"Save $1,000 on Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4090 Gaming PC"

High-end prebuilt PCs often come with a hefty price tag, but savvy shoppers can still find incredible deals that offer significant savings. Currently, Dell is providing an exceptional offer on the Alienware Aurora R16 GeForce RTX 4090 gaming PC, now available at $3,699.99 after a generous $1,000 instant discount. With standalone GeForce RTX 4090 graphics cards seeing a price increase and costing upwards of $2,000 from reputable vendors, building your own PC might not be as cost-effective as you might think. Additionally, opting for a prebuilt system like this one grants you the peace of mind that comes with an all-inclusive warranty.

Alienware Aurora R16 i9-14900KF RTX 4090 Gaming PC

$4,694.99 save 21% $3,699.99 at Alienware

This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC is powered by an Intel Core i9-14900KF CPU, paired with a GeForce RTX 4090 GPU, 64GB of DDR5-5200MHz RAM, and a spacious 4TB NVMe SSD. The 14th gen Intel Core i9-14900KF stands out as the top Intel gaming CPU currently available, and it excels in productivity tasks as well. Known for running hot, this CPU is effectively cooled by a robust 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler. The system is energized by a reliable 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum power supply.

The RTX 4090 is unrivaled as the most powerful GPU on the market, outpacing all competitors from both NVIDIA and AMD. In his review, Chris Coke praised the RTX 4090, saying, "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 enjoy any game at 4K resolution with ultra settings and ray tracing enabled, maintaining high frame rates, even with the latest and most demanding titles like Black Myth: Wukong or Warhammer Space Marine 2. The 4090 is also the go-to card for consumer AI applications, thanks to its 24GB of GDDR6X VRAM.

A note on RTX 5000 series GPUs

NVIDIA's next generation of GPUs, the RTX 5000 series, is set to launch starting at the end of January. While the RTX 5090 will undoubtedly be more powerful, it comes with a hefty price tag of $2,000 for the Founder's Edition at launch, and availability might be limited. The RTX 5080, launching at $999, may also face availability issues. We'll be benchmarking these cards soon, but they will come with less VRAM than the 4090 (16GB vs 24GB) and might not immediately dethrone the 4090 as the top performer.

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

The R16 is Alienware's 2024 desktop PC design, which is 40% smaller in volume compared to previous models. It features a proven airflow pattern, drawing air in through side intake vents over the GPU and a 120mm front fan, and exhausting through 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 might skip the liquid cooling system, we highly recommend it due to its superior performance over Alienware's standard air cooling. Note that 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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