I'm trying to edit my post but it just isn't letting me.
So I've opened her up and looked around but can someone confirm to me whether the Alienware R8 has proprietary powersupply, motherboard... would that mean that any PSU would have to be purchased from Dell? At the moment I'm looking at upgrading the GPU, and I'll obviously have to upgrade the PSU to support it. I was looking at going from i5 to i7 but I don't think I'd see a difference and 16 ram seems enough for now. Sorry, getting sidetracked. Do I need to go through Dell for the PSU? Again I'm so so so grateful for any replies!!
Yes motherboard is proprietary. It uses proprietary LED controller which has embedded power switch pins. It requires a psu 8 pin EPS connector to plug in a proprietary GPU_PWR socket on board (above the top PCIex16 slot).
R8 460w/850w psu is oem, but you can use standard ATX psu that has 8 pin EPS + 4 pin cpu connector.
Re: would that mean that any PSU would have to be purchased from Dell?
No. a standard ATX psu with 24 and 8/4 pin EPS connector will work.
Your PSU is standard ATX format, which is 150mm tall and 86mm wide . . . length will vary. You Dell OEM PSU is 140mm long. The longer you go past 140mm, the less room you have for cable management. Consider choosing a fully modular PSU so the cables you don't need can stay in the box. This is a pcpartpicker list of fully modular PSUs between 140mm and 150mm long and between 850 watts and 1000 watts power. Make note of redxps comments about EPS 8-pin (4+4) CPU power and EPS 8-pin auxiliary PCIe power when selecting a PSU.
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I'm trying to edit my post but it just isn't letting me.
So I've opened her up and looked around but can someone confirm to me whether the Alienware R8 has proprietary powersupply, motherboard... would that mean that any PSU would have to be purchased from Dell? At the moment I'm looking at upgrading the GPU, and I'll obviously have to upgrade the PSU to support it. I was looking at going from i5 to i7 but I don't think I'd see a difference and 16 ram seems enough for now. Sorry, getting sidetracked. Do I need to go through Dell for the PSU? Again I'm so so so grateful for any replies!!
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August 21st, 2022 10:00
Re: Alienware R8 has proprietary motherboard.
Yes motherboard is proprietary. It uses proprietary LED controller which has embedded power switch pins. It requires a psu 8 pin EPS connector to plug in a proprietary GPU_PWR socket on board (above the top PCIex16 slot).
R8 460w/850w psu is oem, but you can use standard ATX psu that has 8 pin EPS + 4 pin cpu connector.
Re: would that mean that any PSU would have to be purchased from Dell?
No. a standard ATX psu with 24 and 8/4 pin EPS connector will work.
ProfessorW00d
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August 21st, 2022 17:00
The nVidia RTX 3070 & 3070Ti Founders Edition graphics cards will fit in your Aurora R8 without any case modifications.
Your PSU is standard ATX format, which is 150mm tall and 86mm wide . . . length will vary. You Dell OEM PSU is 140mm long. The longer you go past 140mm, the less room you have for cable management. Consider choosing a fully modular PSU so the cables you don't need can stay in the box. This is a pcpartpicker list of fully modular PSUs between 140mm and 150mm long and between 850 watts and 1000 watts power. Make note of redxps comments about EPS 8-pin (4+4) CPU power and EPS 8-pin auxiliary PCIe power when selecting a PSU.