Dell just revealed the Alienware Aurora R9 gaming desktop with the new Legend industrial design at Gamescom 2019. Here is everything we know so far about the Aurora R9!
The Alienware Aurora R9 Gaming Desktop
Earlier this year, Alienware introduced their new Legend design in the 2019 Area-51m gaming laptop.
Now, they are introducing the same design to their gaming desktop for the first time – in the Alienware Aurora R9!
Here are some of the Aurora R9’s key features :
- the Legend industrial design reduces the form factor of this mid-tower desktop
- the Legend design also allows for higher airflow, reducing temperatures by up to 8%
- supports up to the 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K processor, with liquid cooling
- supports up to two NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 graphics cards in SLI
Alienware Aurora R9 Specifications
Specifications | Alienware Aurora R9 |
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Home / Pro (64-bit) |
Processor Options | 9th Gen Intel Core i3-9100 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9400 9th Gen Intel Core i5-9600K 9th Gen Intel Core i7-9700 9th Gen Intel Core i7-9700K 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K |
Motherboard | Intel Z370 micro ATX motherboard |
Memory Options | DDR4-2666 (8 GB / 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB) DDR4-2933 (8 GB / 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB) DDR4-3200 (16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB) |
Intel Optane Options | 32 GB (16 GB M.2 + 16 GB DDR4-2666) 48 GB (16 GB M.2 + 32 GB DDR4-2666) |
Single Storage Options | 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD |
Single Storage Options | 128GB M.2 SATA SSD + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 256GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD + 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s |
Optical Drive Options | No Optical Drive Dell External USB DVD/RW |
Graphics Options | AMD Radeon RX 560X with 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 6GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 AMD Radeon RX 570X with 8GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11GB GDDR6 AMD Radeon RX 5700 8GB GDDR6 AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 8GB GDDR6 Dual AMD Radeon RX 570X with 8GB GDDR5 Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDDR6 (SLI) |
Connectivity Options | Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet NIC Qualcomm WiFi 5 DW1810 1×1 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.2 Qualcomm WiFi 5 DW1820 2×2 802.11ac and Bluetooth 4.2 Killer WiFi 6 AX1650 (2×2) and Bluetooth 5.0 |
Power Supply Options | Alienware 460 Watt Power Supply Alienware 850 Watt Power Supply |
Dimensions | Volume : 33.8 L Max. Height : 481.6 mm Max. Length : 431.9 mm Max. Width : 222.8 mm Max. Weight : 17.8 kg |
Colour Options | Lunar Light Dark Side of the Moon |
Alienware Aurora R9 Price + Availability
Dell has yet to announce the starting price of the Alienware Aurora R9 gaming desktop, but it will be available by the end of September 2019.
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