This whole high-end gaming PC is cheaper than an RTX 4090

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Alienware Aurora R10 | AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT | AMD Ryzen 7 5800 | 16GB RAM | 1TB NVMe SSD + 1TB HDD | $2,489.99$1,399.99 at Dell (save $1,090)(opens in new tab)The AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT you'll find beating away at the heart of this machine is AMD's best GPU in years and can go toe-to-toe with the RTX 3080 in most games. Ray tracing aside, at any rate. Here you'll find that GPU paired with the Ryzen 7 5800 for a meaty core configuration, with 16GB of RAM and the classic combo of SSD and hard drive for storage as well. 

In case you missed it, we have new graphics cards on the way. And that can make dropping serious cash on a gaming PC worrisome. At least it normally would, but looking at the specs and price of this Alienware Aurora R10, you can be pretty sure that you're not going to be wracked with buyer's remorse after the fact. 

For $1,400(opens in new tab) you're looking at a machine that will handle 4K gaming at the highest settings. That's mainly thanks to the Radeon RX 6800 XT(opens in new tab) you'll find inside. This is AMD's best graphics card of this generation, and it's a card that is incredibly close to Nvidia's RTX 3080(opens in new tab) in plenty of games. 

There are a few exceptions, and it's fair to say that the RX 6800 XT isn't such a powerhouse at ray tracing, but those aside, this is certainly a worthy option. Given the price of the RTX 3080 still hasn't come down to the original MSRP, that's something you're just going to have to live with to hit this $1,400 price point. 

Alienware has paired this with a Ryzen 7 5800 too, which is an extremely capable chip. You're looking at an eight-core, 16-thread CPU that can hit 4.6GHz at Max Boost, which will absolutely keep your GPU busy. It'll also handle more