The Aurora Gets A Redesign For 25th Anniversary

I’m curious about the thermals. Hopefully they are much better than the current chassis in the R10/11/12 and also the question(s) about upgradability.

Hard to say without closeups, but the open case design means the board has to look really good or it will not work visually.

Looks like a custom CPU cooler and the rad is a 120 mm rad mounted to exhaust at the back. Still has the very short hoses. Hopefully there's a 240 mm version, but it does not like like there's any mounting room.

Also looks like the video card is very closely located to the PSU, and that could cause issues with airflow for the video card. Looks like there is maybe 1" between the top of the PSU and the video card.

Also looks like no extra PCIe slots available anymore, so no aftermarket cards can be installed anymore.

9% quieter during heavy CPU workloads is still going to be very loud...

Would have to see this in person to make a decision, but based on those pictures it does not look to me like much has improved motherboard or cooling wise. Just a somewhat different layout and relocation of the PSU.

I do like my R10 and that's partly because I got a sweet deal ($1250 plus tax) for the specs but i'm disappointed with the internal design. Living in hot and humid Florida means there are trade offs until it gets cooler later in the year.

I'm hoping that changes a bit but the new design minus the swing out PSU of the R10/11/12's looks to be similarly constrained wrt to thermals. I hope i'm wrong. The bodywork of the new Aurora does look similar to the current desktops.

Hopefully we'll get more info shortly because I get the feeling these will be released once the Alder Lake's are ready for sale.

All they need is this design: Case 

RGB fan controller, 240 mm AIO, lot's of airflow and cooling.

I am sure they can strike a deal with that company to license the IP so they can get it manufactured in their facility of choice.

I don't see that having to cost anything more than the current or new design, but it would be all you need and you can even put 280 mm AIO instead of 240 if you like.

I don't understand the design philosophy behind the Alienware cases...

It’s not flashy enough and doesn’t seem to fit the Alienware aesthetics. I do agree though, that particular case would be much better than the current design and its successor.

Well, at one point they showcased a nice Alienware case but it looks like it never went into production..

New case will still only have a 120mm AIO but can have 2 front intakes, a rear exhaust and then the AIO fan 

@Vanadiel 

HP is listening to their users.  Got away from the proprietary route and went with coolermaster standard parts for the OMEN 25L and OMEN 30L.

The OMEN 30L Desktop all the spec options
of OMEN 25L Desktop with added cooling performance
and an additional thermal compartment with 120mm RGB
front fan from Cooler Master.

https://landing.coolermaster.com/pages/hpomen/

That’s the Omen 30L I bought earlier this year. I wish it had an upper front fan blowing across the RAM but temps are surprisingly low. Much better than the chassis in the Aurora and the temps are really low. My 30L came with an i9-10805K and RTX 3080. It takes a full size card.

Yeah I noticed that !

Very Few views and again the PSU is not shown.  Hopefully its not proprietary.

The angle of the motherboard will be interesting for the AIO operation. The coolant will want to drain to the radiator, rather than flow to the water block.

Hopefully it will not create bubbles.

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@speedstep wrote:

Very Few views and again the PSU is not shown.  Hopefully its not proprietary.

 

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The PSU is pictured here (bottom back of chassis).  Click on photo to enlarge.  It's bolted in place with an adapter by its side, and appears it might be a non-standard size (thin and long like a GPU). 

Picture 1, black:  wall adapter plug 

Picture 1, white:  side of PSU.  I forgot to upload the photo, but in this circled area is where there is an black presumably metal adapter shaped like a GPU support bracket with screws holding the PSU in place. 

picture 2:  GPU cable being routed to PSU  

@speedstep 

Here is the photo of the PSU support bracket.  There are 2 screws holding the PSU in place.