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Dell Alienware Aurora R12 Desktop: i7 11700F, 8GB DDR4, 256GB SSD, RTX 3080 Expired

$2026
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Dell Member & Purchase Program has Dell Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop on sale for $2025.94 when you follow directions below. To earn 2.5% in Slickdeals Cashback, before purchase, follow the cashback instructions below. Shipping is free.

Thanks community member Archaea for sharing this deal

Follow Directions Below for Price:
  1. Click here and Select BASE Alienware Aurora R12 Gaming Desktop (priced at $1077.99), and Click "Customize & Buy"
  2. On following Page, Upgrade Processor to: to 11th Gen Intel Core i7 11700F (8-Core, 16MB Cache) (priced at +$147)
  3. Upgrade Graphics to: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X (priced at +$852.60)
  4. Upgrade Hard Drive to: 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (priced at +$29.40)
  5. Under Chassis Options: Under Liquid Cooling: Upgrade to: Dark Side of the Moon chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply (priced at +$147)
  6. Under Mouse: Select No Mouse (for -$2.94)
  7. Add to cart for Pre-Coupon total of $2253.99
  8. Click here to Subscribe to emails for Unique 10% Off Code
    • Check your inbox or spam folder for email w/ coupon code; may take 30 minutes or more to arrive
  9. Once Unique Code arrives via email, apply in cart
  10. Apply $50 Off promo code 50OFF699 in cart
  11. Your total should be $2025.94 (BUT may vary slightly) with free shipping.
Specs:
  • 11th Gen Intel Core i7 11700F Processor (8-Core, 16MB Cache, 2.5GHz to 4.9GHz w/Intel Turbo Boost Max)
  • 8GB DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz RAM
  • 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X Graphics
  • Dark Side of the Moon Chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply
  • Dell Wireless DW1810 (1x1) 802.11ac with Wi-Fi, Wireless LAN, Bluetooth 5.0
  • Windows 10 Home 64-bit
  • Front Ports:
    • 2x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1
    • 1x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports with Powershare Technology
    • Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 Port with Powershare Technology
    • Headphone/Line Out
    • Microphone/Line In
  • Rear Ports:
    • SPDIF Digital Output (Coax)
    • SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK)
    • RJ-45 Killer E3100G Gigabit Ethernet
    • 6x Type-A USB 2.0 Ports
    • Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 with Powershare Technology (up to 15W)
    • Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2
    • Microphone In
    • 3x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1
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  • Proceed to checkout
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Dell keeps killing my direct config links. Slickdeals effect.
To replicate the deal. Go to Dell's site, filter to R12, filter to Intel, get the absolute cheapest option as your base -- it should be $1077. Add the features below - it should total to about $2250. Use the coupon codes I mention below and you should be able to get one. I can find it, but when I post links they go dead almost immediately. That's 4 times Dell killed my links and they went to general pages -- I can't keep up with it, so I'll just direct you where to go instead.

Start here:
https://www.dell.com/en-us/member...12-desktop
Click the compare options. Start with the baseline model for $1077.99

Option I recommendations:
jump to 8 core/16 thread I7 11700f for $147
jump to 3080 for $852.60
jump to NVME at minimum for $30 (standard is 1TB platter drive)
jump to Dark Side of the Moon chassis w/ CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply. (Dark side of the moon is $30 cheaper than Lunar Light color) for $147
add the Alienware mouse for $2.94


Use coupons - 50off699 for $50 off
sign up for the dell 10% off mailing list subscription code and wait 20 minutes for it to arrive in your inbox. (worked for me event though I'd already signed up in the past - years ago?)
https://www.dell.com/preferences/signup/?
get ~$60 back in Dell Rewards that you can spend in 30 days after purchase.

Final price should be right $2000- $2050 shipped and taxed.
If you have the Chase card that is offering 5% rebate at Dell you can use that too. (I did not have that offer currently on my Chase card, but I hear some do)

Upgrade the RAM on your own to save money (or pay Dell $99 more to upgrade to 16GB of RAM)
Add a second hard-drive on your own to save money (or pay Dell X more to add from variety list of drive options)

10 day estimated shipping time.

Why is this good?

This is the newest Intel 11th series that just launched in the last week.
It has a 1000 watt gold efficiency power supply.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY;
The 3080 that this comes with sells for $2000 alone on ebay. Sell the graphics card and get a free PC, or keep the graphics card and mine crypto on this and sell the rest for $800 to $1K on ebay. Either way you are getting almost a free PC, or you are getting a $1000, 3080. Both are good options. If you just need a new system - this is about as good a deal as you can find right now for something with a 3080 in it.

3080's sell for $2k by themselves on ebay!!! PeaceCoolEEK!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/27386/i....Complete=1
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Last Edited by icyguyus March 19, 2021 at 09:37 PM
Be careful of that Chase 5% offer, Dell charges when they ship so I don't think it applies since for most people, as the chase offer expires in 2 days.

Amex one should be good until April 30th, but same concerns apply since others have mentioned massive delays.

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Alright folks, as requested I created a video with a step-by-step to replace the front fan and repaste the RTX 3080 GPU. The temps in my machine decreased from 110 degree memory junction down to 76 degrees following these relatively simple mods. Not too bad.

I'm not a youtuber, simply created this video for your benefit to maximize the performance of the unit. Here is a link:
https://youtu.be/YklybEdoKIM
"Dell Aurora R12 RTX 3080 Repaste and Fan optimization - Easy 30 degree temp difference fix!"

Enjoy.
You and everyone else. Everyone coming to slickdeals and posting these 3080 deals from dell don't understand that they will not actually ship.

I've done it twice now. Both times they delayed my shipment every month. My first order took 5 months of delays before they finally cancelled and gave me a crappy 10% coupon that expires in June. Everyone on reddit knows not to bother posting these dell builds because dell doesn't ship. They simply take your payment information, add you to their mailer list, sell your information to other companies, cancel your order and enjoy the profits of their farmed mailer list of people who want the latest technology.

Dell is trash tier right now, hell I'd even trust Newegg over Dell when it comes to 3080 products, and that's embarrassing to say.


https://www.ign.com/articles/dell...-hot-price <- IGN did an article on this already. It was full of $1500 3080 builds and links.

Trust me, these guys aren't shipping. Feel free to reply here with a picture of it actually arriving if you think you can prove me wrong.

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OzzY
05-01-2021 at 08:47 AM.
05-01-2021 at 08:47 AM.
Quote from localdeals :
My Aurora R12 is randomly freezing. This happens after I put it to sleep and come back to use it. About 10-15 minutes later it freezes up. I would have to power it down in order to be able to use it again. I do not do mining on it or anything other than video editing and gaming (Garena Free Fire). Note that I did the GPU paste and followed everything correctly in the video posted in this thread. Here is a screenshot of the afterburner settings.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/inxbcx7...9.png?dl=0

Any thoughts?

If you want folks to help, you should have enough courtesy to post a readable image and not a screenshot of your dual monitor desktop.
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localdeals
05-01-2021 at 12:02 PM.
05-01-2021 at 12:02 PM.
Quote from OzzY :
If you want folks to help, you should have enough courtesy to post a readable image and not a screenshot of your dual monitor desktop.
I can read it perfectly fine. Not sure why you cannot read it. Next time you should have enough courtesy to not being too lazy to zoom in on the image LMAO.

Nevermind. I got the problem fixed. I disabled a couple of things in the BIOS and it is working fine now.
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05-01-2021 at 02:21 PM.
05-01-2021 at 02:21 PM.
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When did you order yours?
April 15th, 11:00pm EST
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05-01-2021 at 02:23 PM.
05-01-2021 at 02:23 PM.
Quote from localdeals :
I can read it perfectly fine. Not sure why you cannot read it. Next time you should have enough courtesy to not being too lazy to zoom in on the image https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima.../emot-LMAO.gif.

Nevermind. I got the problem fixed. I disabled a couple of things in the BIOS and it is working fine now.
saw your screen from the Dropbox, and you can reduce the card power with the same performance. By reducing the power, you'll reduce memory temps, which in turn will prevent thermal throttling and get you more FPS or MHs. The settings are in the video if you are interested.
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saw your screen from the Dropbox, and you can reduce the card power with the same performance. By reducing the power, you'll reduce memory temps, which in turn will prevent thermal throttling and get you more FPS or MHs. The settings are in the video if you are interested.
I followed the settings in the video. Thanks for the info.
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05-02-2021 at 07:16 PM.
05-02-2021 at 07:16 PM.
Anyone have 1 x 8GB mem stick they want to sell me for $95~ ish worth of dell rewards?
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05-13-2021 at 01:54 AM.
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Anyone have 1 x 8GB mem stick they want to sell me for $95~ ish worth of dell rewards?
Why not order it from dell directly and apply the reward?
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05-13-2021 at 10:04 AM.
05-13-2021 at 10:04 AM.
I am planning to sell my 1x16GB Stick, PM me if you are interested
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05-13-2021 at 08:17 PM.
05-13-2021 at 08:17 PM.
So long as I don't run into any compatibility issues with the replacement memory I purchased (fingers crossed) I'll have a 8gb stick to sell something next week (eta for delivery is Monday night, 5 weeks early). Moving up to 64gb.

Can someone confirm that the 3.5" drive bay upfront can be swapped into either 2.5" bays at the bottom of the case? And if so does anyone know how I can get a second 3.5" drive bay? I have a couple 4tb mechanical drives in raid 1 array I want to bring over from my current setup.

Speaking of mechanical drives.... I'm not sure what to do with the 1tb mechanical drive that's shipping with the computer. Not sure it's even worth trying to use it to mine chia until it craps out. Any thoughts?
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05-14-2021 at 05:20 PM.
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Quote from KeenD :
Why not order it from dell directly and apply the reward?
wasnt able to locate it when i looked. just ended up grabbing it from ebay.
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05-23-2021 at 08:44 AM.
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What is the comp worth without Gpu I just needed the Gpu will be getting rid of the actual desktop.
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06-19-2021 at 10:12 PM.
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I upgraded the memory last week to 64GB (4 x 16GB). Does anyone know if I sell the original ones that came with the PC (2 x 8GB) would void the warranty if I ever need it serviced? TIA.
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