Alienware Restores Area-51 With Laptops and Large Desktops

As the official black site gatecrashers in 2019, Alienware is Naruto is running Return to Area 51. The Dell-owned brand is giving longtime fans a chance to indulge in an old-school aesthetic. The new Area-51 laptop looks the part, offering rounded corners and RGB mood lighting reminiscent of Alienware’s classic design. Conversely, the Area-51 desktop looks a lot like its current, more functional design. Except—this time—it’s really, really big.

The new 16- and 18-inch Area 51 laptops are its big brothers m16 R2 And m18 R2 From 2024. They both include the option of an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX or a Core Ultra 9 275HX, plus Nvidia’s 50-series GPU. Further options include up to 64 GB of DDR5 RAM (DDR5XMP 7200 MT/s at 32 GB). The laptop supports a TGP of 175W, which may be necessary to support high-end 50-series GPUs. We’ve yet to try the latest laptop gaming options from Intel and Nvidia, but you’re really here for the aesthetics. The bottom plate has a small see-through window for viewing some components.

I didn’t get to “use” the Area-51 laptops in any meaningful way before CES, though I tapped their keys with their CherryMX mechanical switches and reminded myself Gaming laptops of yesteryear With their fully mechanical keyboard. It’s a surprisingly pleasant typing experience that I haven’t experienced from a laptop in a long time, and that alone makes me excited to test them out. For visuals, both laptops have a QHD+ (2,560 by 1600) resolution IPS LCD that goes up to 240 Hz.

Area-51 laptops start around $2,000, but launch configurations with high-end 50-series cards will start at $3,200. They should start in early 2025, with more configuration options to follow.

Alienware has been changing its design ethos over the past few years. Nowhere is it clear compared with Latest Aurora R16 desktop And a more mundane appearance than that Past sci-fi Design. The same design carries over to the new Area-51, with RGB loops and rounded, square frames. It’s big, and pictures don’t do justice to its massive proportions. This case is meant for Nvidia’s 50-series GPUs. It includes a sliding rack to act as a bracket for these huge cards up to 450mm in length. The tower is so big that it should be future proofed against any card that could possibly be bigger. Equaling its size is its price tag. The new desktop should be available sometime in the first quarter of 2025, though the starting price will set you back $4,500.

The case itself is 24-9-inches by 22-inches large. Powering next-gen high-end Nvidia GPUs is no joke, so the Area-51 includes an 850W 80 Plus Gold or 1500W 80 Platinum PSU. A cradle for having more drives without built-in SSD storage as opposed to a power supply. If you have an old drive that you need to install on your PC, Area-51 offers you extra room.

The big consideration with the Area-51 is whether its “positive pressure airflow” cooling will work in practice. A typical case fan system takes in outside cooling air and exhausts it through other fans. The idea is that all the fans point inward while the hot air exits passively through the rear vents – no exhaust fan needed. It’s a technique that’s been around for years, with the added benefit of making graphics cards better than more traditional fan setups. Alienware claims their new tower is 13% cooler than other fan setups and quieter while doing it.

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