NEW-TECHIES via eBay has
Alienware Aurora R15 Liquid Cooled Desktop (Certified Refurbished, AURR15-03) on sale for
$1,599.
Shipping is free.
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Product Specs:
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700 8-Core / 16 Thread 65W AM5 Processor
- 32GB (2x 16GB) 4800MHz DDR5 RAM (2 slots total, supports up to 64GB total)
- 1TB PCIe Gen 4 M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive / SSD
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 16GB GDDR6X VR-Ready Graphics Card
- 1350W power supply
- Liquid Cooling
- Windows 11 Home
- 802.11ax Wi-Fi 6E / Bluetooth
- Chassis Color: Dark Side of the Moon w/ Clear Side Panel
- Ports:
- 1 x Ethernet port
- USB 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 2 Type-C w/ PowerShare
- Rear ports:
- 2x USB 2.0 Type A
- 2x USB 2.0 Type A w/ Smart Power On
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C
- In the box: desktop (certified refurbished), power cord, wired mouse, wired keyboard
Certified Refurbished Details:
- The item is in pristine, like-new condition. It has been professionally inspected, cleaned, and refurbished by the manufacturer or a manufacturer-approved vendor to meet manufacturer specifications. The item will be in new packaging with original or new accessories.
- Includes 2-Year All-Stat Hardware Warranty.
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1. Zero inside pics
2. Reviews are 97%, which does not seem bad to most, but 99-100% gives me a much better vibe
3. Seller often is shipping the wrong items
4. Seller is ghosting buyers when problems arise
So ymmv on this seller but even though I wanted a 4080, it's a pass for me and I may just wait for Prime Days in mid July
CPU to Ram- storage not any big issues . Good for the price really can't beat it but know it's not a simple thing to just buy more ram and a faster cpu to upgrade. .
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Big negatives:
- Alienware desktop cases/cooling all suck for cooling and are upgradability.
- slow ram, but at least there are 32gb
- cpu is decent, but rather weak for gaming when paired with a 4080. Despite Dell's proprietary BS, maybe you'll have solid upgrade options? I didn't bother to check, but a couple years from now dropping in a 7800x3d & low-latency 6000Hz ddr5 could be a sweet upgrade.
- the time spent reading line by line through the fine print of the return/exchange policy, All State warranty, etc.
- rtx 5080 expected in the next 6-8 months BUT, based on Nvidia's current enterprise focus plus their past 6 years, gamers will see Nvidia (and AMD) continue their "Moore's Law is dead" marketing to justify ever-higher pricing, while releasing Nintendo-levels of artificial product scarcity.
Big upsides:
- someone wants a complete system for the next year or two, and then they carry the 4080 over to their next build.
- you can game at 4k right now (with some cpu/ram bottlenecking)
- Given the stagnating pace of gpu development, an rtx 4080 might be a viable 1440p/60fps card 5 years from now. That's pretty good bang-for-the-buck considering right now you're getting a complete and decent prebuilt that isn't too skimpy versus the price.
Worst case scenario outside of a lemon system and return/exchange headaches:
- the extremely unlikely happens and before 2024 ends, Nvidia, AMD, or Intel offer a new sub-$1000 card with incredible bang-for-the-buck versus anything currently available.
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1. Zero inside pics
2. Reviews are 97%, which does not seem bad to most, but 99-100% gives me a much better vibe
3. Seller often is shipping the wrong items
4. Seller is ghosting buyers when problems arise
So ymmv on this seller but even though I wanted a 4080, it's a pass for me and I may just wait for Prime Days in mid July
Part wise its a good deal, even if seller situation and build itself isnt good, but like you said, I think it would be better to just wait a bit for sales and next gen CPU launches that will bring prices down of old prebuilts.
CPU to Ram- storage not any big issues . Good for the price really can't beat it but know it's not a simple thing to just buy more ram and a faster cpu to upgrade. .
1. Zero inside pics
2. Reviews are 97%, which does not seem bad to most, but 99-100% gives me a much better vibe
3. Seller often is shipping the wrong items
4. Seller is ghosting buyers when problems arise
So ymmv on this seller but even though I wanted a 4080, it's a pass for me and I may just wait for Prime Days in mid July
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