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January 15th, 2023 17:00
Aurora R13, upgrading power supply?
Subject says it all: I have the Aurora R13 with a 750w power supply. You can 100% tell that the system doesn't always have the "oompf" it needs and I see Aurora R14's have a 1000w power supply now, but I also can't see anything about it.
Anyone have experience with that? I seriously thought about going to Amazon - replacing the MB and case; getting a 1000w power supply that way. But I'm willing to bet everything is proprietary on the components.
Thanks!
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January 15th, 2023 18:00
Dell uses same 1000w proprietary psu for R13, R14, XPS 8950
43YPM 1000W Acbel (XPS 8950, Aurora R13/R14, Precision 3660)
R61D8 1000W Liteon (XPS 8950, Aurora R13/R14, Precision 3660)
RD0G0 1000W Delta (XPS 8950, Aurora R13/R14, Precision 3660)
you can buy from Dell if available in stock or from third party.
ProfessorW00d
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January 15th, 2023 18:00
motherboard, power supply, and case I/O are proprietary . . . that is all
Vanadiel
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January 16th, 2023 05:00
How can you tell it does not have enough "oompf"? What are your system specs?
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January 16th, 2023 08:00
I have the R13 with I7 and 3080ti, max wattage my ups has shown is 680watts pulled when I run both a cpu bench and graphics bench together. Gaming wise highest I hit is 650watts for a max spike. You will not get any more performance with a 1000watt ps
If you go new mobo/case/ps/240aio you can transfer over the other parts such as cpu/ram/gpu/drives. That alone I feel you net you about 5-10% performance increase in game fps. Otherwise get a 1200watt ps and a new 4090.
If you stick with the R13, I would instead try to get the newer alienware 1350watt supply with the 12VHPWR gpu cable, will increase your upgradability. Note that even the 1000watt supply still only has 2 power feeder cables for the gpu, meaning you are still stuck with proprietary dell 2-cable gpus (which are actually descent gpu's, as my dell 3080ti is only about 5% slower stock than say a evga-superclock. you can push the dell 3080ti with afterburner but I have not seen the need)
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January 16th, 2023 13:00
So I have a tool that monitors cycles on the CPU and GPU (and temps, etc...) - I know that Dell throttles it's CPU and the GPU if it pulls too much power (there are lots of youtube videos on it). I run with 64gb as well - which admittedly, is very little power usage...)
But, to answer your question: I can feel it and the tool confirms it. Every blue moon if I'm doing something, I might get a bit of lag as the CPU gets throttled.
The system is also incredibly hot - I know, it's an i9 (I maxed out an R13 btw with the exception of memory, I went for 64 instead of 128) so it runs hot - but I want to add more fans if possible. Again, there's a lot of youtube videos on modifications people have made...
EDIT: And I will check out the 1300 powersupply - thanks also!
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January 16th, 2023 16:00
Check for my other post where I added a noctua nf-a12x15 fan to give the cpu radiator a push/pull airflow with no added noise and safely staying within fan header specs.
You are correct its known the i9 gets power throttled, the i7 not so much and runs smoother. There is a reddit post where someone was able to smooth out the i9 power using throttlestop, could be titled something like "taming the R13"
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January 16th, 2023 16:00
R13 cooling solution
ProfessorW00d
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March 18th, 2023 11:00
That I believe is Arctic Liquid Freezer II
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March 18th, 2023 11:00
What version is this? I’m looking into it
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January 22nd, 2025 06:50
I get the following message when I turn on the pc. top fan not working, replace the fan same problem. moved the top fan to the front and is working. only explanation is the controller from the MB is dead.
looking to change the MB with something that is not Dell... no option(if anyone knows a different MB that will fit let me know)
Originali build - i9 12900F, rx6700 tx, 32Gb DDR5 4400mh, 1Tb ssd, 1000w psu. Now i9 12900F, rx6700 tx (looking to get a rtx4080, 4090, 5080, 5090), 64Gb DDR5 6000MHz working at 4000Mhz!!!, 1Tb ssd + 2Tb ssd + 1 Tb 2.5'' Hdd
Now looking at the situation I am just thinking to bin: Case, MB, PSU and build a new one that will not be Dell