With manufacturers looking to raise prices to fuel the AI age we’re sleepwalking blindly towards, Black Friday weekend might offer the last chance to save on PC hardware for a while.
We’ve already seen a solid iBuyPower PC build reduced at Walmart, but if you’re looking for extra grunt, then the Alienware Aurora deals might well be worth a look. Dell is offering price drops as high as 30% on various models of the Aurora R16.
Save hundreds on Alienware desktop PCs
All of the models we’re talking about here have the RTX 5080 GPU inside, offering a great balance between 4K gaming and high frame rates without getting comically overpriced. That means they lean on 50-series tech like NVIDIA’s DLSS 4, allowing for multi-frame generation to keep frame rates high.
It’s far from a perfect solution, but it seems to be the way we’re going nowadays.
Aside from the GPU, a rig with 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage, as well as an Intel Core Ultra 7 CPU, will run you $1,814.99 with the Black Friday deals, a 30% drop on the $2,579.99 MSRP.
From there, you can spec upwards of course. A model with an Intel Core Ultra 9, 2TB of storage, 32GB of RAM, and that same RTX 5080 will set you back $2,249.99, down from $3,199.99 (another 30% drop).
Finally, a $3,399.99 model is now $2,449.99 (a 28% price cut) and includes the same as above, only with 64GB of DDR5 RAM.
Naturally, that’s a steep price, but the Aurora R16 can also be configured with something like an RTX 5060 for $999.99 at the lower end.
Personally, this case is much more fetching than my big, bulky PC, and I appreciate the neon accents, too.