Alienware Aurora R16 Review: A Legendary Gaming PC Refined

We've generally enjoyed our time with Alienware Aurora gaming PCs, including the recent Aurora R15. The previous model maintained Alienware's commitment to UFO-looking aesthetics but that's all changed with the R16. This time around, Alienware has gone with a much more traditional desktop PC look, filled to the brim with the latest CPUs from Intel and GPUs from NVIDIA. Let's Meet the Alienware Aurora R16, check out Alienware's Legend 3.0 industrial design and dive deep into some PC gaming benchmarks.
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[smilingskull]

No complaints here. Running all my games on high settings and does a fantastic job. If you are the type to always have the latest and greatest, you'll never be happy.

[MrStolensweaters]

This is the best review of this pc. Everyone else are giving me information that I don’t care about.
He showed gameplay with settings.

[kevinsyoutube]

Everyone complaining are tech enthusiasts - pc’s like this are WAY past anything the regular gamer would need! I’m a developer and that’s a demanding process, and this computer is still top tier

[zeppelinization]

Best review! I love how alienware is going with the new look. Great specs, Cool look, and better cooling components.

[TheFreddyCardoza]

Superb review. Informative, clear, and balanced. It was helpful to me. I purchased the Aurora R16 i9, and your review was very helpful to me. Thank you!

[bb]

Great job Ben! Can't wait to see you guys pump out more vids.

[joejoey]

Just ordered - great information in the video, thanks!

[phprofYT]

11:59 3.5GHz on a processor with Max turbo of 4.1 GHz and 5.1GHz respectfully e, p cores? Also, did I hear correctly that it matches an i5 in one of the test benches although this is an i7?
Thermals over time? Power consumption? How does Dell balance the CPU performance?
Deal breakers: custom motherboard and power supply.

[Sainte]

I was going to build my own, but I wanted to try an Alienware for myself. A lot of mixed reviews all of the time while searching online. I got the Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4080 super Intel Core i9-14900f 32GB RAM. I'm hoping it will perform well for about 8 years before I need to upgrade. I bought a Cyberpower pre-built for like $900 back in 2015, still works great, just not good enough for gaming anymore. At least not the games I am trying to play. This R16 was really dang expensive for me, but I am looking to get away from Sony, so we shall see. It arrives next week and I am looking forward to Black Myth Wukong on it, hope it works well enough.

[grymmoire]

A few months later, but I just bought one of these and I’m super excited 😅

[twz]

Great Video Ben, this video is so good I have viewed it more than once. I ordered the configuration with 1000 watt power supply and 4070TI and 16GB Ram . Before it came, I ordered RGB Ram 32GB from Newegg. I thought I was ordering DDR5 5600. When the ram came It was DDR5 6400 (PC5 51200) (TeamGroup). I also ordered an NVME SSD 1GB for the second storage. The Aurora R16 from Dell and the items ordered from Newegg came the same day. When I saw the Ram was not what I thought I ordered (5600), I got a little apprehensive. Anyway I decided to install the ram before I turned on the PC and see what happens. It powered up and I was logging in Windows 11. Then shutdown and installed the NVME SSD (TeamGroup). Initailized it and shutdown again to bring over hard drives full of games from my old custom built AMD FX8350 PC . It was long overdue for me to have a PC upgrade LOL. I istalled a 5TB Toshiba 3.5 in internal bay . Attached are 16TB WD easystore, 4TB Passport. I am Happy with my Alienware purchase of the AuroraR16.

[loginoff]

Great review ! many thanks for sharing. I've ordered the same config, but with 1000W PSU . It could be overkill. Unfortunately they were not offering 600-750W PSUs.

[claynewhouse]

Thank you for making a great to the point video and actual not running it through the mud and making my decision possible now

[StealthyZombie]

I feel as if it’s wrong to buy one of these but I really want a better PC that can run current games. I just don’t know enough to build and test one myself. I’m in that boat where I’ll be taken advantage of by PC companies because I’m naive and don’t know what to look for, or how to buy it.

[diaboyos]

Will a three fan GPU fit in the R16 case?

[octavioortiz]

great video congrats. for real this is very very helpful. just curios what was the temperature room when you guys run the thermal test?

[ayaliway]

just got one it runs amazing if you have the money its a must have

[NorwayWarrior]

Debating on going with an Alienware r16 or a skytech computer. Hopefully there will be a black friday deal

[MaximusYeet]

Ecoelite Tech is my top pick over other brands for prebuilt PCs. They offer superior build quality, excellent value for money, easy upgrade options, and a commitment to planting a tree for every PC sold! Definitely worth checking them out if you are in the market for a new PC.

[bugginbilly]

The WiFi antennas are for the WiFi card correct? I’ve never used the Wi-Fi card before, but looking into getting one.