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Aurora R13, detailed interior photos?
Hello.
I am considering buying an Aurora R13. It's in my cart. I have issues/questions however.
Drive space and connectors. How many drives can I fit in there? I have 2 SSD drives containing games, and 2 HDD storage drives. I'd like to install them all. I'm aware that there aren't enough bays, I can work around that. How many SATA/IDE controllers are there? Also, if there aren't enough power connectors, can I switch the power supply out for my 850 watt? It has oodles of SATA and HDD power connectors. What are the dimensions of the PSU? I have decades of data stored from 1993 to present that I back up to a 10TB HDD and a 4TB HDD, as well as a 2TB game drive and a 1TB game drive.
Real_Boy85
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January 15th, 2023 13:00
Jupiter_7
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January 16th, 2023 08:00
I have an R13,
There is room for:
2x nvme m.2 on the motherboard and you can run both in v4 speeds,
1x ssd 2.5" in a slot in the bottom of the case, there is a power cable but you need to buy your own data cable
1x hdd 3.5" in a slot in the top of the case, mine have both power and data cables (you can fit a 2.5" ssd here but you would have to buy an adapter)
On the motherboard, there are only 3x sata controllers/connectors. I am using 2, I do not know if its capable of running all 3 without disabling something else
You cannot change the power supply, it is a proprietary size/shape, the case will not fit a standard atx shape unless you break out the sawzall. Both the 750 and 1000watt supplies have the same exact cabling, all cables are hardwired into the supply, you cannot add/subtract. The sata power cables do not run from the powersupply, there is a socket on the motherboard where a special dell sata power cable connects to, for drives there is only one open connector for the ssd, but on the top there are two open connectors for the hdd. There is no mention of max power you can pull from the motherboard for sata drives, so if you overload it you will fry the motherboard.
ProfessorW00d
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January 16th, 2023 08:00
Even if you break out the aforementioned sawzall to fit an ATX power supply, many of the connectors are Dell proprietary, not ATX standard . . . so that is a dead-end solution.