[PC] [News] Alienware Area 51

[ondooy]

Alienware Area 51 review

Alienware has always made interesting designs, but the 51 might be the first to properly live up to the brand name. What you're looking at is a total recreation of the Area 51 desktop PC, one that actually looks like something a martian might walk out of at any moment.
As Steam Machines and other small form factor PCs (including Alienware's own Alpha) slowly chip away at the desktop enthusiast market, it's becoming increasingly difficult to make something that truly stands out. We can confidently say that Alienware has achieved that here.
The shape is unusual, but not for the sake of it - the triad design makes the 51 more practical in some respects, which I'll come onto in a moment.
Most importantly, the Area 51 is built on Intel's new Haswell-E CPU, in what will likely be the last time we see it on an Alienware desktop until Intel's Broadwell rolls around next year.
But for now you can rest assured that, as its size would suggest, the Area 51 is a behemoth in power.

the case looks awesome....

 

[Alternative X]

But the insides are unnecessary overkill and may give people the wrong impression that you need this level of atas hardware to play games properly.

Not to mention that triple SLI setups may run into more issues in gaming than a single card setup.

 

[ondooy]

can configure to suite your needs....

 

[Alternative X]

can configure to suite your needs....

But the Alienware 51 only comes with Haswell-E hardware, which is still crazy overkill and costs a bomb anyway.

If I have to buy Dell, I would at most pick a XPS 8700, or Optiplex with at least an i5 and a M-ATX casing for good base specs and large enough space for most standard hardware to go in.

 

[MPotato]

hw big is this?

 

[dreadknight]

if compare

they get tower case and add on those front and back angled-segments

which means bigger foot print
well.... i still believe alienware is overpriced... but my friend seems to be a fan of it even though he doesnt own one alienware machine

 

[shadow84]

hw big is this?

Do note that what you see now may be rev.0 and what you get later may be rev. 1... Better check properly.. Dun say got no warning...

 

[Atb]

Look like a mess. Can the pc makers make something as sexy as a iMac or as compact as a ps4. Tua leng kong is damn passé liao.

 

[MPotato]

Do note that what you see now may be rev.0 and what you get later may be rev. 1... Better check properly.. Dun say got no warning...

thx for warning.

 

[chanyongxi]

I go DIY better...