Before testing the Alienware Aurora R15 for review, I thought I knew what I was getting into. It’s an RTX 4090 gaming PC builds with similar specs to many other premium rigs out there, but its otherworldly aesthetic hits different in person. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, and its oddball design doesn’t take away from the fact it’s an aesthetic beast of a system. However, it’s ultimately an intimidating machine that wants to be seen, heard, and not upgraded by mine or your unworthy hands, and that to me feels a bit selfish of it.
Priced at $3,799.99, this specific Alienware Aurora R15 build is one of the most expensive gaming PCs out there. Naturally, that’s because Dell has packed an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and flagship 13th gen Intel chip into its odd-shaped rig, and the graphics card provides out of this world frame rates in even the newest of Steam games. You can probably tell where I’m going with this, as while the R15 is one of the best Alienware gaming PCs around, it’s effectively the computer equivalent of hostile architecture.
