Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 PC Now Under $3,000

The best high-end prebuilt PCs often come with a hefty price tag, but savvy shoppers can save hundreds of dollars by snagging a great deal. Currently, Dell is offering an incredible discount on the Alienware Aurora R16 equipped with a GeForce RTX 4090, bringing the price down to just $2,899.99 after a $1,000 instant discount. This is the first time in months that an RTX 4090 gaming PC has been available for under $3,000. With RTX 4090 graphics cards increasing in price again, purchasing one separately can cost at least $2,000 from reputable vendors, making building your own DIY PC less cost-effective than you might expect. Additionally, opting for a prebuilt PC like this comes with the benefit of a comprehensive warranty.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC

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 is packed with powerhouse components, including an Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU, a GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 32GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a 2TB NVMe SSD. The 14th gen Intel Core i9-14900KF stands as the pinnacle of Intel's gaming CPUs and excels in productivity tasks as well. Although known to run hot, it's efficiently cooled by a robust 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler. The system is powered by a 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply, ensuring stable performance.

The RTX 4090 is currently the most powerful GPU available, outclassing all competitors from both NVIDIA and AMD. As Chris Coke notes in his review, "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." This GPU enables you to play any game at 4K resolution with ultra settings and ray tracing enabled, delivering high frame rates even for the latest, most demanding titles like Black Myth: Wukong or Warhammer Space Marine 2. It's also the top choice for consumer AI applications, thanks to its 24GB of GDDR6X VRAM.

A note on RTX 5000 series GPUs

NVIDIA's next generation, the RTX 5000 series, is slated to launch starting at the end of January. The RTX 5090 is expected to be even more powerful, but at a steep price of $2,000 for the Founder's Edition, and availability could be limited. The RTX 5080 will hit the market at $999, but again, potential availability issues loom. We'll benchmark these new cards soon, but they'll come with less VRAM than the RTX 4090 (16GB vs 24GB), suggesting they may not immediately dethrone the RTX 4090.

A note on Alienware's newest "R16" desktop chassis

The R16 marks Alienware's 2024 desktop PC design, which is 40% smaller in volume than its predecessors. It boasts an efficient airflow design, drawing in air through side intake vents over the GPU 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 the top fans. While some configurations may not include liquid cooling, we typically recommend those that do, as Alienware's liquid cooling solution significantly outperforms their air cooling options. Dell unveiled a new Area 51 chassis at CES 2025, but it closely resembles the R16 in both appearance and design.

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