Aurora R11, what is the noise level for liquid cooling?

@Rein     R11 with liquid cooling for both CPU and GPU

The CPU must absolutely be liquid cooled. That graphics card liquid cooling contraption in very new, and I have not yet seen any bona fide reports in this forum from R11 users about the performance. That thing consumes a lot of space in an already air flow starved nano-case. I have seen the YouTube marketing videos, and personally, I am * not impressed *. Perhaps some adventurous R11 owners that jumped on the untested option can chime in.

Noise level is a relative thing to each person. The OEM Dell fans are cheap and loud, but that can be resolved easily with better quality, more quiet fans, if necessary . . . for your personal enjoyment experience.

It depends on the graphics card you get. The only stock GPU with liquid cooling is the RTX 2080 Super. I have an R11 with liquid cooled CPU and an air-cooled AMD RX 5700 XT. The noise isn't loud at all at idle. It is slightly louder under load but not to the point that it bothers me. I will say that the heat coming out of the top of it under load is quite higher. I have the tower on the floor next to me and under load it gets hot enough for me to get hot myself. I'll be moving it soon!

The loudest component in a watercooled system is the 120x38mm Nidec radiator fan. That is rated at45~56.5 DBA at full load.  Of course there is also the 120x25mm AVC fan spinning up to ~5,000 - 5500 rpm at full load, gpu and aio pump will make noise too. Your experience will depend on your use of course, I wouldn't expext normal use to max out these fans so noise would be lower.  Also, the case reduces sound too.

@TurbsTheKatLove 

This is probably the first I've read of the R11 + 2080 Super Liquid Cooled.

The TU-104 is capable of at least 250W power draw. On most retail cards, NVIDIA allows reference board designs to go up to 116% of that. Here's my benchmark of the EVGA 2080 Super XC Hybrid which is basically an AIO tethered to the card:

2070MHz boost clock, 292W max draw, 1.068V max voltage, +1000MHz memory clock + Corsair ML120 Pro fans spinning at 2400RPM (37dBA) : Furmark stress test 68C.

Replacing the AIO cooler with waterblock put into a custom loop:

2100MHz boost clock, 292W max draw, 1.068V max voltage +1150MHz memory clock : Furmark stress test 50C.

Can you please share similar data as above for the Asetek AIO GPU liquid cooling? I'm not sure how to calculate my dBA for the custom loop but my 3x ML120 Pros are at 1500RPM and 3x ML140 Pros are at 1200RPM.

@TurbsTheKatLove   I performs a benchmark to put the system under load to see the noise level and during the benchmark the average was stable around 35-37 db however it did spike to a max of 39.

You must have those OEM Dell 55 dBA case fans turned off.

The fans are not turned off I do not even know how to do that although in the AWCC it says it is dynamically allocated for fan speed so the colder the system the less the fan spins less it spins the quieter the system and I keep the temp in the house around 70F and the system is slightly warmer than the air but not by much. Now I do not know what fans are in this system either all I know is it is the default for the dark  side of the moon with a liquid cooled cpu which the hoses and reservoir  are connected  to the top fan so if you spout it is the same as the regular default fan it better have the hookups for assisting with the liquid cooled cpu.

Can you please share which benchmark you did for the system? Prime95/Furmark/CinebenchR20/3Dmark/OCCT?

You're the kind of person I call an âssholë in the most respectful and endearing way possible. 

. . . also what 'decibel analyzer' are you using and how old is your noisy keyboard?

@MeatRocket   If I felt I needed it, I'd probably invest in a system that I could run a single loop for the CPU & GPU.

Don't forget about the RAM      

@Anonymous - "That thing consumes a lot of space in an already air flow starved nano-case. I have seen the YouTube marketing videos, and personally, I am * not impressed *."

That was completely my sentiment when I configured and purchased my system. The liquid cooled 280 Super was, in my view, simply marketing. Anyone who is serious enough about overclocking to need liquid cooling on a 280 Super would just go ahead and spend the money on the 2080 Ti.

I have always been a fan of AMD graphics and didn't think the modest performance increases I would get over the RX 5700 XT warranted the extra money for my specific needs. I certainly don't see the need to sacrifice the extra PCIe slots just for liquid cooling of a GPU like the 2080 Super. If I felt I needed it, I'd probably invest in a system that I could run a single loop for the CPU & GPU.

@MeatRocket 

Touché  

Keyboard is the Alienware rgb mechanical keyboard AW510K and I used a decibel analyzer on my phone off google play one of the free ones because why spend the money. The benchmark is called the Heaven Benchmark 4.0.