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20% off, price will be 2299 after original dell sale 2873.75
( RRP 3699.22)
RTX 3060Ti
Ryzen 7 5800
512 ssd
1tb hdd
16Gb ram 3200 MHz
Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop with Ryzen 7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, RTX 3060 Ti $2299 Delivered @ Dell eBay
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Ooopss oz on 28/08/2021 - 10:07 ebay.com.au (1076 clicks)
Last edited 28/08/2021 - 20:03 by 2 other users
Last edited 28/08/2021 - 20:03 by 2 other users
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Thx for posting m8.
I will skip this price.
It's a no from me.
Thanks for posting, but I feel a need to make this PSA to anyone considering Alienware.
Watch this Gamer's Nexus video on youtube and make your own conclusion -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ulhFi5N2hcZippy beat me to it!
They don't comment if the gpu, if that's all you wanted, this guy mentions it's a dual fan variant
https://youtu.be/12TJf8nwaT8doesnt matter what brand, as long as they are priced well.
i got my alienware R11 3080 (package), after selling the monitor and mouse keyboard, end up only paying $2700 for it.
previous deal below:
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/620460Really appreciate GN getting stuck into Alienware's designs, I was getting negged like mad for pointing this out when people were grabbing these over the basic Dell.
The Dell-branded version needs a CPU cooler change, but otherwise is basically the same. Never trust a custom case that isn't a standard form factor.
Beware of Dell's terrible support, they don't have a
1.4 star rating without reason.. https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/dell-australiaPeople who like to complain visit product review. Have you ever posted a good rating in product review ? well I haven't.
Better to check rating on places like amazon, not perfect but way better https://www.amazon.com/Alienware-Aurora-Desktop-Windows-AWAU…
Amazon rating is not really true either. They manage overall rating by rejecting low ratings for big brands. Aurora build is very bad in fact. https://youtu.be/8ulhFi5N2hc
Can this be proved? I'd like to report them to the ACCC if it can.
In the last couple of years the ACCC has focused on misleading customers as a priority, and seeing how large Amazon is, and how many people this would affect, there's a very good chance they'd investigate it.
@BooYa: At least 2 of my low rating reviews were avoided. Reasons were legit. Similar feedbacks and similar ratings like other reviewers’ but mine were avoided. I stopped reviewing since.
I know that's probably true for most people, but I still find ProductReview useful (the worse the product the more negative reviews/ratings it will have).
As for me, I do post positive and negative reviews on that site.
I found a good online pharmacy and when I went to review it, I saw it was already the highest rated online pharmacy (with a large number of reviews/ratings).
So I think it's good when there are a lot of reviews for a product, if there's only a few reviews it's probably not reliable.
My experience with alienware has been very good
I've found Dell's support to be really good. 2 displays returned without too much hassle and replaced. You do need to work with them and be patient but the support people have been pretty helpful and accommodating.
Build quality or QC wasn't as good as I'd hoped, but it's acceptable. I feel cutting corners in the outsourced manufacturing to cut costs is letting them down a little. But it seems like a business model that works for them.
I've had good experience with Alienware support for my laptop. Had a technician come around and replace the panel of my laptop because it slipped from the bezel.
Took only a couple of days to arrange and probably less than an hour to double check it was hardware issue and replace the panel.
This was a couple of months outside of the 1 year warranty period and they replaced it completely free.Good to know
0 airflow
Pretty ain't always practical.
Not too bad, actually.
Well, needed some "light" mods.
check gamersnexus review its horrible airflow
I would disagree with their airflow comment. VRM overheating is probably the most valid point.
No idea why people take a PC store's "review" as the gospel. Very biased review with inherent conflict of interest.
@[Deactivated]: They use the stock CPU fan on a ryzen 7… it's going to overheat. To achieve proper performance you need to replace it with an AIO, due to how crammed the components are inside the case. Replacing parts inside a prebuilt out of the box defeats the purpose. You may as well build your own pc.
@techie8055: True, and agree.
It was a good deal in the earlier May deal when GPUs were more expensive.
I have done it as a hobby/project as well to save a few pennies.
@[Deactivated]: Gamers Nexus isn't a PC store, they're among the most highly regarded PC review channels on YouTube.
@miarn: Have mistaken their referral scheme to as a PC store, my bad.
However, opinion stands. In one of their Dell review (Alienware from memory), he literally booted up the PC and claimed that CPU idles at 30% for a brand new PC in unacceptable - duh, PC and Windows are running updates…
Not saying Dell makes great PCs - aircooled Alienware in particular… thought not as bad as GamersNexus made it out to be, especially ones with AIO. In fact, I find the tool-less case excellent.
Is that fast hash rate card?
Price bummed to 2.8k
Need to apply the code to get 20% off
No deal. Was good when GPUs were more expensive.
seem like mother broad has a big limitation.
"As an owner of this system I just wanted to add a couple of note that may be useful for perspective buyers. Firstly it doesn't use the B550 chipset it uses the OEM only B550a chipset, which is a essentially just a B450 chipset with the addition of PCI-E 4.0 for the top x16 slot (which on the R10 is limited to x8). Secondly while you could add an extra NVME drive via the X4 slot below the GPU, that slot is only wired as x2 and so your drive would only run at half speed, so if you want a second NVMe drive you should use the lower x16 slot (wired as x8) which is connected to the chipset (so it doesn't share bandwidth with the top slot and won't slow down your GPU if you use it)"
Ref:"https://au.pcmag.com/old-desktop-pcs/85876/alienware-aurora-ryzen-edition-r10-2021”
This one should be shipped with AMD X570 (Bixby). At least my one did.
It may not be x570, not look so good with only PCIE 4.0 x8 for main GPU.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/R10-HWInfo…
How long do they take them to ship?
Whilst it is a thousand bucks more, the sweet spot in the sale was this https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/393228927339 - which appears to have sold out.
yeah i get the thermal properties and case design concerns and all that jazz, but this came down to $3,500 with the sale coupon and is a very competitive offering at that amount of money.
I also jumped on the recent AW3821DW for $1299, so I'm not against having a matching aesthetic.
I saw couple of RTX 3060 Ti deals for $860. So, I don't think rest of the hardware in this worth $1440
I bought mine in the previous deal.
Despite of all the negative views, I love mine.
I've done a few upgrades as recommended on YouTube and forums, and works great.
What did you do to yours?
Replaced stock CPU cooler with Corsair H60 AIO
Replaced stock case fans with Corsair ML120 Pros
Replaced single-channel 16gb RAM with dual-channel 32gb RAM
Added 2 x VRM heatsinks
Sold RTX 3060 Ti and got RX 6700 XT (plus cash in hand).Where did you get the VRM heatsinks from? Ones from Aliexpress take donkey years to arrive.
Yea same, I have sold the RTX 3070 and got a GTX 1070 to bring down cost. All in, probably netted a free PSU and GPU, so roughly $550 saving.
Damn so how much did u end up paying for this PC?
@kypermaster: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/623765
$2400
- $1700 - selling RTX 3070
+ $400 - buying GTX 1070
+ $90 - Cosair H60 AIO (could have done away with a much bigger 240mm radiator for similar money - seen people doing it on youtube, but was too lazy to cup up the metal case).
+ 70 - 2x 60mm Noctua
+80 - VRM heatsink x2$1340
Also picked up a matching Dell (HyperX 2.5v) 16GB for $160
All up $1500.
Ryzen 7 5800
32GB DDR4 3200
GTX 1070
1000W PSU @ 80%
Plenty of fans- $2,175.60
- Bought RX 6700 XT $1100
- Bought H60 67.19
- Bought 3 x ML 120 Pros approx $120
- Bought 2 x VRM heatsink $22
- Bought 4 x 8GB RAM approx $210
+Cashback $29.67
+Sold RTX 3060 Ti $1700
+Sold 16GB RAM $130$1835.12
Prior to that, sold RTX 3070 which I bought for $910 at $1500. Sold parts from old system for about $1000.
At the end, I ended up spending nothing, and got a brand new system.
The only real drawback of this sytem is that I am limited with my GPU choice, as the max length the system will take is 267mm, means I could not grab some of the recent RTX 3080 that went on sale.
I'm potentially going to upgrade to 5950X, and RTX 3080 which fits (ASUS Turbo is one of the few) in a couple of years time.
@aveeno bb: Yeah I'm comparing this to like if I would build my shelf, but in terms of minning would it be good? Because I just intend on leaving it to mine
As an actual buyer and owner, I would not recommend this if you are going to buy it and use it as is.
Single-channel RAM (significant bottleneck with gaming) and poor CPU cooling (very high idle and peak temperature) is definitely a deal-breaker, and the system should not have been built this way.
If you are willing to invest a little bit of time and resources and at least get an AIO with VRM heatsinks and replace RAM, the system will be great.
Whether you think it defeats the purposes of buying a pre-built, up to you to decide. I personally like fiddling with my PC and have been a happy Alienware user for many years, so I was fine with that. I am very happy with the end results.
Price in title please.