2025-01-07
Alienware resurrects its Area-51 desktop PC
The Alienware Area-51 desktop PC, a line of high-end gaming rigs dating back to 1998, has returned after several years out of the game. The company announced the new model at CES 2025, describing the resurrected Area-51 as “retaking the throne” as Alienware’s latest flagship gaming PC. But royalty doesn’t come cheap, as its launch configuration will cost around $4,500. (Cue spit take.)
The new Area-51 PC has a full-sized 80L tower with headroom for over 600W of dedicated graphics power and 280W for processing. It supports the latest NVIDIA graphics cards and an Intel Core [...]
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Alienware revived its Area-51 laptops with serious performance and far-out designs
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The Morning After: Acer's huge 11-inch handheld gaming PC
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Alienware AW2725Q review: An exceptional OLED gaming display
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2025-05-08
Alienware just launched a new line of more affordable laptops
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2025-03-11
Microsoft is phasing out its Remote Desktop app in May
The Remote Desktop app for Windows is (almost) dead; long live the Windows app. Microsoft said on Monday that its legacy Remote Desktop client, which has already been replaced on other platforms, will [...]
2025-03-04
Alienware boosts its 34-inch QD-OLED gaming monitor to 240Hz
Alienware unveiled a widescreen 34-inch QD-OLED monitor a few years ago and it was hit from the get-go thanks to the HDR brightness, OLED color accuracy and smooth 175Hz refresh rate. Now, the compan [...]
2025-01-28
Get more than $400 off one of our favorite Alienware gaming monitors
Looking to upgrade your gaming rig? Dell is selling one of its most popular Alienware gaming monitors at a deep discount. The 32-inch model is more than $400 off, now costing $765 instead of $1,200. T [...]