You'll get Dell bloatware like awcc and supportassist. Trial for mcaffee, etc. I just did a wipe and clean install from free downloadable media direct from microsoft. Best time to do that is with a new pc you don't have anything to backup.
If I do a wipe and clean does it void my warranty? To my understanding dell will do a "remote checkup??" when I contact customer support so that they can see what is going on with my hardware/software before they do anything. Is that wrong? Forgive my confusion but until recently I didnt really know that much about computers and I am trying my best to educate myself so that I am not at the mercy of whoever helps me. Thanks again!
Ok I finally understand what you meant. The GPU will have built in fans to keep it cool, I forgot about that lol.
That being said will the liquid cooling and the 120m fan be enough to cool my CPU? Most if not all of the reviews on the alienware r10 I have read, have all been featuring the ryzen 3950 CPU. All of the reviews have noted that the liquid cooling is not enough to support that CPU and I wanted to make sure that the cooling that I have will be sufficient. Thanks again for your reply, I am learning!
Ok thank you. I will approach the next weeks carefully but eagerly. I am very excited to unbox my PC. Thanks for the laughs btw caught me off guard after a long day at work.
Oh yeah, reinstalling windows doesn't void the warranty. The warranty and support won't cover any issues that come up due to your reinstalling windows though, like if you can't get it to boot after formatting the drive for a reinstall you'd be on your own. But the warranty would otherwise cover any hardware failures within the warranty period. For example, I was still able to get tech support on AWCC glitches after reinstalling windows.
I've been in the industry for 25+yrs and have always built my own systems from parts.. until Alienware really upped their game that is. For the past 6 years I've purchased Alienware exclusively. It's an antiquated notion that you have to perform a reload of Alienware upon arrival. There's no doubt that there was a time when this was true, but the "bloatware" isn't nearly as invasive as it was at one time. If you don't like AWCC you can simply uninstall it.. and that goes for AV software as well. It's interesting that information like this can persist for so long after the variables driving it no longer exist. A parallel example is Windows Updates. There was a time when I didn't perform updates for 6mo after they occurred to make sure they were stable... this is no longer necessary but has become an industry habit.
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321-BDXJ 850W PSU & CPU Liquid Cooling. No such option for GPU.
321-BFWJ 1000W PSU & CPU Liquid Cooling
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You get the b550a (oem only) motherboard in the r10. Dell doesn't sell this with a 570.
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You'll get Dell bloatware like awcc and supportassist. Trial for mcaffee, etc. I just did a wipe and clean install from free downloadable media direct from microsoft. Best time to do that is with a new pc you don't have anything to backup.
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If I do a wipe and clean does it void my warranty? To my understanding dell will do a "remote checkup??" when I contact customer support so that they can see what is going on with my hardware/software before they do anything. Is that wrong? Forgive my confusion but until recently I didnt really know that much about computers and I am trying my best to educate myself so that I am not at the mercy of whoever helps me. Thanks again!
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Ok I finally understand what you meant. The GPU will have built in fans to keep it cool, I forgot about that lol.
That being said will the liquid cooling and the 120m fan be enough to cool my CPU? Most if not all of the reviews on the alienware r10 I have read, have all been featuring the ryzen 3950 CPU. All of the reviews have noted that the liquid cooling is not enough to support that CPU and I wanted to make sure that the cooling that I have will be sufficient. Thanks again for your reply, I am learning!
RobbieGray1992
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Ok thank you. I will approach the next weeks carefully but eagerly. I am very excited to unbox my PC. Thanks for the laughs btw caught me off guard after a long day at work.
r72019
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Oh yeah, reinstalling windows doesn't void the warranty. The warranty and support won't cover any issues that come up due to your reinstalling windows though, like if you can't get it to boot after formatting the drive for a reinstall you'd be on your own. But the warranty would otherwise cover any hardware failures within the warranty period. For example, I was still able to get tech support on AWCC glitches after reinstalling windows.
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I've been in the industry for 25+yrs and have always built my own systems from parts.. until Alienware really upped their game that is. For the past 6 years I've purchased Alienware exclusively. It's an antiquated notion that you have to perform a reload of Alienware upon arrival. There's no doubt that there was a time when this was true, but the "bloatware" isn't nearly as invasive as it was at one time. If you don't like AWCC you can simply uninstall it.. and that goes for AV software as well. It's interesting that information like this can persist for so long after the variables driving it no longer exist. A parallel example is Windows Updates. There was a time when I didn't perform updates for 6mo after they occurred to make sure they were stable... this is no longer necessary but has become an industry habit.