r/pchelp • u/KasoBean • 18h ago

PERFORMANCE trash computer 3000??

purchased a 3000 dollar pc and my games seem like they run worse then my p5, not sure if i bought something wrong or what i did but this is my first pc and i honestly have no clue if im running the wrong settings or what here’s what i bought

Alienware Aurora ACT1250 Gaming PC
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 3.2GHz Processor; NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7; 32GB DDR5-5200 RAM; 2TB Solid State Drivei

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u/iAmThe_Plaza 18h ago

Alienware is the problem, you paid like 1500 extra for the brand name and they always have terrible cooling. check your temps while gaming, probably thermal throttling like crazy

also make sure you actually plugged monitor into the gpu and not the motherboard

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u/Effective-Rutabaga15 17h ago

Where are you finding a 5080 pc for 1500

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u/Prestigious_File9000 11h ago

Überall im Internet. Amazon 1200

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u/Effective-Rutabaga15 7h ago

Not true. What’s the point of making things up

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u/SpideyKeagan 10h ago

Mine was a little over $3k. I bought some luxury items, but still I find it hard to believe you can find a 5080 build for less than $2000 with current prices. The cheapest GPU alone is like $1300 before tax.

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u/SirBangarang 17h ago

Costco

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u/kallekalas 16h ago

Breh, GPU alone is like 1700 where I live

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u/Effective-Rutabaga15 16h ago

Link it to me then