With the newest GPUs and CPUs from NVIDIA and Intel making their solution to shoppers, Alienware is updating its Aurora desktop to reap the benefits of these parts. The new Aurora R15 is among the first pre-built techniques to return with a GeForce RTX 4090 possibility, however even if you happen to don’t go for NVIDIA’s new flagship, the R15 seems to handle one of many major flaws of its predecessor.

Building on the Legend 2.0 case design the corporate launched final yr, Alienware claims the Aurora R15 delivers improved cooling efficiency thanks to some tweaks. If you configure the desktop for liquid cooling, it’s going to include a 240mm radiator as a substitute of a 120mm one as was the case with earlier Aurora PCs. Additionally, with the transfer to Intel’s newest Thirteenth-generation CPUs, any system with a Ok-series chip will function 5 120mm chassis followers. According to Alienware, these modifications make for a system that permits it to push extra energy to the CPU, translating right into a double-digit uplift in efficiency. At the identical time, the processor stays as much as 5 levels Celsius cooler. For context, the Aurora R13 was notorious for featuring inadequate cooling, making it not a very good purchase for the worth Dell was asking for it.   

Alienware has additionally tweaked its customized Z790 motherboard, adopting a structure that strikes the PCIe 16x slot to its typical place closest to the CPU socket. According to the corporate, it’s a design that can enable the Aurora R15 to accommodate greater GPUs. As talked about above, you may configure the pc with NVIDIA’s new $1,600 RTX 4090. For the time being, Alienware gained’t provide the extra inexpensive RTX 4080 in both its 12GB or 16GB configurations. Instead, if you’d like a cheaper GPU, you may go along with a earlier technology RTX 30 collection mannequin or an AMD Radeon RX 6000 collection card.

Critically, Alienware can even provide a extra highly effective PSU possibility alongside GPUs just like the 4090. You can configure the R15 with both a 750-watt or 1,350-watt energy provide. Previously, essentially the most highly effective PSU Alienware provided was a 1,000-watt mannequin. You’ll undoubtedly want the 1,350-watt PSU if you happen to plan to run the R15 with a 4090.

Alongside the Aurora R15, Alienware is introducing a tenkeyless gaming keyboard. The AW420K options plate-mounted Cherry MX Red linear switches, double-shot PBT keycaps and per-key RGB. It’s fascinating that Alienware has gone with a tenkeyless structure for its first non full-sized keyboard. The market is saturated with TKL choices and in recent times 60 and 65 p.c structure keyboards just like the Razer Huntsman Mini and GMMK 2 have develop into extra widespread amongst gaming fans. Still, it’s good to see Alienware broaden past 100% layouts. The AW420K will value $130 when it arrives this fall. Alienware plans to share pricing info associated to the Aurora R15 nearer to availability later within the yr.