News Alienware Aurora R16 Adds Intel 14th Gen Core, RTX 4090 Configurations

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Alienware is updating its Aurora R16 to include options for Intels’ Raptor Lake Refresh 14th Gen CPUs and Nvidia’s RTX 4090.

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[mwm2010]

I won't be impressed until the motherboards aren't proprietary and they don't undervolt the cpu stock and the power supply is upgradeable.

 

[Grindathotte]

I won't be impressed until the motherboards aren't proprietary and they don't undervolt the cpu stock and the power supply is upgradeable.

Easily upgradeable, you just need a hacksaw, bolt-cutters and maybe a crowbar. I still have an R7. It was good value at the time, but a few years down the line I realised my mistake.

 

[FoxTread3]

Easily upgradeable, you just need a hacksaw, bolt-cutters and maybe a crowbar. I still have an R7. It was good value at the time, but a few years down the line I realised my mistake.

👍👍🤣Well said. I'm sorry that you have some regrets, but I assume you were basically happy with the rig for awhile. Stay well.😊

 

[FoxTread3]

I bought an iBuypower full tower factory made computer about fifteen years ago. I've upgraded it about three times. In the past five years I have been building from scratch using a mid tower case (which I eventually gave away), and moved on to a ThermalTake full tower. So I now have two full tower rigs. All of my builds have cost me in the neighborhood of $2000.+ I chose that course because I wanted to select the parts that I put into the builds. Which is of course is the reason most people DIY. While I would rather a full tower, I think the Aurora R16 fully tricked out for $3000.+, is reasonable and what I would expect the price to be. If I stopped building my rigs at some point, I would consider the R16. I don't think that anyone considering buying that rig would be the type of person who would care about proprietary parts. Only DIY people would, and they probably wouldn't buy a factory made rig anyway.

 

[helper800]

I won't be impressed until the motherboards aren't proprietary and they don't undervolt the cpu stock and the power supply is upgradeable.

The PSUs are one of the few "good" parts in an Alienware PC, but they are not in a standard format.

 

[helper800]

I bought an iBuypower full tower factory made computer about fifteen years ago. I've upgraded it about three times. In the past five years I have been building from scratch using a mid tower case (which I eventually gave away), and moved on to a ThermalTake full tower. So I now have two full tower rigs. All of my builds have cost me in the neighborhood of $2000.+ I chose that course because I wanted to select the parts that I put into the builds. Which is of course is the reason most people DIY. While I would rather a full tower, I think the Aurora R16 fully tricked out for $3000.+, is reasonable and what I would expect the price to be. If I stopped building my rigs at some point, I would consider the R16. I don't think that anyone considering buying that rig would be the type of person who would care about proprietary parts. Only DIY people would, and they probably wouldn't buy a factory made rig anyway.

The Alienware tower computers are some of the worst because of poor cooling and using a modified 20 year old cheap case with nearly zero airflow. The motherboards are also not replaceable. If you ever get a PC not made by yourself, at least get one that uses replaceable parts.

 

[Grindathotte]

👍👍🤣Well said. I'm sorry that you have some regrets, but I assume you were basically happy with the rig for awhile. Stay well.😊

I got the R7 from the Dell Outlet store and it was a great price. I managed to add a liquid cooler and upgrade the graphics to a 3070 Ti, so I can't complain too much but I could not upgrade the CPU except with a K version if I wanted to pay for a few percent increase in CPU speed. I think Dells are great if you don't envisage upgrading.

 

[Order 66]

I totally want a PC that will be as hot as an oven with a proprietary PSU and motherboard not to mention a GPU that will probably melt. /s