Toby-PKBLDR Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Good morning, The time has come to retire my 8 year old system for a fresh new machine. I’ve narrowed it down to this Alienware and would appreciate any insights, positive or negative anyone would be willing to share. I’m an SSA subscriber and always running the latest updates. (I left the old profile info for where I’m at now) I thank you in advance for whatever you have to offer. Toby https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/alienware-aurora-r16-gaming-desktop/spd/alienware-aurora-r16-desktop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwdozier Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 I just put this rig into service from the Dell Outlet, good price. Get a salesman to chat with you, they'll negotiate. Dell XPS 8960 32GB (1X32GB) Up to 5600MHz DDR5 UDIMM Non-ECC 2 -1TB PCIe M.2 NVMe Gen 4 Class 40 SSD NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 12GB GDDR6X (FWIW, to me, the Ti is not worth the price increase for just a bit more performance) 750W L6 Chassis without Optical Drive (Platinum) Core 14th Generation i7-14700 Processor (20 Core, Up to 5.40GHz, 33MB Cache, 65W) Windows 11 Pro Very pleased so far from my previous computer of about 8 years of use. It was from the Dell Outlet as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesVolz Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Make sure you get enough solid-state hard drive size and number for your needs. I bought an Alien Aurora R12 a couple of years ago. Now I wished I had two SSHD slots allowing at least 4Tb each. I will get two slots next time for sure as that lets you move data quickly for upgrading and/or backup from one drive to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Posted Friday at 08:08 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:08 PM On 7/16/2024 at 6:25 AM, CharlesVolz said: Make sure you get enough solid-state hard drive size and number for your needs. I bought an Alien Aurora R12 a couple of years ago. Now I wished I had two SSHD slots allowing at least 4Tb each. I will get two slots next time for sure as that lets you move data quickly for upgrading and/or backup from one drive to the other. Hi Charles, so you would go with this.... Thank, Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlesVolz Posted Friday at 10:52 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:52 PM Exactly. Or 2 x 2 TB to get the 2nd slot then you can upgrade the drives later when you need larger drives and they are cheaper. BUT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOUR SLOTS CAN HANDLE LARGER DRIVES. They may change the motherboard with these different configurations. Best, Charles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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