The Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070 Super Gaming PC Is Down to $1499.99 for Back to School

As part of the Dell Black to School Event, Dell has dropped the price on this Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 4070 SUPER gaming PC to only $1499.99, a saving of $400. This is a great price for a gaming right that can handle 1080p or 1440p gaming rig comfortably (and even has the chops for 4K).

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Alienware RTX 4070 SUPER Gaming PC for $1499.99

The R16 is the most current Alienware Aurora gaming desktop. The R16 chassis is 40% smaller in volume compared to previous iterations. It features a simple yet proven airflow design; air is drawn in through a front 120mm fan as well as side intake vents over the GPU area. Both the CPU and GPU are supplied with fresh air from the outside instead of recirculating hot internal air. A generously sized 240mm all-in-one liquid cooler exhausts air out through the top.

This particular model is equipped with an Intel Core i7-14700F CPU, GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER 12GB GPU, 16GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The 14th-gen Intel Core i7-14700F Raptor Lake Refresh CPU boasts a max clock of 5.4GHz with 20 cores, 28 threads, and a 33MB cache. This is Intel's newest i7 chip and it boasts a higher clock speed, more cores, more threads, and more cache than the 13th-gen i7-13700 CPU. The "F" in 14700F simply means that the chip doesn't have onboard graphics (iGPU). That won't matter if you have a discrete GPU, which in this case is the RTX 4070 SUPER.

The RTX 4070 SUPER video card is a significant improvement in performance over the 4070. It's the perfect card for 1440p gaming, where it's about 10%-15% faster than the RTX 4070. The RTX 4070 SUPER also has 12GB of VRAM compared to the 4070's 8GB, so it's a superior GPU for AI image generation apps (like Stable Diffusion) and other programs that benefit from large amounts of VRAM. Like all RTX 40 series cards, the RTX 4070 SUPER supports DLSS 3.0 and superior ray tracing performance compared to similarly priced AMD GPUs. Check out our RTX 4070 SUPER review for more details.

Why Pick a Dell or Alienware Gaming PC?

The Alienware Aurora R16 was one of our picks for best prebuilt gaming PCs of 2024. Not everyone is the DIY type, and these days prebuilt gaming PC aren't that much more expensive than building your own computer. In fact, depending on the demand of certain components like the GPU, it might even be cheaper. Alienware gaming laptops and desktops offer a staggering array of options, all built into a custom chassis that's both easy on the eyes and easy on the wallet (as long as there's a deal). The newest Alienware gaming PCs have significantly improved their cooling performance, especially when you opt for the liquid cooled optikon. Consistent build quality, available inventory, frequent promotions, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list.

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