What's most striking about the Alienware X51 is its simplicity; not only in concept, but execution. It wasn't designed to break speed records or push the envelope of industrial design--it was built to ...

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 is largely credited for kicking off the micro-tower revolution three years ago with the original X51. The concept was simple: Take the typical business small-form-factor box, pull the PSU ...

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Alienware may have just upgraded its Aurora gaming rig, but that's not to keep the company from giving more diminutive form factors some love. Just this evening, the subsidiary of Dell announced the ...

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 ...

Dell announced the Alienware X51, its smallest gaming desktop, designed to bring 1080p high-definition 3D PC gaming into the living room and to a more mainstream gaming audience. The versatile design ...

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The Alienware X51 ($999.99 direct) fits everything a serious gamer needs into a compact chassis. The desktop has a full-size hard drive, desktop-class quad-core processor, and, best of all, a 150-watt ...

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