Customer Ratings & Reviews

Absolutely loving the Aurora R16! From the moment I booted it up, the performance has been buttery smooth. The Intel Core i7-14700F paired with the RTX 4060Ti handles everything I throw at it—gaming, editing, multitasking—with zero lag or hiccups. Temps stay cool even during intense sessions, and the case design is sleek and surprisingly quiet. The 1TB SSD gives me fast load times and plenty of space. It’s a perfect balance of power and aesthetics. Highly recommend to anyone serious about gaming or performance-heavy work.

The PC is a BEAST! I upgraded from the Alien Ware Aurora 13, and the difference in power and graphics is AWESOME! And at the price I paid for it, I STILL can’t believe it!

I’ve been using the new Aurora for a few weeks now, and it’s a total game-changer. Moving to the "Legend 3" design was a smart move—it looks incredibly sleek on my desk, and the matte finish is much more premium in person. What really impressed me, though, is how quiet it stays even when I’m pushing max settings on titles like Cyberpunk 2077 or Warzone. The airflow is a massive step up from previous models. Setup was effortless right out of the box, and the AlienFX lighting adds that perfect custom touch. If you want a high-end rig that performs as good as it looks without the hassle of a custom build, this is it. The Design: It uses the "Legend 3" industrial design, which is more compact (40% smaller by volume than the previous R15) and has a sleek Basalt Black matte finish. Thermal Performance: Mention the front stadium intake and the 240mm liquid cooling heat exchanger. These are the main reasons it stays quiet during long gaming sessions. Cooling Vents: The hexagonal side vents are a unique feature of this model that helps with passive air intake. Alienware Command Center (AWCC): This is the software you use to customize the AlienFX lighting and monitor your performance.

This was a replacement for a few faulty computers I kept getting so this is influenced a little by my prior bad experiences(they were not this brand). Its design was interesting and it was a reluctant purchase at the time as it was a downgrade from what I originally ordered. Considering the price, it’s not a bad computer but I was disappointed with the amount of RAM for the price(but you can always upgrade relatively easily and cheap). It does run any games I want with ease and it keeps relatively cool and smooth for what I play on it with max graphics settings(such as Horizon and BG3). I have been rendering with it and it does just fine with my art. It is also a shorter tower than most computers so it fits great on my desk and the ports are on the front which is nice. The cooling system is interesting and I was concerned at first how cool it would stay because of the case, but I don’t seem to have any issues so far. It makes a weird clicking sound now and then when it’s sleeping that’s mildly annoying but besides that so far it’s going good!

So, ive had this desktop since february 2025 and it runs magnificent.No problems as of late.It sets up fast and gets games running quickly.It handles multiple applications so thats a plus.Amazing that you can change colors of the tower as well.A great purchase overall.

I’m very happy with this computer. I have had gaming laptops for the last few years and wanted something with just a little better graphic card to play my online games. This is perfect

Such an crazy upgrade from my old asus Works perfectly and a great price for a pre built with high end parts! Amazing color schemes too! Highly recommended

Honestly it is a beast when handling emulation, but certain modern games I have to decrease the resolution. Other than that this thing is absolutely beautiful, however to get a 2TB increase in storage or more with specific part changes it's rather steep or ridiculous when it comes to price so this is worth it.

Perfect easy set up runs great very happy no problems whatsoever

Amazing PC, beautiful graphics and amazing performance!

amazing, graphics card is perfect, don’t get pin locked, might happen on a Alienware update, but honestly if it happens to you like it did with me just factory reset ;) but yeah I’m pretty much loving this thing, for a pre built it’s awesome.

Even better than advertised. Doesn’t get much better than this. Looks amazing, crazy fast, superb graphics. Highly recommended to pair with the matching AW OLED monitor if you can swing it.

Works like a charm is very reliable. Haven’t had a single problem with it and I’ve had it for about a year now no issue runs. Amazing is very smooth. Absolutely no problems.

This is a great machine. I use a design program daily called pro kitchens for work. This has greatly improved the performance of my renders, and made my job significantly more efficient. Setup was clean and easy. I'm happy with the keyboard and included mouse as well.

My son absolutely loves this gaming pc . The sales representative was wonderful and answered all of my questions and was a huge help. The product is definitely great, and came with a lot of extra perks .

Awesome gaming desktop with amazing performance. After a year of using it, I can say it's my favorite PC I have owned. Awesome device. I heavily recommend this PC for new PC gamers.

Good, high-end PC. Not having a single problems with it since it arrived. If you get to buy it with a discount, this is a pretty good choice.

Its a good pc. Although the 500 watt power supply and ram is a little dissapointing. Not much optimization either with the motherboard. But solid graphics card and processor. Not bad.

I bought this gaming setup as a starter pc so my boys can play online games with me on my old Xbox and I’m very pleased I had many questions about pc gaming before I bought this one and the guy who I talked to helped me decide what would be best for me in my budget the computer is very fast and plays for hours no problem the computer was packaged very nice overall I would say go to best buy for your computer needs

I excitedly opened my Alienware computer out of the box as soon as i received my shipment from Bestbuy. Following after i set up my Alienware R16 gaming computer, I realized my dream finally came true of owning Alienware R16 gaming computer. I set up windows 11 and began my journey of exploring the internet and gaming on X box like being captinKirk on the startrek.