PSU Enough for Liquid Cooling Kit

[Pairodice]

I was in a bind when my main PC died after many years. I did not have the time or cash on hand to build another one. But I was able to get a line of credit from Dell (you can see where this is going). Anyway I picked up an Alienware Aurora R7 (Specs Below). During checkout the wording lead me to believe it would come with a water cooling unit for the CPU. It did not, my fault really for not double checking.

Dell had the water cooling unit for sale on their website but when I went to purchase it was gone. Upon contacting them they said they were sold out and doubted they would ever have any to sell again despite still using them in their new builds. So I went shopping around and decided on an EVGA CLC 120 but my question is if I have the PSU for it, I do not think that I do and if so I will go with a low profile Noctua air cooler which requires a complete disassembly to install.

My purpose for alternative cooling is heat/noise. Sometimes whilest gaming my cores can reach into the 90's. So what do you think? Water Cooler, Air Cooler, Stock Intel coooler?

Specs:
Core i7-8700 (non-k)
GTX 1080
460w PSU
16GB DDR4 RAM
Stock Intel Cooler
1TB 7400 RPM HDD
256GB M.2 SSD

 

[clarkjd]

I was in a bind when my main PC died after many years. I did not have the time or cash on hand to build another one. But I was able to get a line of credit from Dell (you can see where this is going). Anyway I picked up an Alienware Aurora R7 (Specs Below). During checkout the wording lead me to believe it would come with a water cooling unit for the CPU. It did not, my fault really for not double checking.

Dell had the water cooling unit for sale on their website but when I went to purchase it was gone. Upon contacting them they said they were sold out and doubted they would ever have any to sell again despite still using them in their new builds. So I went shopping around and decided on an EVGA CLC 120 but my question is if I have the PSU for it, I do not think that I do and if so I will go with a low profile Noctua air cooler which requires a complete disassembly to install.

My purpose for alternative cooling is heat/noise. Sometimes whilest gaming my cores can reach into the 90's. So what do you think? Water Cooler, Air Cooler, Stock Intel coooler?

Specs:
Core i7-8700 (non-k)
GTX 1080
460w PSU
16GB DDR4 RAM
Stock Intel Cooler
1TB 7400 RPM HDD
256GB SSD

AIO liquid coolers don't use that much power. I think you will be OK.

 

[ElectrO_90]

It should work, but you are already running your system with a PSU under Nvidias Rated 500W for the card.

 

[sizzling]

Also wouldn’t such a change void your warranty? The one benefit of a prebuilt system.

Also is a 120mm AIO actually any better than the air cooler the system came with?

 

[clarkjd]

Also wouldn’t such a change void your warranty? The one benefit of a prebuilt system.

Also is a 120mm AIO actually any better than the air cooler the system came with?

Valid points, both of them. The only reason for the AIO would be if it were significantly quieter than the stock cooler.

 

[Pairodice]

Also wouldn’t such a change void your warranty? The one benefit of a prebuilt system.

Also is a 120mm AIO actually any better than the air cooler the system came with?

Even if I get no cooling performance increase quieter would be nice, This thing gets loud.

 

[Pairodice]

I was in a bind when my main PC died after many years. I did not have the time or cash on hand to build another one. But I was able to get a line of credit from Dell (you can see where this is going). Anyway I picked up an Alienware Aurora R7 (Specs Below). During checkout the wording lead me to believe it would come with a water cooling unit for the CPU. It did not, my fault really for not double checking.

Dell had the water cooling unit for sale on their website but when I went to purchase it was gone. Upon contacting them they said they were sold out and doubted they would ever have any to sell again despite still using them in their new builds. So I went shopping around and decided on an EVGA CLC 120 but my question is if I have the PSU for it, I do not think that I do and if so I will go with a low profile Noctua air cooler which requires a complete disassembly to install.

My purpose for alternative cooling is heat/noise. Sometimes whilest gaming my cores can reach into the 90's. So what do you think? Water Cooler, Air Cooler, Stock Intel coooler?

Specs:
Core i7-8700 (non-k)
GTX 1080
460w PSU
16GB DDR4 RAM
Stock Intel Cooler
1TB 7400 RPM HDD
256GB SSD

AIO liquid coolers don't use that much power. I think you will be OK.

Thanks, I now notice Dell sells my model ONLY with liquid cooling which is another thing that ticks me off. But upon reading the reviews someone mentioned most aftermarket PSU's will fit into the chassis. Wondering if its worth a try.

 

[Pairodice]

Dell wants $175 for a refurbished 875w PSU for my chassis. Just wow.

 

[clarkjd]

Dell wants $175 for a refurbished 875w PSU for my chassis. Just wow.

You can get a brand new, quality aftermarket 850 watt PSU for that price(or less)!

 

[Pairodice]

Dell wants $175 for a refurbished 875w PSU for my chassis. Just wow.

You can get a brand new, quality aftermarket 850 watt PSU for that price(or less)!

Yea, I've picked out an EVGA SuperNova 850w for 99 bucks, and the EVGA CLC with tuners for 85. Both products have reviewers who successfully installed them in an Alienware Aurora R6/R7 Chassis. Going to pick up some Arctic Silver as well and hope i'll be happy with that. Thanks Guys.