Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Gets Tested

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Alienware unveiled the new Core i7 powered Alienware Aurora ALX this week. Hothardware published what they call a Alienware Aurora ALX Gaming System Preview.
Quote from the preview: "The release of ATI's Radeon HD 5870 graphics card has caused quite a stir in the hardware industry. While enthusiasts scramble to find the coin to upgrade their systems, Alienware has provided an all inclusive option for those in the market for an entire rig, loaded with some of the fastest parts available. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:11:57 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Core i7 Alienware Rigs Coming

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Okay, so Alienware computers are a little silly. You pay a hefty premium for the name, and another big chunk of change for their nifty case designs. None of that stops them from being some pretty sweet machines with some high-high end specs. The new Alienware Aurora/Aurora ALX and Area-51/Area-51 ALX desktops reach new heights of ridiculous (and awesome).

First up, the Aurora and Aurora ALX. Both of these new desktops have Intel Core i7 processors, with Extreme Edition optional. The processors are 3.6 GHz and have dual 1GB ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics cards and up to 24 GB of DDR3 1333 MHz memory, or 12 GB of DDR3 1600 MHz memory. They can also have up to 2 TB of HD storage. Prices start at $1299 and go up from there.

Posted on Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Alienware m15x Core i7 Notebook Appears Early

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Service documents on the Dell web site reveal the hot new Alienware m15x notebook running on the Intel Core i7 CPU. When will companies understand that you cannot hide stuff on your site without eager users finding it.
Aynway, the service docs reveal the full specifications of the new Core i7 Alienware m15x. The Alienware m15x features include up to 8GB RAM, 2MP Camera, Blu-ray writer option, 15.6 inch HD+ (1600x900px) or 15.6 inch FHD (1920x1080) screen option, backlit keyboard, 6-cell or 9-cell smart lithium ion battery and SSD or HDD drive options. Read more

Posted on Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:53:38 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Area-51 X58 Review

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Our review partner Digital Trends published a review of one of Alienware's Core i7 gaming machines. Specifically they tested the Alienware Area-51 X58.

Quote from the review: "With Intel's new Core i7 processors and Nvidia's new GeForce GTX 295 cards drawing rave reviews from performance enthusiasts, it only makes sense that one system combining both would be among the best available. And Alienware's X58 meets that expectation. Read more

Posted on Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Notebook Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Alienware Area-51 m15x 15.4-inch Gaming Notebook.
Quote from the review: "Gaming notebooks are an odd breed of machine that tends to be much more expensive than what you could get a higher performance desktop for. However, anyone who has tried to lug a decked out full tower desktop gaming machine to a LAN party can tell you, sometimes giving up performance for portability isn’t such a bad thing. Read more

Posted on Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware Black Friday 2008 Deals unveiled

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If you have been dreaming to own one of the mean gaming desktop or notebooks from Alienware, Black Friday might be the best bet to get a great deal on one.
Alienware just informed us that they will offer a $200 instant discount when you buy the Area 51 m17x Notebook or the Area 51 790i Desktop.
On the purchase of the Area-51 m15x (read our new review) you still get $100 discount. The Alienware deals are valid from Wednesday 26th until December 2nd.
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Posted on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:29:45 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Alienware ALX X-58 Gaming Computer is I4U Gift Tip #94

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The holiday season is officially upon us and for PC gamers this will be a great holiday season with a glut of new PC games and gaming systems. Intel recently introduced its latest Core i7 processors along with its X58 chipset that promise a massive performance improvement in gaming and other computer uses.

If you have a new gaming rig on your shopping list this year and you have the budget to support the best we have the rig for you. The Alienware ALX X-58 has all of the new tech crammed inside. The machine has several new Core i7 CPU options including the Core i7 940 at 2.93 GHz and the Core i7 Extreme Edition at 3.2GHz. Read more

Posted on Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware Area-51 m15x Gaming Notebook Review

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Today we are looking at the Alienware Area-51 m15x gaming notebook. The notebook features an Intel CPU and graphics by NVIDIA.

The high-resolution screen on the M15x is fantastic and the notebook offers tons of mobile gaming performance. If you are in the market for a new gaming notebook, this could be the system for you. Read more

Posted on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:39:58 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Alienware M17 Gets ATI CrossFireX

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Alienware has launched its newest gaming notebook called the M17. The machine has a 17-inch LCD with an optional resolution of 1920 x 1200. The machine is the first gaming notebook to use ATI's CrossFireX multiple-GPU technology.

In addition to CrossFireX technology the rig also offers Intel quad-core extreme processors, RAID 0 options and more. Blu-ray player is an option as well. The notebook starts at $1399 though full loaded systems will run you over twice that amount. Read more

Posted on Wed, 5 Nov 2008 10:00:00 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Best Buy Gets Exclusive Alienware Aurora Desktops

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Dell has announced that Best Buy will be the exclusive retail carrier for some Alienware Aurora gaming desktops just in time for the holiday shopping season. Alienware systems can easily run into the ten thousand dollar range, but the rigs Best Buy will be peddling are much more reasonably priced.

Consumers will be able to get an Aurora with an AMD Phenom X4 9550 quad-core CPU, dual ATI HD 4850 video cards, 500GB HDD, and 4GB of storage for $1699.99. The performance the machine offers will be plenty for all the latest titles on the gaming market this holiday season. Read more

Posted on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

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