Alienware - Aurora R5 Desktop - Intel Core i7 - 16GB Memory - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 - 256GB Solid State Drive + 1TB Hard Drive - Silver

I can't say enough good things about this PC. I play Warhammer 2 with graphics settings on Ultra with no issues. There is literally no game that this PC can't play. The Solid state drive is excellent! I have a heavily modded flight sim that usually takes forever to load but this PC loads it's up very quick. I am very happy with the Alienware computer and with Best Buys customer service. When I went in to pick up the item, they told me that it went on sale and credited the difference in money back to my card. Very happy with this purchase.

I was in the market to upgrade/update my existing game rig and had priced out the individual components I wanted. When I saw this unit on sale over the holidays, a friend who was with me convinced me that for the price, this was a pretty decent compromise vs. acquiring the parts I had in mind separately , and because it was already built, I could obviously save myself the potential headaches of another computer build. Admittedly, building your own computer is a fun and rewarding experience, and you can save yourself a few dollars here and there, but I really didn't want to this time around and so this R5 seemed like a good choice. I particularly liked the smaller, sleeker case (compared to the NZXT Phantom I currently owned) and the creative use of space on the inside is a nice feature. This R5 marks the 4th Alienware computer in my home, and I have been pleased with every one of them. I brought the R5 home, set it up and was rocking Overwatch at 120+FPS on ultra in no time. I replaced the single 16Gb RAM with 4x4Gb DDR4 as well as added 2 SSD's to the provided 2.5" bays and I was delighted at how easy it was to access everything. I don't see the GTX 1070 needing to be upgraded anytime soon, but the fact that I could drop in a 1080 (or even 2 GPU's in SLI) at some point is a nice option. For the price, I think you'd be hardpressed to find a better deal in terms of components, packaging and performance. I am EXTREMELY pleased with my purchase, and I am glad my friend talked me into it at the store........because that's what friends do: they enable.

i dont know what to say,....just 3 words....i like it....

I paired this with a Samsung UN40KU6300FXZA 40" 4k TV for a monitor and it works great. Very fast boot time and it plays everything I throw at it in 4k on this set up (maximum 60Hz on monitor if you use HDMI 1 on that set). My sound is through HDMI so I can't comment on the sound from the built in sound ports. The Good: Great performance for what I use it for at about the same price for building one yourself with comparable specs. The Bad: 460 Watt power supply in this unit not the 850W (my fans are quiet unlike some reviews I've seen for this PSU) will need to be upgraded if you add a second video card Air cooled not water (I've not had temps get to high and I've never seen my fans above 30%) Single 16 gig stick of Hynix @ 2133 MHz not gaming ram Only has 2 2.5" bays for hard drive expansion, only 3.5" bay is already filled with the 1TB drive (you have to remove this drive if you want a larger one) You can see a test I run on this system below (does include added internal and external drive performance) http://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/2268681

My old HP Quad processor was at it's end of life. I started looking for a new desktop with the speed and performance I was looking for including newer features like Bluetooth and a solid state hard drive. Most of the PC's I looked at were flimsy construction and just didn't function well for me like my old HP media PC did. I had always like the alien PC's but typically too rich for my pocket book. After checking out the specs and the build quality of this PC I decided to pull the trigger and get it. I was a little disappointed in that a tag was brushing up against the fan but I opened it up, bent the wire tag out of the way and it's wisper quiet now. I will be loading up my video software but so far after a month, it has not disappointed in the least. Boot time is seconds, and transitions immediately to new programs, software as needed. Love it.

I read all the reviews on this computer and at first I was disappointed that I didn't get the liquid cooled processor but...I have since put that to bed! People also said that the computer was excessively loud, well, I didn't notice any noise out of the ordinary at all. In fact, my older self built computer was much noisier! And, I check the processor temp all the time and its quite cool. So, I have absolutely no complaints on this computer at all...its very fast and it just works!

The machine is fast and runs Oculus Rift well. The only reason for the 4 out of 5 stars instead of 5 out of 5 is that the machine was advertised as an open box, but from the manufacture date of 20160103 and some dust in the machine, it looks more like a refurbished computer than an open box that was returned before the 30 day return period.

I am not an avid gamer, but I purchased this computer because of the quality of construction and speed. Alienware is an excellent build with speed in mind. The OS is on a SSD drive so I pulled the 1T HD and put in a 3T drive for more storage. It was easy to change the HD but I was surprised to find the machine has room for two more SSD drives on the bottom of the chassis. This is not in the documentation there is room to add drives. My only disappointment so far is that the DVD drive is a thin plastic drive rather than a standard DVD drive. I am very impressed with the USB 3.1 port which I have connected to an external drive docking station that is made for this type of USB port. I recommend this machine even if you are not a gamer because of all the features.