Thread: Alienware X51

Gaming PC vendor Alienware presentlybrought the wraps off its X51 - a smaller form factor desktop to goalongside its not-thus-dainty Aurora line of gaming desktopbehemoths. We acquired up close on the Core i7 variant of the novelmini gaming PC at a demo event yesterday.


The first thing that strikes you is thesize - it is not that much taller as compared to an Xbox 360 - 32cmhigh at its shortest point and less as compared to 10 cm inthickness. The box has been planned to either sit horizontally orstand vertically, and Alienware is anticipating a reasonable numberto detect homes below HDTVs in living rooms.

Thus what we are appearing at hereis a couple of the each boasting a 3.4Ghz Intel Core i7-2600, NvidiaGeforce GTX 555 graphics and 8 GB of memory. Alienware is eager tostress that there is a market for a performance gaming system withoutthe bulk - it believes people are appearing for smaller machines, butthat gamers however wanrequiret a desktop PC instead of a laptop.

The company is eager to stress itrequire to suit the X51 over traditional small form factor (SFF)systems that do not have a great deal of power or graphicscapabilities.


Like you can watch, there is aslot-ladening optical drive with the front, as considerable as a pairof USB 2.0 ports. There are a pair of USB 3.0 ports with the rear aswell as three more USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, Ethernet, complete complementof audio outputs having SPDIF and two DVIs. 802.11n Wi-Fi is evenincorporated. Sadly, there is no Blu-ray alternative for the opticaldrive.


Alienware was eager to demonstrate thatthe lower end is even extreme capable - it packs a 3.3GHz Intel Corei3-2120, Nvidia Geforce GT545 graphics, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 1TBHDD. All models sport Windows 7 Home Premium. There is even a 3GHzCore i5-2320 mid-scope variance available.We love the look of the thing but wewill be honest - the X51 is a much more of money for what it is,particularly since Alienware believes it occupies a mainstreaminstead of enthusiast section of the market.