Alienware Aurora Gaming PC: Intel Ultra 9 285K, RTX 5080, 32GB DDR5, 2TB SSD $2399.99 @Microcenter

PinkBandanna1758

Jun 24, 2026 6:26 PM

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PinkBandanna1758Jun 24, 2026 6:26 PM

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ATP anything is a good deal, if you need it then buy the damn PCs while you still can

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KhrocD

Jun 24, 2026 11:05 PM

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KhrocDJun 24, 2026 11:05 PM

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I hate the fact that the motherboard and PSU are proprietary! The motherboard died on my 4090 Aurora after the warranty expired and I had to pay an arm and a leg for a replacement. Also, when I wanted to upgrade the RAM, I tried to use g.skill ram. It worked great for a while until I did a BIOS update and then it wouldn't work anymore. Be warned you will have to pay through the nose for the particular RAM they specify. Yeah, I'm still bitter. The cooling on it was terrible as well. It really was a poor design overall. I will never buy an Aurora PC again.

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rahimlee54

Jun 25, 2026 1:19 AM

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rahimlee54Jun 25, 2026 1:19 AM

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Quote from KhrocD

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I hate the fact that the motherboard and PSU are proprietary! The motherboard died on my 4090 Aurora after the warranty expired and I had to pay an arm and a leg for a replacement. Also, when I wanted to upgrade the RAM, I tried to use g.skill ram. It worked great for a while until I did a BIOS update and then it wouldn't work anymore. Be warned you will have to pay through the nose for the particular RAM they specify. Yeah, I'm still bitter. The cooling on it was terrible as well. It really was a poor design overall. I will never buy an Aurora PC again.

Why not just move to a standard mother board and psu at that point?

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djbills

Jun 25, 2026 1:20 AM

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djbillsJun 25, 2026 1:20 AM

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Have not forgiven them for the hotbox mess that was my aurora r10. Thing sounded like a jet engine about to take off when it revved up, what a terrible design

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KhrocD

Jun 25, 2026 1:28 AM

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KhrocDJun 25, 2026 1:28 AM

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Quote from rahimlee54

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Why not just move to a standard mother board and psu at that point?

I did, but I had to get a new case as well. The power supply won't work with a standard motherboard . And the Aurora case won't fit a standard motherboard or power supply. So I basically built a new computer, salvaging just the CPU, ram, the SSD, and the Video card from the Aurora. The cpu cooler was worthless, so I had to replace that as well.

Last edited by KhrocD June 24, 2026 at 06:30 PM.

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Warlord_96

Jun 25, 2026 2:13 AM

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Warlord_96Jun 25, 2026 2:13 AM

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These are junk! Cooling is very bad and cpu sucks.

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Jrivas617

Jun 25, 2026 2:32 AM

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Jrivas617Jun 25, 2026 2:32 AM

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These are junk! Cooling is very bad and cpu sucks.

CPU is not junk. What you hating for?

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ZeusyZeus

Jun 25, 2026 3:58 AM

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ZeusyZeusJun 25, 2026 3:58 AM

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Quote from PinkBandanna1758

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ATP anything is a good deal, if you need it then buy the damn PCs while you still can

ATP? What's that.

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Kralon

Jun 25, 2026 4:38 AM

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KralonJun 25, 2026 4:38 AM

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It is a good deal if you live near a Micro Center and are willing to put up with proprietary parts.

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ray1204

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Jun 25, 2026 11:07 AM

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ray1204

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Jun 25, 2026 11:07 AM

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The case is an oven. I rather have the 9800X3D than the Ultra but deal seems solid.

Zipsort

Jun 25, 2026 12:51 PM

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ZipsortJun 25, 2026 12:51 PM

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Quote from ZeusyZeus

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ATP? What's that.

It means "alright then peace"

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Joeygates27

Jun 25, 2026 1:35 PM

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Joeygates27Jun 25, 2026 1:35 PM

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Enticing as it may look, I will never buy another alienware. Their command and control, as well as other general proprietary software, can hobble a computer. Some of their hardware depends on updates that, if they stop coming, willll stop utilizing portions of their hardware.

For instance, I have a 2080 RTX GPU computer with like 48 gigs of RAM. I could easily use it as some sort of media server or something along those lines. However, the computer lost any ability to control some of its fan functions at some point when Windows 10 stopped updating. Of course, the computer could not migrate to Windows 11 because of the security hardware. Now, when the computer turns on, It sounds like a jet taking off.

The deep integration with Alienware software has caused multiple problems for me in the past. I would suggest people pass on this until they start going back to the days where they didn't feel like choking the computer with poorly written software.

psyctto

Jun 25, 2026 1:42 PM

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psycttoJun 25, 2026 1:42 PM

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Quote from Zipsort

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It means "alright then peace"

"alright then peace anything is a good deal..."

that doesn't even make sense... what a silly acronym.

gpohlner

Jun 25, 2026 2:49 PM

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gpohlnerJun 25, 2026 2:49 PM

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Quote from ZeusyZeus

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ATP? What's that.

ATP = At This Point

aka Ramageddon, RAMpocalypse

DontW

Jun 25, 2026 3:35 PM

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DontWJun 25, 2026 3:35 PM

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Quote from KhrocD

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I hate the fact that the motherboard and PSU are proprietary! The motherboard died on my 4090 Aurora after the warranty expired and I had to pay an arm and a leg for a replacement. Also, when I wanted to upgrade the RAM, I tried to use g.skill ram. It worked great for a while until I did a BIOS update and then it wouldn't work anymore. Be warned you will have to pay through the nose for the particular RAM they specify. Yeah, I'm still bitter. The cooling on it was terrible as well. It really was a poor design overall. I will never buy an Aurora PC again.

Maybe I'm just lucky and/or ignorant, but I've never updated my bios on any PC I've ever owned or built and I've never had any issues. I know it's not hard, but it's always felt like it's just inviting trouble if your PC already works.

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