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Alienware Aurora Ryzen R10 Gaming Desktop: Ryzen 9 5900, RTX 3080, 16GB, 1TB SSD Expired
$2200
$2,899.99
+ 2.5% SD Cashback + Free S/H
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Dell Home & Office has Alienware Aurora Ryzen R10 Gaming Desktop on sale for $2199.99. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.
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Specs:
Dell Home & Office has Alienware Aurora Ryzen R10 Gaming Desktop on sale for $2199.99. Slickdeals Cashback is available for this store (PC extension required, before checkout). Shipping is free.
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Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 9 5900 Processor (12-Core, 70MB Total Cache, Max Boost Clock of 4.7GHz)
- 16GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory
- 1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X LHR Graphics Card
- Lunar Light 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
- Keyboard + Optical Mouse
- Windows 11 Home
- Front Ports:
- 2 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports with Powershare technology
- 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 Ports with Powershare technology
- 1 x Headphone/Line Out | 5. Microphone/Line In
- Rear Ports:
- 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (Coax)
- 1 x SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK)
- 1 x RJ-45 Killer E2600 Gigabit Ethernet
- 6 x Type-A USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x Type-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 with Powershare technology (up to 15W)
- 1 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2
- 1 x Side Surround Output
- 1 x Microphone In
- 1 x Line Out
- 3 x Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 1
- 1 x Rear Surround Output
- 1 x Center/Subwoofer Output
- 1 x Line in
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$2,312.30 tax included
-120 $600 on my Amex offer
-120 $600 on my wife's Amex offer
-77.86 $1,112.30 on my Visa 2% plus 5% bonus
-74.49 Cash Back Site
-203.78 Dell Customer service (complaining why 10% off coupon didn't work)
Still makes this the most expensive PC I've ever purchased but after two weeks now it's worth it. It's crazy fast and at least for me it's the quietest PC I've ever owned. But I'm not a gamer this was mainly for work.
Congrats on you purchase! How you did it made you a true slickdealer 😀
I paid $1300 for perhaps much better Desktop. How is my processor compared to the OP's ? I got killer deal $1000 special discount so here is the Order: Confirmed
XPS Desktop 8950 ( model released in late 2021)
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
Total Items Ordered: 1
Order Total
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 processor (12-Core, 25MB Cache, 2.1GHz to 4.9GHz)
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Chassis Options
750W Night Sky Bezel Chassis including optical drive
Cooling Option
Standard CPU air cooling
Hard Drive
2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Memory
16GB DDR5, 1x16GB, at 4400MHz; up to 128GB (additional memory sold separately)
Windows 11 Home, English
Video Card
NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3060 12GB (LHR)
Wireless
Killer(TM) Wi-Fi 6 1675 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.2
Item number: 555-BGST
Received By Dell
Feb 25, 2022
Confirmed
Feb 25, 2022
In Production
Shipped
Estimated ship date: Mar 11, 2022
Delivered
Estimated arrival: Mar 14, 2022
Your order is confirmed and is about to enter Production.
XPS Desktop 8950
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
The biggest difference is the gpu, which is the highest priced component of the system. Your system has a much cheaper gpu.
I paid $1300 for perhaps much better Desktop. How is my processor compared to the OP's ? I got killer deal $1000 special discount so here is the Order: Confirmed
XPS Desktop 8950 ( model released in late 2021)
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
Total Items Ordered: 1
Order Total
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 processor (12-Core, 25MB Cache, 2.1GHz to 4.9GHz)
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Chassis Options
750W Night Sky Bezel Chassis including optical drive
Cooling Option
Standard CPU air cooling
Hard Drive
2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Memory
16GB DDR5, 1x16GB, at 4400MHz; up to 128GB (additional memory sold separately)
Windows 11 Home, English
Video Card
NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3060 12GB (LHR)
Wireless
Killer(TM) Wi-Fi 6 1675 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.2
Item number: 555-BGST
Received By Dell
Feb 25, 2022
Confirmed
Feb 25, 2022
In Production
Shipped
Estimated ship date: Mar 11, 2022
Delivered
Estimated arrival: Mar 14, 2022
Your order is confirmed and is about to enter Production.
XPS Desktop 8950
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
Hi. You should replace the thermal paste if your thermal temps are going up and make sure everything inside the case is clean
Well thermals and throttling on alienware is so bad they probably figured why bother. But hey at least you can rip out all the guts and build your own or upgrade parts in a different case.. oh wait no you can't.
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I paid $1300 for perhaps much better Desktop. How is my processor compared to the OP's ? I got killer deal $1000 special discount so here is the Order: Confirmed
XPS Desktop 8950 ( model released in late 2021)
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
Total Items Ordered: 1
Order Total
12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700 processor (12-Core, 25MB Cache, 2.1GHz to 4.9GHz)
CD ROM/DVD ROM
Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Chassis Options
750W Night Sky Bezel Chassis including optical drive
Cooling Option
Standard CPU air cooling
Hard Drive
2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
Memory
16GB DDR5, 1x16GB, at 4400MHz; up to 128GB (additional memory sold separately)
Windows 11 Home, English
Video Card
NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 3060 12GB (LHR)
Wireless
Killer(TM) Wi-Fi 6 1675 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.2
Item number: 555-BGST
Received By Dell
Feb 25, 2022
Confirmed
Feb 25, 2022
In Production
Shipped
Estimated ship date: Mar 11, 2022
Delivered
Estimated arrival: Mar 14, 2022
Your order is confirmed and is about to enter Production.
XPS Desktop 8950
QUANTITY: 1 | UNIT PRICE: $1,297.89
I really don't know much that's why I asked for opinion on my purchase= specs and price I paid . You are saying the graphic difference of 20 makes this OP's deal far better ? But how big is the difference ? What about the other specs ?
Well thermals and throttling on alienware is so bad they probably figured why bother. But hey at least you can rip out all the guts and build your own or upgrade parts in a different case.. oh wait no you can't.
Can you give your 2 cents on my purchase above , the specs and price I paid ? Thanks
GPU means the graphics ? How big is the difference compared to mine and price difference on that? Mine is better on rest of the specs right ?
A few examples at 1440p:
Valhalla - 60 FPS vs 84 FPS
Valheim - 73 FPS vs 139 FPS
Cyberpunk - 38 FPS(59 DLSS) vs 76 FPS(104 FPS)
And at 4k it's barely even worth mentioning as it's more along the lines of CAN vs CANT.
Valheim - 40 vs 80 FPS, Hitman 45 vs 92 FPS, RDR2 36 vs 69 FPS
The 12700 and 5900 are fairly comparable (though I wouldn't even consider buying either without being the (K) or (X) variant personally).
I wouldn't spend $1300 for yours and I wouldn't spend $2,200 for this. But I think they are equally poor value at these respective price points if that's what you want to know lol. As far as performance goes, as they say you get what you pay for.
Therefore anybody who might be interested in this system is probably not interested in owning anything less than a 3070 at a bare minimum(most probably only want a 3080 or better). It's like telling somebody who's trying to buy a Tesla S that a Tesla 3 is in stock.
A few examples at 1440p:
Valhalla - 60 FPS vs 84 FPS
Valheim - 73 FPS vs 139 FPS
Cyberpunk - 38 FPS(59 DLSS) vs 76 FPS(104 FPS)
And at 4k it's barely even worth mentioning as it's more along the lines of CAN vs CANT.
Valheim - 40 vs 80 FPS, Hitman 45 vs 92 FPS, RDR2 36 vs 69 FPS
The 12700 and 5900 are fairly comparable (though I wouldn't even consider buying either without being the (K) or (X) variant personally).
I wouldn't spend $1300 for yours and I wouldn't spend $2,200 for this. But I think they are equally poor value at these respective price points if that's what you want to know lol. As far as performance goes, as they say you get what you pay for.
Seems like you are only focusing on Graphics and not on the rest of the other important specs , unless you are a hardcore gamer or always edits large video and photo files , mine is still very good right ? Look at the rest of the specs , mine smokes this one on the other specs and price . What you say? I am very satisfied on all the specs I have on mine and each of them are very good , graphics, processor , ram and storage and the price ! Any slicks deals on desktop that has specs as good as mine for $1300? My regular price was $2300 but I got it down to $1300
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