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Alienware is well known for its powerful and eye-catching products, and it’s not hard to see why its gaming laptops are amongst the best on the market today. For better or for worse, however, Alienware is usually associated with fairly hefty price tags – justifiably so considering the components you tend to find in its gaming laptops.
Alienware have different types of gaming laptops, and chop and change its offering from time to time. Right now the three in the spotlight are the m16 R2, the m18 R2, and the X16 R2. The m16 R2 gives you a lot of bang for your buck and keeps things compact. The m18 is a an excellent desktop replacement and great for high-performance. And the x16 is the most premium offering.
These are some of the most expensive gaming laptops we come across, but they do see pretty decent discounts both on Black Friday and the build up to the day itself. At the time of writing, I’ve spotted some offers on the m16 R2 and m18 R2 which knock off a few hundred dollars. And there are some excellent deals running on Alienware directly as part of its ‘Early Holiday Deals’ promo, that I’d say are even a little better than Amazon this time around. The deals aren’t labelled early Black Friday, but I’d still count them!
Here we’ll share all the best deals as they come in as we’re expecting to see some of the best Alienware gaming laptops enter the sales this year. Plus we’ve also got some tips on how you can make the most of Black Friday too.
Black Friday Alienware gaming laptop deals – early discounts
Here are all the discounts we could find so far. We’d recommend bookmarking this page and checking back in for all the latest.
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IMMERSIVE DISPLAY: Experience smooth visuals and fast response times with a 16″ QHDplus display at 240Hz, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, ComfortView Plus, and NVIDIA G-SYNCplus Advanced Optimus. Audio and Speakers: Tweeter speaker: 2W x 2, Woofer speaker: 3W x 4. Camera: 1080p at 30fps, FHD RGB plus IR camera Dual-array microphones, POWERFUL PROCESSING: Improve your computing experience with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 185H, which includes 16 cores and 24MB cache, as well as a 5.1GHz clock speed for efficient workflow., IMMERSIVE GAMING VISUALS: Boost your gaming experience with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card, which features 12GB GDDR6 memory and delivers stunning visuals., ENHANCED COOLING: The thermal design on this thin gaming laptop maximizes airflow by expelling warm air through the vents on the sides and taking in cooler air at the top of the keyboard, MEMORY PERFORMANCE: Boost your gaming performance with 32GB of LPDDR5 integrated memory. Enjoy faster load times, smoother gameplay, and enhanced multitasking capabilities., DELL SERVICES: 1 Year Onsite Service provides support when and where you need it. Dell will come to your home, office, or location of choice, if an issue covered by Limited Hardware Warranty cannot be resolved remotely.
COMMANDING POWER & PRESENCE: Outplay your rivals and show them who’s boss with an 18-inch gaming laptop featuring 14th Gen Intel Core i9-14900HX processor andNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB GDDR6 graphics. Play your most demanding games with up to 270W Total Power Performance* with more headroom to support overclocking without throttling., UNCOMPROMISED PERFORMANCE: Our exclusive thermal interface material*, now located on the CPU and GPU, dissipates heat for extended, optimal gaming experiences., STUN RIVALS, STAY IN AWE: Never overlook your competition with our crystal-clear, 18-inch, 16:10 display available with ComfortView Plus and 100% DCI-P3, in your choice of 165Hz QHD+., STUNNING GRAPHICS: All display options reap the rewards of the latest NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB GDDR6 graphics, while also offering Dolby Vision and Dynamic Display Switching., KEY INTO SUPERIOR GAMING: Amp up your comfort and precision with a recessed keyboard, full NumPad and a large touchpad. Our optional Cherry mechanical keyboard also offers stainless-steel switches*, gold-plated electrical contact enclosures, 1.8mm key-travel and a 15 million keystroke lifecycle. *Does not apply to function keys., LESS LAG, MORE WINS: Four M.2 SSD slots*, supporting up to 9TB of total storage and dual channel DDR5 memory give you the ability to store games with massive file sizes locally with fast boot times and efficient multitasking.** *Available on configurations with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and above. **Subject to third party purchase of additional storage. SSDs are user-replaceable for up to 9TB of total SSD storage. A bracket kit may be required for adding SSDs.
Black Friday sales kick off on the 29th November this year, so we’ll see themed deals on the day itself. However, there are also early Black Friday sales that happen across retailers which knock down the price of specific Alienware laptops. You can find these on Amazon around two weeks before the day itself, but we’re already starting to see deals roll in that are Black Friday worthy.
As for going direct to the site, Alienware have ‘Early Holiday Savings’ at the moment, which we’d imagine would turn into Black Friday, then Cyber Monday. Now could be a great chance to beat the rush if you have your eye on something.
How to get the best Alienware gaming laptop deal this Black Friday
I’d say really weigh up the offering between Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg, and other major retailers against Alienware directly. Sometimes you’ll find that cutting out the middle man means saving extra – so a double win during Black Friday.
If you’re shopping on Amazon, we’d recommend using a price comparison tool to ensure the deal is as good as it looks. Spoiler alert, some aren’t! Check the pricing history and use that intel to your advantage.
Finally, for the biggest savings, lean more towards older GPUs and CPUs. Laptops with an RTX 30 series or Intel 13th Gen CPU are still great even today, but relatively old when compared o the likes of the 40-series or latest Intel CPUs…lacklustre as they are.
Be sure to check back in with us soon as we countdown to Black Friday, and happy hunting!
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