Greetings,
I have been considering replacing my Alienware R4 laptop for a short while now and almost bought a custom-built PC from a UK-based company until I checked the Dell website one last time before waving goodbye. I admit, I'm a sucker and the ticking clock of the flash sale countdown triggered my impulses.
Here's what I walked away with:
New Alienware Aurora
9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 9900K (8-Core/16-Thread, 16MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.7GHz
Windows 10 Pro 64bit English
NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 Ti OC with 11GB GDDR6
32GB Dual Channel HyperX™ DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz
1TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
Tray Load BDRE Drive (Reads and Writes to Blu-Ray disks)
Killer 1535 802.11ac 2x2 WiFi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.2
Alienware Pro Gaming Keyboard
Alienware Ultimate Gaming Mouse
Alienware 25 Gaming Monitor
I saved over £600 but feeling buyer's remorse now as I start to realise what I've done.
What do you guys think?
LukeG310 •
That is awesome, you have a gaming rig that is going to last you couple of years before you need to replace. I was feeling the same thing when I ordered the m15 with the RTX 2070 but I said eff it, you only live once!
Chromedragon •
i Think that is a great rig you will enjoy it.tell us about the monitor and how gsync works presuming you orderd that version?
egoboost •
This is an awesome rig. I sadly left the alienware environment since years to do custom builds, but I think they're still great PCs. Congratulations on your purchases!
monkeycid •
Thanks for the replies!
The monitor is indeed the G-Sync version. It is worth mentioning to people looking to buy one to check the description! There are two monitors of the same size and specifications but there is a huge price difference. The cheaper version is infarct FreeSync for AMD cards and the more expensive monitor is for GeForce cards that comes with G-Sync.
It is going to be a few more days before it arrives, however, the monitor only ships beginning of February.
Tcharr •
Nice rig. It should last you for several years, and you can ease your buyer's remorse by dividing the cost by the number of years/months/days you will likely use it. ;)
For example: A £5000 rig used for 5 years is only £2.74 per day -- less than you might spend on coffee, no?
draganpl •
Great rig!
Geeker82 •
I have an Aurora R5 for two years now with all specs maxed out now:
6700k i7 4.2 GHz
64GB DDR4
Dual GTX 1080s in SLI
you wont be disappointed with your new rig. I'll say you'll probably get a good 5 or 6 years with your new gaming rig if you decide to add another RTX 2080 ti in SLI.
Mumbo777 •
SCAN UK was it ?
rusgoldberg •
I think for solitaire will go (at the expense of the sapper 16x30 - questionable).
But seriously - the assembly is just fire, but not enough memory.