Alienware features new ATI 4870 X2 in Gaming Desktop PCs

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Alienware now offers the just announced ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2, the world’s most powerful graphics card, on its award-winning line of desktops, including the Alienware Area-51, Area-51 ALX and Aurora.
The ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 features 2.4 teraflops of graphics power, 1,600 stream processing units, 2GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and more for uncanny performance in PC gaming and HD video playback. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:37:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Area-51 m15x Review

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Techspot published a review of the Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook.

Quote from the review: "For years Alienware has been producing machines that cater to gamers and enthusiasts desires, coupling some of the industry's most radical designs with top of the line PC hardware. So when Alienware introduced the Area-51 m15x we were obviously keen to check it out. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware m15x Gaming Laptop Review

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ThinkComputers published a review of the Alienware m15x Gaming Laptop.

Quote from the review: "Alienware is a name we know for the top of the line gaming machines and laptops. Today we will be looking at one of their latest offerings the m15x 15.4-inch laptop. Alienware has really pulled out all the stops with this laptop, making it both visually appealing and packing some serious components inside to play the latest games. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 07:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Rolls Out Gaming Rigs with new GTX 280 Graphics

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Alienware announced that it is offering Area-51 desktop computers with the new NVIDIA GTX 280 GPUs. Alienware says that the Area-51 7500 will support a single GTX 280, the Area-51 flagship will support SLI GTX 280’s and the Area-51 ALX will support 3-way SLI.

Pricing for rigs with the new NVIDIA graphics inside start at $1849 for a single GTX 280 on the Area-51 7500, the GTX 280 is a $650 option alone. If you move up to SLI GTX 280 cards on the Area-51 flagship it’s a $1200 option putting the starting price at $3099. For 3-way SLI GTX 280 cards on the ALX system you are looking at a $1700 option and a starting price for the system of $6299. Read more

Posted on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:38:21 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 ALX Desktop Updated

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Alienware announced today that it has updated its Area-51 ALX desktop and is re-launching the line. The new ALX desktop is now available with quad graphics and a CPU overclocked to 4GHz. The Intel QX9770 processor is normally clocked at 3.2GHz.

According to Alienware 4GHz is the maximum stable frequency for the processor and the CPU is liquid cooled by the ALX high-performance liquid cooling. Graphics options for the machine include NVIDIA quad SLI with a pair of 9800 GX2 video cards or ATI CrossFireX with Radeon HD 3870 X2 cards. The system has 4GB of Corsair Dominator DDR3 running at 1600MHz. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 May 2008 07:16:39 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center Review

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ThinkComputers published a review of the Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainment Center.

Quote from the review: "Home theater PC's have become very popular lately. It seems almost everyone I know has been taking their old computers and turning them into media machines. Well what if you want the best media machine money can buy? Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware and Dell Ship Notebooks with Seagate 320GB HDD

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Seagate announced today that Dell and Alienware have become the first two notebook makers to ship systems that use Seagate’s new 320GB 7200 RPM HDD for performance and storage capacity. Seagate says that the 320GB drive is available now on some Dell XPs machines and will see be offered in Alienware systems.

The Seagate drive uses a SATA 3.0 Gbit/second interface. The fast 7200 RPM rotational speed makes for serious performance. Commonly when a notebook drive has a high storage capacity you have to live with 5400 RPM or slower speeds making data access slower. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 10:14:39 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 m15x Review

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The test lab at our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook.

Quote from the review:"Alienware is a company that needs no introduction when it comes to gaming notebooks. The interstellar PC builder has been able to consistently raise the bar in the portable gaming space over and over, and with the Area-51 m15x it's done it once again. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:30:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Introduces M17x Gaming Notebook

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Alienware unveiled its most powerful gaming laptop ever this week called the Area-51 m17x. The notebook uses Intel Core 2 Extreme processors and NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX graphics in SLI mode. The machine also has a 500GB HDD and can be optioned with up to 1.5TB of storage.

The notebook can be optioned with an integrated HDTV tuner built-in and has multiple graphics and CPU options available. The built-in sound system includes two speakers and a subwoofer. The battery is a 12-cell lithium ion. Screen size for the machine is 17-inch and the screen resolution is 1920 x 1200. The M17x starts at $2199 with a fully optioned rig going for over $6000. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:36:21 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 now with GeForce 9800 GX2 and nForce 790i

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Alienware offers now its Area-51 gaming PC with the brand new NVIDIA 9800 GX2 graphics and nForce 790i chipset.

The Alienware Area-51 with the 9800 GX2 and nForce 790i starts at a mind-blowing $4,249. For that pile of cash you get besides the latest flagship hardware from NVIDIA an Intel Core 2 Extreme 3.0GHz, 4GB DDR3 1333MHz, a 250GB Hard Disc Drive, Windows Vista Premium and a DVD burner. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:22:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Area-51 ALX CFX Desktop

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Alienware announced a new version of its high performance Area-51 ALX desktop today that supports ATI’s recently announced CrossFireX. The ALX CrossFireX system uses a pair of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 graphics cards.

"Alienware is extreme high-performance PC gaming," said Marc Diana, Product Marketing Manager for Alienware, "and expectations are never higher than when dealing with the ALX CrossFireX, our most sophisticated desktop system. Adding the awesome power of a quad graphics solution like CrossFireX to the ALX desktop is just one more way Alienware strives to deliver the world's best PC gaming experience." Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 m15x Gets 45nm Core 2 Extreme

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Alienware announced today that its Area-51 m15x is the first 15.4-inch notebook computer equipped with a 45nm Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile processor. The processor used in the system is the Intel Core 2 Extreme Mobile processor X9000 CPU.

"When we launched the Area-51 m15x in January with the original CPUs and the NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX GPU, we knew we had crammed in more power than anyone had ever seen in this size system," said Bryan de Zayas, Associate Director for Product Marketing at Alienware. "Now, with the addition of an Intel Core 2 Extreme X9000, we've made the world's most powerful 15.4-inch notebook even more powerful." Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:40:27 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Announces Area-51 m15x Notebook

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Alienware announced its latest notebook computer today called the Area-51 m15x. The notebook features a 15.4-inch screen and is available with a range of Intel Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Extreme mobile processors.

Graphics on the machine include the new NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX, which provides serious gaming muscle for mobile gamers. The system also utilizes Alienware’s BinaryGFX technology that allows users to switch between integrated graphics and the discrete graphics card. Read more

Posted on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:19:03 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Curved Display Details

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Alienware made a splash at the CES 2008 showing a curved back projection display for a more immersive game-play.

Hardcore gamers already have two or even three monitors placed on their desks. The Alienware curved display addresses that setup with a single monitor.
I was waiting to see an official press-release about this new monitor from Alienware, but as it looks Alienware is not quite ready with the product yet. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 01:39:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Area-51 m9750 Review

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The testers over at our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Alienware Area-51 m9750 notebook.

Quote from the review: "Alienware’s Area 51 notebooks have long been heralded as the cream of the crop in gaming notebooks, and the m9750 largely upholds this proud tradition. With its dual GeForce Go 7950 GTX videocards in SLI and Core 2 Duo processor, this is one blazing-fast notebook. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Adds 320GB Samsung HDD to Options for Notebooks

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Alienware has announced that it is the first to market with the new Samsung 320GB hard drives in its computers. You can now opt for up to 640GB of storage in a notebook form factor. The Alienware systems that the new 320GB Samsung notebook drives will be available in are the Area-51 m9750 and the Area-51 m5550.

These are the first gaming notebooks to be available with up to 640GB of storage space and can be set up to operate in RAID 1 or RAID 0 configurations as well. Alienware is also offering a combination of the 320Gb HDD and a 64GB SSD. Read more

Posted on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:00:38 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Offers SSD RAID and SSD & HDD Options

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I have had the chance to check out some of the fantastic machines from Alienware in the past and they typically use the best hardware available. While they are normally far from inexpensive, the Alienware computers certainly perform well.

Today Alienware announced that they are now offering SSD drives as storage options in their Area-51 m9750, Aurora m9700 and Area-51 m5550 notebooks. Not only can you get a single 32GB SSD if you want, but you can opt for a 32GB SSD RAID setup. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 7500 Review

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HardwareLogic reviews the Alienware Area-51 7500 gaming PC.

Quote from the review:
"Perhaps one of the most recognizable name brands in the boutique OEM system market, Alienware's built a reputation on their trademark alien-themed cases with high end components under the hood. Read more

Posted on Wed, 4 Jul 2007 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Latest Reviews on I4U feature ATI HD 2900 XT, Alienware mALX and more

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We have been busy again last week publishing reviews of several interesting gadgets and computer hardware.

Shane reviewed the ATI HD 2900 XT Graphics Card and gave it an 8.0 rating.
His biggest job this week though was the building of the Mameroom Designs Ultimate Arcade II classic arcade cabinet.
See all new reviews below. Read more

Posted on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Aurora mALX 19 inch Gaming Notebook Review

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Today we are having a look at a fantastic gaming notebook from Alienware called the mALX. The Alienware mALX is one of the best gaming notebooks on the planet and has a huge 19” LCD display.

This is no normal notebook and if you are looking for something that blends in and is lightweight, this is not the notebook for you. If you want the fastest gaming notebook around this is the rig. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Jun 2007 13:03:10 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Hangar18 HD Entertainemnt Center

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Not too long ago Alienware, best known for some very nice gaming computers, announced their first media center computer called the Hangar18. The rig is designed to be the centerpiece of your home theater.

HD DVR functionality allows you to record your favorite shows and play them back at up to 1080p via HDMI output. You can option the system with up to 2TB of storage space for many hours of stored programs. The system can have up to four tuners, two standard and two HD to allow you to watch and record multiple programs at once. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:53:26 CDT | by Shane McGlaun