Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition

Alienware is Dell's gamer specific brand, it is home to some of the best machines produced in this segment and definitely some of the coolest looking. The brand has both, gaming PCs and laptops. Some are based on Intel chips while others are built around AMD's Ryzen chips. The Aurora R10 from Alienware has a look that is inspired by its name, it could easily be pictured on an alien spaceship especially due to its LED ring with 16.8 million colours.

Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen Edition internals

This partnership with AMD is a winner for the chipmaker, it has the AMD Ryzen 9 3950X. A powerful processor that features multithreading and has a high number of cores as well; there are 32-threads and 16-cores. Combined with this is another beast, the GPU is Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti which has real-time ray-tracing, AI-based DLSS 2.0 and vapour cooling. It has its own dedicated high-performance GDDR6 RAM at 11GB. With these specs, the GPU can easily put out 4K at frame rates higher than even 60fps; there are even reviews stating it can produce higher resolution than 4K too.

The main processor has 32GB of DDR4 RAM available to it, making it super at any level of tasking; be it gaming, music production or video rendering. For storage, the Alienware Aurora has a 1TB SSD that is based on the NVMe M.2 standards which is another high-performance component. All this power enables it to handle any top tier game from its time with ease.

Thermal efficiency is crucial for high-performance machines, so Alienware has featured their own liquid cooling system on top of the CPU for the Aurora R10. 

Porting and Other Features

Gamers use many different peripherals; Alienware has accounted for this on the Aurora R10 giving it a plethora of ports to connect to. This includes 3 USB 3.1 ports, a USB TYpe-C and headphone jacks on the front. There are more on the back, it houses 6 USB 2.0 ports, 4 USB 3.1 ports, a USB Type-C, Ethernet and an array of audio ins and outs.

The Aurora R10 Ryzen Edition also features one of the best optimisation softwares for your PC, the Alienware Command Centre. With this software, you can set up profiles that are specific to the kind of task you want to execute; for example, it can have game profiles to divert power for gaming so your experience is extra snappy. It also lets you tune the audio, tune individual components, monitor the system, control the RGB lighting and has a game library and launcher.

Comments

The Alienware Aurora R10 Ryzen Edition is one of the best gaming PCs of its time, with a super lean look and great components. Keep in mind there are variations in components, for instance, there is a version the features Intel instead of AMD Ryzen.

The price of this gaming PC is high, but it will see you through a good few years of the latest games.