Dell‘s new Alienware Aurora desktop with an RTX 5080 is now available to buy and it’s reasonably priced at $2,899.99 at the official Dell Store.
For the price, you get that coveted RTX 5080 graphics card alongside a powerful Intel Core Ultra 9-285 chipset, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB SSD. These specs are right on par with other machines right now and more than enough to get you superb performance right out of the box.
As deals editor, I’m hesitating to recommend this one to our readers. Dell has a really, reall great track record with sales throughout the year, and its Alienware stock is nearly always included in these big retail events. While it will be a few months yet before any price cuts appear, we should generally see some really great deals.
Secondly, I think there are better value RTX 5080 gaming PCs on the market right now. Over at Newegg, for example, you can get this Yeyian Pheonix with a Ryzen 7 9800X3D chipset for just $2,699 (was $2,999). The Ryzen 7-9800X3D inside this machine is a much, much better gaming chipset than the Ultra 9 in the Aurora and you also get proprietary components – meaning they’re much easier to upgrade.
Speaking of which, I’m also partial to the high-end Alienware Area-51 that the brand has just announced. While the cheapest RTX 5080 model comes in at an eye-watering $4,499, this new model features completely proprietary parts and an absolutely gorgeous new case design. It’s pricey, yes, but it could be worth springing the extra if you’re dead-set on getting an Alienware gaming PC.
Alienware Aurora with RTX 5080 now available
What I’d go for instead right now…
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