Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 PC Drops to $2,399.99

Starting today, Dell is selling an Alienware Aurora R16 gaming desktop featuring the new GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card for just $2,399.99 with free shipping. This stands out as one of the most competitive prices currently available for a prebuilt system with an RTX 5080, especially as many other brands have been steadily increasing their prices since the RTX 50 series launched in January. Notably, the only other RTX 5080 prebuilt option from Dell costs over $4,000. Finding just the standalone GPU for a custom build is also incredibly difficult right now, and you'd likely end up paying nearly as much for the graphics card alone as you would for this complete system.

Alienware Aurora R16 RTX 5080 Gaming PC for $2,400

Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F RTX 5080 Gaming PC

$2,399.99 at Alienware

This Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC is configured with an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F processor, a GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card, 16GB of DDR5-5200MHz memory, and a 1TB NVMe solid-state drive. The current-generation Intel Core Ultra 7 265F Meteor Lake CPU delivers a maximum turbo frequency of 5.3GHz, featuring 20 cores and a 30MB cache. System temperatures are managed by an efficient 240mm all-in-one liquid cooling solution, and power is supplied by a high-capacity 1,000W 80PLUS Platinum rated PSU.

The RTX 5080 is one of three newly released Blackwell architecture graphics cards that are extremely difficult to find in stock. In our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition review, Jackie notes: "If you already own a high-end GPU from the last couple of years, upgrading to the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 may not be a compelling choice – its raw performance lead over the RTX 4080 isn't massive, though the additional frames provided by DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation do enhance visual smoothness in supported games. However, for gamers using an older graphics card who are seeking a substantial performance uplift, the RTX 5080 delivers exactly that – this is especially true if you appreciate Nvidia's AI-powered features."

RTX 5080 and 5090 GPUs Are Sold Out Everywhere

The initial wave of Nvidia GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards became available for pre-order and sold out within the first hour. The first models to launch were the two highest-performing GPUs in the lineup: the RTX 5090 and the RTX 5080. The RTX 5070 Ti followed soon after in February. Unfortunately, the situation is similar for prebuilt gaming PCs that include these new graphics cards. We observed several systems listed at launch, but now they are either out of stock, have seen price increases, or are facing significantly extended delivery timelines.

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