Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation

Specs Comparison

Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 5800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD, VR Ready, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower (2019) | Core Ryzen 7-1TB SSD Hard Drive + 1TB Hard Drive - 64GB RAM | 8 Cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,202.72	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700F Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite Service - Black By Alienware $1,449.99	See at Amazon
Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation Price
	Dell Precision 3240 Micro Desktop - Intel Xeon W-1250, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe NVMe Class 40 M.2 SSD, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000, Windows Pro for Workstations - Black (Latest Model) By Dell $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 3000 Series 3240 Compact Workstation Desktop, Intel Xeon W-1250, 64GB RAM, 2TB PCIe SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Display Ports, RJ-45, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $3,012.15	See at Amazon
	DELL Precision 3000 Series 3240 Compact Workstation Desktop, Intel Xeon W-1250, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, Display Ports, RJ-45, No Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $2,806.46	See at Amazon

Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop vs. Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation

The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop and the Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation were released in the same year, 2020. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation has a micro form factor that can only fit a custom-designed motherboard with none or one expansion slot and supports only a specific OEM graphics card.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop, you have options to configure it with a 65W AMD Zen 2 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 3500 up to a 105W 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with a boost speed up to 4.90 GHz.

While Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-10100 up to a 80W 10-core Intel Xeon W-1290 with a boost speed up to 5.20 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop has four RAM slots that support up to 128GB of 3400MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation has two RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 64GB of 2933MHz ECC & Non-ECC dual-channel DDR4 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 15 USB ports available on the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop, nine more than the Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation that has only 6 USB ports. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Desktop has thirteen USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. It has six ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), seven ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

For Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation, it has five USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

Pricing

Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Price
	Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 5800, AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDDR6, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD, VR Ready, Killer Wi-Fi 6, Liquid Cooling, Windows 11 Home - Black By Dell $1,499.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Alienware Aurora R10 Gaming Desktop Computer Tower (2019) | Core Ryzen 7-1TB SSD Hard Drive + 1TB Hard Drive - 64GB RAM | 8 Cores @ 4.5 GHz Win 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $1,202.72	See at Amazon
	Alienware Aurora R16 Gaming Desktop - Intel Core i7-14700F Processor, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB GDDR6, Windows 11 Home, Onsite Service - Black By Alienware $1,449.99	See at Amazon
Dell Precision 3240 Compact Workstation Price
	Dell Precision 3240 Micro Desktop - Intel Xeon W-1250, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB PCIe NVMe Class 40 M.2 SSD, NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000, Windows Pro for Workstations - Black (Latest Model) By Dell $1,799.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Precision 3000 Series 3240 Compact Workstation Desktop, Intel Xeon W-1250, 64GB RAM, 2TB PCIe SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Display Ports, RJ-45, Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $3,012.15	See at Amazon
	DELL Precision 3000 Series 3240 Compact Workstation Desktop, Intel Xeon W-1250, 16GB RAM, 1TB PCIe SSD, Display Ports, RJ-45, No Wi-Fi, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $2,806.46	See at Amazon

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