Dell Alienware Aurora ACT1250
Reddit take
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Pros
- It's a great deal, I'd bite on it
Cons
- Thermals on these are insanely high and you will get thermal throttling under load. The parts are proprietary (INCLUDING THE CPU COOLER MOUNTING HOLES) so nothing is upgradable really.
- It's an alienware, that's the catch. It's definitely not a bad buy, but there is the risk of proprietary components which could make customization / upgrades a pain.
- Based on everything it has it’s a great deal and it will handle anything with a 5080, 2TB and i7, but as others have noted you will be very limited to any mods outside of Dell Alienware parts. If you like to tinker and upgrade things it’...
- Nothing at all unless you care about the ram speed and that the upgrade path for this pc is limited. But this should last you a couple of years. It’s Microcenter so most of the time they have the best deals around
- bad ram, it uses proprietary parts so upgrade path is super limited, and shitty design because its a alienware. really all youre missing, but its still amazing for the price
Sentiment
1 positive (17%) · 3 mixed (50%) · 2 negative (33%)
Trust + time weighted score: -8% · raw score -17%
What redditors said (6 of 6)
It's a great deal, I'd bite on it
Thermals on these are insanely high and you will get thermal throttling under load. The parts are proprietary (INCLUDING THE CPU COOLER MOUNTING HOLES) so nothing is upgradable really.
It's an alienware, that's the catch. It's definitely not a bad buy, but there is the risk of proprietary components which could make customization / upgrades a pain.
Based on everything it has it’s a great deal and it will handle anything with a 5080, 2TB and i7, but as others have noted you will be very limited to any mods outside of Dell Alienware parts. If you like to tinker and upgrade things it’s best you build your own PC. It all depends what you prefer.
Nothing at all unless you care about the ram speed and that the upgrade path for this pc is limited. But this should last you a couple of years. It’s Microcenter so most of the time they have the best deals around
bad ram, it uses proprietary parts so upgrade path is super limited, and shitty design because its a alienware. really all youre missing, but its still amazing for the price
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