Monday, March 2, 2009

Tech Review: Alienware Area 51

This is one of the best gaming desktops on the market for those people interested in serious gaming.






















Operating Systems

  • Windows Vista® Home Premium - 64 Bit
  • Windows Vista® Ultimate - 64 Bit

Processors, Chipset & Memory

  • 45nm Intel "Bloomfield" Socket 1366 CPU architecture
    • Intel® Core™ i7 920 2.66GHz 8MB Cache
    • Intel® Core™ i7 940 2.93GHz 8MB Cache
    • Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme 3.2GHz 8MB Cache
  • Intel® X58 Chipset "Nehalem" Processor Family Supported
  • Up to 12GB Triple Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
  • 6 dedicated DIMM slots for Triple Channel DDR3 Memory

Graphics & Video

  • Standard Single GPU Graphics Cards
    • 512MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4670
    • 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9800 GT
    • 896MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 260
    • 1GB NIVIDA® GeForce™ GTX 280
    • 2GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4870 X2
  • Optional Dual GPU Graphics Cards
    • 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce 9800 GTX
    • 896MB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 260
    • 1GB NIVIDA® GeForce™ GTX 280
    • 2GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 4870 X2

Storage

  • Single Hard Drive
    • 7200 RPM – up to 32MB cache and 1TB storage
    • 10,000 RPM – up to 16MB cache and 300GB storage
  • Dual RAID 0/1 Hard Drives
    • 7,200 RPM - up to 64MB cache and 2TB storage
    • 10,000 RPM - up to 16MB cache and 300GB storage
  • Optical Drives
    • 20x Dual Layer DVD Burner (CD-RW/DVD±RW)
      • Lightscribe technology
    • Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BD-ROM, DVD±RW, CD-RW)
    • 4x Dual Layer Blu-ray Burner (BD-RE, DVD±RW, CD-RW)

Networking

  • Wired Connectivity
    • Dual Integrated Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45

Audio

  • Standard 7.1/5.1 Digital High-Definition Audio (8 Channel)
  • Connectivity Front and Rear
    • 2x Auto-sensing headphone jack
    • 2x Auto-sensing microphone jack
  • Optional Enthusiast Audio Options
    • Sound Blaster X-Fi High Definition Surround Sound Audio

Peripheral Connections

  • 8 Hi-speed USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 IEEE 1394a (9-pin) port – Powered
  • 1 E-SATA port

Case & Chassis

  • Exclusive Alienware chassis design
  • AlienIce™ 3.0 high-performance cooling
  • Standard system lighting
  • Optional AlienFX System Lighting
  • Standard 750-watt Multi-GPU-approved power supply
  • Optional 1000-watt Multi-GPU-approved power supply
  • Optional 1200-watt Multi-GPU-approved power supply
  • Tool–less front and side panels
  • Height: 19.01”
  • Width: 9.97”
  • Depth: 25.02”



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