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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 ...

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 ...

Page 8: Lost Planet 2 and Far Cry 2 Benchmarks Page 9: Batman Arkham City and Power Consumption Performance Summary: When some consider the size of a small form factor system, they tend to set their ...

The last time we looked at Dell's Alienware X51 series of console-sized gaming PCs was back in mid-2013. Back then we were working with Intel's 4th generation Haswell Core Series processors and NVIDIA ...

When Nvidia announced the GTX 680 and its accompanying Kepler architecture last month, it made a big fuss about power efficiency. Instead of raw clock speeds, Kepler focuses on performance per watt.

Alienware generally makes giant honking gaming computers. There are two exceptions: The tiny Alpha, and the console-sized X51 desktop. And today, the X51 is getting some pretty huge ...

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 ...