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Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop: i7-12700F, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 8GB 3060 Ti

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$970

$1,700

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Dell Technologies has Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop on sale for $970.19 when you apply promo codes ARMMPPS and GAMING10 at checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor iconian for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F (25 MB cache, 12 cores, 20 threads, 2.10 GHz to 5.00 GHz Turbo)
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR5 4400MHz
  • 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GDDR6 LHR
  • Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E (6 where 6E unavailable) AX 1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Multi-media Keyboard + Mouse
  • Dark Side of the Moon 460W PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Solid Side Panel

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About the deal:
    • Includes 1-year Dell Premium Support
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars rating at Dell based on over 2,360 customer reviews
    • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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Written by iconian | Staff
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Dell Technologies has Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop on sale for $970.19 when you apply promo codes ARMMPPS and GAMING10 at checkout. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor iconian for finding this deal.

Specs:
  • 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700F (25 MB cache, 12 cores, 20 threads, 2.10 GHz to 5.00 GHz Turbo)
  • 16GB (2x8GB) DDR5 4400MHz
  • 512 GB M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti 8 GB GDDR6 LHR
  • Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6E (6 where 6E unavailable) AX 1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5.2
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Multi-media Keyboard + Mouse
  • Dark Side of the Moon 460W PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Solid Side Panel

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About the deal:
    • Includes 1-year Dell Premium Support
    • 4.4 out of 5 stars rating at Dell based on over 2,360 customer reviews
    • Please refer to the forum thread for additional deal ideas & discussion.

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Written by iconian | Staff

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Gamers Nexus did a review on this design and it is hot garbage, literally.
Proprietary hotbox. Please read reviews on this junk.
The original price is super inflated

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Feb 16, 2023
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Feb 16, 2023
Juggernaut_510
Feb 16, 2023
3,582 Posts
Can this handle Starcraft 2 with max setting graphics?
Feb 16, 2023
67 Posts
Joined Aug 2022
Feb 16, 2023
BlueMint625
Feb 16, 2023
67 Posts
Quote from Juggernaut_510 :
Can this handle Starcraft 2 with max setting graphics?
Starcraft 2 depends on single core performance
Feb 16, 2023
97 Posts
Joined Jan 2022
Feb 16, 2023
OrangeTank285
Feb 16, 2023
97 Posts
Runs hot? Bleh no big deal! The important part is it look kewl
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Feb 16, 2023
287 Posts
Joined May 2020
Feb 16, 2023
johnyj7
Feb 16, 2023
287 Posts
Building a similar pc with 32gb ram and 2tb ssd and i7 13700 would be $1700+ according to pc part picker.

Been thinking of a new pc but other than star citizen I don't see anything I can't get on my ps5/series x or run on a low end pc.
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Feb 16, 2023
455 Posts
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Feb 16, 2023
Zallador
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Feb 16, 2023
455 Posts
Don't do it. I owned one and hated it.
Hard to upgrade, poor cooling, super heavy/awkward case.
Feb 16, 2023
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Joined Nov 2018
Feb 16, 2023
Clk1986
Feb 16, 2023
1,007 Posts
Quote from freethrowtommy :
Gamers Nexus did a review on this design and it is hot garbage, literally.
It was also a core i9 12900KF and a 3090...Not really an apples to apples example here.
Feb 16, 2023
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Clk1986
Feb 16, 2023
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Quote from ours1018 :
I have this exact one from the last sale a few months ago. The specs claim liquid cooling and the picture shows lights with a transparent side cover. For this price, it comes with neither one.
I had my job purchase it for autocad, and the video card seems to give me a lot of trouble. Freezing, locking up etc. I do however feel like it was a good deal, just not as trouble free as I hoped for. I did add 32gb of ram and swapped the ssd for a 1tb.
Just giving those who are interested a heads up. Read the fine print of the specs so that you know what to expect. They seem to make everything vague so you're stuck with it after purchasing.
I mean, in this case, the product page for this product does show:

Dark Side of the Moon 460W PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Solid Side Panel.

So, yes its not the best build. They are obviously going to show the "coolest" version of any all over the website and the "coolest" build option in advertising. The first and second image on OP product page are what you'd get, everything after that is just showing you what you could've had, if you wanted to spend another $800+.

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Feb 16, 2023
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wherestheanykey
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Feb 16, 2023
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Mechanically speaking, why would you ever design a chassis where all the fans oriented front to back or horizontally run on a tilted axis?

The unique look is not worth wearing out all the fans quicker.
Feb 16, 2023
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Feb 16, 2023
TVM925
Feb 16, 2023
6,303 Posts
Quote from VladC1228 :
I have r12 with same box and added ram, video card and SSD without any problems.
Ram is lock to lower speed you dont know that buddy. the video card is fine and ssd no problem. Ram used cutomized rams for full everything. You a tech nebie buddy.
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Feb 16, 2023
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Joined Jan 2007
Feb 16, 2023
gullzway
Feb 16, 2023
2,038 Posts
Quote from RavenSEAL :
Dell is hot trash. Bad design, proprietary parts, poor thermals, and tons of bloatware. This thing is waiting to be a door stop the moment the dell warranty expires.
My 5+ year old R7 with a Gtx 1080 is still running strong.
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Feb 16, 2023
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Feb 16, 2023
aokusman
Feb 16, 2023
2,064 Posts
Don't do it.
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Feb 16, 2023
855 Posts
Joined Dec 2013
Feb 16, 2023
MaS4074
Feb 16, 2023
855 Posts
Don't do it. Specs aren't everything.
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Feb 16, 2023
23 Posts
Joined Dec 2016
Feb 16, 2023
marodemond
Feb 16, 2023
23 Posts
We should definitely stick to building PCs, anyone bought a used GPU before? If yes, what should I watch out for? Hoping to get a good graphics card for $150-200
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Feb 16, 2023
139 Posts
Joined Mar 2015
Feb 16, 2023
ChildofValhalla
Feb 16, 2023
139 Posts
Purchased the previous model of this PC for my wife, after the one she was using completely died and we needed an emergency computer (this was also during the chip shorage). Our friend sold it to us without the original GPU (he literally bought it for the GPU and nothing else lmao) and also sold us his old GPU.

This thing is designed for aesthetics only. The case is extremely tight and not designed for customization or mods; the GPU he sold us only fit because I had to bend part of the inner casing and remove one of the fans to get it in there (I set the fan on top of the GPU). There's little to no room for additional HDDs (I put a SSD in there, but it's just kinda sitting inside on a "shelf" and the fans are proprietary-- if you remove or replace any of them, you get an error upon boot. If you don't like the extremely loud fans it comes with, then that's too bad. And as other comments / reviews have mentioned, this guy gets super hot--the case is very poorly designed for ventilation.

TO BE FAIR, however-- she has been using it for over a year now and it does perform, but when it comes time to upgrade I'll probably just have to build one, which I should have done in the first place.

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Feb 16, 2023
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Cary888usa
Feb 16, 2023
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Quote from RodM006 :
Seems like solid specs for the price. Wish it was 32GB but I also wish I was a little bit taller
16 is good enough 32 is over kill

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