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Alienware has been teasing a new system on its website, with a majestic and mysterious monolithic tower as the primary image. So it may come as a surprise that the gaming PC giant has revealed that ...

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Besides the popular micro-desktop, Alienware's gaming laptop lineup is also being updated with new processors and some 4K screens. Dan Ackerman Editorial Director / Computers and Gaming Dan Ackerman ...

Here in the late Summer of 2014 we're having a look at a gaming PC from Alienware that's continuing to aim for console-beating power after nearly a year out in the wild. This review isn't like most ...

While the Alienware X51 has been slated by Valve as a currently available Steambox, consumers still have to get rid of that pesky Windows to install the Linux-driven platform. As we've seen with the ...

The Alienware X51 proves that big things can come in small packages, offering excellent gaming performance in a slim chassis. Among built-to-order gaming PCs, Alienware is about as close as one gets ...

Alienware have started 2012 by letting lose their X51 desktop. The X51 is a slim gaming PC that is designed to orient itself vertically, or horizontally on the desktop. Even the Alienware logo ...

The last time we looked at Dell's Alienware X51 series of console-sized gaming PCs was back in mid-2013. Back then we were working with Intel's 4th generation Haswell Core Series processors and NVIDIA ...

Dell could be angling for “Steam box” status with the Alienware X51, a living room-friendly, small form factor gaming desktop that is now available with the Ubuntu Linux operating system preinstalled.

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