The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's highest-end gaming laptop and the only model that can be equipped with the super powerful GeForce RTX 5090 mobile GPU. Prices have gone way up for ...

At CES 2026, Alienware announced a complete refresh of its gaming laptop lineup. The company brought back the Area-51 name with 16-inch and 18-inch models and introduced the Alienware 16X Aurora, a ...

Alienware’s flagship desktop finally ditched proprietary parts last year (no more Dell-specific motherboards) and welcomed AMD’s flagship Ryzen X3D desktop chips in November. Now it’s getting the ...

TL;DR: Dell's Alienware Area-51 gaming PC now features AMD Ryzen 9000X3D processors, including the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, paired with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPUs. These configurations offer enhanced ...

The Area-51 uses the X870E motherboard and can be configured with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D or the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. Both processors include AMD’s 3D V-cache technology, which improves access to game data ...

You spoke and Dell's Alienware division heard you—the latest-generation AMD Ryzen processors based on Zen 5 are now an option on the Alienware Area-51 desktop gaming PC, the same one we reviewed in ...

Alienware is beefing up the gaming chops of its flagship prebuilt Area-51 gaming PCs with AMD Ryzen 9000 X3D processors – the best gaming processors in the business. Alienware has announced that, ...

For 2025, Alienware revived its iconic Area-51 name and gave it an all-new design and flagship components. (Sam Rutherford for Engadget) Alienware is at its best when it makes no-holds-barred gaming ...

Almost a year has passed since NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPUs set the bar for high-end gaming, with the RTX 5090 crowned as the card every player dreams of slotting into their rig. Of course, chasing that ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. The Alienware Area-51 (AAT2250) is quite something. Its ...

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. The Alienware 16 Area-51 sets the stage for the Dell-owned ...