Alienware’s new Aurora R13 gaming desktop comes with Intel’s newly launched twelfth Gen Alder Lake chip and a brand-new design. You possibly can select something from the Core i5-12600KF as much as an i9-1200KF, in addition to a variety of Nvidia graphics playing cards.
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The R13 additionally exhibits off Alienware’s redesigned Legend 2.0 chassis, which comes with an elevated quantity of inner house that’s supposed to advertise higher airflow. It additionally provides the choice of a transparent facet panel that tacks on an additional $70 to your buy. You possibly can nonetheless open the case with none instruments, making it straightforward to improve elements or begin customizing.
On the AMD facet of issues, Alienware launched the Aurora Ryzen Version R14 that ships with as much as an AMD Ryzen 9 5950X chip — however the processor isn’t the one factor that’s totally different about this machine. Whereas the R13 is available in white (“lunar mild”) and black (“darkish facet of the Moon”), you possibly can solely buy the R14 in black. Regardless of the colour distinction, the R14 will nonetheless sport the Legend 2.0 case.
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Having the twelfth Gen Alder Lake chip offers the R13 entry to extra {hardware} choices when in comparison with the R14. For instance, whereas the R13 can assist as much as 128GB of DDR5 RAM, the R14 solely helps as much as 128GB of DDR4 RAM. The R13 additionally offers you the choice of putting in the Alienware Cryo-Tech Particular Version CPU liquid cooler, which has a 120mm radiator with a pump pace of 2800RPM.
The very best-rated energy provide choices are 750W Platinum for each builds. Storage can also be the identical on the R13 and R14 — you possibly can select as much as a 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD and 2TB SATA HDD. Each the R13 and R14 ship with Home windows 11.
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The Aurora R13 is out there on Alienware’s web site proper now, with pricing beginning at $1,479.99. In the meantime, the R14 is barely cheaper, with a beginning worth of $1,249.99. However in case you’re not into the flashy look of those two PCs, Dell has additionally revealed its first XPS Desktop that comes with a liquid cooling possibility. Just like the R13, it additionally comes with the twelfth Gen Intel Core processor however has a way more low-key look. The XPS will grow to be accessible someday this fall, beginning at $919.99.
Since RTX 3080 and 3090 graphics playing cards are briefly provide, it could be tempting to buy a prebuilt Alienware PC simply to get your palms on one — particularly for the reason that scarcity exhibits no signal of stopping. Each the R13 and R14 builds provide the possibility to select from an Nvidia RTX 3080, 3080 Ti, and 3090. Value will fluctuate relying on the one you select, after all, however it’s going to nonetheless most likely be cheaper than in case you determined to purchase one from a scalper.