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 ...

The latest addition to the Alienware family of gaming desktops, the X51-R2 is actually an upgrade to last year's innovative Alienware X51. It uses the same space-saving small-form-factor (SFF) chassis ...

A couple of years ago Alienware’s X51 gaming PC had an easy ride. Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 were long in the tooth, and it was child’s play for Alienware to assemble a gaming PC with lots ...

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The Alienware X51 sports a nice and compact chassis with good internal hardware. However, it isn’t as stylish and over-the-top as previous Alienware desktops. Cutting down on Alienware�s ...

In PCMark05 (a benchmark designed to test CPU capabilities) and 3DMark06 (a similar program that tests the power of the GPU) the Alienware X51 scored 13,618 and 22,488 respectively, both phenomenal ...

Alienware stuffs a high end gaming PC in to a gaming console-sized package—the result being the Alienware X51 gaming desktop. For over 40 years, PCMag has been a trusted authority on technology, ...

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