The in-house PC gaming brand owned by Dell has just made it public that they will be updating some of their devices. The announcement took place at the PAX Prime gaming convention that is held annually in Seattle. The gaming PCs include 4 gaming laptops and one desktop.
Alienware stated they are not putting out new designs, but rather enhancing their existing products. Alienware X51 is a desktop that is famous among professional gamers who require full power systems for touring.
X51 is getting a boost and jumps straight to the sixth generation Core i5 and Core i7. We can also expect faster DDR4-rated RAM. More news about Alienware’s 4 Gaming Laptops is expected from the IFA tech trade that will be held in Berlin in a week.
Another cool feature the new X51 promises is an optional liquid cooling. This translates into a combination of a pump and a radiator in a single device.
The design of the new X51 won’t blend in with your decor, but it promises a lot of high end features. The device is matte black with a green strip on the sides. The inside space is limited, so the CD drive has been sacrificed and expelled from the new model. But instead users get a removable tray for the GPU to compensate for that.
X51 R3 will be compatible with its Graphics Amplifier. However, before you go all out and buy yourself one of those, you should keep in mind that the amplifier is half as big as X51. Kind of a turn off, to be honest.
With two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0 ports, built in 802.11ac Wi-Fi, 8GB of RAM and a CPU liquid cooler, Alienware seems to have worked hard to please the gamers’ niche and meet their demanding requirements. But have they succeeded?
What do early verdicts predict? We can’t deny the updated features are pretty attractive. However, this would be a wise choice only if you were specifically looking for a small gaming PC.
Props to the clever cooling solution as well. Alienware hit the nail on the head with that one. But the additional costs of a buying a separate graphics amplifier and also an external graphics card fail to fully justify this purchase.
If you’re a gaming enthusiast with a liking for small PCs and you want a sleek frame, the X51 R3 meets most of the expectations but leaves some space for improvement.
