Lisa Gade reviews a very new sort of Alienware gaming laptop, the 17.3” Area-51m with a desktop processor and upgradable graphics card. The Alienware Area 51m isn’t much larger than the Alienware 17, yet it packs significantly more performance, upgradability and cooling. It’s available with Intel Core i7-8700, Core i7-9700K and Core i9-9900K CPUs, NVIDIA RTX 2060, 2070 and 2080 dedicated graphics, and a full HP IPS display (60Hz, 144Hz options). Fast NVMe SSDs with optional RAID0, Alien FX per key RGB backlighting and body lighting and Thunderbolt 3 are standard. Pricing starts at $2,149, but our top of the line Core i9 with RTX 2080, lots of storage and 32GB RAM costs considerably more.
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Love the review and most importantly the DBZ shirt
What’s the problem with sharing heatpipes CPU/GPU?
I would think it’s great sharing them all.
When it’s CPU intensive or just GPU intensive you would get all the cooling capabilities available.
I like it I want it ….but I want it in QHD 🙁
Cheaper than a base model MacBook pro 15
I love that DBZ shirt!
God I love all your reviews…All yeah that shirt is Awesome
dat DBZ t-shirt is better than this laptop
Dbz shirt!!! You rock!
Please review the Alienware m17!
The day gamer laptops are partly watercooled is the day I buy one, and yeees I know it is hard to pull off. Really good review tho and interesting to see what Alienware can do it is impressive
But will we ever see you sport a One Punch Man tshirt though?
Appreciate the review but this laptop is pretty useless. While the specs are impressive, I can’t help but think an itx pc would be a better choice say if you’re moving to and from places every month or so, or just get a cheaper gaming laptop. Would not want to have to lug this huge beast around with 2 power bricks and now a lot of gaming laptops have been getting lighter, offer better cooling and FPS over their previous models. [Apart from the max-q cards lol]
Thanks again for an informative review I think I will spring for this over the MSI Raider but which configuration is best for gaming as I will get RTX 2080 and the I9 processor?
LIsa is it getting to that time to re-show your new setup?
DBZ T-Shrit, reviews laptop with power over 99999.
I’d rather have an ITX build.
@MobileTechReview
9:40 can you use the “dell graphics amplifier port “(egpu ) + thunderbolt egpu at the same time along with the internal gpu
in some sort of “hybrid 3 way sli”
could you review this unit with egpu options ?
That isnt a laptop with a desktop CPU, that is a desktop with a CPU.
You good woman
Cool shirt!!!
I got distracted with the dragon ball shirt. Lol.
Okay, science says I can live with just one kidney… any taker?
I thought it was a router haha
it’s over 9000, wait no $4500…
Mine came scratched. Twice… waiting for my 3rd
Battery life is the time it takes to boot up
why didn’t you actually test the battery life instead of spreading false info? pcworld actually tested it at 250 nits running a 4k video until the battery died and it lasted almost 6 hours
Great shirt as always
Dang, another great, thorough review doesn’t skip the practicalities……
Thank you!
(That thing is beautiful. So pretty.)
Beautiful laptop
Admiration from me for going through that disassembly and not just saying ‘can be done’. Good review, impressive machine. And this is the basis of a real workstation more so than some of Dell’s Precision line.
I wonder, is Lisa bangin’ anyone?
Came for the laptop
Stayed for the DBZ shirt
Hi Lisa, You said the fans get loud, but how loud exactly? Also would the fans on the MSI raider GE75 be super loud as well? Thanks in advance.
Waffles
Thanks for the review, Lisa. How is the Area 51m compared to the same high-end spec Origin Eon17-X which has a 4K option with i9-9900K, RTX 2080 for around the same price range?
Like for DBZ shirt
thanks for the detailed review Lisa as always.
i literally just bought that shirt at walmart today lol
It’s beautiful. Expensive as hell but beautiful.
any way to change the wattage? i like my aero 15x capped at 30w (and -130mv), clocks maxed at 3.6, keeps it cool.
i dont see the need to go that far, but being able to adjust it to keep it under control is nice.
also, think there could be an option soon to put 1440p/120hz in this? i think that’d be the perfect combo for the hardware
3:27 I’m sure you realized this later but it’s a 9900K actually; H is the mobile moniker
The CPU equipped on this laptop is actually the desktop version. There is definitely no H for the name of the CPU. It is a 9900K but not a “9900HK”. There is even no such thing (“9900HK”) has been released. Can’t see why the channel is so amateurish now. It’s a shame.
I’ll be in the market for a desktop-replacement-laptop when touchscreen becomes common. Getting anxious to see what the early 2020’s bring.
Stopped watching as soon as she said 4500 dollars.
1080p panel… men are they serious?
They temporarily stopped shipping these out because of “quality control” issues lmfao fucking alienware go figure.