these things are notorious about pumps failing. I have one right now on the brink. It will go out at some point just waiting my turn.. lol 

I am seroiusly going to do a stand alone cooling tower and so I can cool the CPU, Graphics card and RAM. I have seen some great mods. Is there anyone else considering this?

@DELL-Chris M​ Oh yes the Alienware CPU Cooling. I have a love hate relationship with it. I am currently running a Intel I7 8700K overclocked CPU that I can not overclock yet because I am worried about the temps on CPU will fry it. Great Picture of my enemy. lol

Thanks Chris.

 Disappointing, that is adequate for stock clocks but questionable for an overclocked CPU. I would have expected more from AW

This is all we see in the parts page =

MH0HN Liquid cooled heatsink for 95w CPU, Asetek USA, vendor part 35-102-0000113

The stock clock is 3.70GHz. The MH0HN Liquid cooled heatsink was more than qualified to overclock the i7-8700K up to 4.70GHz. What game would require you to go higher? 

World Of Warcraft Player. WoW is pretty CPU bound. On raid nights it's 3hrs in Antorus Burning Throne. My current Rig with a 6700K @ 4.2Ghz and Dark Rock Pro 3 cooler which is rated at 250W TDP keep my CPU between 60c and 63c during the summer months and a tad cooler during the winter months living in the SoCal San Gabriel Valley.

From all the reviews I have seen the 8700K runs quite warm even under gaming loads when over clocked. My fear is with a 120mm CLC the fan will unbearably loud under such conditions trying to keep up with the 8700k heat output

Chris:    I know this thread is a bit old, and I don't mean to "hijack" it -- but I am considering adding this Aurora liquid cooling unit to my air cooled Aurora R7 with a non-k i7 8700.  My question is this:  would the coolers four mounting screws fit right into the same holes that the current stock air cooler was using? - Or does this liquid cooler have some kind of a backplate that needs to be mounted on the backside of the mobo first like most AIO's?

Because if it needs a backplate that means a whole tear down and removal of the mobo (since Dell didn't make a cut out section on that side of the case to see the back of the board - which would have been nice).

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Chris:    I know this thread is a bit old, and I don't mean to "hijack" it -- but I am considering adding this Aurora liquid cooling unit to my air cooled Aurora R7 with a non-k i7 8700.  My question is this:  would the coolers four mounting screws fit right into the same holes that the current stock air cooler was using? - Or does this liquid cooler have some kind of a backplate that needs to be mounted on the backside of the mobo first like most AIO's?

Because if it needs a backplate that means a whole tear down and removal of the mobo (since Dell didn't make a cut out section on that side of the case to see the back of the board - which would have been nice).

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Ok good, looks like you found the Dell part (I see your question there).

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/aurora-liquid-cooling-kit/apd/412-aajj/pc-accessories#polaris-pd

Also, this:

https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/UPGRADE-ALIENWARE-R5-CPU-TO-K-FROM-NON-K/td-p/6022718/page/2

I think I know the answer, but I'd rather not guess, so we will wait for @DELL-Chris M to respond.

Basically, you want to know if this Dell/Alienware Liquid-Cooler part will fit not only the Aurora-R5/R6, but also the Aurora-R7 (that originally came with stock Alienware air/fan cooler) ... and what to do about the back-plate? ... Right?

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@hapkimanwrote:

I am considering adding this Aurora liquid cooling unit to my air cooled Aurora R7 with a non-k i7 8700. 

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Not sure if you have an Aurora-R5 or R7, but I don't guess it matters.

So, with a newer Aurora that comes air-fan cooled from the factory...

1. Does it come with an "Top Fan" installed?
2. Does the upper case come vented?
 
I guess what I'm asking is the upper case ready for the Liquid-Cooler ... so it's just a matter of installing it?