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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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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.

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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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February 4th, 2024 22:31

@ProfessorW00d​ 

This shows the real face of DELL

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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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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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February 5th, 2024 12:41

@redxps630

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

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