Is this new Alienware Aurora R16 (now with 14th Gen CPUs) the Best Gaming Prebuilt of 2024 for your money? (Product link tagged at 00:32 in this video) This PC is stacked with the all new Intel i9 14900KF CPU and an Nvidia Geforce RTX 4090 GPU! We also ran all of our tests on the 13th i7 version with a 4070 and 4080 as well for those of you needing something a little more affordable. Is this monster of a PC worth the price? We'll be taking you through our experience, breaking down the pricing, design and build quality, fan noise, internals, Overall Performance and Gaming and Creator benchmarks, Cinebench R23, 3D Mark Timespy, Geekbench and many more tests!
Pricing/Availability of all computers compared in this video (Updated 6/16/2025)
REMEMBER! Check the actual product links tagged within the video first!
Alienware Aurora R16 - link tagged in products list at top of description ⬆️ (or Bottom corner at 00:32)
HP Omen 45L - link tagged in products list at top of description ⬆️ (or Bottom corner at 15:13)
Skytech Eclipse 2 - https://geni.us/Skytech-Eclipse
(NEW) Corsair Vengeance i7500 - https://geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i7500 (Most Popular)
(NEW) Corsair Vengeance i8200 - https://geni.us/CorsairVengeance-i8200 (My Favorite)
Origin PC Genesis - https://bit.ly/Origin-PC-Genesis
*****Around $3000 and under
CyberPowerPC - Gamer Supreme (R7) (4080s) https://geni.us/CyberPowerPC-R7-4080s
*****$2000 and Under*****
Skytech Azure 2 (get this MUCH better King 95 instead) - link tagged in products list at top of description ⬆️ (or Bottom corner at 17:34)
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme (get this better version instead) https://bit.ly/CyberPowerPC-7800X3D
*****Around $1000 and Under*****
Victus by HP 15L (13th i5)(3060) - https://geni.us/Victus-by-HP-15L
CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme (i5) (4060): https://geni.us/CyberPowerPC-i5-4060
My Upgrades in this video:
Corsair iCUE H100i ELITE LCD XT AIO - Liquid Cooling System https://amzn.to/48rJCif
Corsair AF120 RGB ELITE Fan - https://amzn.to/3toow5E
Kingston Fury Beast RGB DDR5 XMP RAM - https://amzn.to/3FjwGhV
USB Header Converter Cables (2x) - https://amzn.to/3RYbPIL
SSD Heatsink - https://amzn.to/3ZYOZCB
Favorite Monitors:
LG UltraGear 32" OLED Dual Mode: product link tagged at 18:14 in this video (my daily monitor) (4K)
Alienware AW3423DWF OLED Ultrawide: product link tagged at 19:05 in this video
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My other PC Reviews:
Corsair Vengeance i7500: https://youtu.be/rgy_3nUGPhE
Xbox vs PC: https://youtu.be/7c1tdkkfPqY
Corsair Vengeance i8100: https://youtu.be/fEg8ymTwXUY
OriginPC Genesis: https://youtu.be/gBqfUNsPnTM
Alienware Aurora R16: https://youtu.be/emzPQx-mmkg
Skytech Eclipse: https://youtu.be/If9Yq637DB0
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme (i7) (4060Ti): https://youtu.be/zqJFby2HHFo
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme (i9) (4090): https://youtu.be/DLQgqctKXoo
CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme (i5) (4060): https://youtu.be/gNKloDYKdO8
(NEW) HP Omen 45L: https://youtu.be/GgecrOtsa1Q
Skytech Azure 2: https://youtu.be/GXb2_kuPEV4
HP Victus 15L: https://youtu.be/bzmyGUDN_fg
Alienware Aurora R15: https://youtu.be/n47Sra-c3yk
CyberPowerPC - Gamer Xtreme: https://youtu.be/rNIFfa6mWJw
CyberPowerPC - Gamer Master: https://youtu.be/G8I_81gQWNo
HP Omen 25L: https://youtu.be/IzuVBh6U0j8
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Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:59 Unboxing
02:44 Design
04:05 Internals
06:48 Ports
07:16 Software
08:18 Fan Noise
09:18 Thermals
10:53 Performance
12:37 Puget Benchmarks
13:38 Gaming Benchmarks
14:45 Pricing
15:58 Price to Performance Ratios
16:56 Recommendations for Every Budget
18:20 Monitor Recommendations
19:04 Upgrading the R16
20:32 PROS and CONS
21:40 Final Thoughts
22:36 Where to Buy
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