Be honest, when was the last time you installed anything in a PCIe slot that wasn't a graphics card? We still indulge in this charade, where ATX motherboards come equipped with several 1x and 4x slots ...

Watch as we upgrade the powerful Alienware Area 51m R2 with a blazing-fast Samsung 970 SSD and 32GB of high-speed 3200MHz RAM. Boost your gaming and productivity performance with this ultimate ...

PC components have a finite number of channels that connect with the CPU. These channels are physically built into the CPU, the motherboard, and the components themselves — and they're called PCIe ...

I recently purchased a new-old-stock HHHL Optane 900p SSD off eBay. The outer shipping box and inner retail box all had original factory seals (I checked multiple unboxing videos to be sure of this), ...

It's refreshing to see a gaming laptop that isn't wholeheartedly set on beating Apple when it comes to making the thinnest product possible, and the Alienware M16 R2 is surprisingly thick in ...

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...

It’s not easy to get your hands on RTX 50-series GPUs or PCs right now, but you can save tons of money on the RTX 4080-powered Alienware m18 R2 laptop with this deal. Normally the Alienware m18 R2 ...

Matti Robinson is a veteran of the industry originally from Finland, with nearly 20 years of writing and editing experience. His love for gaming started with the Commodore 64 and grew with each ...

"...we have found no impact on the functionality of either the graphics card or the motherboard." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Over the course of decades, Alienware has established itself as a trusted brand for gaming. This year, they launched a new model called the Alienware m18 R2 that continues that trend. So if you’re ...

Title says it all! I found this Minisforum MS-01 that's 196 x 189 x 48 mm, or 7.72 x 7.44 x 1.89 inches: which is pretty damn small, but that unit also has a bunch of stuff I don't need, like 4 ...

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. The Alienware m16 r2 is ...