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Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen 5900X, RTX 3080, 32 GB 3466MHZ, 2TB M.2, 1000W, Water Cooled PC $2840

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Mar 30th, 2022 2:11 am

PannTher [OP]: Deal Addict; Dec 16, 2010; 1015 posts; 1157 upvotes; Canada

Mar 30th, 2022 2:11 am

[Dell] Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen 5900X, RTX 3080, 32 GB 3466MHZ, 2TB M.2, 1000W, Water Cooled PC $2840

Deal Link:: https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/cty/pdp ... 2391d88f7c
Price:: $2840
Retailer:: Dell

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I know there are many haters out there toward the Alienware R10 with it's design and heat issues, however after researching for some time and not being able to source parts for a PC that compares in price (especially being impossible to get an RTX 3080 for less than $1300), this is a pretty great deal.

I managed to snag a 15% off coupon from a friend to make it better. Rakuten was 2%, so about $55 back.

The build I chose to get to $2840 was:

cpu
AMD® Ryzen™ 9 5900X (70 MB total cache, 12 cores, 24 threads, up to 4.80 GHz Max Boost Clock)

Windows 11 Pro, English

videocard
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080, 10 GB GDDR6X, LHR

memory
32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 3466 MHz, XMP

harddrive
2 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD

Lunar Light chassis with High-Performance CPU Liquid Cooling and 1000W Power Supply

Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 5.1

The quick push/pull fan mod makes a big difference in cooling, video seen here:

If you don't like Alienware, I understand, however I feel this is a good deal to get a PC with these specs including a one year warranty.

$100OFF$2000PC coupon gives $100 off.

EDIT: I payed $2490 with the coupon I had total with tax. Should hopefully help bring value? If one can get that coupon. So many downvotes!

EDIT: Rakuten at 12% April 1st! Not an April Fools joke!

Cheers

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86 replies

Mar 30th, 2022 2:22 am

ilovethedeal: Newbie; Nov 26, 2020; 64 posts; 273 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 2:22 am

Great computer overall. I bought a nearly identical configuration for about 100 bucks less a month ago.

Had a few intermittent issues with some of the hardware, but receiving a replacement machine tomorrow. The warranty is worth it.

+3

Mar 30th, 2022 2:41 am

FrostyDay: Member; Apr 10, 2015; 230 posts; 305 upvotes; Toronto, ON

Mar 30th, 2022 2:41 am

Not a deal, similar price as DIY even with overpriced gpu.

Dogshit Dell OEM parts, especially the case. Wouldn't pay more than 2500.

+24

Mar 30th, 2022 2:54 am

HappyAlpaca: Newbie; Dec 17, 2020; 75 posts; 57 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 2:54 am

FrostyDay wrote: ↑ Not a deal, similar price as DIY even with overpriced gpu.

Dogshit Dell OEM parts, especially the case. Wouldn't pay more than 2500.

yeah, I would agree. I had worked with some Dells and they are just not very end-user friendly. Either they cheap out on some OEM parts or they make it challenging to upgrade parts on your own. Including the case, all of the ones I've worked on were such a pain to open.

+3

Mar 30th, 2022 3:08 am

Uranium101: Deal Addict; Apr 21, 2012; 1292 posts; 499 upvotes; Markham

Mar 30th, 2022 3:08 am

I heard the airflow is horrible.

If you get this system, I would recommend buying a new case, PSU, and a motherboard. and perhaps a new CPU cooler as well.
That is what I did with my XPS 8930 (similar internal design).

After I immigrated the system to a new case, the performance difference is night and day.

+2

Mar 30th, 2022 3:24 am

renegadeavenger: Deal Addict; Jun 1, 2008; 4032 posts; 6338 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 3:24 am

Don't buy Alienware when the videocard is becoming more easily available.

People were only buying these machines earlier in the days because the videocards were hard to come by. Recently it seems like the 3080 are starting to be more easily available and closer to original msrp.

You also get a much longer warranty, better cooling, better quality component with the retail boxed videocards than the one year warranty with Dell/founder reference designed card.

+2

Mar 30th, 2022 3:58 am

TechChime: Deal Addict; Dec 19, 2007; 4494 posts; 3919 upvotes; Ontario

Mar 30th, 2022 3:58 am

I bought something like this over a year ago but $1000 bucks cheaper with just an i5... But so worth it I gutted the video card put it into my build and used the PC for a server for other stuff and works great for single threaded performance... That being said I don't think 3k is worth it at all. It was also delayed they gave discounts, etc... Ended up being under $2000 and that was amazing during the drought.

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Mar 30th, 2022 4:20 am

PannTher [OP]: Deal Addict; Dec 16, 2010; 1015 posts; 1157 upvotes; Canada

Mar 30th, 2022 4:20 am

renegadeavenger wrote: ↑ Don't buy Alienware when the videocard is becoming more easily available.

People were only buying these machines earlier in the days because the videocards were hard to come by. Recently it seems like the 3080 are starting to be more easily available and closer to original msrp.

You also get a much longer warranty, better cooling, better quality component with the retail boxed videocards than the one year warranty with Dell/founder reference designed card.

Good advice. Thank you.

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 4:37 am

totallybaked: Newbie; Feb 16, 2021; 55 posts; 154 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 4:37 am

They play with your card without your authorization. Had to suffer for months. Hence I downvote every Dell posts.

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 6:55 am

Nomoney: Newbie; Sep 12, 2001; 21 posts; 13 upvotes; Richmond Hill

Mar 30th, 2022 6:55 am

How?

Mar 30th, 2022 6:56 am

iamsiege: Deal Addict; Nov 18, 2017; 3021 posts; 2000 upvotes; Alberta

Mar 30th, 2022 6:56 am

totallybaked wrote: ↑ They play with your card without your authorization. Had to suffer for months. Hence I downvote every Dell posts.

What exactly are you talking about?

Mar 30th, 2022 7:05 am

lardiop1: Member; Jun 11, 2017; 341 posts; 826 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 7:05 am

I recently ordered an R13 with a 12600k, 16GB of DDR5, and a 3080. After tax and Rakuten at 13-15% plus 10% off through unidays I paid around $2400.

The R13 still has the proprietary Dell parts like mobo and PSU, but they greatly improved the overall fit/finish plus airflow over the R10. The 3080 is made by MSI for Dell and reviews on the card itself are solid.

I definitely could have just built a system myself. But the part shortages made that very challenging, the price was right, and it showed up 2 weeks later. Awesome rig so far.

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 7:20 am

crashxxx: Deal Addict; Sep 27, 2009; 2724 posts; 739 upvotes; Woodstock, ON

Mar 30th, 2022 7:20 am

totallybaked wrote: ↑They play with your card without your authorization. Had to suffer for months. Hence I downvote every Dell posts.

iamsiege wrote: ↑ What exactly are you talking about?

when it's a machine that ships in weeks or months... they preauth your CC then reverse it, then preauth it again. repeat and repeat until it actually ships. really, I think this only matters as it 'uses up' available credit on your CC if that's important to you.

Saving money on things I don't need since 2009. thanks RFD

Woodstock, ON

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 8:09 am

strikeraj: Deal Addict; Sep 25, 2009; 1031 posts; 862 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 8:09 am

May be I would upvote this 3 months ago, but it is just not a good deal now.
you can easily get a 3080 for 1500, try harder and u can find one for less
CPU, good ram, mobo, ssd, case, cooler, PSU at same spec u can build for less than 1k, and you dont need to suffer the dell hot box and truly use the performance

p.s. I did order a R12 with 3090 to test and confirms it is a hot mess....

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 8:50 am

EEE2: Deal Addict; Jan 31, 2007; 4551 posts; 1592 upvotes

Mar 30th, 2022 8:50 am

I purchased one of these guys for my highend cad/ 3d person and he loves it. Much better than the Apple Intel based crap they were buying and running Windows for their Apps.

Mar 30th, 2022 8:56 am

aidendanger: Deal Addict; Nov 7, 2013; 1828 posts; 2226 upvotes; Ottawa

Mar 30th, 2022 8:56 am

Uranium101 wrote: ↑ I heard the airflow is horrible.

If you get this system, I would recommend buying a new case, PSU, and a motherboard. and perhaps a new CPU cooler as well.
That is what I did with my XPS 8930 (similar internal design).

After I immigrated the system to a new case, the performance difference is night and day.

What would be the point? Just build your own if you're going to replace that much.

+1

Mar 30th, 2022 9:03 am

lightmeup: Deal Addict; Jul 21, 2011; 1407 posts; 1719 upvotes; Knowhere

Mar 30th, 2022 9:03 am

People would not listen, so buy Dell PC and laptop so you can find out by yourself.

+2

Mar 30th, 2022 9:36 am

blackbirdman: Deal Addict; Feb 13, 2015; 3431 posts; 4591 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

Mar 30th, 2022 9:36 am

Don't ever buy these PC's they use cheap o motherboards. And anyone who cares about their PC or performance/gamers know to buy proper gaming/performance MOBO's.