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January 4th, 2020 12:00
Aurora R8, can it handle the i9-9900KS?
Alienware Aurora R8 IPCFL-SC/R R3FWM motherboard (manufacturer Pegatron)
BIOS 1.07 support i9 series processors
That's how the manual lists it.
No one at Dell support can answer the simple question, can an Aurora R8 handle a i9-9900KS cpu?
So before someone steps on this post with extreme sarcasm, here is what can be verified:
BIOS supports i9 series
Know it supports a 95w K series cpu
Questions =
Motherboard TPD is designed for how much? Suspect about 120 watts because that would be about right for a 95w overclocked
What can the motherboard VRMs handle? 9900KS sits at idle 127 watts, normal operations 140w, OC all cores can push 175w.
Thermals. Liquid cooled with the right thermal spread will handle heat.
Case fans need more volume but not much more as the heat generated isn't much more than the K.
The Aurora R9 sports the same motherboard. I saw a 9900K config on Black Friday.
Why would Dell not have an official answer on this? Other than a generic i9 series answer?
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January 6th, 2020 07:00
Updated 1/28/21.
The Aurora R8 and Aurora R9 have different motherboards. But do share some CPU's.
The Aurora R8 motherboards (2XRCM, R3FWM) and BIOS were tested/validated with the following OEM CPU =
30JHN Intel i9-9900KS (Coffee Lake-S, 127w, 4.00GHz)
PTJR2 Intel i9-9900K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.60GHz)
7TMX7 Intel i7-8700 (Coffee Lake-S, 65w, 3.20GHz)
0PW4K Intel i5-9700K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.60GHz)
7WP08 Intel i5-9600K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.70GHz)
X85H0 Intel i5-8400 (Coffee Lake-S, 65w, 3.20GHz)
00N9G Intel i3-8100 (Coffee Lake-S, 65w, 3.60GHz)
The Aurora R9 motherboard (T76PD) and BIOS were tested/validated with the following OEM CPU =
30JHN Intel i9-9900KS (Coffee Lake-S, 127w, 4.00GHz)
53G0P Intel i9-9900K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.60GHz)
5FKG0 Intel i7-9700K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.60GHz)
520CV Intel i5-9600K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.70GHz)
7WP08 Intel i5-9600K (Coffee Lake-S, 95w, 3.70GHz)
7GFR2 Intel i5-9400 (Coffee Lake-S, 65w, 2.90GHz)
C2NKF Intel i3-9100 (Coffee Lake-S, 65w, 3.6GHz)
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January 4th, 2020 16:00
Can’t answer your question but on my i5-9600K, running small FFT torture on 5 GHz all cores with -2 AVX offset draws 180W at Vcore 1.4V. I opened up my PL1 limit to 180W and at sustained 85C, I’m not hitting a current nor power limiter. So I know the board can handle 180W.
Now, with the 9900KS, I doubt you’re going to see anything sub-200W once you start the torture tests on all cores. At least 1 review site is not recommending AIO cooler even 360mm ones. Let us know how things goes once you stick this thermonuclear chip inside the Aurora chassis.
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April 1st, 2022 09:00
Is the list above the only cpu's verified to work with the IPCFL-SC/R board? A customer brought their computer in with an i7-9700 with symptoms of no video. I don't see the 9700 (no K) in the list and we have a known working Celeron G4900T, which is an 1151 9th gen cpu that we tried to use for testing purposes but still no video. Is there a full cpu compatibility list available or can you tell me if the G4900 would work? Just need to know what direction to go on our troubleshooting.