Alienware i9 10900F w/ RTX 3090 - $2917.43 (after Unidays or Dell New Account Sign-up 10% + Rakuten 14%)

redflagdealsguy wrote: ↑ https://www.dell.com/en-ca/shop/cty/pdp ... aar11_s42e

3699.99 - 10% Unidays = $3329.10 - 14% Rakuten = $2863.03 plus tax (on $3329.10)

Not bad.

Inspired by the above.

zakregent wrote: ↑ This is a better deal:

https://deals.dell.com/en-ca/productdetail/7il3

redflagdealsguy wrote: ↑ 6800XT trades blows with the 3080 and falls short in some areas. A good card no doubt, but not much cheaper, and here you get a 3090.

shabby wrote: ↑ "65w" cpu that you can't overclock for 3k? Is Alienware out of their minds?

zakregent wrote: ↑ This is a better deal:

https://deals.dell.com/en-ca/productdetail/7il3

warpdrive wrote: ↑ The default configuration is air cooled, so if I actually wanted to use this system, I would pay the extra $50 and get the liquid cooled option.

Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong, but the air cooling is not adequate under heavy load, especially for an i9

Noobzilla wrote: ↑ There's also coupon codes, but if I use one that's not on Rakuten, that would invalidate the 14% cashback, right?

redflagdealsguy wrote: ↑ You can stack coupon / promo codes with Rakuten on Dell's site. We've been doing it for some time with the Unidays codes.

aliobalio wrote: ↑ No, you can't stack on Dell site... also Rakuten is not a coupon code, you just need to go trough their site

zakregent wrote: ↑ This is a better deal:

https://deals.dell.com/en-ca/productdetail/7il3

peteyonline wrote: ↑ The calculation is slightly wrong.

The rakuten cashback applies to your pre-tax amount but after your purchase - does not impact your pre-tax amount at the moment of purchase.

So you pay 3329.10 (3699.99 - 10% sign up coupon/unidays) * your tax rate = what you pay at checkout = 3828.46 if we go with a roughly 15% Quebec tax rate.

And then deduct the 14% rakuten cash back (14% of (pre-tax amount you paid - 3329.10) = 466.06.

So your all in cost would be the 3828.46 (what is charged to your cc at purchase) - 466.06 (what will be credited to your rakuten account after purchase) = 3362.40$



Just clarifying because I keep seeing people post prices as if the rakuten cashback applies directly to your pre-tax amount - it does not. you should calculate it as a discount on your total price paid since at checkout
youre still paying tax on the amount before any rakuten is factored in. It doesn't make a huge difference in this case but I know some folks are going to be like ''how did you get ''x amount'' mine is different.