It's usually going to be cheaper to build a PC yourself, but even here this isn't exactly a 1:1 comparison. That Alienware Aurora R13 uses DDR5 memory and a DDR5 motherboard, while yours is using the prior generation of DDR4. Your M.2 SSD is also a gen3 while the R13 uses a gen4 SSD. I'm not sure what other parts you've skimped on, but the R13 also has integrated RGB LEDs all over the place that can all be set independently or sync'd. If you made a true competitor with the same parts the price would still be more for the alienware, but likely only by $200-300. So, what does that extra "Alienware tax" money buy you? Your own time, less stress, convenience, 24x7 technical support with a solid warranty where they will send a technician out to your house next day to replace parts if any components fail, and more. Now, don't get me wrong.. I've been building my own PCs since the days of the 386/486 in the late 80s and i couldn't even count how many different PCs I've built throughout the years, and I had a great time doing it. I was an early adopter of desktop linux back in the days of dialup internet and spending countless hours tweaking things to get everything working. Again, I loved it and learned so much, but it's not for everyone; in fact, I would say it's not for most people.. And saying that Alienware is a scam because you can build something yourself cheaper is disingenuous at best.
DDR5 won't drive the cost that high, they rip you off on cooling, PSUs are proprietary as is the board, and You'd still save $500 which is enough for a better GPU. Stop defending shit, because that's what this is.
The service is what matters. My Alienware died on location hours from anywhere, and they sent a tech out and repaired my computer within 3 days. Also when the great GPU shortage happened it was much cheaper to get a Alienware.
@@notlNSIGHT upcharged?? Whats better, getting the warranty, or be left by yourself to crack open the laptop, figure out yourself, and order yourself the part yourself. Hmmm?
if it was a 100 more I could see it being worth it but 700 more??? for a mediocre pc. Even if you don't feel like building it, you can get way better pre builds for cheaper.
Also, these pcs are built for you from dell but you have to wait, from Amazon they are all assembled and ready to go, you pay more for that availability, and overall the price itself has a warranty with it, which some parts might not have. Not to mention assembly cost. But yea I wish they were cheaper
I just purchased a pre-built with a 4090 for $300 less than its components! $1000 off for Christmas in July, 10% off from coupon, and $150 cash back from American Express rewards program. You will always find good and bad deals from every company! Be patient and always keep an eye out.
This is unbelievable I own an Alienware I’ve had the aurora r 12 for a long time now it is never overheating. I play high graphics games like hunter call the wild and I play my games on Max settings. like red redemption two I played that on max settings without any problems and plus you have to factor in not everybody has experience to build a PC.
i have a freiend who got one for about idk 1000-1200. it had a 12 year old hard drive, 11400, and a 1650. to be fair, this was in 2022. it still doesnt excuse what alienware did.
That's odd. I just bought an R14 with a Rizen 7 5900x, 64 gigs DDR4, 1 T M.2 , 1 T ssd, and Raduon 6900 xt. For a grad totally of $1,672.76 with tax. Oh and that includes the cryo cool, back cover, clear side, and windows 11 pro. You can't build that for under $2500 if you shop for deals. 3 years of support and a 1 year replacement warranty on all parts. That's another $200 easy. Oh and I'm running DCS and I racing and never gets above 82c.
The best number for all the pre builds out there, get it immediately and didn't have to go for all the trouble and stress of testing every single component
I paid under that with the same exact components. But the motherboard pre build ibuypower now I did upgrade the cpu cooler to an aio because the one they put on sucked. But saved a lot of time by not building great buy imo
@@zainstudio2410 honestly not bad, I’ve had almost no problems with performance, but sometimes the temperatures are a bit higher than usual when playing demanding games. Besides this, it’s relatively quiet and I do recommend for the price I received it.
what about alienware r3 intel core i5 12600KF and GeForce RTX™3070. 16gb ram and 1tb ssd. do u think its a good deal for $1,287 dollars. with tax.@@sussyimposter5521
@@zainstudio2410Did you end up buying it? I made the purchase and it hasn't shown up in over a month for the same model you are talking about, they said they are having "trouble getting the 3070 and power supply"
Don’t buy an Alienware PC it’s terrible. I went to a store one time at Best Buy and it said that it was liquid cool. I looked in there. It was a CPU fan cooler. It wasn’t liquid cool at all.
I’m sure they have to pay multiple people unless it’s just one guy in their garage building PC for people. Probably a $700 service fee. You know they can actually make a profit.
You got to get the huge discounts they have every quarter You can get a full spec flagship that cost a menial amount more than building yourself and on top of that, the best warranty and support in the industry second to Apple
Obviously everything that you make/build yourself is gonna be cheaper BUT you are paying for the convenience of just receiving the computer, plug and play, also warranty and technical support
Don't listen to this guy, he forgets to mention that when you buy a pre-built you are going to have a hassle free experience out of the box, not to mention Alienware on site replacement or repair and tech support. I have the Aurora R15 and it is a cool running beast. I've owned Alienware products for years and highly recommend.
Alienware prebuilts are garbage. Ewaste. Gamers Nexus proved that. Alienware PCs use proprietary parts, meaning long term repairability is non-existent. Plus the Auroras have a pretty well known issue with faulty VRMs. You want a prebuilt with good support? Get an Origin or a Maingear. They will help you through EVERYTHING. Even buying the machine and explaining what the parts do. Plus, everything is standard components, which means repairs are cheaper, and the parts can be swapped out for better ones later down the line. On top of that, you're buying systems that are built to order, with tons of attention to detail.
@@notlNSIGHT You misunderstand. which is how I know this product isn't for you. Dell's computer's and servers are used globally on a corporate level. Alienware is Catered to their high end clientele, who don't want to send out their laptop to HQ like Razer and wait weeks. they want it repaired asap without hearing "What the parts do". These people want a top of the line gaming experience without any of he hassle. and paying a few hundred more bucks is worth over their time.
I bought mine for $1,100 for the EXACT same specs on sale. Now that being said, the R13 was discontinued 2 weeks later and it was purchased with expedited shipping over a month ago. Only way it would be worth it is if they actually send it instead of delaying the delivery for a 4th time. Are there any other deals for this price that may not be as overpriced, HP, NZXT, iBuyPower all charge more than 1100 for these specs, any ideas?
There are so many better pre built companies that don’t charge nearly as much for parts. I got a buildredux pc where they charged me an extra 50 dollars for the 4070. That’s the only part they charged extra for (besides like 20 dollars for the cpu) But even then, I paid 50 650 for the FE 4070 when they are going for 700 on Amazon. I paid 1700 dollars for it but that includes the 100 dollar build fee and setting it up/testing and 100 dollars to install the windows key. So 200 dollars (the pc would’ve been 1500 to build) to get everything built and set up for me. I think it’s worth it
This dudes right I bought the Alienware m15 r6 for almost 2 grand biggest waste of money I spent the thing always does updates all the time restarts and all this other mish mash and I’m like Wth plus on top of that the thing sounds like a rocket about too take off lol
I brought an alienware aurora r7 back in 2017 or 2018. Back when GPU prices were 4X above MSRP. It had a gtx1070 and an i7 8600, and I got it at $1200. I've updated to an rtx 3060ti, and later this year, I'll change the motherboard and CPU, but back then, it was cheaper than building a pc.
Tbf I did receive one as a gift from my parents and I’ll always appreciate that, and thankfully they got it on Black Friday so they saved some money as well.
Ayo me too man. Parents got it for my birthday with lots of discounts. Pc works well too. Just cannot show it to anyone who knows pcs without being literally bullied 😭
ahh duhh, prebuilt pc's are cheaper, but with alienware you are not just paying for the parts, add the cost to build the PC, which in your case is free cause you are not calculating the value of your time, shipping costs, your own insurance against damage if you care about that, and the designs are pretty cool. that 700 would be eaten up real quick
You are wrong in alot of ways here. The Rectangle junk box you will pay 500+ for, the 1 year warranty that comes free, the squad you can call at anytime for help. And the overheating o.0 10 years with the r6 from back when the 1080 ti was one of the top dogs and still 0 problems my r13 is a dream. Meanwhile my brother has bought and went through 4 built PC's and was out much more for getting a power supply on one of them that was wrong. Plus if you dont know what you doing RIP whatever $ you spent right down the toilet for the simplest mistake.
Lol at this video just got an r14 with a 3080p, ryzen 9, 2TB NVMe, 16gb ram 3400 mghz windows 11 total price 1,723 before taxes you just have to know when to buy I'd love if you built the same machine for the same price without the hassle lol
as if the market sells GPUs for mrsp so no i dissagree you can and in some cases should go with a prebuilt but a different one like MSI or Corsair which price their components fairly well.
But building a pc is a skill. They obviously need to charge for that labour. Not everyone know how to or is interested in building their own and potentially making a mess of it when you can get the experts to do it for you. Unless you are a hardcore gamer and play video games hours and hours a day then just buy a pre build
No no you got it all wrong, marketing prices are higher than the original because if you bought something and selled it for the price you got it for you would just get your money back
Laptops have good design and high performance so Alienware laptops are not bad but the pre built ones are really trash.Because I heard that they heat a lot and the price is really expensive and it is a nonsense thing.
I’ve heard that too. I have an Alienware m17 r4 laptop and heating hasn’t been an issue at all. You can hear the fans but not too much. The main thing it’s it’s just big with a 1hr battery life. But it’s a beast and I’ve had no issues. It’s my semi portable desktop.
Dude I bought a 1500$ Alienware from dell. It had a 100$ GPU that can't play anything No ram installed. And a 150watt psu lool after upgrading everything with 3060 RTX and everything upgraded literally. It's the fastest PC ever had
Pls respond I have the oldest Xbox and I am looking for my first gaming pc for 1000 and I am told to get a Alienware r13 but I would love some advice on that
It's the same thing with any product they buy the parts and build then sell it if they don't sell it for more than they bought it they won't make any money.
He’s on amazon lol. I’m not a dell fanboy but i value my time and money so just buy it off of Dell directly. They have yearly sales that make it worth it. Just wait for then.
I found out that eBay is a great place to buy starter pcs I bought my pc from eBay it has a 3070ti i7 12700kf and in the hyte y60 I got it for 1200 and to build it is is 2000
I picked up the Aurora R12 earlier this year and although it's better than the laptop I used to run games on this thing is absolute garbage I'm having issues from thermal problems video memory leakage out the ass this thing is not worth the nearly 3K that I spent
It is always cheaper to build your own PC, but honestly...the Alienware in this video is only a 30% upcharge over your custom build, which sounds pretty reasonable to me. Nothing compared to Apple's history of selling pre-built computers with a 500% upcharge
It's the labour of building the PC that adds the price. Yeah ofc you can build it cheaper however you spend time building it yourself and did you add tax and shipping costs on the pricing of 1788
