Same Zen 3 architecture and 65W TDP as the factory R5 5600X — should be drop-in compatible, though it is not a Dell OEM listed SKU for TYR0X.
Confirmed working in R10 TYR0X by multiple Dell Community advisors. Recommended over the 5800X specifically because of the 65W TDP — no PSU upgrade or AIO swap required.
Delivers essentially the same gaming performance as the 5800X in this platform with dramatically lower thermals and power draw.
Factory SKU on 105W-tier configs. Upgrading from a non-K/base R5 config to the 5800X requires a 240mm+ AIO cooler and a 750W+ PSU.
The 65W Ryzen 7 5700X offers nearly identical gaming performance with far less thermal overhead — consider it first.
Factory 65W variant of the 5900X — 12 cores without the 105W TDP penalty. A strong choice for productivity workloads if you want 12 cores without a PSU or cooler upgrade.
Factory SKU on the top-tier 105W configs. Requires a 240mm+ AIO and 750W+ PSU — community reports confirm 80°C+ under sustained load even with AIO cooling.
Stock 120mm AIO will not keep this CPU from throttling under heavy workloads. Plan the cooler upgrade before installation.
The absolute CPU ceiling for the TYR0X platform — 16 cores, 32 threads, and the highest AM4 clock speeds available.
Same 105W TDP requirements as the 5900X: 240mm+ AIO and 750W+ PSU are mandatory. The 1000W OEM PSU on top configs provides comfortable headroom.
APU variants of Zen 3 are not supported by the Aurora R10 TYR0X board. Dell's OEM BIOS does not initialise the integrated graphics path on this platform — confirmed black screen with no POST.
The 5800X3D is not on Dell's OEM supported CPU list for TYR0X and is not expected to work. The B550 chipset is technically AM4-compatible but Dell's locked BIOS does not whitelist this SKU.
The Aurora R10 uses AMD's AM4 socket. Intel CPUs use entirely different socket types (LGA1200, LGA1700, LGA1851) with no physical or electrical compatibility. No adapter exists.
If swapping OUT of this OEM card to a retail Ampere or Ada card: no Secure Boot disable is required. Older Turing OEM cards required a BIOS Secure Boot step that is no longer needed for RTX 30xx and 40xx retail cards.
Factory SKU on mid-to-high R10 TYR0X configs. The Founders Edition (242mm) fits with room to spare and is confirmed by Dell Community experts as fitting without any chassis modification.
Factory SKU on the top-tier TYR0X configs. The Dell OEM RTX 3080 is custom-sized at ~267mm to fit the R10 chassis — it is not the same dimensions as the retail Founders Edition (285mm).
Requires the 1000W OEM PSU — the 550W or 750W PSU cannot support 320W GPU draw alongside the rest of the system. Confirm your PSU wattage via the sticker on the unit before purchasing any RTX 3080-class card.
FE at 244mm fits easily within the 274mm limit. At 200W, comfortable on a 750W PSU. No Secure Boot disable required for Ada Lovelace cards per community confirmation.
Confirmed working in the R10, replacing an RTX 3060 Ti. FE card (244mm) fits cleanly, no chassis modification required. No Secure Boot disable needed for Ada Lovelace.
Uses a 12VHPWR connector — Nvidia includes a 2x 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapter in the box. If your R10 ships with only one 8-pin PCIe cable, source a 6-to-8-pin adapter separately; the extra two pins are sense pins and carry no power.
The retail Founders Edition at 285mm exceeds the stock 274mm clearance. It can be made to fit by replacing the front 25mm intake fan with a 15mm slim fan, which recovers the necessary clearance.
Also requires the 1000W PSU. AIB partner card versions are 300–330mm and will not fit even with the fan modification.
The FE is 336mm — far exceeding the R10's clearance even with the fan modification. The card is also 3-slot and draws 450W, which surpasses the 1000W OEM PSU's effective headroom when combined with CPU and other system load.
The FE is 304mm and 3-slot. Even with the 15mm fan modification the RTX 3080 FE requires to fit at 285mm, the 304mm 4080 Super will not clear the front intake assembly. No path to fitting this card in the R10 exists without destructive modification.
User upgraded from a Ryzen 5 5600X to a 5900X, pairing it with a PSU upgrade to 850W and a Corsair H60 AIO replacement. System booted successfully after handling the fTPM NV corruption message on first POST.
Temperature warning: even with the AIO swap the 5900X peaked at 80°C under CPU-heavy workloads. A 240mm or larger AIO is strongly recommended over the compact Corsair H60 for 105W parts in the R10's restricted airflow environment.
Dell Community advisor with direct hardware access confirmed the official clearance spec: GPUs up to 274mm long and 124mm wide install without modification. The RTX 3070 FE at 242mm is the reference "definitely fits" card.
The RTX 3080 Founders Edition at 285mm requires replacing the stock 25mm front intake fan with a 15mm slim model to recover the necessary clearance. All AIB partner RTX 3080 cards (300–330mm) will not fit even with this modification.
User confirmed the Ada Lovelace card (RTX 40xx generation) installs without the Secure Boot workaround that older Turing OEM swaps historically required. The included 2x 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapter handles the power connector difference.
Advisor confirmed: if your R10 shipped with only one 8-pin PCIe cable, source a 6-to-8-pin adapter for the second connector — the extra two pins on a 6+2 are sense pins and carry no power current.
Multiple R10 users report seeing a black screen fTPM NV warning on first POST after any CPU change. The correct procedure: on the fTPM prompt, select "reset fTPM," then complete the subsequent Microsoft recovery screen to verify the Windows installation.
Critical: if BitLocker is active on your drive and you did not suspend it before swapping the CPU, you may be locked out permanently. Suspend BitLocker via Windows Settings before removing any CPU. By default, R10 systems do not have BitLocker enabled — but verify this on your machine before proceeding.
The R10 TYR0X platform has a lot of moving parts — PSU variants, cooler requirements, card clearance edge cases, and the fTPM recovery quirk. If you've confirmed a specific combination that works (or doesn't), your report is the most valuable data on this page and directly helps other R10 owners make confident decisions.