Dell Outlet has a refurbished Alienware Area-51 gaming PC available for $5,044, featuring an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, 64GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 4TB SSD. The system comes with a one-year warranty, identical to that of a new purchase.
The Area-51 is Dell's flagship gaming desktop, presented in a larger chassis than the Aurora R16. It boasts a redesigned cooling system for enhanced airflow. The specific configuration includes an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, a 32GB version of the RTX 5090, 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM, and a 4TB PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD. It is also equipped with a 360mm all-in-one liquid cooler for the CPU and a 1,500W 80Plus Platinum power supply.
Individually, the 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz RAM can cost between $800 and $1,000, while a 4TB PCIe Gen 4x4 NVMe SSD typically starts at $600. These two components alone represent an upgrade cost of at least $1,400. The GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, currently the most powerful consumer graphics card available, can cost upwards of $4,000 on its own. Despite advancements in AI features and DLSS 4 technology, the RTX 5090 offers a hardware-based raster performance increase of approximately 25%-30% over the RTX 4090.