Dell's RTX 4070-Powered Alienware M16 gaming laptop falls back to $1,399 — its lowest price

Real Deals
(Image credit: Future)

Back to the lowest price I've seen since the sales in October, this powerful Dell Alienware laptop is back on offer and is a much more affordable proposition this holiday season. Alienware is a premium laptop brand that often sets its prices much higher than the competition - so to see a reduction in the MSRP price of up to $600 is great news, and although expensive you are getting a well-built laptop with a top-spec screen and powerful internal components. 

You can grab this offer on the Dell Alienware M16 gaming laptop at Dell for $1,399 - a saving of $600 from the MSRP of $1,999. This 16-inch Alienware laptop comes fully loaded with an Intel Core i7-13700HX processor, RTX 4070 laptop GPU, 16GB of DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB SSD for storage. All of these components go into outputting your favorite games in a glorious 2K QHD resolution, with up to a 165Hz refresh rate for smooth gameplay.

Alienware m16 Gaming Laptop (RTX 4070): now $1399 at Dell

Alienware m16 Gaming Laptop (RTX 4070): now $1399 at Dell (was $1999)
This 16-inch Alienware laptop comes fully loaded with an Intel Core i7-13700HX CPU, RTX 4070 GPU, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD. It also sports a 2560 x 1600 display with a 165 Hz refresh rate for smooth gaming.

TOPICS
Stewart Bendle
Deals Writer

Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom's Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.

  • brandonjclark
    If you can only own a single computer that has to fill the needs of gaming and work and leisure AND be mobile, this might be a great choice, especially at this price.

    With the 5000-series cards still likely at least a year away, especially in mobiles, I'm not sure it's going to get any cheaper than this for awhile.
    Reply
  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    The only real downside is that it only has a short battery life (5:20 as tested by PCMag, matching Dell's claims). The ASUS Zephyrus M16 has the same GPU, a 13900H vs a 13700HX, and an 8 hour battery life (as tested by PCMag) for $100 more.

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-m16-16-240hz-gaming-laptop-qhd-intel-13th-gen-core-i9-with-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-1tb-ssd-off-black/6535501.p?skuId=6535501
    Reply
  • brandonjclark
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    The only real downside is that it only has a short battery life (5:20 as tested by PCMag, matching Dell's claims). The ASUS Zephyrus M16 has the same GPU, a 13900H vs a 13700HX, and an 8 hour battery life (as tested by PCMag) for $100 more.

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-m16-16-240hz-gaming-laptop-qhd-intel-13th-gen-core-i9-with-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-1tb-ssd-off-black/6535501.p?skuId=6535501
    Yeah, that DOES seem like a pretty good deal for only 100 more.

    However, some will believe in Dell's support capabilities far more strongly than Asus.
    Reply
  • DougMcC
    Alvar Miles Udell said:
    The only real downside is that it only has a short battery life (5:20 as tested by PCMag, matching Dell's claims). The ASUS Zephyrus M16 has the same GPU, a 13900H vs a 13700HX, and an 8 hour battery life (as tested by PCMag) for $100 more.

    https://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-rog-zephyrus-m16-16-240hz-gaming-laptop-qhd-intel-13th-gen-core-i9-with-16gb-memory-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-1tb-ssd-off-black/6535501.p?skuId=6535501
    Unless you're exclusively gaming, 16G is not a good choice these days. I certainly wouldn't buy anything under 32 today.
    Reply
  • Flnames
    Great article considering 4070 has long term support unlike 4080.
    Reply
  • brandonjclark
    DougMcC said:
    Unless you're exclusively gaming, 16G is not a good choice these days. I certainly wouldn't buy anything under 32 today.
    Uhh, sir!

    8GB is enough for a default Mac configuration! 16GB is surely enough for default Windows!

    ;)
    Reply
  • mdd1963
    brandonjclark said:
    Uhh, sir!

    8GB is enough for a default Mac configuration! 16GB is surely enough for default Windows!

    ;)
    I suspect 16 GB is enough for 95% of most typical Windows users..., that being said, I got 32 GB even back in a 2017 build!)

    Given Dell's typical 'charge triple what RAM upgrades are actually worth' costs, I'd order it with 8 GB if possible, and replace both sticks with 16 GB modules at less than half of what Dell is likely to charge...! :) (Same with boot SSD config, they likely want an extra $250 per TB....)
    Reply