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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Alienware Aurora Gaming Desktop Review
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This Alienware gaming PC has been perfect for both my gaming and family needs. As a casual gamer, it does exactly what I need — from playing Call of Duty: Warzone smoothly to running my Steam library without issues. My son loves using it too for games like Space Engine, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, and Minecraft. It’s powerful enough for gaming, but also great for work, school, and everyday internet use.
The design is sleek, and I love being able to customize the RGB lighting to match my setup. I also picked up the upgraded Alienware full keyboard, and the RGB integration with the Alienware app is an added bonus that makes the whole experience even better.
Overall, this PC has been an excellent choice for both family use and gaming. It’s reliable, customizable, and delivers great performance across the board. Highly recommend it for anyone looking for a powerful yet versatile setup.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Super fast and very nice
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Live looks really good and clean super fast and quite olny thing i didnt like was the the glass panel is only have but still nice
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
An excellent pre-built choice
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Greetings, prospective buyer. I've had this Alienware ACT1250 since the 4th of July weekend. I use this mainly for gaming, specifically with Flight Simulator 2024 and 2020 running on a 3 monitor set up (playing at 1440p) and with the GTX 5080 on it, it runs very well.
I've run other game types with this too (FP shooters / RTS / Racing, etc.) and it plays everything without missing a beat.
I did upgrade the 32GB RAM to 96GB (GSKILL sells a lighted pair of 48GB of DDR5 RAM that works with this) and installed another 2TB M.2 for additional storage as well as a 4TB 2.5 inch SSD. That's all there is for storage so your mileage may vary on needs. I know you can get a 4TB M.2 now so you may want to look at those.
At any rate, it does indeed run very quiet. I've installed MSI Afterburner using the default fan curve and the hottest temperature I've seen the GPU get over hours of playing is 67 degrees celsius. There is plenty of cooling in this design and having come from an Alienware R12, this is definitely a better design concept in terms of airflow / cooling and temp control. The usual bells and whistles come with this through AWCC (changing the LED lights / Balance and performance modes while gaming). The only better version of this would be the Area 51 but you're looking at an extra $1k (ish) on top of this price.
In summary, I'm very happy with this purchase and this will be my gaming rig for the next few years. If you don't have the time nor inclination to build a pc, you can't go wrong with this guy right here. Happy gaming!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great features
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I like the quality that Alienware provides & the memory avaliable to play my games. My last computer couldn't keep up with my needs & I couldn't use many games. I'm excited about all the diffent applications to use with this computer. The cooling system is cool so it doesn't overheat. I need more time to use all of this & make a better review.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Nice pc
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Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Nice, fast and beautiful personal computer. Ive played some older games on it and im very satisfied with the performance. About to use it for a radio show and for video editing and live streaming.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great pc
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Its been a great pc so far, couldnt ask for anything else out of it.
I would recommend this to a friend
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
AlienWare of course!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
What can I say, It's AlienWare. Awesome at what it does. Not to fond of Windows 11 on it but, meh. Everything works great. Needs better directions on the Alien Control Center. But figured it out in the end.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
First new PC in years
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Graphics and speed are amazing. The fans are whisper quiet. Loads fast and gameplay is seamless. My only criticism is for some reason it doesn't recognize the keyboard on first start-up, but does after a restart.