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Alienware Area 51 R2 How to Power Supply Swap to Third Party
Hi, i just Registered here so i can report on my Upgrade !
Short Story > i bought a Brand New Area 51 R2 > i7-5930x Base Model >
I did Upgrade the PSU to 850Watt Evga , RAM to 32GB DDR4 Hyper X Fury @ 2400Mhz , 2 x Samsung 850Pro 512GB in RAID 0 , eVGA Titan X Super Clocked Edition 2 x 3.0TB Seagate Constellation ES3 HDD.
so Far so good, very nice little Overpriced PC, bit i Love that Case so much.
Upgrades Done Today
Replaced Stock 2 x Extrem Loud DELTA FANs and 1 x Nidec FAN all of them are 120 x 38mm
with>>>
3 x Corsair SP120 High Performance Version 120x25mm http://www.corsair.com/en-us/air-series-sp120-pwm-high-performance-edition-high-static-pressure-fan
now the Area 51 runs really Silent and has still a good Portion of Cooling when OC i dont think i will need the 147cfm that the DELTA FANS provide and never the 4.500rpm.
Replaced the no so Good Stock 850Watt that had COIL WHINE PSU that AW-DELL puts in that nice Machine ( my opinion ) even the BTO Upgrade 1500Watt doesnt deliver as much Performance.
Here ist what i did ...
1. took out the Stock PSU , 8 Screws thats it
2. i did buy the eVGA PSU here it is GOLD 80 + , and 100% Pure Power for at least 2 Titan X in my case enough no need to get Higher Power one
http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=220-G2-0850-XR
3. i had to Take out ALL Stock Cables , you cannot Use the Stock Cables from AW PSU with the eVGA PSU
4. the eVGA PSU has enough Good Cables in the Box , they all FIT , nothing need to be Customized here.
5. the Point i choose the EVGA is they have Specific 2 x 8 PIN CPU Allignment PowerPlugs that you will need for the AW Mainboard just look at the Cables you take out.
>>> i tryed the CORSAIR 1000WATT PSU , the Area51 did not START with that PSU <<<<<
6. the EVGA is 180mm Long when the Stock PSU is 190mm so no big deal even better 10mm shorter
7. When you put the PSU in the Case , first slide in the without the FRAME and then Hold the PSU from Inside the Case an use the Screws to thighten it.
i did read a lot of people asked for a Solution on How to use a third party PSU and most Forum Reports did it wrong or failed to Boot the Machine,
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Posted March 25th, 2016 12:00
Looks good, Here is my thread on the Area 51 upgrades, if you haven't already looked at it http://en.community.dell.com/owners-club/alienware/f/3746/t/19675279
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Posted March 25th, 2016 13:00
Nice work and thanks for posting.
I wonder why the Corsair PowerSupplies are not working (W8Lift's thread says the same).
So, you think the stock Dell-AW 1500watt PS is ok? ... just pricy, right?
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Posted March 25th, 2016 13:00
Think the Delta PSU (OEM) is garbage, only one year warranty, no added features like ECO Mode plus it is so ugly. Think Dell should revisit the PSU's. It sticks out so bad in this case.
I believe the PSUs in corsairs senses a fault, and shuts off. I played with the test button and it kept tripping like there was a short in the system. (obviously there wasn't) but it only triggered with the motherboard power connected.
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Posted March 26th, 2016 03:00
thx happy to help out people who paid PREMIUM for that nice Machine :),
i think the both DELL OEM PSU 850watt & 1500watt are not good at all, the Prize Tag of the 1500Watt is a bit high, if you compare it to the all WORKING EVGA top dogs PSU . 850WATT 1000WATT etcc....
for my needs iam planning to add a Second Titan X , so the eVGA 850 Watt is Rock Solid for my Specs.
For Testing if the OEM PSU Performs well (Pure Power to the TITAN X )
Results i did 3 TEST Runs with Unigine Valley Benchmark set to Extreme HD
Everything Set to Normal , no OC for the CPU, no Over Voltage the Ttitan everythiung STOCK Speed.
after 3 RUNS with the OEM PSU i had > 3890 > 3897> 3932 Point and a Max FPS of 172 to 181
after 3 RUNS with the eVGA PSU i had > 4093 > 4102> 4129 Points and a Max FPS of 186 to 192Conclusion
With my TITAN X 12GB Evga Superclocked i put in the Middle SLOT to get Full PCIe x16 x 16 V3.0
the OEM PSU made a COIL WHINE like a Formula 1 Engine ( on 1st SLOT and the Middle SLOT)
NO the DELL OEM (DELTA PSU ) are not good at all !
after 2 days i got my Area 51 R2 i called Dell and told them about the PSU , they sended me in 24hrs
a NEU Replacement , that had the Same Noise ,
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Posted March 26th, 2016 04:00
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Posted March 26th, 2016 08:00
Thx for sharing :)
When you installed the Samsung pro ssd did it detect it just fine without having to change any bios settings ?
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Posted March 27th, 2016 02:00
ehmm, what do you mean ?
i installed 2 Standard 2,5" Samsung 850 PRO SATA600 Drives, there is nothing to change in the Bios ! they are standard SSD drives .
i you mean Raid 0 Setup, you must set the bios SECURE boot = OFF and than you CTRL + I in when the PC starts up and Setup the SSD RAID !
but Intel RAID does not Feature TRIM Support ! that is not so good after a while
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Posted June 16th, 2016 19:00
Which cable from the psu goes to the front USB / audio jack small front board ? For new psu
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Posted June 16th, 2016 19:00
Also lithio , when you mounted the sweet Noctua fan to the radiator and case did you use the Noctua rubber screws to mount it to the case or threaded screws ? Plz post pick of the back of case showing the Noctua fan exaust.
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Posted March 25th, 2016 12:00
en.community.dell.com/.../19675279