When going through chat you can do various upgrades. Some of these are:
Keep the stock 550W PSU and add AIO Watercooling (+$50)
Upgrade to 1000W PSU and add AIO Watercooling (+$200)
Add Killer NIC Wifi 6 Wireless Card (~+$20-$30)
There's more upgrades available. See the non-deal version of the R10 for possible upgrades here [dell.com] and rough prices.
R10 Specs (Updated 11/2020; Also attached to post): https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/ali..._en-us.pdf
R10 Service Manual (Updated 8/2020): https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/ali..._en-us.pdf
NOTE: Dell's Memory used in this system is a PROPRIETARY MODEL manufacturered by Kingston. As such, if you want more than 16GB, you'll likely need to either purchase more memory from Dell or replace all of the memory with retail memory; NO MIX OR MATCH.
See this post for Memory Info (Thanks quantecipher! Make sure to give them rep!): https://slickdeals.net/f/14826469-1200-begins-02-11-alienware-aurora-r10-desktop-3700x-rtx-3070-16gb-ram-512gb-nvme?v=1&p=1452
Stock Dell memory seems overpriced for what it is and many users highly suggest, if upgrading to 32GB, to buy your own 32GB kit that's compatible with this PC instead of buying 32GB through Dell. See post on memory again since not all memory modules are stable with the R10 system.
Hope that helps!
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"the value of a used 3070 on the street is $800" you said earlier.
So a used 3070 on the street for $700 is suddenly a deal because they normally go for $800? This is the dumbest shit I have ever read. These aren't farking collectibles. This isn't a rare pokemon. More and more of the same exact thing will continue to be made and sold at a cheaper price. You are overpaying for convenience, not value.. Arguing otherwise is idiotic.
You are getting whatever proprietary garbage Dell throws in here to build at the cheapest possible cost. A last gen CPU that came out in July 2019. Only 16gb of ram that runs under 3000mhz. A random 500gb hard drive and some cheap piece of shit PSU that caps out at 550w. On top of this I'm sure it will encounter throttling issues and poor thermals because these prebuilt crap always do.
This is an awful computer, highway robbery.
And send a link to the video card that is in stock and cheap as well.
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"the value of a used 3070 on the street is $800" you said earlier.
So a used 3070 on the street for $700 is suddenly a deal because they normally go for $800? This is the dumbest shit I have ever read. These aren't farking collectibles. This isn't a rare pokemon. More and more of the same exact thing will continue to be made and sold at a cheaper price. You are overpaying for convenience, not value.. Arguing otherwise is idiotic.
You are getting whatever proprietary garbage Dell throws in here to build at the cheapest possible cost. A last gen CPU that came out in July 2019. Only 16gb of ram that runs under 3000mhz. A random 500gb hard drive and some cheap piece of shit PSU that caps out at 550w. On top of this I'm sure it will encounter throttling issues and poor thermals because these prebuilt crap always do.
This is an awful computer, highway robbery.
now, that's different than if the price were to fluctuate heavily (say, between 600 and 1000 with the average being 800), and it's only been $800 for a short period of time. if it then drops down to $700, while that's still below average, the high variance would suggest that you could do better.
it doesn't HAVE to be below MSRP for it to be a deal, because basic economics (supply vs demand) will trump any MSRP.
so my point is that prices and "deals" are relative. similar to the way stocks or assets work. if someone tried to sell you a bitcoin for $10k in 2013, you'd say they're nuts, and you wouldn't buy it. but if someone tried to sell you a bitcoin today for $10k, you'd still say they're nuts but you'd buy it in a heartbeat.
you can stick to your understanding of economics if you want, but if you're trying to purchase something that's in extreme demand and low supply at the price that YOU deem fit, then you might end up waiting for quite some time. not that that's wrong, but that's just the reality.
and you calling all the components essentially garbage does not detract from the fact that anyone can have an excellent gaming experience with this pc at this given price.
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I logged in to my Dell.com home account from mobile phone. Clicked chat icon from mobile Dell website and referenced the deal door buster link.
Thanks! Gladly pay an extra $50 for not waiting for a loading page and similar heartache. I still have PTSD from all my PS5 attempts.
I logged in to my Dell.com home account from mobile phone. Clicked chat icon from mobile Dell website and referenced the deal door buster link.
Thanks! Gladly pay an extra $50 for not waiting for a loading page and similar heartache. I still have PTSD from all my PS5 attempts.
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