Is the aurora r13 worth it compared to a DIY rig?

[Hidetoshi]

-12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5 12600KF (10-Core, 20MB Cache, 3.7Ghz to 4.9GHz w/Turbo Boost 2.0)
-Windows 11 Home, English
-NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3080 10GB GDDR6X LHR
-32GB Dual Channel DDR5 at 4400MHz; up to 128GB (additional memory sold separately)
-512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s (Storage)
-750W Platinum PSU, Dark, Liquid-Cooled CPU & Clear Side Panel

The new alienware aurora r13 is $4149 for these specs… Considerating 3080 is 2k+ now in the market and extremely hard to get a good price, would this price be acceptable for this build? Would you guys still prefer to DIY and if so, any tips on how to get a similar build at a cheaper price?

Not a super big fan of the new look so will go for DIY if better build and similar price… thanks in advance for the advice

 

[yusoffb01]

if can afford, just go for it. you can save money getting 6 or 8 core

 

[mindgamey]

TS need to see this before pulling the trigger

 

[entertaint]

TS need to see this before pulling the trigger

As someone who almost got prebuilt that case form factor gives me chills

 

[Hidetoshi]

TS need to see this before pulling the trigger

thanks for sharing! Will wait for reviews on r13 to see if the build is now much better…

Only reason i am considering prebuilt is cause this includes a rtx 3080 at an affordable price… very hesitant to pay 2k+ inflated prices… if anyone has any tips on how to get a similar build without paying inflated gpu prices, do share haha

 

[mindgamey]

It's so cheap because it ties you down in upgrade path and you will have a hard time finding replacement should your warranty lapse and something unfortunately breaks,

So it's the one that Dell advertised having water cooling,

I've never heard good things about 120mm AIO, people recommend tower coolers over 120mm AIO

 

[86technie]

I rather you consider Lenovo Legion instead for prebuild.