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Alienware Aurora R9

the new Aurora R9, we couldn’t help but be impressed by its styling; but without any sense of scale from those first shots, we envisioned that it was much smaller than it actually is. Knowing it uses a microATX motherboard didn’t help. Essentially, this is a much bigger chassis than you might think. And had it been closer to the likes of the Corsair One in terms of size, we’d be much more eager to

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