The Best Dell Deals: Dell XPS and Alienware Aurora R13 Intel Alder Lake RTX 30 Series Gaming PCs

Dell is one of best brands we’d recommend if you’re looking to get a prebuilt gaming PC. The Alienware gaming 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. Alienware gaming laptops have been redesigned to be thinner and lighter while still offering the same immense power under the hood. For those of you on a budget, Dell also offers its Dell G-series gaming desktops and laptops. You still get to customize it to your heart’s content, but at a much lower price point. If you’re not looking for a gaming rig, the XPS laptop is perfect for the road warrior, and the Inspirons are great for students.

The reliable build quality, available inventory, frequent sales, and solid customer service are the main reasons why Dell is at the top of our buying list.

Dell and Alienware Coupon Codes

Dell G15 15″ RTX 3050 Ti Gaming Laptop

This is the lowest price we’ve seen so far for an RTX 3050 Ti equipped gaming laptop. At $699 you can’t really find a mobile GPU with more power than the RTX 3050 Ti; it’s a little bit more powerful than the previous generation’s GTX 1660 Ti, plus it offers DLSS support. It should handle 1080p gaming at high settings on most games without a hitch.

Alienware m15 R4 15″ RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop

This is an excellent deal for an Alienware m15 laptop equipped with RTX 3060 graphics. The RTX 3060 is more powerful than the previous generation’s RTX 2070 video card (and more on par with the RTX 2070 SUPER). The RTX 3060 found in this particular Alienware laptop has a TGP rating of 125W, which is one of the fastest RTX 3070 video cards you’ll find in any gaming laptop. Most other RTX 3060 gaming laptops have a TGP rating of under 100W, which translates to lower performance. This is done deliberately to conserve power and reduce heat. Alienware counters this by improving the cooling of the laptop.

Alienware m17 17″ R4 RTX 3060 Gaming Laptop

The 17″ Alienware laptop is harder to find on sale than the 15″ variant. This model has similar specs, albeit with a 17″ 1080p 360Hz G-SYNC IPS display. That means it has the same capable RTX 3060 video card with a TGP rating of 125W.

Alienware m15 R6 15″ RTX 3080 Gaming Laptop

This is the newest generation of the Alienware m15 gaming laptop. As such, it comes equipped with an 11th generation Intel Core i7 Tiger Lake processor. The RTX 3080 is a 125W TGP model. It’s much more powerful than the previous generation’s RTX 2080 and the fastest mobile GPU available right now. This particular model is currently $650 off.

Alienware Area-51m R2 Desktop Replacement

The Alienware Area-51m R2 is Dell’s flagship gaming laptop. It boasts a true desktop-class processor (in this case an Intel Core i7-10700 8-Core CPU) which is significantly more powerful than your equivalent mobile processor. It’s also equipped with with an RTX 2070 SUPER video card, 16GB of RAM, a 512GB SSD, and a 1TB HDD. Because it’s a desktop replacement with socketed CPU, it’s pretty hefty weighing in at about 9 pounds, but it’s still infinitely more portable than any traditional desktop, and that’s with the 17″ display.

Alienware Aurora Ryzen RTX 3060 Gaming PC

If you’re looking for a gaming PC instead of a laptop, this deal is still available. This Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 gaming PC normally sells for $1699.99, but there’s a $300 instant discount that drops the price to $1399.99. That’s a solid discount, but use code “TRAVISSAVE10Q4” to drop it an extra 10% to $1259.99.

Alienware Aurora Ryzen RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming PC

This Alienware PC is equipped with an RTX 2080 SUPER video card. This is the most powerful of the 20 series models and it’s about as good as the current RTX 3060 Ti. It also supports ray tracing and DLSS just like it’s successors. At $1440 (with the 10% off coupon code), this is an excellent price, since there are no RTX 3060 Ti PCs that are priced at this level right now.

New 2021/2022 Alienware Aurora R13 Gaming PC

Unceremoniously dubbed the “R13”, Dell’s new flagship gaming PC sports a number of aesthetic, quality of life, and performance improvements over its predecessors. In terms of future proofing, the Alienware Aurora R13 is the first Alienware PC to come equipped with the newest 12th gen Intel Alder Lake processors. That’s paired with a Z690 based motherboard that accepts DDR5 RAM. This proves that DDR5 RAM actually exists in the wild. Your video card options are great as well; pick your choice of RTX 30 series video card, from the RTX 3060 Ti all the way to the RTX 3090, at your expense of course. Perhaps the best news? According to Dell’s website, these configs ship out end of February.

New 2021/2022 Dell XPS Gaming PC

Until recently, Dell’s only PC option that offered an Intel Alder Lake CPU, DDR5 RAM, and RTX 30 series video cards was in the form of the Alienware Aurora R13 gaming PC listed above. At a cost of about $2900 for an Intel Core i7 RTX 3080 combo, it’s out of reach for many people. Now, Dell has extended similar buildout options to its new 2021-2022 Dell XPS gaming PC. Compared to the previous model, the new Dell XPS chassis is larger in volume (27L vs 19L) and provides more clearance for the CPU and GPU area for much better airflow. That’s important because the new Alder Lake processors can run hot under intense loads. Like the Alienware Aurora R13, the new Dell XPS PC features a Z690 motherboard that supports the newest 12th gen Intel Alder Lake processors, DDR5 RAM, and RTX 30 series video cards over PCI-E 5.0. These configs should also ship in early February.

Alienware X15 and X17 Gaming Laptops

Dell has launched two new Alienware laptops for 2021, the 15″ X15 and the 17″ X17. They succeed the m15 and m17 as Alienware’s flagship gaming laptops. They also happen to be the thinnest Alienware laptops ever despite the fact that they’re equipped with the next generation RTX 30 series video cards. In fact, they are thinner than the “ultra-thin” Razer Blade 15″ laptop. The X15 model measures in at only 0.63″ thin and 5.2 pounds and the X17 model is 0.84″ thin and 7.05 pounds. The laptops also feature the newest Intel 11th gen H-series processors and a powerful quadruple fan active cooling system that keeps all the components nice and cool.