Act fast to save $400 on the excellent Alienware X16 R2 in this unprecedented Prime Day gaming laptop deal

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One of the best Prime Day gaming laptop deals of 2024 is on one of our favorite Alienware Series notebooks. 

For a limited time, you can get the Editor's Choice Award-winning Alienware X16 R2 Gaming Laptop for $1,999 with Prime. That's a sweet discount of $400 and the lowest price I've seen for this PC since its launch back in May of this year. It's also one of the best last-minute Prime Day laptop deals you can get before Amazon's sale ends. 

By comparison, it undercuts Dell's current price by $400 and puts the PC maker's Black Friday in July sale to shame. 

In our Alienware X16 R2 review, we were delighted by its strong performance and graphics, thin design, and solid battery life. We also found its excellent keyboard and great thermals impressive. After hours of real-world use and testing in our lab, were rated the Alienware X16 R2 4 out of 5 stars.

We ran the Geekbench 6.3 overall performance test on the Alienware x16 R2 and here's what we found. It scored 13,874 which surpasses the premium gaming laptop average (10,469) and industry rival, the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro (13,525, AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX). 

It came up short against the HP Omen 16 (14,515, Intel Core i7-13700HX) and  MSI Titan 18 HX 2024 (16,501, Intel Core i9-14900HX), but it's still a beast of a machine. It transcoded a 4K video to 1080p on our HandBrake benchmark in a little over 3 minutes — 2 seconds faster than the Omen 16 (4:29) and Legion 5 Pro (4:05).

At just under $2,000, the Alienware X16 R2 has dropped to the more affordable end of the price spectrum. It's a wise choice for serious gamers and content creators. 

This deal expires when Prime Day ends on July 17 at 11:59 p.m. PT/2:59 a.m. ET, so I would act fast on this one. For more epic deals like this, visit our dedicated Amazon Prime Day 2024 hub

Best Prime Day Alienware X16 R2 deal

Alienware X16 R2 RTX 4070 
Was: $2,399 
Now: $1,999 @ Amazon
Overview: 
Lowest price! This excellent

Alienware X16 R2 RTX 4070 
Was: $2,399 
Now:
$1,999 @ Amazon
Overview:
Lowest price! This excellent
Prime Day deal takes $400 off the Editor's Choice Alienware x16 with RTX 4070 GPU. This deal includes a free game, Black Myth: Wukong (valued at $60) which releases on Aug. 19, 2024.

Features:  16-inch QHD+ (2560 x 1600) 240Hz display, Nvidia G-SYNC + Advanced Optimus, Intel Core Ultra 7 155H 16-core CPU, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 GPU w/ 8GB VRAM, 1TB SSD. FHD RGB + IR camera with microphone, Windows 11 Home

Release Date: May 2024

Price history: This is the lowest price ever for this particular Alienware X16 R2 configuration. 

Price comparison: Dell $2,399

Reviews consensus: In our Alienware X16 R2 review, we said, " The Alienware x16 R2 champions your copious cash with powerful performance, an excellent mechanical keyboard, and a relatively long battery life."

Laptop Mag: ★★★★ | Tom's Guide: ★★★★★ 

Buy it if: You want a powerful laptop for playing AAA games at high refresh rates and intensive graphics tasks like heavy photo/video editing or content creation. 

Don't buy it if: You want a laptop for general use or day-to-day multitasking. See our laptop buying guide to find the best personal computer to fit your needs. 

Hilda Scott

Hilda Scott uses her combined passion for gadgets from laptops to TVs and her bargain-shopping savvy to bring you the best prices on all things tech. She has a bachelor’s degree in film and media studies from Hunter College and over a decade of experience in tech journalism. Her work has been featured on Tom’s Guide, iTechPost, Examiner.com, Parlemag, Enstars, and Latin Times. When she's not scouting for the best deals, Hilda’s catching up on her favorite TV series and combat sports.

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