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Alienware Aurora Desktop: Intel Ultra 7 265F, RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5, 2TB SSD

$2450 or Less
$2,949.99
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Dell Technologies has Dell Alienware Aurora Desktop (ACT1250) on sale for $2449.99 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:
  1. Go to Alienware Aurora Desktop
  2. Click on Custom Order, Customize now
  3. Choose the following
    • Under Graphics Card select NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 (+$450)
    • Under Memory select 64GB Dual Channel DDR5 (2x 32GB - Green) 5200 MT/s (+$300)
    • Under Storage select 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD (+$100)
    • Under Chassis Options select 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, Air Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel (+$150)
  4. Add to cart
  5. Your total will be $2449.99 + 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 5080 16GB GDDR7 Graphics
  • 64GB Dual Channel DDR5 (2x 32GB - Green) 5200 MT/s
  • 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD
  • 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 & Mouse
  • Windows 11 Home
Alternatively, you can also get the following configurations:
  • 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD $2049.99 ($1844.99 w/ sign-up code)
  • 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD $2199.99 ($1979.99 w/ sign-up code)
  • 64GB DDR5, 1TB SSD $2349.99 ($2114.99 w/ sign-up code)
  • 64GB DDR5, 4TB SSD $2699.99 ($2429.99 w/ sign-up code)

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    • Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars at Dell Technologies based on over 150 customer reviews.
    • Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Edited Yesterday at 09:03 AM by
$2204.99 $2949.99 after the following steps:
  • Click here [dell.com] 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
  • Go to Dell Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop [dell.com]
  • Manually select the mentioned configuration
  • Add item to cart
  • Proceed to cart
  • Enter your unique 10% off coupon code from email
  • Your total will be $2204.99 (excluding tax) + shipping is free
Additional Savings:$2449.99 without the above discounts.

Alternatively, you can also get the following configurations:
  • 16GB DDR5, 1TB SSD - $1844.99 ($2049.99 w/o sign-up code)
  • 32GB DDR5, 1TB SSD - $1979.99 ($2199.99 w/o sign-up code)
  • 64GB DDR5, 1TB SSD - $2114.99 ($ 2349.99 w/o sign-up code)
  • 64GB DDR5, 4TB SSD - $2474.99 ($ 2749.99 w/o sign-up code)
For +$50 you can also select the 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, 240mm Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel.

SPECS:
  • Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 processor 265F (20-Core, 66MB Total Cache, 1.8GHz to 5.3GHz)
  • Windows 11 Home
  • (Dell Technologies recommends Windows 11 Pro for business)
  • NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7
  • 64GB Dual Channel DDR5 (2x 32GB - Green) 5200 MT/s
  • 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD
  • 1000W Platinum Rated PSU, Air-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/d...dba8f1aa0d
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Last Edited by 9594 Yesterday at 11:28 AM
Tested and working Memory Kits in the non-K CPU versions:

1. TEAMGROUP Elite DDR5 32GB Kit (2x16GB) 5600Mhz PC5-44800 CL46 Non-ECC Unbuffered UDIMM 288 Pin PC Computer Desktop Memory Module Ram TED532G5600C46DC01

Detects at the correct 5600 MT/s out of the box.

2. Crucial Pro RAM 48GB Kit (2x24GB) DDR5 6000MHz XMP-3.0 Desktop Memory CP2K24G60C48U5

Detected and running at 6000 MT/s in Task Manager and CPU-Z, XMP-3.0 profile, timings of 48, 48, 48, 96

3. Crucial Pro 128GB Kit (2 x 64GB) DDR5-5600 PC5-44800 CL46 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit CP2K64G56C46U5

Detects at the correct 5600 MT/s out of the box.

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blue2u2
Yesterday at 10:37 AM.
Yesterday at 10:37 AM.
Honestly, a pretty good deal. I like this better than the HP ones I was seeing this weekend. This is close to what I spent on my 3080 alienware back in 2020.
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fairwinds8
Yesterday at 10:55 AM.
Yesterday at 10:55 AM.
Quote from chaostrain :
Tired of these dookie intel deals. lets get some amd bb
Although the Arrow Lake CPUs have lackluster gaming performance compared with the previous gen, they are still solid performers with good power efficiency.
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RelaxedScene665
Yesterday at 01:15 PM.
Yesterday at 01:15 PM.
Quote from VoidZ :
You got ripped off in 2020 if you spent over 2k for a complete with a 3080
Rtx 3080 was released in third quarter of 2020, everyone was getting ripped off tbh. I bet he felt lucky just to have one and besides that release had a good improvement over the rtx 2k series.
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blue2u2
Yesterday at 01:57 PM.
Yesterday at 01:57 PM.
Quote from RelaxedScene665 :
Rtx 3080 was released in third quarter of 2020, everyone was getting ripped off tbh. I bet he felt lucky just to have one and besides that release had a good improvement over the rtx 2k series.
Haha exactly. It was pretty much the only way to get a 3080 at the time (launch) and considering where 3080 prices ended up by early 2021, I definitely felt lucky! Overall, it's still chugging along just fine 4 years later. I had planned on swapping it out this year, but the 50 series just wasn't enough of an uplift to justify it.
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Phatdawgie
Yesterday at 02:34 PM.
Yesterday at 02:34 PM.
Quote from RelaxedScene665 :
Rtx 3080 was released in third quarter of 2020, everyone was getting ripped off tbh. I bet he felt lucky just to have one and besides that release had a good improvement over the rtx 2k series.
I got mine in Q4 of 2020 for about 1900, but I fished for this deal for a while.

The pricing in 2020 was a big bad, covid was active and people needed computers and things to do isolated.
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sippingbird
Yesterday at 05:52 PM.
Yesterday at 05:52 PM.
This is a fairly crappy PC around a 5080, basically. The CPUs they put in these are pretty weak (265F). The upgrades are expensive (for everything). None of the CPU options are good. I'd recommend:
- Cutting storage back to 1TB. The upgrades are too expensive
- Cut the RAM back to 16GB and buy aftermarket. The 64GB is 5200MT/s. That's a $140 RAM kit
All in all, comes to like $2100 plus tax minus coupon. Still pretty good.
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Nitescape
Yesterday at 07:17 PM.
Yesterday at 07:17 PM.
Thanks OP, I picked one up.
My old Alienware R12 was showing some age.
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mike_05
Yesterday at 07:33 PM.
Yesterday at 07:33 PM.
Quote from sippingbird :
This is a fairly crappy PC around a 5080, basically. The CPUs they put in these are pretty weak (265F). The upgrades are expensive (for everything). None of the CPU options are good. I'd recommend:
- Cutting storage back to 1TB. The upgrades are too expensive
- Cut the RAM back to 16GB and buy aftermarket. The 64GB is 5200MT/s. That's a $140 RAM kit
All in all, comes to like $2100 plus tax minus coupon. Still pretty good.

I just upped the CPU to ultra 9 285k, dropped to 1Tb dropped to 16gb(ill upgrade to 64gb with crucial for $150) got it for $2450 + 150 ram.
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mike_05
Yesterday at 07:37 PM.
Yesterday at 07:37 PM.
In for one just upped the CPU to ultra 9 285k, dropped to 1Tb dropped to 16gb(ill upgrade to 64gb with crucial for $150) got it with 10% coupon for $2370 with tax included + 150 ram.
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StrategyFreak
Yesterday at 07:55 PM.
Yesterday at 07:55 PM.
Quote from sippingbird :
This is a fairly crappy PC around a 5080, basically. The CPUs they put in these are pretty weak (265F). The upgrades are expensive (for everything). None of the CPU options are good. I'd recommend:
- Cutting storage back to 1TB. The upgrades are too expensive
- Cut the RAM back to 16GB and buy aftermarket. The 64GB is 5200MT/s. That's a $140 RAM kit
All in all, comes to like $2100 plus tax minus coupon. Still pretty good.

Would agree about the storage. Meh about the RAM, improving latency and speed on Intel processors isn't as critical and if someone is that hardcore about gaming they would just get the 3D cache AMD processors and skip Intel entirely. But yes DIY'ing the memory upgrade is cheaper.


As stated, Intel isn't great for gaming but this isn't bad in terms of Intel options. Serious gamers should just avoid this entirely but someone looking for productivity this isn't a bad deal.
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