Alienware Unveils Under-$2,000 RTX 5080 Prebuilt Gaming PC

With Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card prices returning to retail levels, prebuilt gaming desktop costs are also coming down. If you're still using an RTX 30 series GPU or older, now is an excellent time to upgrade. Dell currently offers an Alienware Aurora R16 gaming PC with a powerful GeForce RTX 5080 GPU for just $1,969.99, including free shipping. This is $130 cheaper than the best Labor Day deal I found and one of the rare instances I've seen any RTX 5080 prebuilt system priced below $2,000.

Alienware Aurora RTX 5080 Gaming PC Starting at $1,969.99

Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 7 265F RTX 5080 Gaming PC (16GB/1TB)

Previously $2,499.99 - Save 21% - Now $1,969.99 at Alienware

Alienware Aurora R16 Intel Core Ultra 9 285K RTX 5080 Gaming PC (32GB/2TB)

Previously $3,199.99 - Save 19% - Now $2,599.99 at Alienware

Two different Alienware RTX 5080 models are currently on sale. The base configuration costs $1,969.99 and features an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F processor, GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card, 16GB of DDR5-5600MHz memory, and a 1TB M.2 solid-state drive. Since this is a customizable system, you can upgrade the processor, memory, and storage. There's also a pre-configured upgraded model with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K processor, 32GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 2TB M.2 SSD, available for $630 more.

The Core Ultra 7 265F belongs to Intel's latest Arrow Lake-S lineup released earlier this year, featuring a maximum turbo frequency of 5.3GHz with 20 cores and a 36MB L2 cache. This processor delivers solid performance for gaming, multitasking, and general workstation use. For gaming specifically, upgrading to a Core Ultra 9 offers minimal benefits, particularly when playing at higher resolutions where the graphics card plays a more significant role. However, for multitasking, workstation tasks, and content creation, the Core Ultra 9 excels thanks to its substantially higher core count.

The GeForce RTX 5080 GPU handles any game in 4K

In terms of performance, the RTX 5080 is impressive. It ranks among the fastest graphics cards available, surpassed only by the $2,000 RTX 5090 and the discontinued $1,600 RTX 4090. This card excels at running the latest, most demanding games in 4K resolution with high settings and ray tracing enabled. The RTX 5080 supports DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation, allowing you to achieve higher frame rates in supported games with minimal visual quality loss. Recent games featuring this technology include Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (following a recent update), Wuchang: Fallen Feathers, Stellar Blade, and upcoming titles like Borderlands 4 and Battlefield 6.