The best high-end prebuilt PCs come with a hefty price tag, but savvy shoppers can save hundreds of dollars by snagging a great deal. Currently, Dell is slashing $1,000 off the price of the Alienware Aurora R16 GeForce RTX 4090 gaming PC, bringing it down to just $2,899.99. This marks the first time in months that an RTX 4090 gaming PC has been available for under $3,000. With the prices of standalone GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards on the rise again, hovering around $2,000 from reputable vendors, building your own DIY PC might not be the cost-effective option you'd expect. Moreover, opting for a prebuilt PC like this one comes with the added benefit of an all-inclusive warranty.
Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC
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Alienware Aurora R16 i9-14900KF RTX 4090 Gaming PC
$3,699.99 save 22% $2,899.99 at Alienware
This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC packs a punch with an Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU, a GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a spacious 2TB NVMe SSD. The 14th gen Intel Core i9-14900KF is currently the top Intel gaming CPU and excels in productivity tasks as well. Although it runs hot, it's kept cool by a robust 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler. The system is powered by a reliable 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.
The RTX 4090 is unrivaled in the GPU market, outpacing any other card from NVIDIA or AMD. Chris Coke's review highlights its prowess, stating, "The RTX 4090 may be huge and expensive, but holy smokes if it doesn’t blow the competition out of the water... Until the rest of the pack can catch up, between its impressive hardware specs and its DLSS 3 AI wizardry, even the $1,599 price doesn’t seem unreasonable for the unrivaled frame rates that this card can crank out." With this GPU, you can play any game at 4K resolution with ultra settings and ray tracing enabled, achieving high frame rates even in the most demanding new titles like Black Myth: Wukong or Warhammer Space Marine 2. It's also the go-to consumer card for AI applications, thanks to its 24GB of GDDR6X VRAM.
A Note on RTX 5000 Series GPUs
NVIDIA's upcoming RTX 5000 series GPUs are slated for release starting at the end of January. While the RTX 5090 promises to be more powerful, it will come at a steep price of $2,000 for the Founder's Edition, with potential availability issues. The RTX 5080 will launch at $999, but may also face supply constraints. Although we plan to benchmark these cards soon, they will come with less VRAM than the 4090 (16GB vs 24GB) and likely won't dethrone the 4090 as the dominant number two card.
A Note on Alienware's Newest "R16" Desktop Chassis
The R16 represents Alienware's 2024 desktop PC design, boasting a 40% smaller volume than its predecessors. It features an efficient airflow pattern, drawing air in through side intake vents over the GPU area and a 120mm front fan, and expelling it via a 120mm rear fan and two 120mm top fans. The 240mm radiator for the all-in-one liquid cooling system is mounted to these top fans. While some configurations omit the liquid cooling system, we typically recommend those that include it due to the superior performance over Alienware's stock air cooling. Note that Dell unveiled a new Area 51 chassis at CES 2025, but it closely resembles the R16 in appearance and design.
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