Tuesday, December 13th 2011
Dell Introduces LGA 2011-based Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop
Dell's Alienware team has today launched an updated version of the Aurora gaming desktop which is based on Intel's Sandy Bridge-E platform. Known as model R4, the upgraded Aurora makes use of a head-turning ALX mid-tower chassis, and features a liquid-cooled Core i7-3930K or i7-3960X processor, up to 32 GB of RAM, up to a 2 TB hard drive and/or up to a 512 GB solid state drive, and up to an Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 card or two AMD Radeon HD 6950s.
Dell's desktop can also be equipped with one or two optical drives, a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio or Titanium audio card, and runs Windows 7. The Alienware Aurora R4 starts at $2,199 and can be found here.
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SlashGear
Dell's desktop can also be equipped with one or two optical drives, a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio or Titanium audio card, and runs Windows 7. The Alienware Aurora R4 starts at $2,199 and can be found here.
19 Comments on Dell Introduces LGA 2011-based Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop
What i would give to have just the case !! AMAZING !
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Oh sweet mother what a SCAM!
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They're charging $150 to overclock the 3930K from 3.9 to 4.1GHz and the same for overclocking the 3960X from 4GHz to 4.2GHz...
You must be a pretty stupid person to pay that premium and it should nigh on be illegal for Dell to charge that much extra for overclocking the CPU a bit extra
Though, you're overexaggerating. Yes, it's overpriced. Yes, it comes with not-so-good components. Still, the case has a front to back airflow chamber. You don't need a load of fans for good airflow. Also, it looks good and they're using dual-PCB Delta/Etasis server units, which are of highest quality. So the system as a whole isn't awful.
- Proper cooling is not always a lot of 120mm fans on each side of the case
- I do not think you've ever seen one of these case live.
I was at an exhibition of DELL in Italy i guarantee you that are designed to perfection and are mounted in a very solid and reliable.
Cooler Master, Lian Li, Antec ecc... in comparison of Alienware they are like homeless people.
1. is painted black inside so that the case doesn't feel cheap and 90s? (instead of trying to cover the cheap-looking grey metallic parts with black plastic sheets?)
2. is equipped with a black power supply so that you don't have to see its ugly metallic grey posterior in the back of the black case?
3. is equipped with a black backplate instead of cheap looking ugly metallic grey back plate? (so that you don't have to see its ugly metallic grey posterior in the back of the black case)
Oh Dell........