ALIENWARE AURORA R13 GAMING DESKTOP

[LRBS 948]

A very good day!

 

I would appreciate any comments regarding the performance of this system.

Where I work we get a pretty big discount on this PC and it doesn't justify me buying parts from different vendors and building from scratch.

Yes, I agree that I can save some money (in my situation about $400) doing it myself, unfortunately, with my last build I ran into issues with the warranty or parts availability, and I don't have the patience anymore. 

Specs:

12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 12900KF (16-Core, 30MB Cache, 3.2GHz to 5.2GHz w/Turbo Boost Max 3.0)

Windows 11 Home

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3090 24GB GDDR6X

64GB Dual Channel DDR5 at 4400MHz

2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD

Lunar Light 750W PSU, Alienware Cryo-tech™ Edition CPU Liquid Cooling

Foxconn Motherboard.

Honestly, my issue is their MOBO, even we can get credit towards  a new PC within 2 years. 

 

Thank you!

[ryanbatc 12,857]

Jeeese that's a monster hehe.  I actually used a Foxconn mobo about a decade ago... or maybe 15 years ago...  on an AMD build I believe.  Do you know the specific mobo?

Seems odd to have those nice parts on a budget board.

[jay281 33]

The PSU is close to the minimum. I would be looking at replacing that with a 1000w. Don’t get me wrong it will work, but any CPU OC or power spikes from the 3090 and I’d expect trouble. 
 

For ref: 

James

[Brandon01110 407]

On 11/26/2021 at 10:51 AM, killthespam said:

Lunar Light 750W PSU

you will need 850 watt minimum for stability.  gold certified as well.

[martin-w 3,235]

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Lunar Light 750W PSU

 

Ive never heard of a "Lunar Light" PSU. I would want to know who the manufacturer is of this PSU and if its decent quality. 

And no, I would say 750 is too low for an RTX 3090. In theory, for a less powerful 3090 variant, it suffices, but there's no way I would risk it. Spikes are a thing with the 3090. 

Only 750 watt and unknown PSU manufacturer would be no go for me.  

 

Edited December 21, 2021 by martin-w

[stans 703]

A 750 watt PSU is not enough for an Nvidia 3090 video card.  I'd say 850 watts should be the minimum, go for a 1000 watt PSU if you can and make it a high quality unit.  Cheap PSU's usually end with a spectacular failure, sometimes taking other components out with them.  Foxconn motherboards are not terrible, but they tend to be very basic and do not allow for overclocking.