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You can kind of gauge how well Dell is selling their Alienware Alpha “Steam Machines” by seeing the discounts stacking up on the base model through the past few months. While not a complete “Steam Machine” by any means due to SteamOS still needing a few kinks worked out by Valve, the Alpha does come ready to game in its current state (albeit there’s a number of caveat you should expect).
For a limited time until April 16th, you can get an Alienware Alpha base model for only $399.99 with free shipping. Just use coupon 1KHQR?2D3XRKWZ during checkout and you’ll be good to go. Take note that the Dell coupon number listed here will only work on the base model and it won’t work on any of the higher tier models (such as the ones with Core i5 or Core i7 processors).
Specs for the machine is straight forward, with these key features:
- Alienware Alpha with HDMI cable & Xbox 360 wireless controller
- Windows 8.1
- 4GB DDR3 RAM, Wireless AC adapter (upgradable)
- 500GB hard drive (upgradable)
- Intel Core i3-4130T processor (upgradable)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M based custom GPU + 2GB GDDR5
- 1 year warranty
As a slim PC gaming option, the $399.99 price is hard to beat – especially since the RAM, storage hard drive, and CPU are all upgradable (take note that the power supply is only about 130W, so you’ll have to play around with the configuration in terms of the power limit. Here’s a decent video from GameSpot on upgrading the Alienware Alpha.