Alienware Aurora R8 - EVGA Liquid cooler and Dynatron K555 testing

In my journey to try other cooling solutions on my Alienware Aurora R8, I tried installing a Dynatron K555 (which didn't fit) as well as an EVGA water cooler. The EVGA water cooler caused some abrupt clock rate drops, possibly because it had a 3-pin power connector vs the 4-pin. I'm not sure if this is the cause - however I'm speculating it may have been.

I compared the noise levels while testing in Cinebench R20 and observed a major reduction in fan noise with the liquid cooler. Due to the reduced clearance caused by the power supply, I believe liquid cooling is going to be the best choice to reduce fan speed, while a Dynatron K666 cooler will be the easiest plug-and-play solution (albeit a lot of noise).

The information in this video is applicable to Dell computers with the same hinged power supply bay: new XPS, Precision, and Optiplex desktops.

Check out the first video below:

Alienware Aurora R8 CPU cooler upgrade



Here are links to the coolers used in this video.

K555 CPU Cooler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
K666 CPU Cooler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...
EVGA Liquid Cooler: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07...