Dell Member Purchase Program has
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Gaming Desktop on sale for
$1,199.99.
Shipping is free.
Thanks to community member
paliknight for finding this deal.
Specs
- AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Octa-Core Processor
- 16GB 2933MHz Dual Channel HyperX FURY DDR4 RAM (4 slots total, up to supported)
- 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB GDDR6 Graphics Card
- 550 Watt Power Supply
- 802.11ac WiFi (1x1) / Bluetooth 5.0
- Windows 10 Home
- 1-Year Hardware Warranty w/ Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis
- Dell Wired Keyboard & Wired Optical Mouse included
- Front Ports
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A w/ Powershare
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type C w/Powershare
- 1x Headphone Line-Out
- 1x Microphone Line-In
- Rear Ports
- 1x Digital Output (TOSLINK)
- 1x igital Output (Coax)
- 6x USB 2.0
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type C w/ Powershare (up to 15W)
- 3x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type A
- 1x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
- 1x Microphone In
- 1x Line In
- 1x Line Out
- 1x Center/Subwoofer Output
- 1x Rear Surround Output
- 1x Side Surround Output
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For those thinking that the earlier 5600X deals last month were better, it's not necessarily so. The 5600X is slightly better but then has less cores. They say since most games will be optimized for next gen consoles, and 3700X has the same number of cores, it might be a better idea to get 3700X. Plus it doesn't bottleneck the GPU anyway.
So its not quite as easy as upgrading a DYI, but certainly not a deal breaker IMO.
Cyberpowerpc with 3060 ti and a 3700x
https://www.adorama.com/cyg8200cpgv3.ht
Cyberpowerpc with 3060 ti and a 3700x
https://www.adorama.com/cyg8200cpgv3.ht
The alienware has slot to hold extra HDD, and two open pci-e slots which can also be used for even more storage.
Unless you are trying to go with SLI, there seem to be plenty of upgrade paths already on the R10.
You can even swap in your own AIO water cooler if you have only the base air cooler version.
You can also look closely at that Adorama Cyberpowerpc system. The motherboard inside is a Micro-ATX board, you don't get extra PCI-E slots.
Feels like a cheap motherboard on that CyberpowerPC, so you'd have to swap the mobo for upgradeability anyways to actually get extra PCI-E expansion slots.
So to tally it up:
Cyberpower:
pro - bigger case, more storage
con - worse GPU, B450 mobo chipset
Dell:
pro - better GPU, B550 mobo chipset
con - smaller case, less storage
Any gamer+pc builder can comment on this build for the price?
There are limitations with form factor as it is small in itself but there might be parts around that can bought to fit in for upgrades?
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For those thinking that the earlier 5600X deals last month were better, it's not necessarily so. The 5600X is slightly better but then has less cores. They say since most games will be optimized for next gen consoles, and 3700X has the same number of cores, it might be a better idea to get 3700X. Plus it doesn't bottleneck the GPU anyway.
Not being mean, thats just reality.
The alienware has slot to hold extra HDD, and two open pci-e slots which can also be used for even more storage.
Unless you are trying to go with SLI, there seem to be plenty of upgrade paths already on the R10.
You can even swap in your own AIO water cooler if you have only the base air cooler version.
You can also look closely at that Adorama Cyberpowerpc system. The motherboard inside is a Micro-ATX board, you don't get extra PCI-E slots.
Feels like a cheap motherboard on that CyberpowerPC, so you'd have to swap the mobo for upgradeability anyways to actually get extra PCI-E expansion slots.
So to tally it up:
Cyberpower:
pro - bigger case, more storage
con - worse GPU, B450 mobo chipset
Dell:
pro - better GPU, B550 mobo chipset
con - smaller case, less storage
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