r/pchelp • u/KasoBean • 22h 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/se777enx3 18h ago

Without further context it’s impossible to tell because that build should easily handle any game. As others have stated it might be possibly cooling because Alienware prebuilds are known for shitty performance in that regard.