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February 4th, 2024 15:52

Aurora R13, missing rear upper fan?

I've cleaned my r13 many times and never noticed that my R13 has no upper fan in the rear of the chassis. It was never there. What's up? Should certain models never have shipped with that fan?

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  • Real_Boy85

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    Posted February 4th, 2024 17:13

    If you have an air-cooled CPU, the top fan is not there, if you have a water-cooled one, it should be there.

  • ProfessorW00d

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    Posted February 4th, 2024 18:15

    It is interesting that they started including the VRM heatsinks with the air cooled model . . . at least in the promo photo.

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    Posted February 4th, 2024 22:31

    @ProfessorW00d​ 

    This shows the real face of DELL

  • redxps630

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    Posted February 5th, 2024 00:04

    1. Side light (optional)
    2. Top-chassis fan (optional)
    3. 3.5-inch hard drive
    4. Front-chassis fan (optional)
    5. Memory module
    6. PCIe fan
    7. Graphics-card end holder (optional)
    8. 2.5-inch hard drive
    9. Coin-cell battery
    10. Graphics card
    11. Power-supply unit
    12. Graphics-card bracket (optional)
    13. Graphics-card bracket holder (optional)
    14. Power-supply unit bracket
    15. Processor cooler of the processor liquid-cooling assembly
    16. Radiator and fan assembly

    #2 is indeed optional.

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    Posted February 5th, 2024 00:08

    Top chassis fan and front chassis fan may use the same fan model and proprietary fan bracket.

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/165911743323?

    https://www.amazon.com/Deal4GO-Chassis-Replacement-Precision-Alienware/dp/B0C7CYDDQZ

    also used in XPS8950 etc.  and remarked on as example of Dell hardware overengineering in oem case instead of standard 120 mm fan mount mechanism 

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    Posted February 5th, 2024 12:41

    @redxps630​

    On Aliexpress, a new original fan for Alienware for 10 euros