Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Testing an old Alienware Aurora R8 prebuilt gaming PC with some upgrades as a Bazzite-powered gaming rig
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It's all doom and gloom in the world of PC tech right now, which has been somewhat disruptive for content creators. How can we give you good hardware buying advice in this environment, beyond "don't"? Rather than try to make my Alienware Aurora R8 video a project for building a viable DIY Steam Machine equivalent, as I'd originally planned, I took it down another, slightly more self-indulgent path.
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Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Extra Lives", "Midnight Racer" and "Vercetti Forever"
00:00 Content creator blues
00:55 Boot.dev
02:22 Hardware
04:15 Benchmarks
04:19 Jedi: Fallen Order
06:15 Forza Horizon 4
07:26 Red Dead Redemption
08:36 Hades II
09:54 The Forgotten City
11:13 Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered
13:10 Death Stranding
14:17 Subnautica
15:24 My thoughts
17:32 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #alienware #steammachine
Testing an old Alienware Aurora R8 prebuilt gaming PC with some upgrades as a Bazzite-powered gaming rig
Click this link https://boot.dev/?promo=ICEBERG and use my code ICEBERG to get 25% off your first payment for boot.dev.
It's all doom and gloom in the world of PC tech right now, which has been somewhat disruptive for content creators. How can we give you good hardware buying advice in this environment, beyond "don't"? Rather than try to make my Alienware Aurora R8 video a project for building a viable DIY Steam Machine equivalent, as I'd originally planned, I took it down another, slightly more self-indulgent path.
Support the channel by becoming a member, or by subscribing on Patreon:
patreon.com/icebergtech
Music by Backing Track backingtrack.gg
Tracks: "Binary Sunrise", "Extra Lives", "Midnight Racer" and "Vercetti Forever"
00:00 Content creator blues
00:55 Boot.dev
02:22 Hardware
04:15 Benchmarks
04:19 Jedi: Fallen Order
06:15 Forza Horizon 4
07:26 Red Dead Redemption
08:36 Hades II
09:54 The Forgotten City
11:13 Horizon: Zero Dawn Remastered
13:10 Death Stranding
14:17 Subnautica
15:24 My thoughts
17:32 Conclusion
#scalperpandemic #alienware #steammachine
