That's a good choice for your needs. For sure get the SSD boot drive and not an old style spinner hard drive as they are slower and run hotter (512GB at least on the boot drive as SSDs operate best when they have approx. 20% unused space and windows is a hog). For games and data, just then get a 2.5" SSD that is easy to put into one of the 2 drive bays at the bottom of the case. The power cables are already there, you just buy the drive from amazon or newegg along with a SATA data cable (get one with a 90 degree end on it for where it plugs into the drive itself). Also, be sure to get the liquid cooling option as the Aurora desktops run a bit warm due to the smaller size case and limited number of fans and the air cooled CPUs get very hot and lots of posts here and on reddit about that. Lastly, the 1000 watt PSU is a good choice as the PSUs are proprietary and not easy to change if you had gone with the 500W and needed a larger one down the road. Also, I have seen that the lead times vary a bit depending on if you go with the black or white case, and the white case has more LEDs on the front if you are into that sort of thing (the black case has fewer oval rings...it's not obvious from the pics on dell's website but you will see the white case has an extra led ring on the front and the side lights up too, unlike the black case)
Thanks yea i’m going to grab an SSD from my nearest best buy. As far as the card goes, would the Samsung 980 a good choice for my current configuration?
In the event they do not offer the configuration with the NVME SSD boot drive, you could always put one in yourself.
I thought they always offered that by default or as an option, but maybe I am wrong.
I would double check to make sure they are not offering it, because otherwise you have to transfer or reinstall the OS to use an aftermarket SSD as boot drive. When you order it they install the OS on it for you, much easier.
tempestornado23
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That's a good choice for your needs. For sure get the SSD boot drive and not an old style spinner hard drive as they are slower and run hotter (512GB at least on the boot drive as SSDs operate best when they have approx. 20% unused space and windows is a hog). For games and data, just then get a 2.5" SSD that is easy to put into one of the 2 drive bays at the bottom of the case. The power cables are already there, you just buy the drive from amazon or newegg along with a SATA data cable (get one with a 90 degree end on it for where it plugs into the drive itself). Also, be sure to get the liquid cooling option as the Aurora desktops run a bit warm due to the smaller size case and limited number of fans and the air cooled CPUs get very hot and lots of posts here and on reddit about that. Lastly, the 1000 watt PSU is a good choice as the PSUs are proprietary and not easy to change if you had gone with the 500W and needed a larger one down the road. Also, I have seen that the lead times vary a bit depending on if you go with the black or white case, and the white case has more LEDs on the front if you are into that sort of thing (the black case has fewer oval rings...it's not obvious from the pics on dell's website but you will see the white case has an extra led ring on the front and the side lights up too, unlike the black case)
Vanadiel
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April 28th, 2021 03:00
I would make sure you have a boot NVMe SSD, and not get a 2 TB mechanical drive.
If more storage is needed you could always install a SATA SSD, or external USB 3.0 enclosure for additional space.
If they have the option for a 850 Watt Power supply I would get that over the 1000 Watt as that is a better match for the RTX 3070.
Nate_
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April 28th, 2021 03:00
Thanks. The only wattage they had listed were 500 or 1000 watt unfortunately. I also didn’t see any NVMe cards but i may have overlooked that.
Nate_
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April 28th, 2021 04:00
Yea i totally missed that i’m gonna see if i can get that changed quick . Really appreciate all the help guys thanks.
Nate_
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April 28th, 2021 04:00
Thanks yea i’m going to grab an SSD from my nearest best buy. As far as the card goes, would the Samsung 980 a good choice for my current configuration?
Vanadiel
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April 28th, 2021 04:00
In the event they do not offer the configuration with the NVME SSD boot drive, you could always put one in yourself.
I thought they always offered that by default or as an option, but maybe I am wrong.
I would double check to make sure they are not offering it, because otherwise you have to transfer or reinstall the OS to use an aftermarket SSD as boot drive. When you order it they install the OS on it for you, much easier.
r72019
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April 28th, 2021 05:00
The R10 doesn't come with an 850w option (that was the R9).
You can get the Samsung 980 but the R10 doesn't support pcie 4.0 on the m2 slot so you'd be running it at half the bandwidth only.
Nate_
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April 28th, 2021 05:00
I ended up being able to change my order so i’m all good! Thank you though.