Dell motherboard specs

This article provides all the technical specifications for the Alienware Aurora R4 as well as the supported features and important information

Supported Systems:

3rd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Ivy Bridge)

• Intel® Core™ i7-3930K Six Core (12M Cache, up to 3.80 GHz w/ Turbo Boost))
• Intel® Core™ i7-3960X Six Core Extreme Edition (15M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz w/ Turbo Boost))
• Intel® Core™ i7-4820K Quad Core (10M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz w/ Turbo Boost))
• Intel® Core™ i7-4930K Six Core (12M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz w/ Turbo Boost))
• Intel® Core™ i7-4960X Six Core Extreme Edition (15M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz w/ Turbo Boost))

Intel® X79 Express Chipset (Intel® BD82X79 PCH)

Note: Some of the features described on the link above have been disabled and are not available on your system due to design and technical limitations.

DD3 Non-ECC Quad Channel supporting overclocked and XMP Memory

• DDR3-1333 PC3-10600
• DDR3-1600 PC3-12800
• DDR3-1866 PC3-14900

Minimum: 8Gb
Maximum: 32Gb

4x 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM Slots for use with the following configurations:

• 8Gb (2x4 Gb DIMMS)
• 16Gb (2x8 Gb DIMMS)
• 24Gb (2x8 Gb + 2x4Gb DIMMS)
• 32Gb (4x8 Gb DIMMS)

4x SATA II 3Gb/s Ports | 2x SATA III 6Gb/s Ports

Following configurations can be used:

• 4x 3.5" SATA I/II/III Hard Drive
• 4x 2.5" SATA I/II/III Solid State or Regular Drives

RAID Support

• Spanning Disks
• RAID 0 — Stripe
• RAID 1 — Mirror
• RAID 10 (0+1)

• 2.5" drives requires a special cradle that is not included with the system.
• Only 2 Hard Drives will work at SATA III Speeds

2x 5.25" Internal Drive Bays for SATA II Tray Loaded Optical Drives

• 8x BD-RE drive - Can read/write CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disks.
• 12x DVDRW/BD-ROM drive - Can read/write CD and DVD but can only read Blu-ray Disks.
• 8x DVDRW/BD-ROM drive - Can read/write CD and DVD but can only read Blu-ray Disks.
• 24x DVD+/-RW drive - Can read/write CD and DVD. Can't read/write Blu-ray Disks

Realtek Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card

• MS3871 Bluetooth and Wireless Combo Card WLAN 802.11b/g/n 1T1R+BT2.1

Integrated Realtek ALC892 Codec

• 5.1/7.1 Support
• Digital S/PDIF

Note: You can add a PCIe Audio card like a Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™. This is not possible if you have a Dual Video Card Configuration.

Video card support is defined by the following technical considerations:

• Bus Support
• Dual Video Card Support
• Supplementary Power Connectors
• Power Consumption
  • Dual Video Cards: Up to 300 Watts per card
  • Single Video Card: Up to 600 Watts