We bought a $398 Alienware Gaming PC

We find tons of used deals on eBay that are usually pretty decent…. This one may be our best find yet! With what ended up being a Ryzen 3800X and RTX 2080 Super for only $398!? How could you go wrong with a price like that?

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Alienware Aurora R10 | Ryzen 3800X + RTX 2080

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[SchowardGaming]

i know it is single channel memory, but a 2080 super and 3700x combo for sub $400 is a crazy good deal. what a find

[victoresarey]

1st gaming pc was a 2021 alienware aurora r10 ryzen 5 5600x rx 5700xt 32gb 3200mhz ram 1000w psu and it was a beast paid 400 usd

[Hickeroar]

I bought nearly that same PC with a 9700k & in it when it came out. It was ~$2000 at the time just as the Rona was taking off. It was technically an r9. I'm still rocking that CPU in a completely new computer now because it overclocks like a beast. That's a whole lot of PC for $400. Similarly specced r9 and r10 machines are going for $600+ on ebay normally.

[PenguinTuba]

Yes you can do it at home my first gaming pc I'm using right now is 500 on eBay and it has a Ryzen 5 5600g and a Rx 6600xt.

[adlibconstitution]

I know someone who built a pc with this price BUT it comes with a RX 580 + R5 3400g.
WTGF!? 2080 SUPER!?

[Ynw_bellyWanyt]

Can confirm that deal hunting will get you some crazy stuff. Won bids for a Thermaltake Toughpower GF A3 1200W for like 96 bucks and a R5 7600x for 180 bucks. Shipping tax included for both orders.

[lesterthecollector]

I copped an r12 with a Titan X, i7 11th gen, 64gb ram, m.2 1tb for $575 back in 2022. Wasn’t sure why it was so cheap, but runs so smooth till this day, I use pro tools and play some games on it too. Thing is a tank and has been through two moves with me already with no damage

[guildpilotone]

great deal, I would definitely add a second stick of RAM just because... 3700X is still a decent 8-core/16-thread CPU, clearly a good match with the 2080 super. And that power supply!!

[bikelifewithalex]

I saw this deal yesterday and almost bought one. Glad I get to see it made it to your channel. Wish I had your budget to order pcs all the time, then again you guys resell them right?

[siege-is-a-waffle]

i see a comment about their first gaming pc mine was an intel i7-2700k, 8gb(2x4gb) 1600MHz, r9 290x(8G model, i still own it), 550w psu, now im rocking a ryzen 7 5800x(oc to 4.95GHz), 64gb 3600MTs(2x32gb), evga rtx 3080 ftw3 ultra(10G model), 850w psu

[chumbawumba]

Great find! I have built recent and comparable Gaming PCs that provide similar performance, and was approx. $450 for parts (all new). So, at $398, really good deal IMHO.

[Elpiś]

The deals are crazy, i've got a pc for 500 and it had an 3060, i7 11th gen, and 16 gb ram

[NASAxDRAGZ]

Just to answer some questions in the video, I bought a Alienware aurora r7 a few years ago, I don’t recall what gpu it had come with, but it did have a modular 850w power supply, (still have in my build to this day), a i5-8400, ended up getting a 1080 ti I ran for quite some time, ended up swapping cases, the motherboard is definitely proprietary. I tried to run it in my new build, ended up needing a whole new mother board, & I upgraded cpu aswell. I’m now running 3070 ti / i5-12400f, still same 850w power supply, but it was a solid starting build to get into pcs. I paid $200 for it.

[hillhell]

I'm thankful to my parents since they gave me a lesson when I was young. I always wanted one of these alienware but it was so expensive. My parents gave me half of how much the desktop was worth and I was still able to buy a more decent performing system than the one I wanted. 😅

[JasonGroom]

6:47 I would guess the proprietary part is likely the front panel connection. Dell loves to do that

[OrthoDebo]

PLEASE do an upgrade video, would be super entertaining and interesting to see what this can do maxed out

[SLVR_VT]

I’ve been seeing comments about first PCs, so thought I’d share :3
Mine had a Ryzen 5700X, RX6600XT, and 48GB DDR4.
Nowadays I have a Ryzen 7600X, RX7800XT, and 32GB DDR5, it’s been a hell of a glow up, especially for a VR rig

[GallegosVladimir]

I just got this pc model last week, pretty much same specs, but it has no liquid cooling. Also I found a series of videos from Gamer Heaven where he does cooling mods to this pc (Applies for R9-R12). So, I guess it will be on me to do the upgrades and I am excited to enjoy my first gaming desktop pc after just playing on laptops.

[guybomoulton]

in June of 22 my old system was getting too long in the tooth and I snagged a new Aurora R10 for just under $2g. This thing kicks ass with a Ryzen 7 5800x and a 3080. I hear a lot of hate about Alienware and a lot of YouTube reviewers detest them just because they hate Dell. I play every game with Ultra settings and it's been a good system. right around 15800 in Time Spy. What helped was nuking & paving the SSD and reinstalling win11 from a clean image and getting rid of the Dell bloatware though. The RGB is a steady blue now instead of being customizable. Oh well

[milescarter]

Alienware is not bad. Just needs one of 2 things: a big hole cut so air can get in and cool it. Or: a new case so the parts can breathe.