Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation and Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.
Supporting SATA 6Gb/s and host based RAID 0/1/5/10.
256GB512GB1TB2TB
M.2 PCIe NVME SSD
1TB2TB
7200 RPM SATA HDD
Slots
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe x16 slot
PCIe Gen 4 x16, Full-height
1 x PCIe x4 slot
PCIe Gen 3 x4, Full-height
1 x PCIe-32 slot
Full-height
SATA
4 x SATA slots
For 2.5-inch HDD/SSD, and slim Optical Drive.
M.2
1 x M.2 2230 slot
For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card
3 x M.2 2280 slot
For SSD/Intel Optane.
Expansion Slots
1 x PCIe x16 slot
PCIe Gen 4 x16, Full-height
2 x PCIe x4 slot
PCIe Gen 3 x4, Full-height
SATA
3 x SATA slots
ForHDD/SSD.
M.2
1 x M.2 2230 slot
For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card
1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot
For SSD/Intel Optane
Connectivity
Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop
Wi-Fi
Qualcomm QCA61x4a
Up to 867 MbpsDual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-5 (802.11ac)Bluetooth 5.0
Intel AX210
Up to 2402 MbpsTriple band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz/6 GHzWiFi-6 (802.11ax)Bluetooth 5.1
No Wireless LAN Card
Realtek RTL 8822CE Wi-Fi 5
Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-5 (802.11ac)Bluetooth 5.0
MediaTek MT7921 Wi-Fi 6
Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHzWiFi-6 (802.11ax)Bluetooth 5.2
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0Bluetooth 5.2
Optional
Bluetooth 5.0Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet controller
Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.
2.5GbE Ethernet controller
Speed: 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps.
Realtek RTL8125BD 2.5G Ethernet controller
10/100/1000/2500 Mbps.
Software
Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop
OS
Windows 11 Home, 64-bit
Windows 11 Pro, 64-bit
Windows 11 Pro National Academic, 64-bit
Windows 11 Pro for Workstations, 64-bit
Windows 10 Home, 64-bit
Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit
Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2019 LTSC (OEM only)
Windows 10 CMIT Government Edition, 64-bit (China only)
Red Hate Enterprise Linux 8.4
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, 64-bit
Kylin v10.1
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps
Dell Optimizer for Precision
Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial
Dell Digital Delivery
Dell Mobile Connect
Dell Recovery Environment
DropBox
Microsoft® Office 30 Day Trial
Alienware Command Center - including AlienFX lighting, Game Library with auto-tune game profile functionality, Fusion and Alienware Adrenalin, and Alienware Mobile Connect.
Camera & Audio
Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop
Audio
One 2W Speaker (optional)
Audio controller
Realtek ALC3246
4 Channel High Definition Audio
24-bit DAC (Digital-to-Analog) and ADC (Analog-to-Digital)
External Ports
1 x Universal Audio Jack
Front
1 x Audio port
Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).
Audio controller
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio with Waves MaxxAudio® Pro
External Ports
1 x Headset Port
Front
1 x SPDIF Digital Output (Coaxial)
1 x SPDIF Digital Output (TOSLINK)
1 x Microphone In
1 x Line In
1 x Line Out
1 x Center/Subwoofer Output
1 x Rear Surround Output
1 x Side Surround Output
Misc
Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop
Warranty
3-Year Basic Onsite Service
1 Year Hardware Warranty with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis
The Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation and the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop were released in the same year, 2021. The Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation has a mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card. The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution.
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 Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation, you have options to configure it with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-10100 up to a 125W 8-core Intel Xeon W-1390P with a boost speed up to 5.30 GHz.
While Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop has configurations with a 65W AMD Zen 3 6-core AMD Ryzen 5 5600X up to a 105W 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with a boost speed up to 4.90 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.
Both PCs have the same amount of four RAM slots meaning that you upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. You can upgrade memory on Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation up to 64GB of 3200MHz or 128GB of 2933MHz ECC or non-ECC dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop, it supports up to 128GB of 3600MHz dual-channel DDR4 XMP 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 9 USB ports available on the Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation, two less than the Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop that has 11 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 Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation has eight USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), three ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
For Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop, it has nine USB Type-A ports and two USB Type-C ports. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).
Pricing
Motherboard
Dell Precision 3650 Tower Workstation System Board.
Source: Dell
Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R14 Desktop System Board.
Source: Dell
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