Just did this to my R10. The radiator fit into the factory shroud is so so satisfying. Like it was made for it. Thanks for the tutorial! My R10 no longer sounds like an Airbus A380!
omg, this is a miracle, I've been looking everywhere to find a tutorial just to see if I can replace my air cooling with liquid cooling, and now I know! this means a lot to me, thanks!
Thank you for this tutorial. I got this liquid cooler to replace the stock i7-10700 heat sink/fan. My CPU temps dropped roughly by about 30-40 degrees Celsius. Also, the quietness is great as well.
Thanks so much for this guide, I used it for my system and it was perfect. I also replaced the front fan to reduce noise as well. The only suggestion I will make to people who are doing this is to make sure you unplug your video card power cables before lifting the powersuply up, I did not do this and it pulled the video card out of the slot. Luckily nothing was damaged.
I figured I'd post this in a new comment: My own h60 installation went perfectly! The highest temp I've pulled so far is 61c while gaming. The SSD install was easy as hell, there's included 2.5" mounts in the bottom of the case that are snap-in. I found that there's a bit of space in front of the PSU to tuck the hoses while swinging the power supply down. The runs for cable management are great for keeping the h60's SATA power cable organized. I did need to unplug the two 4-pin power connectors and tuck those away while working, but I just re-ran the cables after with no issues. The trickiest part was actually installing the RAM with the hoses in the way and, of course, maneuvering the fan/radiator housing out of the top of the case. You had a great angle in your video though so I knew to tilt just the right way to clear them. Thank you so much for your guidance, my friend is extremely pleased with his computer. One thing I noticed was the fan seems to be pegged at 23% usage. Is there a way to increase/vary this? I tried in Alienware Command Center with no luck. Also, looks like the stock fan uses ball-bearings! Yuck! I'll be installing some RAM and creating the XMP profile for it tomorrow, my first AMD RAM installation and I hear it can be tricky, but the timings look to be printed on the back of the RAM modules so fingers crossed it will post with the 4 x 8 GB (32gb) RAM I'll be throwing in there. I hate RAM issues so I'm hoping I don't see boot issues or stock clock speeds of like 2133mhz. Once again, thank you for this video and your guidance!
Great to hear about the smooth install and the extra installation tips. The Fan speed changes seem to be controlled by command center without a great amount of control - probably to keep newbies like me from making to many of the wrong changes. I have read that the percentage for corsair 120 might be based on the higher speed stock fan ie. 23% might be really 46% if the max speed is half of the stock fan.
If my ram won’t post and my boards clocked at 2133mhz is that bad ? Do I need 2133mhz or smaller ram to use I grabbed a 16gb kit for 50$ and I’m sad I can’t use it now waste of my time and money and I also picked up a aio cooler for 20$ I haven’t installed it yet it’s coming right now as we speak where does the 4 pin plug go? For the unit
Seems to be working great for me. I did a push/pull fan setup on the radiator with two ML 120 Pro's. I did get the bios diagnostic error for "top fan", but "CPU fan" was fine which is also one of the new fans and both are spinning. Cooler is lit up and liquid is flowing. FYI for anyone else interested, I also tried an Arctic Liquid Freezer II 120, but the holes did not align with the bracket and the hoses were too sturdy to really cram in this case safely. CPU under 100% load is still up to 83⁰ C, but it's much quieter, and that 83⁰ would have been at least 92⁰ before while also sounding like a leaf blower.
please reply what do you mean top fan cpu fan did you use y splitter for the top fan or cpufan? what 4 pin did you use ? for the radiator fans is it the top fan or cpu fan ? with y splitter
Great to know the H60 is a perfect fit! A buddy of mine just ordered the R10 with 5800x and 3060 which was on sale for $1234 as his first gaming PC. First thing I said is that we’ll definitely need to upgrade the stock CPU cooler, so it’s good to know the H60 fits perfectly, as it’s much easier to source one than the official Alienware liquid AIO cooler.
Just did this mod, what a difference! No screaming fans anymore! No BIOS errors on boot up either (I'm running an R10 if anyone is wondering). Also swapped front fan and the stock H60 fan for ML120 Pro fans. 38-40 degC on idle and 75 degC on stress test... so quiet 🤫 Thanks for the video!
Super helpful video! I'm not the most knowledgeable person with these kinds of installations, but with your instructions it was a smooth and even fun process. I can't believe how much quieter my R10 runs! Thanks so much for the help!!!
Thanks for this fantastic video ! I changed for the Corsair H60 on my Aurora R10 bought 2 years ago, following your guide step by step. Everything was fine. I needed to change the fan pump to fan cpu that the BIOS start.
This is absolutely fantastic, thank you so much. I have an R10 and have only been able to find conversion videos for R7/R8's - this is exactly what I've been looking for.
Thanks so much my dad and I did this and works perfectly just put it in 25 min ago and temps decreased from 70-high 80 to 50-60. No leaks so far and hope it stays that way
Great video, i installed mine in r10 last night, idle temp are around 29 degrees an in game are around 55-64. Hardest part is getting that tray out lol
I just wrapped up this install on an R10 with a 3700X and a 3070, and it made a HUGE difference. Running a game it would reach up to 90 degrees(!) and just doing normal browsing it would reach the 70's. Now with the water cooling install it is topping out at 68 during gaming. Thanks so much for this tutorial.
Been working on my friends. He has the 3700x with the 3080. His cpu temps have hit 102c and crashing. I just ordered this and going to pick it up now and hoping it fixes his problem. Fingers crossed
@@kammii7272 nope. It dropped his temps drastically but it ended up being a bad gpu. He used his warranty and they actually came out today and finally got it replaced.
@@tonyhobbs38 yeah I have just bought a r10 without watching many reviews which is a bad idea on my part and had to buy this aio. Was it hard to put it on?
@@kammii7272 it was really simple. The only difference that I noticed was he mentions using the small screws and putting radiator in first then the fan on the inside. I put the fan in first where it pulls the air through the radiator which they even recommend in the instructions. Hell it didn't even come with the small screws. Once you start putting it together you will see what im talking about
I installed my cooler like this video, I ran it, it helped, it was quite and cooler... However... This setup is pushing hot air thru the "radiator" and out of the top of the case, the liquid cooler does a better job when you pull cool air thru the "radiator" instead. I reversed my top fan, and reversed my front fan and my R10 runs another 10c cooler. Your video was helpful tho thanks
@@guillaumebrossault4130 Hello ! You have three cables from the air cooler : 1. A SATA, your probably have few that stay close to the PC power supply, wrapped together 2. A fan tachometer to a 4 pins (near the CPU) 3. And a 3 pin - in the one labelled "CPU FAN" (also near the CPU). Don't worry, if you don't plug them correctly, you can still remove them and try to another place, but for me, it worked first try. And as I said, they are labelled.
@@austinreese1443 Don't be :D I was too, and if you take your time, it will be alright. Just be smooth when you put the cooler on the CPU : don't tighten the screw too hard.
Hey can you help me please, in my case I have to connect the pump unit to a motherboard USB, but I don’t find an USB on the motherboard. Do you Knowles if the aurora r11 have it ? Thank you so much
Thank you so much, followed your video, added vrm heatsinks, and 2 Noctua fans. The difference is amazing. Running Doom Eternal I was hitting 93 degrees, easy. Now it's mid 60's and the fan noise is barely audible.
Thanks for a great how to. I installed the H60 into my r9. Everything worked first time and the computer is so much quieter now and the core temps are way below what they were before. Also thanks for the tip about placing the pump tach lead in the fan CPU slot on the r9. No Bios error messages about CPU fan being inop.
I’m having this issue, though. I put into pump fan slot and the PC doesn’t boot.. I put into cpu fan and I get a “component has an error” message after testing for some time. What do I do to fix this?
Thanks for the video. I have an r10 with AMD ryzen 7 5800. The stock amd mounting case was not present and you can just use the intel, 4 screw pattern (exact same as this video) to mount the pump instead.
Thanks for posting this. Great job and it's very helpful. It'd be best to take a Dremel and cut out the mesh from the bracket since it does restrict airflow. I'm sure it works fine with it left as is, but it does restrict airflow somewhat.
thanks for the vid bro, installed it today and an extra corsair 120mm fan, i ran hwinfo64 but core 5 or w/e still thermal throttles ): and cpu package and core max are like 90-103 degrees ): any suggestions or did i do sum wrong
Thanks so much for this video, i found that the alienware command center could not control the cosair fan and i was hitting temps around 70 when playing warzone , so i took out the cosair fan and put the original alienware fan against the liquid cooler's raidiator and now it hits around 60 when playing warzone but the alienware fans are noisy af
That's interesting. I am using CORSAIR ML120 fans(2). Mine are quiet and I have control too! Temps went from 75C to 64C under load(fan speed bout 38%). Today, I installed the CORSAIR H60. Temps went from 64C to 49C under load(fan speed dropped to 27%)! I thought it was quiet before. Now, it's much cooler and quieter!!!!
I just did an h60 install on an aurora r5 and r10 with two fans for push-pull. Can be done, if the radiator is the same. Tight fit, but works. Be carefull with hose routing, because these auroras have the psu close ontop of the cpu cooler-gets tight in there
I've just replaced that totally stupid air cooler (that I had ordered by mistake with my Alienware R10 - 5600x / RTX 3080). Great video that really helped a lot! Thanks! I would even go further and replace the top fan (Corsair SP120) that comes with the H60 with a ML120 Pro and also replace the remaining junk Dell front fan with a ML120 Pro or a super quiet Noctua AF12x25 pwm fan. This reduces the noise of the Alienware and brings down the temperature further specially for the GPU. The front fan can easily be replaced, just need to take out the graphic card and replace it 1:1. Still cannot believe that you can still order an Alienware R10 with the hot new AMD 5600x-5900x CPU's with these crap fans.
Yeah , it is to bad that nickel pinching executives don't let good engineering rule the day on the Alienware line. But, since the supply of the RTX 3080 is in high demand, we can be thankful that we have access to join the new kids on the block with some of these new technological wonders.
@@stonyworld6788 Very true ;) - Only having to wait around 1 month to get a Ryzen 5600x and a RTX 3080 without any scalpers affecting the price is surely the upside.
I really appreciate this step by step. I have an alienware ordered and I could've sworn I chosen the liquid cooled. But apparently on the sheets it says air cooled. So I been buying components to make it better and I have a Corsair liquid cooled I have bought to do this, Im just worried about doing it that I don't want to break anything lol.
@@adamsmith2760 Dell technician told me that don't use the PUMP_CPU. Instead, plug the pump cable to FAN_CPU, and the fan on the radiator goes to FAN_TOP. I also purchase a vrm heatsink. I am waiting for the vrm heatsink delivery, will come back and report the result.
Hi, thanks for this video. I recently followed this to upgrade my RTX 3070, 3700X R10. I was wondering if VRM heatsinks were necessary to install as well?
video helped so much, got it done no issues! only thing I was wondering is my CPU fan always shows 100% speed now. Assuming that's normal and what it should be since its liquid cooling now? thanks!
My R10 shows 100% CPU fan - I am assuming that PUMP inside the H60 is at 100% . Since , now it is Liquid cool the 100% reading could be a real reading of the PUMP or just the base reading when your switched to the PUMPFAN pin and there is no longer a CPU FAN to read.?
i hated having the origonal air cooler especially when i was playing fallout4 the fan would get louder and louder the more i was gaming and got so annoyed to the point where i also purchased the h60 aio cooler as well now my R9 runs much better, therse no loud whoooooshhhhh , and i can finally game in peace and quiet. EDIT: The least they couldve done was add heat pipes to the fan heatsink but we all know dell was too lazy to do that.
Quick question seen how this video is 2yrs old is there another updated liquid cooler thats better then this h60. I see now that there's h80. Just need something compatible just like this h60 and possibly better for the alienware R11. Thanks
Hello, I just this installation following this video, but now it won’t turn on. Does someone has any idea why? I make sure to connect back again everything i got disconnected, when pressing power button does nothing. I did the power supply test with the back button and is working, fans and pump turn on
I'm the guy from reddit. I replied to your comment on the OP. I'm having a problem since you did not record installing the fan onto the radiator. I now do not know how I get the fan in with the radiator. And where the washers go...
The Fan just sits over the radiator - the flow of the fan is over the radiator -out the case exhaust. The radiator has prebuilt screw hole inserts -just line up the fan over the radiator and insert the screw with the washer - washer is on the screw on the fan outside - see 6:17 time stamp.
@@stonyworld6788 I JUST got it all figured out, am typing this reply out now on my computer. Turned out, I just needed to go farther in the video. I'm kind of an idiot in that regard :L Sorry about my frustration, if it came out through my comment. got ti all set up, looks quite nice, I must say. This is my first change I've ever done to any computer I've owned. I was VERY anxious. This is the first change I've done to a PC, aside from swapping out a graphics card and a power supply. Got it all done, and we are good to go! Thank you for your help via reddit and on here. Very much appreciated :) Hope you have a wonderful rest of your year and a good start to 2021! Will definitely be recommending this video to anyone I know that has issues swapping their cooler out!
And yeah I definitely could of figured out the fan going over the radiator, I just hit a wall and was like "EXPLETIVE" not really sure why the just sitting over the radiator did not occur to me lol
It should still work but you might have to select between PUMP FAN or CPU FAN pin connections to clear any BIOS errors - reddit and dell community post will have more information. I think the older H60 white box - had a 4 pin.
Why didn't you choose water cooling when you bought it? The AIO and the 1000 Watt power supply run $150. If you did cheap out, make sure you get the VRM heat sink or you will cook your VRM.
I think the problem is most of us (old timer afraid of the water) haven't bought a new computer in a while and don't know how much better liquid cooling is in the Alienware System - 20 oC difference and 30 decibel noise difference 80 to 50 decibel. It's Apple to oranges!!
@@stonyworld6788 I too am an old timer and my parts built Aurora R7 was my first foray into liquid cooling. It is quieter and cooler than my previous rig. When I built the Aurora R7 from Ebay parts and pieces , the cost of the air cooler ($45) and the AIO ( $45- 50) was the similar so the AIO made sense. The AIO VRAM heat sink runs $17 or so. When I added a high power GPU, I had to upgrade the 550w power supply to the 1000w unit at a cost of $125. Last month I ordered the Aurora R10, it just made sense to get the AIO and 1000w power supply and Alienware required it with the RX 6800xt GPU. For those looking to purchase an Alienware Aurora and liquid cooling is an available option, I highly recommend spending the extra money.
Vr Heatsink? I have a lot of questions. Blowing the hot air on the radiator is ok? You fill that thing with water or it comes filled? If the hoses are below and kinda drifting down before going up can't you get a air bubble?
Ok thankls. I know next to nothing to that, and I'm unable to identify the cables. How hard is it to reconnect the "new" cables for the water cooler after isntalling it ? What's those story about bios error ? I didn't get it. It's for an R10
I thought I had installed mine wrong because it has 1 prong in the middle like what you showed at 8:50! However when I start my R11 it does a check for a CPU fan and gives me a message saying I don't have a CPU fan..which is true I have it liquid cooled now..should I be getting this message? Its a BIOS setup or something..I think you actually mentioned this
Yes, this might be a R11 Bios error - Some people on reddit have changed the PUMP FAN to the CPU fan and it clears the message and still runs the Fan. My guess is that there may be a "hidden bios setting" from the factory selecting liquid or air. I'm not a bios expert so its just a guess. I had an old computer from windows 7 that always had a bios start up error after windows 10 update - the computer worked but its not fun seeing an error message all the time. . Hope that helps - maybe someone else has more info?
Yes, I did put a db meter on the Air cooler system near the exhaust vent- it was 80 db at full benchmark , when they say it sounds like a jet engine -they are not far off - ( i took the meter app outside and got 70 db at rush hour with a 6 lane street!). it went down to 50 db. It's still going to be loud with full gaming - 1 power supply fan, 2 GPU fans -on full, 1 front fan at max curve and the H60 top fan.
I was trying to do this with my r11, the liquid cooler I have didn’t provide as clear instructions as I hoped so I went to this video only to find out my cooler did not fit inside the factory shroud, do I just remove the shroud and put it in or do I have to get a smaller one?
If you have a R11, you may need to hook the 3 pin PUMP fan tachometer to the CPU FAN connection. The R10 seems to detect the change but the R11 bios is still looking for the Air cooler fan.
Am I missing something on the SATA power? I have an R11 and the H60 I got only came with the heatsink 3 pin and the top fan 4 pin. I'm not sure where the sata power is coming from or how I need to plug it in
I need help im really confused about something you made the cpu fan at the top an intake do i need to do that to im only wondering because if i do theres nothing blowing out all the hot air from the gpu and what not please help me im so confused
Nice video, trying to decide between this and just swapping out the heatsink for a noctua fan. I'm wondering if it would yield roughly the same results since it has better heatsink coverage than the stock cooler. Any thoughts?
I'm trying to visualize this - is it still air cooled or liquid cooled with a 120 mm noctua fan swap? i think if it's different fans over the cooler radiator the performance maybe the same but noise could be lower.
@@stonyworld6788 Actually, based on your recommendation for how simple the new watercooling is I'm going to give this aio a shot. I'm hoping installation will be easy. How would you recommend I clean the old thermal paste off CPU? Would I be able to do it with an alcohol wipe without damaging the hardware?
@@Plus2UsernameOfWit Yes, clean the old thermal paste with alcohol wipes - or isopropyl alcohol on a cloth or paper towel. it doesn't require a lot . The beauty of this new generation of processors is they have their own heatsink die and have build in temperature sensors that shut off/reduce the processor speed if they detect over temperatures (extra safety window vs the old days of fried parts). You do need a clean connection between each part - I have read about some higher temperature issues when people don't clean the old paste.
Quick question, if I were to also be installing an additional SSD, would there still be enough sata power ports for me to use? I'm wondering if I can keep the current 1 TB HDD in there or if I'll need to just swap it out with the SSD I'm planning on installing. Trying to get a dear friend set up for the next 5-8 years. H60 came in today, seals look good!
Dell tax? If you chose to configure your machine with liquid cooling, it is an additional $150 and they upgrade the power supply from a 550W unit to a 1Kw unit. I don't see that as tax.
Does the original cpu air cooler fan mount in the HDD case for an added intake fan once you switch over to liq cooling? Think I saw this mod done somewhere..
I had TWO Aurora 11's ...both with i9 ...liquid cooled ...BOTH FAILED. This SECOND one can't even run a screen saver ...it totally hangs & Alienware/Dell will NOT replace the second one ...they said I'm on the waiting list for a GPU & I can pretty much pound sand. $4,300. & 3 months & still nothing. I'LL post the rude emails & screen shots if anyone is interested in not getting screwed. This has been the WORST PC I've ever owned & the company is worse than the PC! And ...fact is ...there are many good ...better options. I'm so sorry I didn't take one. DO NOT BUY ALIENWARE.
I bought the Stock r10 ryzen addition with the 3070 and 3700 because they ran out of stock so fast on prez day and all they had was stock option. Will this install work with my 550w psu? My comp is running in the 90s when im gaming and im worried about damaging parts, Thanks for the help
Sounds like the exact set up I purchased from Dell/Alienware. I did this swap/replacement to an H60 last night and so far no issues, temps staying below 70 running games.
Hey man, back again. Do you know of a way to check the rpm of the pump? I've been trying to find the solution online but it's difficult with this particular case of modding the aurora r11
Dan OB This specific model is way smaller then the rest, GEFORCE RTX 3090 TURBO 24G GRAPHICS CARD 10.5” in length (266.7mm) www.nextwarehouse.com/item/?4066804_g10e
Did you get any bios errors when installing the h60? I have aurora r10 ryzen 7 5809 16gb ram 3060ti. And I'm thinking of swapping from air cooled to the h60. Any help is appreciated
@@marckosmo9614 Did you try plugging it into the CPU slot? thats how he said to fix the problem for the r11 im trying to find out if thats the case for the r12
@@michaelgambale6491 I figured it out, for some reason it was the top fan creating the cpu fan error. I had to reconnect the stock top fan the radiator to get rid of the error and then connect the cable from the liquid cooler to the cpu fan connector.
Heyy I know this is a year later but I recently picked up a CORSAIR h60 series I think 2018 version for about 20$ I was wondering where I needed to plug that 3/4 pin plug that’s on the Unit if anyone can let me know thanks much appreciated this is my first actual build by the way
I think that Alienware has made both AMD and Intel CPU mounting brackets to work with intels 4 pin riser screw system. It probably saves time and resources at the elf factory - So, no need to use the included AMD system.
I guess it may depend on your system specs - I had an extra cable point downward towards the lower 2.5 SDD cages below the video card. I also had a 3.5 hard drive behind the power supply which had a sata power cable with two extensions. If you need more Sata power you can probably get a extension cable splitter like this -"Cable Matters 2 Pack 15 Pin SATA to 4 SATA Power Splitter Cable - 18 Inches". Hope that helps.
Yes , you can do a Pull-Push double fan radiator sandwich with a Y connector. You just need the extra screws and decide whether to use the stock fan or two new fans. If you have an R11, you may need to plug it into the CPUFAN connection to remove the bios detection error.
I haven't had issues with the lack of heatsinks on the VRMs. I had initial crash to desktop with the early versions of MSFS 2020, but after reducing by ram speed from 3400 to 3200 in the bios and the various MSFS updates - it has been stable for months. Since the heat exchange occurs in the top of the machine, I would figure the area around the CPU is cooler. However, If I wanted to overclock this machine, then more cooling solutions would be a good plan.
Hey I have an r11 with a 10700 and a 3080x heatsink and I get up to 103 degrees gaming, what do u think is the best quality way to upgrade the cooling system? I don’t find mind fan noise when gaming because of my headset but I would prefer it to be quiet when I’m just chilling
Liquids cooling is probably the only way to keep the noise down. People have some success changing the case fans but only a couple specific fans work in this mode.
