Pricing/Availability of other computers compared in this video: REMEMBER! Check the actual product links tagged within the video first! Alienware Aurora R15: geni.us/Alienware-Aurora-R15 HP Omen 45L - geni.us/HP-Omen-45L (The Absolute Best Deal for a top tier Gaming PC) (NEW) Corsair Vengeance i7500 - geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i7500 (Most Popular) Corsair Vengeance i7400: geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i7400 (Old version) (NEW) Corsair Vengeance i8200 - geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i8200 (My Favorite) Corsair Vengeance i8100 - geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i8100 (Old Version) CLX Horus: bit.ly/CLX-Horus ******Around $3000 and Under****** HP Omen 45L - geni.us/HP-Omen-45L Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 8 - geni.us/LenovoLegionTower7i CyberPowerPC - Gamer Supreme (i7) (4080) geni.us/CyberPowerPC-i7-4080 (Closest equivelant I recommend to the one in the video which is Out of Stock) *****$2000 and Under***** Skytech Azure 2 (All Options) - geni.us/Skytech-Azure-2 Skytech Azure 2 (i5) (Intel Arc A770) - bit.ly/Skytech-Azure-2-Intel-Arc-A770 CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme (i7) (4060Ti) geni.us/CyberPowerPC-i7-4060Ti *****Around $1000 and Under***** Victus by HP 15L (13th i5)(3060) - geni.us/Victus-by-HP-15L CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme (i5) (4060): geni.us/CyberPowerPC-i5-4060 Favorite Monitors: Corsair Xeneon Flex 45in Flexible Ultrawide OLED Screen: geni.us/Corsair-Xenon-Flex Alienware AW3423DWF OLED Ultrawide: geni.us/Alienware-AW3423DWF (The Brightest) My other PC Reviews Corsair Vengeance i7400: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yxAOivgHQF0.html Corsair Vengeance i8100: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fEg8ymTwXUY.html HP Omen 45L: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GgecrOtsa1Q.html Skytech Azure 2: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GXb2_kuPEV4.html OriginPC Chronos V3 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rpxxRhXx7E0.html Corsair Vengeance a7300 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AvQzQJ39enI.html Alienware Aurora R15 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n47Sra-c3yk.html Skytech Prism 2 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YZsTQEIJ48U.html Corsair i7300 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VLLj32cGp54.html CLX Horus Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-V4sTMLf8aFo.html (2022) HP Omen 45L Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uhjyZAI3Kis.html Skytech Chronos Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tbct1CSCnBk.html CyberPowerPC - Gamer Xtreme Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rNIFfa6mWJw.html CyberPowerPC - Gamer Master Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-G8I_81gQWNo.html HP Omen 25L Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IzuVBh6U0j8.html Alienware Aurora R13 Review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Sx7vhzx3cgM.html Please consider buying something from one of my Affiliates in the description and comments to help support the channel: After clicking these links ANY purchase within 30 days helps me! - Corsair - go.corsair.com/VmOzaA - HP - tidd.ly/3GWb3mI - Dell - bit.ly/Dell-Shop 🔥Make sure to SUBSCRIBE with the link below for some great Tech videos and future LIVE Benchmarks of many more gaming computers ru-vid.com PayPal donations are GREATLY appreciated! Link below.. paypal.me/JustinTechTips
Any way to make motherboard or power supply fit replacrments fit? Seems like a huge downside to alienware if anything breaks you have an expensive brick.. not to mention limited hard drive capacity with only a few slots
Thanks for the review. After discounts, I paid $3200 shipped for the R15 with 13th Gen i9 13900 KF, 4090, 32 GB, 2TB, and three years of premium support. Performs well for my needs (which is MW2, Forza, and Photoshop - that's it), there's nothing I would need to "upgrade" or add from here, and just not worried about the heat. I also love the aesthetics, which matters in my home. I considered building my own, spent a lot of time messing around on pcpartpicker, but I couldn't build one at this spec at the discounted price I paid. Without the discount, I probably would've built.....
I bought one used on Dell outlet for $2700 shipped, including taxes. Had upgraded ram and sdd/HD. I spent a lot of time on pc picker as well, but for the price I couldn't resist. My only concern is the thermals and the dust filters. Honestly idk anything about this pcs filters or if it even has any and, another concern is the thermals. I'll be adding some external fans on the side panel vents as intake fans near the gpu and one exhaust fan at the top exhaust vents. But to be perfectly honest, anything under 90c should be fine, and from what I've seen these pcs achieve that stock. Also tunning the fan profiles should help as well as just slightly under volting the cpu. Hope you are enjoying your new pc.
I don’t doubt any of the comparisons/benchmark results. But I will say that I finally sprang for the Alienware because all those prebuilts like Corsair are just so cheaply made: unimaginative, thinly-painted aluminum rectangles, ready to fall apart. The Aurora is a very different story: heavy, glossy, much attention to little details.
Totally understand your concerns with the R15. I have custom built all my PCs, but with some incredible coupons I was able to stack, I was able to get the 13700K and 4090 for about $2,600 which I could just not pass up. Thousands less than the others available so I couldn’t say no. Doesn’t hurt that a new Command Center is coming out this year.
@@uncouthliyouth4486 Depends on if you know the limitations going in. If you're cool with a lot of proprietary parts and some questionable components, it's not the worst. The R15 is waaaaaay quieter than before, actually impressively so. GPU Temps have been reasonable with CPU Temps a little on the high side, but not bad.
That exact model right now is $3700 and I am absolutely pulling the trigger on that purchase. I cannot wait to finally own an Alienware desktop I have always wanted one this video got me excited for it!!
I really like the design and build quality of Alienwares laptops and at CES it looks like Alienware have made some nice changes and upgrades to their laptops, hopefully you can get some of those in to test them but I don’t think I would get their pre-built PC’s. I would definitely go with the Corsair or another better quality less expensive one. Also anything Alienware I buy would be on sale.
@insertnamehere4419 Yap I have x17 and I love it. Good temperature. Always sitting at 68C for Gpu and Cpu around 88C but sometimes jump to 95C. Alienware laptop usually they priorities on cooling Gpu cuz Cpu can take hotter temperature anyway.
@@insertnamehere4419 that's funny because I just had the opposite experience. I am returning an Alienware m18 with i9 13980HX, RTX4090 and 64GB RAM bc it keeps starting up very slowly, overheats for no reason at all and froze on Skyrim startup. Will be getting this desktop instead I cannot wait for it AND far cheaper at $3700 vs my $4300 m18
I recently purchased a pre-built Alienware Aurora 15 (4090 graphics card) through Dell (online). After receiving it, I had nothing but issues with the audio. There would be a “crackling” sound every now and then, while playing games or watching videos. After at least 20 hours of trouble shooting with their tech support, I returned it for another one. 2 weeks later, I received the new one, with guess what…SAME ISSUE. I returned that one and got my $$$ back. I was done and exhausted with Dell. I am guessing there is some hardware issue related to Dell using a cheap mother board, or something. A friend of mine recommended I build my own through Micro Center (computer store in Ohio and other states). I spent the same money ($5,000) and got a much better gaming PC (Ryzen 9 7950x…4090 GPU…64GB D5 RAM @ 6000 mhz…4 TB HD)…This new PC has had zero issues and is truly a dream PC….Use extreme caution buying this Alienware A15, would NOT recommend…..
@@mart1nez6331 Send it back while you can!!!! I'm guessing it's a motherboard issue.....There is something definingly wrong when two systems in a row were doing it......
Where were you all this time? Finally we have someone worth to watch on such reviews. Great work. I wish I was a million in parts to give you a million subs😂😂
Thanks Emmanuel! I really appreciate that! Yeah sorry it took so long. I started on it actually before Christmas but then took some time off with the family on vacation, and then went to CES for almost a week, and then I decided to finish my testing on the Corsair Vengeance a7300 so I would have another next gen PC to compare the R15 to in the full review. Next reviews are coming a lot quicker. The Corsair Vengeance Review will be early next week
It's worth noting that Corsair temporarily drops prices by a couple hundred dollars, seemingly at random. I jumped on the 4080 version of that i7400 when it was $3099 a few weeks ago after watching some of your previous PC reviews. Didn't really have space in my budget for _any_ new computer, but couldn't pass up the deal. Right now, the 4090 version of the i7400 is showing up on their site as $3699 (at least in the US).
Thanks so much for pointing this out. I ordered the i7400 two weeks ago. It arrives in two days. I just called Corsair and they price matched it for me ($250 cheaper today). That’s nice customer service! 👍👍👍
@Voice of Reason! Nice! That's what this comment section is all about! Thanks for sharing that info as I'm sure it will help a lot of people. Yeah @Kevin Koo Corsair has been pretty good to their customers in my experience. I also doubt they want the hassle of a lot of customers returning their computer to then buy it again for the lower price
@@JustinTechTips that’s exactly what they said. Corsair indicated that price matching is on a case by case basis. I haven’t even received the computer yet but its already been a great experience because of the nice customer service.
Alienware is having a Summer Sale currently. The cheapest R13 is a really good deal, and is being sold under build it yourself price. That R13 in particular is the best deal on the market currently over anyone else or anywhere else. Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming Desktop $1,199.99 Processor 12ᵗʰ Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700F OS Windows 11 Home Graphics AMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT Memory 16 GB DDR5 Storage 512 GB SSD There isnt anything much better than this right now for the value. I've checked everywhere, and this deal is a steal. With this you get the quality and luxury of Alienware along with Alienware / Dell software, warranty, and support. You also get the ability to upgrade significantly to anything else you want yourself. Because the motherboard and 750Watt power supply are capable of the current higher end cards. Yet, if you wanted to get those cards from Alienware even with the Summer Sale you will still be paying a premium. So don't get anything else from Dell / Alienware right now. You can buy the upgrades from Amazon or Newegg and put them in yourself if that is the route you are wanting to go. Although, understand this current R13 is still a really good gaming computer in of its self. Only thing you might want to do additionally is add additional harddrive space, and more Ram. But be sure to purchase those from Amazon because Alienware will charge you a large premium if you add those upgrades on the website. Remember that. Regardless this R13 alone is a steal, and you cannot build this same computer yourself for less. Dell/Alienware is really helping folks out with this computer. The RX 6700 XT with the 12th Gen Intel CPU is plenty to play really any PC game people play these days. If you want more power later on. Just upgrade yourself because you can, and do the purchases from Amazon or Newegg. You will save a ton of money. As I said dont add the upgrades on the Dell website because it is designed to charge expensive premiums, and you wont be getting the best deal then. Pay $1200 for a really nice and quality Alienware computer. Still Play your favorite games with the very nice 12th gen intel CPU and the really nice AMD 6700 XT. Its a win all around. Save yourself thousands of dollars and still do everything you want to do. If you do get bored just buy the new graphics card yourself and you would still be saving a ton of money, and you will have the 6700XT as a standby GPU.
Thanks for the video. I'm still happy with mine. Even with the 20% coupon I got from AW Arena. Upgraded the ram to 6000mhz Corsair Dominators and its been running like a champ. With that discount, I could imagine it would be hard to beat the price of $3600. I haven't seen one yet. Have you?
Your reviews are now officially my go-to basis for my next pc purchase, thank you! I will probably end up getting one of the Corsairs in the near future.
Thank you Gert! My goal is to make these videos as helpful as possible with the most data possible but also to make it fast paced enough so people don't get board with the information. Good luck on your search!
If I wasn't a gamer I would definitely go for the Corsair.. I'm a hardcore gamer so I would definitely have to go with the better performance of The alienware.
I'd eventually love to see a 13700k vs 13900k review for the R15, and if going for an i7 would be a wise choice if thermals is a concern. I'm also curious as to how hot things would get with an i7.
Nice review! I got mine about 2 weeks ago and love it. Noticed the cpu runs warmer than i like and going to put on better thermal paste to see if that brings it down some. I went with cheap 8gb RAM and threw in some 32gb Corsair Dom Plati RGBs, another 2 TB m.2 and 6tb hdd. I was able to get about $700 off with veteran discount, company discount and current $200 off stacked (dont know how i was allowed to do it but not complaing). I will say your stock m.2 running alittle slow. Mine was at 7149 read and 6306 write on same test. That Corsair I was close to getting myself though and you arte def right on thats a real bang for your buck! I'm happy with the r15 though. Its a beast!
@@mtxgalant96 thank you so much for answering. And does it stack with other discounts? how much was the discount? And are you enjoying the cpu? Worth it? .. sorry for all the questions, jus excited to be in the market for a beefy desktop again! Lol
Dell has wonky pricing. While the pc could be $5100 normally, Dell could run a sale and knock $1,000 or more off. I own the older Alienware designs and cannot recommend them.
Yeah it's really their attempt to suck as much money as they can out of people until they no longer generate any sales. I'm tired of companies that act like people are getting a deal when they are really just bringing the price down closer to normal
@@JustinTechTips I did the same recently today and ordered the CPU : 13thGen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9 13900KF(24- Core, 68MB Total Cache, 3.0GHz to 5.8GHz Graphics : GeForce 4090 24GB GDDR6x Ram : 646B, 2x326B, DDR5, 5200MHz Storage : 2TB NVMe M.2 PCle SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage) I paid $4,300 including the back plate because of the presidents’ Day sale along with a 10% coupon code, so all together that took off $1,145. Lowkey wanted the corsair, but I really do like the design of the Alienware, just the aesthetics not the actually functional part of it, do wish there was more room inside. Hoping this PC performs well for gaming and streaming ?? 😰
@@JustinTechTips the Intel 13thGen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9 13900KF(24-Core, 68MB Total Cache, 3.0GHz to 5.8GHz P-Core w/Intel Thermal Velocity Boost) and the 4090 GPU.
Hey, always thank you for great reviews! I just got my own r15 and ran the cinebench but I only managed to get 28452. Did you run it with overclock applied?
ordered r15 for i9+3090+16gb 4800+1tb= $3.6k, includes back cable cover. replaced with Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 64GB (2x32GB) 5200MHz, and added 990 pro 2tb, total ~4k. will replace 4090 ti in the future. love it because it is like a powerful heater in the winter😂
Just got a PC built a few weeks ago I5 10400 Aerocool vx 600w psu Zotac 3060 12 gigs (used) Biostar h510 motherboard 16 gigs ddr4 ram 1500VA 900w ups (necessary in Lebanon) I'm so freaking happy with it
Just bought this configuration including 4TB storage (2 TB M.2-PCIe-NVMe + 2 TB SATA) for $3'635.48, directly from Dell. For this kind of quality and power, there aren't many cheaper options around.
Most important thing to remember is you should never pay asking price. I called DELL and said hey im a loyal customer what is the best price i can get this pc for? Long story short it was (USD): $4,391.21 for the following: 13900KF Windows 11 home 4090 64GB 5200 mhz ram 2tb NVMe M.2 Cryotech cooling Dark Side of the Moon 1350w PSU 1 year warranty No keyboards, mice, or software. DO NOT PAY THE ASKING PRICE!! Basically, talked about the Corsair PC and how much more you could get for that then DELL. The only game they tried was to not match the 64 gigs of slower 5200 mhz ram (On the Vengence). But when i said well thanks im gonna go with Corsair they called me back in less than a minute and matched it. Its still more money but its $800+ cheaper with a 5 minute phone call. Also I put it on the DELL credit card so even though I can pay it instantly this will give me another $130 in free stuff from the Dell Store so i may get a super nice headset or keyboard etc. I am not saying this is the best pc on the market. But i watched the previous preview video and noticed the "noise" seemed to be lower on this one then the others. To me that is important.
@@JustinTechTips I started with chat too! However, I said i wanted the phone number to an American Based Support Person. As rude as that sounds they gave it to me. Then I talked to "Mohammed" who was American and explained all that stuff. They did ask for my Alienware customer number. I have bought 3 Pc's from them in the last 6 years...So maybe its not apples to apples comparison.
I purchased this desktop at computer Micro Store. The unit had been a display for 2 months. I purchased it for $2550.00. I added a 4TB SSD, 32GB Ram and switched out the 1TB HHD for a 18TB HDD. I am very impressed with the system. The graphics card was selling for $2200.00. It would have be stupid to pass up the deal!
Great video, appreciate what you do on the channel. I just got mine, 13900k, 4090, 64MB RAM, 4GB SSD for $4100 in the sale they did last week. Alienware is like the rest, pricing and promos change frequently. For what I paid, I think it's a fair value vs. what's on the market, and the performance so far is off the charts compared to my last build. Agree on the points you made around the motherboard and case, but unless you are going to do it yourself, or want to pay ultra premium pricing, Alienware is a good route.
Alienware also gives a military discount and it stacks with any sale price. Bought mine fully loaded for 3200 and absolutely zero complaints with Dell or the machine.
Wow man, great review! Love all the specs. I am adding a PC to our workflow (that has always been Mac). Your quick and concise overview helps a lot! God bless!
(2nd post for full review ) Failed to mention that Dell offers HUGE discounts, and you know they do Justin. SO why not talk about it in your review. I got 20% off my r15 by using dell coupons that I googled for. So that take away your price argument. You also made a huge deal about the space between the graphics card and the psu. Yet the 4090 runs well in the safe range around 70-74c from my experience with the same computer. Highly recommend upgrade cpu thermal paste. My r15 doesnt go over 70c while 4k gaming while running background apps. Also got 38,000+ during cinebench r23.
This dude fails to tell you anything you’d actual need to know. It’s insane how some of the people get popular… like truly, this guy+ quite a few others have given some of the shittiest advice and recommendations I’ve truly ever seen
What advice are you looking for that wasn’t provided in the video. Helpful criticism will help us improve. Blanket broad insults will not. I have a feeling you didn’t even watch half of the video
Thanks for your review. Mine is going to be here tomorrow I upgraded to 64 GB RGB G skill trident 6000 mhz intel xmp. It should do a good job for my Varro aero. What do you think buddy
@@JustinTechTips yes it is amazing but with my r12 3080it was really not enough to push it. This is going to be so awesome with the 4090 I know it’s very pricey, but you get for what you pay for and to me it’s worth the money the graphics are insane
Hi Justin! How did you get such a high Cinebench R23 and Time Spy score? I got my R15 today and it is the exact same spec as yours 13900 KF and 4090 with 32Gb DDR5 4800Mhz ram. My Cinebench R23 score was 30,798 vs your 35,000 and time spy score of 29,430 (33,552 graphics and 17,352 CPU) vs your 30.013 (34,855 and 16,795). The only thing I did was updated drivers and bios via support assist and then updated the nvidia drivers via GeForce. Did you do anything else prior to your benchmarks?
$3700 to be exact. Honestly the best deal is build it yourself but inform yourself of the best parts to use......but f that I did it once and now that I have a good job, I am getting a prebuilt r15 aurora from Alienware lol
I've been waiting for this review! I have a R15 sitting next to me with a 13600kf and a 4090 and I dont know how to feel about it without this review!!! Finally!!! Lol. Love how you do your reviews. I got the cheapest ram and hard drive from Dell and bought those elsewhere to save money. Thermals seem good to me and my time spy results meet the average results for my hardware.
Yeah sorry it took so long. I started on it actually before Christmas but then took some time off with the family on vacation, and then went to CES for almost a week, and then I decided to finish my testing on the Corsair Vengeance a7300 so I would have another next gen PC to compare the R15 to in the full review. Yeah I was pretty impressed with the 3D Mark Timespy score and gaming FPS was really good but it is pretty ridiculous how much Dell is charging for it. The price to fps ratio doesn't justify that price. Have you tried the Overclock 02 profile on yours? Everytime I changed it to that in the Alienware Command Center, it crashed my PC.
@JustinTechTips yeah I use the OC2 profile. It seems glitchy and says I can't apply the overclock but monitoring the performance even in AWCC it appears the overclock to my cpu and ram (5600c36) do get applied. I dont overclock my gpu at all though. Worried about starting a fire lol. With OC2 enabled I got GPU35808 CPU16083 and combined30244 for time spy. For cinebench23 I got 2121 single and 23170 multi. I only got the 13600kf though... I think it fits better with the thermals on a 240aio and it usually beats the 12900k in gaming benchmarks. The 13900k is waay better for multicore performance but has a very minor fps boost in games compared to the 13600k in my opinion
Great Review Videos! My Question is what Alienware desktop (or other equivalent) would you recommend to purchase now (with good base value), with the intent and flexibility to upgrade the GPU, CPU (if possible) and RAM later?
Alienware just finished a promotion offering this PC for $3,300. After watching your video, part of me wishes I would have taken it. The upgradeability is a real concern, but the price to performance ration for $3,300 here is crazy.
This review is probably the best gaming desktop review channel so far I found on youtube. A humble suggestion to the only flaw I found: if you are displaying the temperature value, it would be very helpful if you can unify them all as Celsius or as Fahrenheit, or display a Celsius degree value besides the Fahrenheit. Anyway, amazing info, amazing comparison and amazing video progression flow. All "cut to the chase". Thank you for you time and effort!
Got it for 3k is it a good deal imo it was. Dell discount Military discount Amex platinum 120 dell credit Rakuten 3k points like 40 bucks. What's your stake?
Here is an idea for testing out super computers, try testing it out with extremely high tech games (I would recommend Cyberpunk 2077) I would use this tactic to test your computer to see if it runs well for those games (atleast 40 FPS or more)
@@Dayumson-c4q I am using the RTX 4070 Super graphics card, Intel Core i7 14700K processor, Kingston Fury 64GB (4x 16GB) of 6,000MHz/MTs DDR5 RAM, Samsung 990 Pro Gen. 4 solid state drives, Asus TUF Gaming B760M-PLUS WIFI II motherboard, Asus TUF Gaming 750-watt Gold power supply unit, Asus TUF Gaming LC II All-in-One liquid cooler, Asus TUF Gaming TF120 fans, and an Asus Prime AP-201 case. For additional ARGB lighting, I’m using the AsiaHorse light bars. One is 11 inches and the other 3 are 5.6 inches.
So what I seen was, the Corsair has more and better ram but still seems to fall a little under in performance. And then we talk about price on the Alienware without mentioning that NO ONE pays retail on Alienware. My R15 4090 like we have here, with upgraded to the faster DDR5 ram and 2TB of SSD space, and 2TB HDD space, no.rear cover (it's for a sim rig, ya won't see the PC anyway) with current discounts cost me 3300 taxes and shipping included. And I'll be interested in the thermals because your tests show it hotter than everyone else's tests who I've watched. The Corsair is probably great, but the customer support and way dell treats people for me, is worth the purchase most of the other builders I've talked to were basically useless. Either tried to get me to cheap out, or told me I'd be stupid not to buy the absolute most expensive thing they can build.
Yeah, at the current price of $3200, it's an unbeatable deal. Now the Vengeance system goes for $300 more than the Alienware....and I've actually heard of Alienware! This will be my 4th Alienware system. I've had nothing but luck with each one. Got a solid 5 years from each. I got a great deal on a Cyberpower PC from Costco that I purchased 7 years ago, so I skipped the Alienware last time. Those 3 systems ran hot, and they were loud, but they were far and away the fastest machines available. I'm excited to hear that this one will be quiet AND cool! Yes, forget about upgrading, but honestly, that's why I want a system with an RTX 4090 in it. I don't want to have to replace that for the normal life of a system. How are they going to make these graphic cards bigger anyway?? The thing already takes up half the case! I'll bet the next gen is smaller.
@@christanwharton Got mine last week. It is a BEAST! You're going to love it! Playing DCS at full settings. Flying a mustang weaving between 30+ bombers on screen at once is sublime. It's powerful and silent.
Thank you for your review of the Alienware Aurora R15. After watching your video, I have a question and/or a problem with this computer. I bought the computer with the following specifications: Alienware Aurora R15 AMD Ryzen(TM) 9 7950X (16 core, 80MB total cache, up to 5.7GHz max boost) NVIDIA(R) GeForce RTX(TM) 4070 12GB GDDR6X 32GB, 2x16GB, DDR5, 4800MHz Windows 11 Home I love the computer but there is a problem I have encountered, and I would like to hear your input. The problem I encountered is when the computer goes into “SLEEP MODE”. For some reason, my system DOES NOT stay off while it is in “sleep mode”. In the contrary, it keeps turning on/off continually. I also notice when the computer goes into “sleep mode” all the lights in the system go off except the video card. For some reason, it stays on (even during sleep mode). Is this normal? Have you encountered this problem before? Thank you for any information you can provide.
Very neat. The mobo on my R11 just (quite literally) went up in smoke, so I'm having to get it repaired and/or get a new pc. I know without a doubt to avoid this formfactor, so I'll be looking at the others you mentioned
Woa! Did you contact Dell about that Kigkevin? I would think even if you don't have a warranty left on your PC that they should take responsibility for something like that. There's some serious liability issues there
@@JustinTechTips Oh yeah, I did. They said "Alright well you're out of warranty, that'll be 60 bucks just for us to look at it!" And then it was another $250 for them to replace the mobo. It should get shipped back to me soon, I hope?
So if I am able to get the r15 with the specs you review in this video for $3,500 before tax, do you think that’s a better buy? Or is the vengeance a7300 for $4,000 better? Or even the vengeance i7400 for $3,950?
@Kuntz4life no if you want to build a super computer from scratch, Alienware is not the way to go. A Corsair build kit is the easiest way to build a PC from scratch without worrying about things not working or components being compatible with each other. Corsair DIY Build Kit - go.corsair.com/MmyzzN
@@JustinTechTips The R15 is way way over priced and the HP Omen 45L with the RTX4090 I was thinking of getting until some other reputable reviewer said the Omen is being power throttled so I am not sure about the Omen now... I saw this latest review and that Vengeance i7400 @ $3,699 is looking very attractive and much better NVme @2TB...what do you think---thanks again for sharing
Hey been watching you for awhile never subscribed but made sure too love ur videos and the pcs you review I been struggling getting started and getting a pc for my gaming career the pcs you showcase are dreams of mine have a great year I’ll be waiting for the next video 😁
Hey brother. Question. This model is on sale on Amazon Prime Day with a AMD Rayzen 9 7900x and 4080 32 Gigs of RAM for 2k. Think it’s a good buy? I’m using it primarily to play warzone. Appreciate any feedback. And thanks for the above video
Despite many telling me Alienware is not worth it or ridiculously price I still am getting pull towards wanting one lol I might have to wait for a deal or if I catch a deal cause $5k is crazy
@vys0311 for 240fps you could maybe hit with low settings on Fortnight with a 1300 PC but definitely not Epic settings. For the maximum fps on a $1300 budget I would go with this version of the Skytech Shiva bestbuy.7tiv.net/JzyPEr or this version of the Skytech Shadow 4 bestbuy.7tiv.net/eKMmq6 . Leaning more towards the Shiva
Thanks for the quick review of the updated R15. It is good to know the thermals are better and performance has jumped considerably. Is R15, as shown in your review, worth $3000 pre-taxed? I have an Alienware Area-51 R2, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5960X CPU @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz, 32 GB Memory (DIMM,8GB,2133,2RX8,4G, DDR4, NU), three Nvidia GTX Titan X graphics cards in SLI. The system still plays everything I want at full specs on a 1440 display with no issues and has many additional hard drives. The $3400 mark might be worth an upgrade, but I don't know how many hard drives I can add. The Area-51 R2 has one 4GB mechanical drive and 4 SSDs with plenty of space. I do not look forward to transferring everything to a new machine, but I am tempted to purchase this system at $3000. Thoughts
@Peterson Family are you referring to this version from Best Buy? bestbuy.7tiv.net/AoLKN7 I can't seem to get anything close to 3000 pre taxed on Dell's website when selecting the specs that I have in the version I reviewed. The R15 has 2 NVME SSD slots total and 2 more 2.5" SATA SSD bays in the back. And 2 3.5" SATA Hard Drive slots on the bottom of the back. If you can get the 4090 with a 13th Gen i9, then yeah I would say that's a pretty good deal!
@@JustinTechTips on Dell with current discounts. $700 off plus you can add another 10% GAMING10, and 5% ARMMPPS, plus 12% back via Rakuten. Comes to around $3000 for the same spec. I want to upgrade to 5200 memory for $50, Windows 11 Pro for $95 (seems high), and will need another 2 GB minimum NVme SSD and thought to upgrade to 4TB NVme SSD in stead of 1TB + 1TB combo, but that is another $550 which seems really high.
I purchased the R15 and upgraded the Memory to the 5200 Mhz option for $50 and Windows 11 Pro for $95. Instead of upgrading to a 4TB drive for $550 through Dell, I left it as a 1TB SSD and 1TB Mechanical drive. I purchased the Crucial - P3 Plus 4TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4.0 NVMe for $264 instead to use as my secondary drive using rebates I had, reducing the cost more. I also purchased two JEYI M.2 HeatSink, Heavy Duty Aluminum Convective Heat Sink, Passive Heat Sinks with Fins, (30℃ Drops Max) FinsCold Seris Godfins001 to go on each SSD to help reduce heat some. I had wanted to get new gaming monitors, and the 4090 and much faster CPU were needed to run a newer gaming monitor. I will be trying out the 49" Samsung Odyssey Neo G9NA, crossing my fingers there is no issue, or two 32" Odyssey Neo G7 4K monitors. I have been really happy with my existing Alienware Area-51 R2 system and will set it up as my son's machine. I have tried several of the newly designed Alienware R series over the years and returned them all for excessive heat, but I think this R15, with more fans and an open design to allow airflow, will work. If not, it will go back. Thanks again for your review. It was constructive for my purchase decision. Yikes, I just watched your Corsair Vengeance review and questioning my decision. Agreed, Dell has wasted too much space, and even though the design is cooler there is NO room for expansion, unlike the really cool and expansive Cosair system. I wish I would have checked prices during President's sales. Do the Corsair go on sale?
This is the first time I have seen your video as I'm considering to buy Alienware R15. However, I'm kind of confused from this video: sometimes you compare the Alienware R15 to Corsair i7300 and sometimes to Corsair a7300. It is not correct to compare 2 different PCs as being the better one. Could you please pick one that is better? Also, is the Corsair all configurable/upgrade-able?
Thanks for the honest review! Admittedly I told myself I would not buy the R15 13900kf + 4090... Dell Arena had a limited distribution of 20% off coupons, as well Dell was honoring an additional 5% off if you financed through Dell Financial Services. This brought the price down to $3,357.67. Currently experiencing some buyer's remorse, I might be able to live with this R15?
Dang I've had several comments like this where people have snagged the Dell Arena discount. I wonder if they'll ever do that again with this PC or if it was just in the beginning to get people hyped. Those are some serious savings
im trying to find a work/gaming computer, mostly minecraft, maybe a bit of minecraft dungeons and some fps games, would there be any laptops that you would recommend for that? Also, love the videos, unfortunately I can't afford a lot so I can't buy the tech, but it provides a very good background video for work.
It’s so amazing the internet of today, manufacturers know they can’t give us crap with no repercussions. They know they can’t mess around with how blazingly fast word gets around if they sell us garbage. No more guessing what you want
I got mine, 13th gen I9 13900KF, 4090, Asus Z790-A, 64GB 6200Mhz RAM, 3TB SSD Storage, Nzxt h510 flow Chassi for $5000. I don’t know what to feel about the price since it’s my very first gaming pc ever.
Hello my friend just want to let you know I am having problems with my r 15 since I purchased it in December. Right in the middle of boot up or playing my games the fans kick into high speed and screen goes black with game crashing. Fans won’t Stop running until I shut the pc down manually. Dell has changed out motherboard and replaced graphics card and last night it did it again. I wrote Dell an email this morning. So thinking about returning it so what do you recommend I want i9. 13900k Intel processor with 4090, 6000mhz of ram and 64 gb of ram ddr5. And what kind of warranty can I get. Would the warranty come with remote session. I would appreciate your help.
@Richard Palmisano geez man that sounds incredibly frustrating. Yeah not sure if it came across strong enough in the video, but I would take Corsair over Alienware any day. They are very reliable and every machine comes with a 2 year warranty vs only one year from everyone else. The i7400 is my favorite go.corsair.com/kjYn2z
@@JustinTechTips thanks for the fast reply can I get your email and maybe I can write you personally and give you my cell phone number or vice versa and I can talk to you on the phone I see that you know a lot about computers bro and I trust you, so thanks my friend for the fast response. I wish I knew how to build my own lol and I’m only going to be using the computer for gaming that’s it.
Alienware sale ends on the 20th, just got this beast for 2,200 (450$ off). I know the GPU isn't nuts but I turn all my settings down for more FPS anyway and 12gb of VRam is all you need, just wish it had the 5800 mhz memory because thats what it can support. 13th Gen Intel@ Core i9 13900KF NVIDIAR GeForce RTX 3060 32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4800 MHz, XMP (Overclockable up to 5200Mhz) 1 TB, M.2, PCle NVMe, SSD
Have you tested the R15 version with the 7950X? The sad thing with the thermals is so much heat trapped near the top, so the radiator doesn't seem to have a real outflow path
do you consider DELL has regular 10% on these PC which makes them very competitive on price (by just subscribe to their mailing list, so basically for everyone)?
It leads in how many categories yet you can't recommend it because you can't change the PSU or motherboard? Who cares! You seem to have left out that it comes with a year warranty from Dell and you can always extend it. That is on-site service where they show up to replace what ever is diagnosed. What you also don't know is if that does not fix the problem Dell just builds you an entire new unit and sends it out. You send them that one back and call it done. What's Corsair's warranty? You say it's a unbiased review but you are biased as hell. You mention the Corsair system in near every slide. You saying you can't add a card is also wrong. You can't add a PCI-X card. But there is enough high speed ports you can just get one of those. Elgato makes several. Some are just destined to hate Dell, regardless of what they do. Just think there are 5x120mm fans that you don't have to touch now like you did in the R13/14 due to the noise. My R14 idles at 44db and gaming it hits 47db and you can hear that noise through a headset. Choice here should just be user preference. The Corsair is another ugly box and that founders card system looks hideous in it. Don't forget to mention the nightmare of Corsair iCue software (google it). That software constantly pounds your cpu, causing your cpu to boost to near max freq at idle. Personally I think the R15 looks better in Lunar Light then Dark Side of the Moon but that's why you have options because not everybody likes the same thing. Last but not least we'll talk about price, you configure your R15 the way you want it and then click the button at the top to talk to a representative online. You then paste them your configurator link so they can look at it. Myself I've gotten $500 knocked off of that exact configuration, and I know others who got over $700. I've gotten $300-$400 knocked off on mid-range systems.
What I said was I can't recommend it for that price. Corsair's Warranty is 2 years go.corsair.com/oexPob . Even with $500 off the R15 is still overpriced for these specs compared to the competition. I don't hate Dell or am biased towards Corsair, I just think that after looking at the data and all things considered that Corsair is a better option for most people. The only reason I talk so much about Corsair in this video too is because it's the only other prebuilt with the latest gen CPU and GPU that I've been able to extensively test and compare the R15 to. Part of the reason the R15 tested better than that machine is due to the latest Intel CPUs being faster than the latest AMD. I'll have much more Intel versions coming in the next few weeks so I can personally compare apples to apples though. I know there are a lot of people who obsess over having the coolest temperatures for their gaming PCs and I do know first hand that the AMD version of the Corsair Vengeance was able to deliver great performance and exceptional thermals
@@JustinTechTips I disagree. The R15 is a better system and you also forget to mention the PSU is a 1350w Platinum rated/server grade PSU whereas the Corsair is 1000w gold model. You mentioned a couple times about how much space gap there is between the psu and the gpu, yet the thermals are well in check in the low 70s. If you put a capture card or whatever in the Corsair below the GPU you're going to essentially be doing the exact same thing as what the PSU does in the R15. What did you have your fan profile on during your R15 testing? Quiet, balanced, or performance? On the R13/14/15 the gpu fans are controlled by the AWCC profile. Possibly earlier models to but no one cares about 12 and below b/c those are all junk. If you re-check Dell's website, you can now get a R15 in an AMD (CPU) version. Not sure if you saw that. Which warranty were you talking about for that Corsair system? Standard or Advanced? With Dell you get 1 type of warranty. Simple. You call them up and they diagnose it. If it's deemed to be hardware they send someone out to fix it the next business day or two in most cases. On the Corsair you have to open a warranty claim, okay that's fine. But unless you're an advanced PC User you aren't going to know what part is bad. Who is going to diagnose it? Who is going to replace the part? You get the idea. If you are tech savvy, know the ins and outs of PC DIY parts, then the Corsair system is right for you. If not the R15 is the best at the moment. Either way these systems are upwards of $4000+. You aren't going to be replacing them every year or two years at that. Your finance guy would have a heart attack if he learns you turn $4000 into $1500 every 18 months or so. Remember folks these are depreciating assets.
Holy cow you took the words right out of my mouth bro. I was simply too lazy to say anything. But honestly, thank you for commenting this. It needed to be said. I just ordered my R15 with i9 3900KF with a 4090 and cryotech cooling. Paid for 5200 RAM too. I’m used to building PC’s. This is my first ever prebuilt and I was soooo nervous getting it. After taxes my order came out to exactly $4K. Definitely could’ve knocked a few hundred off if I would’ve called sales. But it’s no biggie. I think Dell really paid attention to customer feedback after the whole R13 disaster. This is by far the best desktop they’ve made to date.
100% I would go with the i7400. Even more so now after I made this video I see they dropped the price even more on that one go.corsair.com/kjYn2z Not sure how temporary that special pricing is though.
In all fairness. I got the top of the line R15, with 4tb of nvme, 64gb of ddr5 5200, with all the other stuff for $3900. Which cost to performance would then beat out your go to corsair.
A friend who works at Dell gave me his 17% discount and there was a SAVE350 coupon at Dell last week plus a promo going on right now for one of the Aurora R15 at $3599.99 with a total subtotal of $2780.49 after the discounts/coupon applied. I knew this was a steal so I went for it. My specs are: Processor 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 13900F (24-Core, 68MB Cache, 2.0GHz to 5.6GHz P-Core Thermal Velocity) Operating System Windows 11 Home, English Graphics Card NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4090, 24GB GDDR6X Memory 32GB, 2x16GB, DDR5, 4800MHz Hard Drive 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD Chassis Options Dark Side of the Moon 1350W PSU, Alienware Cryo-tech ™ Edition CPU Liquid Cooling & Clear Side Panel Wireless Realtek Wi-Fi 6 RTL8822BE, 2x2, 802.11ac, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0 Keyboard Dell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 Black (English) Mouse Wired Mouse, Black MS 116
