Alienware Area 51 ALX Reviews

Total Rating: 8 of 10

Summary of review published by PC Magazine — September, 2008

Rated 4 of 5


It may cost a fortune, but the Alienware Area-51 ALX provides impressive gaming power in an equally impressive design. The case has a black visage with chromed accents that’s enough to send any avid gamer drooling with envy. It also has Alienware's AlienFX system lighting, which lets you customize the LED glow on the different sections of the case for that added bling. The components inside are no slouch either. It comes with an overclocked 3-GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme, 4GB of 1,600-MHz RAM, and two GeForce 9800 GX2 graphics cards in a Quad SLI configuration. Add them all together and you have a mean machine capable of achieving amazing benchmark scores. The reviewer stated that it took only 28 seconds to finish the Windows Media Encoder (WME) test and 3DMark06 scores - 19,346 at 1,280-by-1,024 are among the highest so far. Running Crysis, one of the most demanding 3D titles in the market, at 1,280-by-1,024 scored a blazing 81 fps. With a powerful processor, high-end graphics performance and an envy-inspiring exterior look, the Alienware Area-51 ALX sets the bar for other gaming PCs and an excellent choice for extreme gamers with the cash to burn.
Pros:
-excellent multimedia performance
-no bloatware
-comes with the latest technology
Cons:
-extremely expensive
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