Dell Technologies has
Dell Alienware Aurora Desktop (ACT1250) on sale for
$1699.99 (16GB DDR5 model) when you
follow directions below.
Shipping is free.
- Note: New customers may receive an additional 10% via email sign up; this email sign up offer is only good for new Dell customers.
Thanks to Community Member
Dr.W for sharing this deal.
Deal Instructions:
- Click here for Dell Alienware Aurora Desktop
- Under Customize, select the following upgrades
- Under Graphics, select NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7 (+$250)
- Under Chassis, select 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel (+$200)
- (Optional) Users may opt for the 32GB RAM variant (pre-configured link) for an additional $200 more.
- Add to cart.
- Your total will be $1699.99 + Free Shipping
- Note: New customers may receive an additional 10% off via email sign up; this email sign up offer is only good for new Dell customers.
Specs:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 processor 265F (20-Core, 66MB Total Cache, 1.8GHz to 5.3GHz)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB GDDR7
- 16GB Dual Channel DDR5 Memory (2x 8GB - Green) 5200 MT/s
- 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
- 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel
- Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
- Dell Wired Keyboard (KB216, Black) + Dell Wired Mouse (MS116, Black)
- Inputs:
- Front:
- 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) port with PowerShare technology
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) Type-C port with PowerShare technology
- Rear:
- 1x USB4 (20 Gbps) Type-C port with Power Delivery
- 2x 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) ports
- 2x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) ports with SmartPower
- 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) Type-C port
- 1x RJ45 2.5G Ethernet port
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Absolutely. The performance of this machine will probably be higher than you need TBH. It'll do 1440p ultra and 4k, and the CPU will chew through any prosumer workloads. As pointed out elsewhere though, upgrading the RAM to 32GB would be ideal, 16GB is usable but in some scenarios it might be the bottleneck.
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Compare it to this: https://www.microcenter
I wouldn't get liquid cooling unless you are willing to take it out every couple of years to do maintenance on it
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I ordered a 4 TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus and 64 GB of Crucial DDR5 5600 RAM for it from B&H. I had to go into the BIOS/UEFI and turn off RAID to get the bootable Windows installer to see the Samsung drive so I could do a clean install. I also had to go and get the Intel Wifi 7 driver (from the Dell support site) before it would see the wifi card/connect to wifi. After that it pulled down all drivers automatically, though I did have to download the Alienware manager thing to turn off the lights.
I saw some messages about being careful with RAM, with some running at 4800 or 5200, but I got this 64 GB Crucial kit and it shows 5600 MT/s in Task Manager.
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- Air (standard)
- Liquid (+$50 on this PC)
So air-cooling is standard. There are different kinds but the designs are generally very similar: there's a large metal block of a good conductor like copper and a design aimed at radiating that heat away. It could be heat pipes or just something with a lot of surface area so it cools quickly. A truly passively cooled system won't have anything else. But an air-cooled system will have 1-2 fans attached to make it cool even faster.There are different variants of liquid-cooling but the most common is what's called an AIO ("all in one"). That's a 120-360mm (typically) system of 1-3 fans attached to a very large heat sinks. That is then attached to the CPU to a heatsink and connecting the two is a closed pump system that pumps water around as a heat exchange. Water holds a lot of heat and is a far better heat transfer medium than air is. The downside is that the pump is something else that can break.
People tend to like water-cooled systems for gaming PCs because it tends to be quieter and beter cooling but you can get some pretty quiet air-cooling HSFs (heat sink fans).
The 265F CPU in this PC has a fairly low TDP (thermal design power) of 65W. It doesn't run particularly hot. There are 20 cores (8 power, 12 efficiency) and they run at 1.8GhZ, which is pretty low but they can turbo boost up to 4.6GHz or so when needed, which it will be during gaming).
Because this CPU isn't particularly power-hungry, some commenters here have said you don't really need liquid cooling. Therea re other CPUs that draw significantly more power (and more power equals more heat). It's up to you. Liuqid cooling is optional for this PC. At worst, the air-cooling might be slightly louder.
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- Air (standard)
- Liquid (+$50 on this PC)
So air-cooling is standard. There are different kinds but the designs are generally very similar: there's a large metal block of a good conductor like copper and a design aimed at radiating that heat away. It could be heat pipes or just something with a lot of surface area so it cools quickly. A truly passively cooled system won't have anything else. But an air-cooled system will have 1-2 fans attached to make it cool even faster.There are different variants of liquid-cooling but the most common is what's called an AIO ("all in one"). That's a 120-360mm (typically) system of 1-3 fans attached to a very large heat sinks. That is then attached to the CPU to a heatsink and connecting the two is a closed pump system that pumps water around as a heat exchange. Water holds a lot of heat and is a far better heat transfer medium than air is. The downside is that the pump is something else that can break.People tend to like water-cooled systems for gaming PCs because it tends to be quieter and beter cooling but you can get some pretty quiet air-cooling HSFs (heat sink fans).The 265F CPU in this PC has a fairly low TDP (thermal design power) of 65W. It doesn't run particularly hot. There are 20 cores (8 power, 12 efficiency) and they run at 1.8GhZ, which is pretty low but they can turbo boost up to 4.6GHz or so when needed, which it will be during gaming).Because this CPU isn't particularly power-hungry, some commenters here have said you don't really need liquid cooling. Therea re other CPUs that draw significantly more power (and more power equals more heat). It's up to you. Liuqid cooling is optional for this PC. At worst, the air-cooling might be slightly louder.In a normal desktop PC there'll be 4 RAM slots. You tend to want to them in pairs. One pair is slot 1 and 3. The other is 2 and 4. The PC will come that way. Just put the new RAM in the same slots.
There's "enthusiast" RAM that can be more complicated, like you may need to change voltages and stuff. Avoid that. Just buy the Crucial RAM people suggest and you'll be fine.
You can no doubt find videos on Youtube for how to replace RAM, particularly for a popular brand like Dell Alienware.
To Luis - the RAM goes in the slots vertically (put it in straight and press straight down, once on each side, and it will snap in with a clip on each side... a little different than a NVMe SSD that goes in at an angle, then you press it down flat and then screw in.
I almost pulled the trigger on this but didn't want to wait the 2 weeks for it to arrive so ended up getting a Micro Center 5070ti PC with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D instead, which does have 4 RAM slots FWIW.
This PC is good. I'm just impatient.
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Also, more memory.
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CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 4.5 GHz 8-Core Processor [pcpartpicker.com] ($239.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler [pcpartpicker.com] ($34.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard [pcpartpicker.com] ($139.94 @ Amazon)
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL38 Memory [pcpartpicker.com] ($76.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Patriot P310 960 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive [pcpartpicker.com] ($51.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: ASRock Steel Legend Radeon RX 9070 XT 16 GB Video Card [pcpartpicker.com] ($712.98 @ Newegg)
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Power Supply: Montech CENTURY II 1050 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply [pcpartpicker.com] ($109.90 @ Newegg)
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