Aurora 11, HDD, migrating to new case

Thank you all for the replies. I’ve done everything about cooling that I can. Currently running a 3080 and that bad boy puts out some heat. I am simply going to get a new HDD and load a fresh coy of windows into it.

To do that properly, you would wipe the hard drive clean, load your new motherboard drivers and then a new install of Windows. 

If you try to merely add the new motherboard drivers to the Alienware motherboard drivers, conflicts will no doubt arise and also Windows will sense the difference in motherboards (presume that you are trying to use Windows on a second computer) and not function until you buy a new copy (one copy per computer).  

You might be able to convince Microsoft that you are replacing a defective motherboard and they will just issue you a new license number, but that is subject to your negotiating skills and the mood of the Microsoft rep.

Best of luck!

"to help with cooling issues."

You could save yourself a lot of headaches and just get a larger case for better air circulation if cooling is your only concern.  Trying to switch power supply cables and everything else over to another motherboard is not worth any slight increase in cooling efficiency.

Just a suggestion.

Photographs of your fine work as it progresses are not required, but highly appreciated! 

Thanks!

Good question. Yes I am liquid cooled on the CPU I have the “Alienware Liquid Cooling.” 

the problem is that the from 120mm intake fan on the front of the case had to be taken out in order to fit this monstrous card.

The case alone, as you may know, is very poor when is comes to cooling to begin with. As well, as you may know, the only exhaust on this case is in the top where the radiator is which is just about worthless.

I have a NZXT H510 Elite that just got here. I am migrating everything tomorrow. Cheers. 

Thank you all for the replies. I’ve done everything about cooling that I can. Currently running a 3080 and that bad boy puts out some heat. I am simply going to get a new HDD and load a fresh coy of windows into it.

That's surprising for me to hear. Is your CPU air-cooled or liquid-cooled? (Your graphics card is most likely air-cooled because liquid-cooled-3080-equipped Aurora R11 has yet to hit the market.)

I have heard quite some stories about 3080 and 3090 dumping an absurd amount of heat into computer cases. If your R11 has liquid-cooled CPU and is still overheating, I will have to rethink about my life. xD

The case alone, as you may know, is very poor when is comes to cooling to begin with. As well, as you may know, the only exhaust on this case is in the top where the radiator is which is just about worthless.

I have a NZXT H510 Elite that just got here. I am migrating everything tomorrow. Cheers. 

Congratz on the H510 Elite! My bestie was provoking me to blow my hard-earned cash on an RTX 3090 (for my Aurora R11). I was quite concerned with PSU, heat, and everything else.

Currently I'm learning towards the upcoming RTX 3060 Ti or RTX 3060(?) 7nm (could be named RTX 3260 or something), especially with an Asus custom board (dual-fan). Such setting seems more viable with our small Aurora R11.

There are also blower models (e.g. Gigabyte 3090 Turbo) that's supposed to manage the case heat better. It seems your empirical evidence makes a strong case that heat is a bottleneck when it comes to Aurora GPU upgrades.

---

Also, the os drive would be filled with a bunch of stuff and hardware components that you don't need.

 

---

Isn't that called Windows 10? 

Sorry, I couldn't help myself...

The other thing you'd want to lose with a clean install on a new mobo is the default Dell RAID setting in bios and Intel RST.

"Isn't that called Windows 10?"

LOL ok that made me laugh.

I like to call it Dellware.

"Actually it will work just fine."

Well, windows will "work" to some extent but after you drop the oem os drive in the new motherboard you'll have a watermark on your desktop warning you that windows is not activated, and you won't be able to access all the features of window including any personalization settings.  

Also, the os drive would be filled with a bunch of stuff specific to the aurora's motherboard and hardware components that you don't need.

It's better to do a clean install on the new ssd/aftermarket mobo with a valid retail windows license key.

@AuroraHasManyFans  I have heard quite some stories about 3080 and 3090 dumping an absurd amount of heat into computer cases.

Can you maybe shoot us some links on this. I have a 3080 and my temps are surprisingly low in my Lian Li Lancool II. (unless your speaking of Alienware) Here is a picture I shared already on another thread of temps while deep into gaming on Cold War a very heavy graphics game. I lock the frames at 120 because My monitor tops out at 120Hz. I like to match it.

This was also befor I started playing with OC on this beast. When I started hitting 2100Mz on the clock she was still only around 64c (steep fan curve though )

Can you maybe shoot us some links on this. I have a 3080 and my temps are surprisingly low in my Lian Li Lancool II. (unless your speaking of Alienware)

Of course it's in Alienware Aurora where the RTX 3080 and 3090 are overheating. Lian Li rigs are bigger and have much better cooling. But for us peasants with Alienware, looking for a thermal solution (such as liquid-cooled GPU) for these powerful cards is a real struggle.