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October 22nd, 2023 13:24

Help choosing alienware tech spec

Hi

I'm upgrading my Aurora R5

Could someone please advise me on the tech spec I've chosen, Is there any thing  i should increase?

(Not technically minded) -

For info I use adobe a lot, and work with videos, phhotos, and ask my pc to work on lots and lots of things at the same time

I don't game, but the alienware has been recommended.

I've put together a tech spec and in my basket currently is the following 2 items, and im unsure which to choose.

Alienware Aurora R15 Gaming Desktop

Price £2021

Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 13900KF (24-Core, 68MB Cache, 3.0GHz to 5.8GHz P-Core Thermal Velocity)
Operating System
Windows 11 Home, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3060, 12 GB GDDR6, LHR
Base
Alienware Aurora R15
Storage
1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Memory
64 GB: 2 x 32 GB, DDR5, 4800 MT/s (Overclockable up to 5200 MT/s), XMP
Chassis Options
Lunar Light 750W PSU, Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel
Wireless
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth® wireless card

I am also looking at  (£2100.99)

Base
Aurora R16
Processor
13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900F (24-Core, 68MB Cache, up to 5.6 GHz with Thermal Velocity Boost)
Operating System
Windows 11 Home, English, Dutch, French, German, Italian
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4060, 8GB GDDR6
Memory
64 GB: 2 x 32 GB, DDR5, 5200 MT/s
Storage
1 TB, M.2, PCIe NVMe, SSD
Chassis Options
500W Platinum Rated PSU, 240mm Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel
Wireless
Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675, 2x2, 802.11ax, MU-MIMO, Bluetooth® wireless card

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October 22nd, 2023 15:06

the KF cpu is a better binned cpu than non-k, but both very good.

go for the 4000 series gpu

go for the highest power psu as you might need it later.  750w lowest, but I suggest 1000w if possible

16 and 15 have very different chassis design.  not sure which one has better future proof.  in the long run if you plan to keep the pc for a good many years it does not matter too much since you have been on R5.

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October 22nd, 2023 15:40

I'm agreeing with redxps . . . for your situation I would suggest the Aurora R16 with the i9-13900K, RTX 4060 graphics card, 1000 watt PSU with 240mm liquid cooled CPU. If the i9-13900K is not an option on the R16, get the i9-14900K. If you have the opportunity to upscale any of these components, do the graphics card.

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