DELL NZ4ZVITY9S Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop Instruction Manual

DELL NZ4ZVITY9S Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop

Set up your computer

NOTE: The images in this document may differ from your computer depending on the configuration you ordered.

1. Connect the keyboard and mouse to suitable ports. For instructions on how to connect a wireless keyboard and mouse, see the documentation that ships with the wireless keyboard and mouse.

2. Connect to your network using an Ethernet cable. Alternatively, connect to a wireless network while setting up your operating system.

3. Connect the display. For more information about setting up the display, see the documentation that is shipped with your display.
   NOTE: Connect the display to the discrete graphics card of your computer.

4. Connect the power cable to the computer and then connect it to the wall outlet.

5. Press the power button at the front of the computer to turn it on the computer. If required, press the power button on the display to turn it on.
   NOTE: For instructions on how to connect speakers, a printer, and other accessories, see Me and My Dell at www.dell.com/manuals.

6. Finish Windows setup. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the setup. When setting up, Dell recommends that you: Connect to a network for Windows updates.
   NOTE: If connecting to a secured wireless network, enter the password for the wireless network access when prompted.
   If connected to the Internet, sign in with or create a Microsoft account. If not connected to the Internet, create an offline account.
   On the Support and Protection screen, enter your contact details.

7. Locate and use Dell apps from the Windows Start menu—Recommended.

Table 1. Locate Dell apps

Centralized location for key Dell applications, help articles, and other important information about your computer. It also notifies you about the warranty status, recommended accessories, and software updates if available.

| SupportAssist

SupportAssist proactively and predictively identifies hardware and software issues on your computer and automates the engagement process with Dell Technical support. It addresses performance and stabilization issues, prevents security threats, monitors, and detects hardware failures. For more information, see SupportAssist for Home PCs User’s Guide at www.dell.com/serviceabilitytools. Click SupportAssist and then, click SupportAssist for Home PCs.

NOTE: In SupportAssist, click the warranty expiry date to renew or upgrade your warranty.

**| Dell Update**

Updates your computer with critical fixes and latest device drivers as they become available. For more information about using Dell Update, see the knowledge base article 000149088 at www.dell.com/support.

**| Dell Digital Delivery**

Download software applications, which are purchased but not preinstalled on your computer. For more information about using Dell Digital Delivery, see the knowledge base article 000129837 at www.dell.com/ support.

Views of Alienware Aurora R13 Front

1. Power button (Alien head)
   Press to turn on the computer if it is turned off, in sleep state, or in hibernate state. Press to put the computer in a sleep state if it is turned on. When the computer is turned on, press the power button to put the computer into a sleep state; press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to force shut down the computer.
   NOTE: You can customize the power-button behavior in Windows. For more information, see Me and My Dell at www.dell.com/support/manuals.

2. Headset port
   Connect headphones or a headset (headphone and microphone combo).

3. USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2)
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps.

4. USB 3.2 Gen 1 port with PowerShare
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps. PowerShare enables you to charge connected USB devices.
   NOTE: Deep Sleep is enabled by default. Disable Deep Sleep at the BIOS setup to enable the PowerShare feature on your computer.
   NOTE: PowerShare enables you to charge your USB devices even when your computer is turned off.
   

5. USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port with PowerShare
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps. Supports Power Delivery that enables two- way power supply between devices. Provides up to 15 W power output that enables faster charging. PowerShare enables you to charge connected USB devices.
   NOTE: Deep Sleep is enabled by default. Disable Deep Sleep at the BIOS setup to enable the PowerShare feature on your computer.
   NOTE: PowerShare enables you to charge your USB devices even when your computer is turned off.
   

Back

1. Back panel
   Connect USB, audio, video, and other devices.

2. PCI-Express X4 slot
   Connect a PCI-Express card such as an audio, network, or expansion card to enhance the capabilities of your computer.

3. PCI-Express X16
   Connect a PCI-Express graphics card for optimal graphics performance.

4. PCI-Express X4 slot
   Connect a PCI-Express card such as audio, network, or expansion card to enhance the capabilities of your computer.

5. Power-adapter port
   Connect a power adapter to provide power to your computer.

6. Power-supply diagnostics light
   Indicates the power-supply state.

7. Service Tag label
   The Service Tag is a unique alphanumeric identifier that enables Dell service technicians to identify the hardware components in your computer and access warranty information.

8. Padlock rings
   Attach a standard padlock to prevent unauthorized access to the interior of your computer.

9. Side panel release latch
   Pull the latch to quickly release the side panel from your computer.

10. Security-cable slot (wedge-shaped)
    Connect a security cable to prevent unauthorized movement of your computer.

Back panel

1. Hard-drive activity light
   The activity light turns on when the computer reads from or writes to the hard drive.

2. Optical S/PDIF port
   Connect an amplifier, speakers, or a TV for digital audio output through an optical cable.

3. Rear L/R surrounds the port
   Connect audio-output devices such as speakers and amplifiers. In a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker channel setup, connect the rear-left and rear-right speakers.

4. Side L/R surrounds the port
   Connect audio-output devices such as speakers and amplifiers. In a 7.1 speaker channel setup, connect the side-left and side-right speakers.

5. Microphone port
   Connect an external microphone to provide sound input.

6. USB 2.0 ports (2)
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 480 Mbps.

7. USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps.

8. USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 20 Gbps.

9. USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On (2)
   Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 480 Mbps.
   NOTE: Deep Sleep is enabled by default. Disable Deep Sleep at the BIOS setup to enable Smart Power On feature on your computer.
   NOTE: Smart Power On is the ability to wake a system from S3, S4, and S5 sleep states with a move of a mouse or a press of a key on the keyboard.
   NOTE: This port does not support video/audio streaming or power delivery.

10. 10. Network port (with lights)
    Connect an Ethernet (RJ45) cable from a router or a broadband modem for network or Internet access.
    The two lights next to the connector indicate the connectivity status and network activity.

11. USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (2)
    Connect devices such as external storage devices and printers. Provides data transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps.

12. Front L/R surround line-out port
    Connect audio-output devices such as speakers and amplifiers. In a 2.1-speaker channel setup, connect the left and right speakers. In a 5.1 or 7.1 speaker channel setup, connect the front-left and front-right speakers.

13. Line-in port
    Connect recording or playback devices such as a microphone or CD player.

14. Center/subwoofer LFE surrounds the port
    Connect the center speaker or the subwoofer.
    NOTE: For more information about the speaker setup, refer to the documentation that shipped with the speakers.

15. Coaxial S/PDIF port
    Connect an amplifier, speakers, or a TV for digital audio output through a coaxial cable.

Specifications of Alienware Aurora R13

Dimensions and weight

The following table lists the height, width, depth, and weight of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 2. Dimensions and weight

Height:
| Front height| 510 mm (20.08 in.)
| Rear height| 510 mm (20.08 in.)
Width| 225 mm (8.86 in.)
Depth| ●       529 mm (20.83 in.) (without cable cover)

●       589 mm (23.19 in.) (with cable cover)

Weight (maximum)| 16.05 kg (35.38 lb)

NOTE: The weight of your computer depends on the configuration ordered and manufacturing variability.

Processor

The following table lists the details of the processors that are supported by your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 3. Processor

Processor type| Processor wattage| Processor core count| Processor thread count| Processor speed| Processor cache
---|---|---|---|---|---
12th Generation Intel Core

i5-12400

| 65 W| 6| 12| Up to 4.4 GHz| 18 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i5-12400F

| 65 W| 6| 12| Up to 4.4 GHz| 18 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i5-12600K

| 125 W| 10| 16| Up to 4.9 GHz| 20 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i5-12600KF

| 125 W| 10| 16| Up to 4.9 GHz| 20 MB
12th Generation Intel Core i7-12700| 65 W| 12| 20| Up to 4.9 GHz| 25 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i7-12700F

| 65 W| 12| 20| Up to 4.9 GHz| 25 MB
Processor type| Processor wattage| Processor core count| Processor thread count| Processor speed| Processor cache
---|---|---|---|---|---
12th Generation Intel Core

i7-12700K

| 125 W| 12| 20| Up to 5 GHz| 25 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i7-12700KF

| 125 W| 12| 20| Up to 5 GHz| 25 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i9-12900

| 65 W| 16| 24| Up to 5.1 GHz| 30 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i9-12900F

| 65 W| 16| 24| Up to 5.1 GHz| 30 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i9-12900K

| 125 W| 16| 24| Up to 5.2 GHz| 30 MB
12th Generation Intel Core

i9-12900KF

| 125 W| 16| 24| Up to 5.2 GHz| 30 MB

Chipset

The following table lists the details of the chipset supported by your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 4. Chipset

Operating system

Your Alienware Aurora R13 supports the following operating systems

• Windows 11 Pro Standard, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Pro Plus, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Home Standard, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Home Plus, 64-bit
• Windows 11 Home Advanced, 64-bit

Memory

The following table lists the memory specifications of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 5. Memory specifications

●       16 GB, 2 x 8 GB, DDR5, 4400 MHz, dual-channel

●       32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4400 MHz, dual-channel

●       32 GB, 4 x 8 GB, DDR5, 4000 MHz, dual-channel

●       64 GB, 2 x 32 GB, DDR5, 4400 MHz, dual-channel

●       64 GB, 4 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4000 MHz, dual-channel

●       128 GB, 4 x 32 GB, DDR5, 3600 MHz, dual-channel

Ports and connectors

The following table lists the external and internal ports available on your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 6. Ports and connectors

External:
Network| One RJ-45 port
USB| ●       Four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports

●       Two USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On

●       Two USB 2.0 ports

●       One USB 3.2 Gen 1 port with PowerShare

●       One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port with PowerShare

●       One USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port

●       One USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Type-C port

Audio| ●    One headset port

●    One optical S/PDIF port

●    One coaxial S/PDIF port

●    One audio input/microphone port

●    One line-in port

●    One front L/R surround line-out port

●    One center/subwoofer LFE surround port

●    One rear L/R surround port

●    One side L/R surround port

Ethernet

The following table lists the wired Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN) specifications of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 7. Ethernet specifications

Wireless module

The following table lists the Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) module specifications of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 8. Wireless module specifications

●    Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●    Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

| ●    WiFi 802.11a/b/g

●    Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●    Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

●    Wi-Fi 6 (WiFi 802.11ax)

| ●    WiFi 802.11a/b/g

●    Wi-Fi 4 (WiFi 802.11n)

●    Wi-Fi 5 (WiFi 802.11ac)

●    Wi-Fi 6 (WiFi 802.11ax)

●    AES-CCMP

●    SKIP

| ●    64-bit/128-bit WEP

●    AES-CCMP

●    SKIP

| ●    64-bit/128-bit WEP

●    AES-CCMP

●    SKIP

Bluetooth| Bluetooth 5.0| Bluetooth 5.2| Bluetooth 5.2

Storage

1. This section lists the storage options on your Alienware Aurora R13.
2. Your Alienware Aurora R13 supports one of the following storage configurations:

• Up to two M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe solid-state drives
• Up to two M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe solid-state drives + one 3.5-inch hard drive or 2.5-inch hard drive
• Up to two M.2 2230 or M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe solid-state drives + one 3.5-inch hard drive + one 2.5-inch hard drive
  NOTE: Your Alienware Aurora R13 comes shipped with one 3.5-inch hard drive. When installing an additional 2.5-inch hard drive, contact Dell.com technical support to purchasing an additional SATA cable to connect the 2.5-inch drive to the system board.

The primary drive of your Alienware Aurora R13 varies with the storage configuration. For computers:

• With an M.2 drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive.
• With an M.2 drive and one 3.5-inch hard drive, the M.2 drive is the primary drive.

Table 9. Storage specifications

256 GB
One M.2 2280 solid-state drive| PCIe Gen3/Gen4 x4 NVMe, up to 64 Gbps| Up to 2 TB
One 3.5-inch hard drive| SATA AHCI 6 Gbps| Up to 2 TB

Audio

The following table lists the audio specifications of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Table 10. Audio specifications

●    Realtek ALC1220

Internal audio interface| High-definition audio
External audio interface| ●       7.1 channel output

●       Optical S/PDIF

●       Coaxial S/PDIF

●       Microphone-in

●       Line-in

Operating and storage environment

This table lists the operating and storage specifications of your Alienware Aurora R13.

Airborne contaminant level: G1 as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985

Table 11. Computer environment

condensing)
Vibration (maximum)*| 0.26 GRMS| 1.37 GRMS
Shock (maximum)| 40 G for 2 ms with a change in velocity of 20 in./s (51 cm/s)†| 105 G for 2 ms with a change in velocity of 52.50 in./s (133 cm/s)†
Altitude range| -15.20 m to 3,048 m (-49.87 ft to

10,000 ft)

| -15.20 m to 10,668 m (-49.87 ft to

35,000 ft)

CAUTION: Operating and storage temperature ranges may differ among components, so operating or storing the device outside these ranges may impact the performance of specific components.

• Measured using a random vibration spectrum that simulates the user environment.
• Measured using a 2 ms half-sine pulse.

Alienware Command Center

Alienware Command Center (AWCC) provides a single interface to customize and enhance the gaming experience. The AWCC dashboard displays most recently played or added games and provides game-specific information, themes, profiles, and access to computer settings. You can quickly access settings such as game-specific profiles and themes, lighting, macros, and audio that are critical to the gaming experience. AWCC also supports AlienFX 2.0. AlienFX enables you to create, assign, and share game-specific lighting maps to enhance the gaming experience. It also enables you to create your own individual lighting effects and apply them to the computer or attached peripherals. AWCC embeds Peripheral Controls to ensure a unified experience and the ability to link these settings to your computer or game.
This computer features the following AlienFX Lighting Zones:
Programmable with up to 16.8 million distinct colors.
NOTE: Information about the location of AlienFX Lighting Zones on your computer is available in AWCC.
AWCC supports the following features:

• FX: Create and manage the AlienFX zones.
• Fusion: Includes the ability to adjust game-specific Power Management, Sound Management, and Thermal Management features.
• Peripheral Management: Enables peripherals to appear in and be managed in Alienware Command Center. Supports key peripheral settings and associates with other functions such as profiles, macros, AlienFX, and game library.
• AWCC also supports Sound Management, Thermal Controls, CPU, GPU, and Memory (RAM) monitoring. For more information about AWCC, see the Alienware Command Center Online Help or search in the Knowledge Base Resource at www.dell.com/support.

Getting help and contacting Alienware

Self-help resources
You can get information and help on Alienware products and services using these online self-help resources:

Table 12. Alienware products and online self-help resources

www.alienware.com
My Dell app|
Tips|
Contact Support| In Windows search, type Contact Support , and press Enter.
Online help for operating system| www.dell.com/support/windows
Access top solutions, diagnostics, drivers and downloads, and learn more about your computer through videos, manuals and documents.| Your Alienware computer is uniquely identified by a Service Tag or Express Service Code. To view relevant support resources for your Dell computer, enter the Service Tag or Express Service Code at www.dell.com/support.

For more information on how to find the Service Tag for your computer, see Locate the Service Tag on your computer.

VR Support| www.dell.com/VRsupport
Videos providing step-by-step instructions to service your computer| www.youtube.com/alienwareservices

Contacting Alienware

To contact Alienware for sales, technical support, or customer service issues, see www.alienware.com.

NOTE: Availability varies by country/region and product, and some services may not be available in your country/region.
NOTE: If you do not have an active Internet connection, you can find contact information about your purchase invoice, packing slip, bill, or Dell product catalog.

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