTX-1080 is still working. After years of being pushed to 80-90% utilization, seems like it would have exploded by now. When that happens, it's not un-common for the motherboard or GPU to be destroyed also.
It never should have been allowed to config/ship that way in the beginning. We are glad it's been working, but it would be a failure on our part to not remind you of that. The rule is you always slightly OVERSIZE the Power-Supply.
If you are going to keep the Aurora-R7 for a few more years, and want to upgrade the graphics card for more performance, you should also upgrade the PS. (period) Yes, the Dell-OEM (Delta) 850w would be ideal, but forum is full of examples of after-market 750w+ PS upgrades . I like upper-tier brands like Corsair, Seasonic, etc.
@Tesla1856 Nope, it's still working just fine even through all of my RAM experiments. Power is still rock solid with an OC 1080, OC 8700K and 64 Gb of RAM. I have even met one person that had their R7 shipped from the factory with a 460W and a GTX 1080 Ti, and have heard of a couple of others. I'm surprised they even worked out of the box. Right now I'm kicking around the idea of upgrading to an 850W PSU, but the OEM PSUs are just ridiculously overpriced. For the $500 for a refurbished unit and cables, I can get a new case, platinum rated PSU, and a non-proprietary mobo. So much for the "infinitely customizable" Alienware mystique.
Lessons learned from purchasing my R7: If you are considering purchasing Alienware, ALWAYS opt for the largest possible PSU and avoid their proprietary 2933 MHz RAM.
Forgot to mention I'm using and evga gold psu in it. I wouldn't use a 460w psu with a 3060ti. Nvidia recommends a minimum 600w psu. Also the legacy oem dell 460w psu is really more comparable to a modern 400w psu due to the limited power on the 12v rail (and oversized 3v/5v rail).
@r72019 Thank you for the info, it sound like the way I'm going to go. Were you able to use the supplied cables, or did you need to purchase different cables? I understand several manufacturers didn't come with the correct Molex connectors for the R7s and several people have recommended the purchase of CableMod ModFlex Cable kits for the EVGA G3 and G5 PSUs. Were there any problems routing them?
There is no "wiring standard" for modular power-supplies, so to prevent short-circuits (and sparks), you always use the modular-cables supplied with the modular-power-supply.
Yeah it comes with the cables. You use the evga supplied cables and then add adapters to the evga cables as needed based on what you've got in your system.
If you have a dvd drive you need an adapter for sata power to slimline sata power like this for example:
Hey guys, i have an r7 that came with i58600k , 8gb ram and a 1050ti , im looking to upgrade my gpu to a rtx 4060 , when i looked up my service tag on the dell websie , it gave me a overview of all the parts my pc shipped with and in that the psu was labeled very weirdly but it said 850w , and where ever i look online all i see that the 1050ti models came with a 460w psu , so now i dont know how to confirm which one i have and do i need to upgrade the psu before going for the 4060 , can someone help me out
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"It seem like that "should" be an easy upgrade to the R6 and R7's without a PSU upgrade as the 1080s have a rated TDP of 180W, and the 1080 Ti has a rated TDP of no less than 250W"
The R7 shipped with a 850w psu if it came with the 1080ti.
The 460w was for base configs. Keep in mind the 460w only supports a max of 385w on the 12v rail (it is a legacy model with overpowered and underutilized 3/5v rail, as that isn't used as much these days as in years past).
Anyway, if you have the 460w psu and 220W for the gpu and 95 for the cpu, that only leaves 75 watts for almost everything else in the pc.
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December 12th, 2020 17:00
The R7 came with two psu options, if you had the 850w you're all set.
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Thank you. However I am aware of both of the power supply options for the R5, R6 and R7s as well as the 3v and 5v rail power requirements. Perhaps I was unclear, but I was enquiring as to whether or not anyone had attempted to use the RTX 3060 Ti in a stock R7 as it has a minimal 20W increased TDP over the stock 1080. My calculations, which could be off, indicate that the 3060 Ti should "theoretically" work with the stock 460W PSU.
I did look at upgrading to the Dell 850W N1WJD PSU, but both the USD$500 price tag for a reconditioned PSU and set of cables and the $850 price tag new from Dell for the PSU and cables are excessive for a PSU upgrade.
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Aurora R7 with 250w tdp gpu, 64 gb ram, dvd drive, sata platter, and 3 ssd drives, 4 fans, aio, and unlocked i7.
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Surprised that the 460w PS in your Aurora-R7 with Nvidia GTX-1080 is still working. After years of being pushed to 80-90% utilization, seems like it would have exploded by now. When that happens, it's not un-common for the motherboard or GPU to be destroyed also.
It never should have been allowed to config/ship that way in the beginning. We are glad it's been working, but it would be a failure on our part to not remind you of that. The rule is you always slightly OVERSIZE the Power-Supply.
If you are going to keep the Aurora-R7 for a few more years, and want to upgrade the graphics card for more performance, you should also upgrade the PS. (period) Yes, the Dell-OEM (Delta) 850w would be ideal, but forum is full of examples of after-market 750w+ PS upgrades . I like upper-tier brands like Corsair, Seasonic, etc.
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@Tesla1856 Nope, it's still working just fine even through all of my RAM experiments. Power is still rock solid with an OC 1080, OC 8700K and 64 Gb of RAM. I have even met one person that had their R7 shipped from the factory with a 460W and a GTX 1080 Ti, and have heard of a couple of others. I'm surprised they even worked out of the box. Right now I'm kicking around the idea of upgrading to an 850W PSU, but the OEM PSUs are just ridiculously overpriced. For the $500 for a refurbished unit and cables, I can get a new case, platinum rated PSU, and a non-proprietary mobo. So much for the "infinitely customizable" Alienware mystique.
Lessons learned from purchasing my R7: If you are considering purchasing Alienware, ALWAYS opt for the largest possible PSU and avoid their proprietary 2933 MHz RAM.
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Forgot to mention I'm using and evga gold psu in it. I wouldn't use a 460w psu with a 3060ti. Nvidia recommends a minimum 600w psu. Also the legacy oem dell 460w psu is really more comparable to a modern 400w psu due to the limited power on the 12v rail (and oversized 3v/5v rail).
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@r72019 Thank you for the info, it sound like the way I'm going to go. Were you able to use the supplied cables, or did you need to purchase different cables? I understand several manufacturers didn't come with the correct Molex connectors for the R7s and several people have recommended the purchase of CableMod ModFlex Cable kits for the EVGA G3 and G5 PSUs. Were there any problems routing them?
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There is no "wiring standard" for modular power-supplies, so to prevent short-circuits (and sparks), you always use the modular-cables supplied with the modular-power-supply.
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Yeah it comes with the cables. You use the evga supplied cables and then add adapters to the evga cables as needed based on what you've got in your system.
If you have a dvd drive you need an adapter for sata power to slimline sata power like this for example:
https://www.amazon.com/Pin-Slimline-SATA-Power-Cable/dp/B0056OA8ZW
Also, if you have a sata 3.5" hard drive it may help getting a right angle sata power adapter otherwise it will be tight closing the case.
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Hey guys, i have an r7 that came with i58600k , 8gb ram and a 1050ti , im looking to upgrade my gpu to a rtx 4060 , when i looked up my service tag on the dell websie , it gave me a overview of all the parts my pc shipped with and in that the psu was labeled very weirdly but it said 850w , and where ever i look online all i see that the 1050ti models came with a 460w psu , so now i dont know how to confirm which one i have and do i need to upgrade the psu before going for the 4060 , can someone help me out