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Alienware X51 Reviews

DigitalTrends

04/2012

8.5/10

Alienware X51 Review

The Alienware X51 crunches the power of a full-size gaming rig into the size of a console, providing top-notch graphics in a living-room-friendly package.Gaming consoles can do some amazing things, no question, but there's really no comparing the graphical output and processing power of the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 with a proper gaming PC. Certainly not now, more than five years after the current console hardware generation launched. In spite of this, the gaming mainstream continues to stick with consoles. There are a number of reasons for this.Cost is always a factor; whether you're going with a pre-built rig or a hand-crafted one, you're likely going to spend more than triple what you would on a dedicated game console. PCs are also just more complicated to deal with. You can't typically just plug one into your TV or monitor and start playing games. Physical space is an issue as well. Desktops are big, beastly pieces of hardware, especially when they're built for gaming. Not always though. Not in the case of the Alienware X51.This new, compact offering from the Dell-owned gaming PC brand is meant to offer budget-minded pricing for those who want to add some high-performance gaming to their home entertainment centers.

CNet UK

04/2012

9.0/10

Alienware X51 review

Gaming desktops are usually enormous, power-hungry machines covered with more glowing lights than the Vegas strip. But what if you need something smaller for your living room but don't want to sacrifice power? Alienware reckons it has the answer in the form of the X51 -- a console-sized desktop PC with enough power to tackle serious gaming. My review model came packing an Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce GTX 555 graphics card. It's available now for £900 or you can opt for a lesser configuration from £650 if money is short.The first thing you'll notice about the X51 is its relatively miniature size. Most desktop PCs designed for gaming are enormous beasts -- just look at the gargantuan Alienware Aurora -- but the X51 is just a little bigger than the most recent Xbox so you won't need to make special modifications to your house to accommodate it. If you worry about angry glowing alien head logos frightening the kids, the X51 is small enough to hide away in your TV cabinet. Rather than have it sitting below a desk in your study or bedroom, it can happily rest in the space by your TV.

The Verge

02/2012

8.5/10

Alienware X51 review

Do you identify yourself as a PC gamer? Or do you prefer consoles, perhaps? Truth be told, there's not a lot separating the two these days. With notable exceptions, today's top games are built for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, and unless you can't live without the likes of Mario, Solid Snake or Master Chief, you'll likely pick based on the controller you prefer, graphical fidelity, and the distance you sit from your screen. Inevitably, tradeoffs have to be made. There's a lot to be said for vegging out on the couch after work with a good game, but consoles don't often play nice with mouse and keyboard, and don't usually render games at true 1080p. Meanwhile, the gaming PCs that can are typically huge and bulky. That's why Alienware's X51 is so intriguing. This black tower packs full-size gaming PC components into a chassis only marginally bigger than an original PlayStation 3 — theoretically slotting in alongside your home theatre components to let you play the latest PC games on your TV. The crazy part is that despite the X51's size, it isn't a boutique machine: Alienware claims it's easily upgradable with off-the-shelf components, and the basic model starts at just $699. The question is obvious: what's the catch?

PCWorld

02/2012

9.0/10

Alienware X51

Among built-to-order gaming PCs, Alienware is about as close as one gets to a household name, and the brand is largely synonymous with huge black boxes covered in garish blinking lights. The new Alienware X51 ($999 as configured, as of February 3, 2012) is a marked departure from that routine, cutting both costs and girth to deliver a machine that’s palatable to the masses but doesn't lose any of that gamer cred. The Alienware X51’s specs aren’t especially impressive on paper. The model I reviewed is equipped with a 3GHz Intel Core i5-2320, 8GB of RAM, an Nvidia GeForce GTX 555 discrete graphics card, and a 1TB hard drive. Of note: Despite the system's (relatively) small size, those are all desktop-class components, and they perform well. On PCWorld’s WorldBench 6 test suite, the X51 earned an impressive score of 147, landing at the top of the budget desktops category and giving some of the lower-end performance desktops a run for their money. The X51's gaming performance isn’t exactly mind-blowing, but it is strong. On our Crysis 2 benchmark, it posted a frame rate of 46.2 frames per second at a resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels and fairly high settings. You can certainly eke out more frames if you turn the visual details down a bit, but that’s excellent performance for a PC at this price.

HotHardware

02/2012

Dell Alienware X51, SFF PC Gaming Refined

Dell's enthusiast gaming PC division has built a legacy on designing over-the-top desktops and notebooks, that push the boundaries of performance and style with an unmistakable design flair. We've been pretty impressed with the Alienware systems we've looked at thus far, and though they tend to run a premium in terms of price, performance and design quality generally scale along with that higher price tag. On the test track, Alienware notebooks have racked up some of the best performance numbers we've seen and the company's desktops rank right up there as well. One shape the Aliens have never assumed previously, however, is the small form-factor desktop. And let's be honest, systems in this weight class generally aren't known for their gaming prowess but usually serve as home theater or mainstream PCs. The folks at Alienware have a different sort of vision for their next alien life form and if you weren't paying attention, you'd almost mistake it for a game console rather than a PC. But you're here at HH, so you're obviously paying attention. And so are we. You could say the Alienware X51 gaming PC system got our attention when it hacked into our news channel not long ago.

CNet

01/2012

8.0/10

Alienware X51

Scaling down a gaming desktop means sacrifice. In exchange for the reduced footprint, you lose performance, flexibility in upgrading, and often value. In spite of those issues, I still like the new Alienware X51 slim tower. Alienware's designers have distilled the company's signature UFO motif into an aggressive little package without crossing into gaudiness. Our $999 X51 review unit is also fast enough to play most current PC games well. A midtower gaming PC still offers better upgrading and more hardware for your money, but if you need the X51's smaller footprint, or you just want a competent gaming system for a reasonable price, this system would be a good choice. Alienware quite obviously looked to the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 to guide the design of the X51. That inspiration has pluses and minuses. The X51's slim-tower chassis measures a tidy 13.25 inches high, 3.75 inches wide, and 12.25 inches deep, making it only a little bit larger than those gaming consoles in overall volume. The fact that the X51 can stand upright or lie down flat on its side is useful. The X51's glossy black front panel and slot-loading DVD burner would also fit in with the aesthetics of any media rack. Even Alienware's signature "alien eye" side panel cut-outs give the X51 a certain charm, thanks to a refined design.

Prices

Information	Prices
Gaming/performance Barebones, Gtx 460, 8gb, Usb 3.0, Front Lcd, Bluray Burn	$579.99	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$699	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$699	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$699	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$699	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$699	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$749	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$749	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$749	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i3-2120 3.3GHz (3MB Cache) with Hyper-Threading Technology	$749	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$899	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$899	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$949	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$949	See it
Alienware AX51-0066BK Desktop	$978.98	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$999	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- Intel Core i5-2320 3.0GHz (6MB Cache) with Turbo Boost Technology 2.0	$999	See it
Dell Alienware X51 Gaming Desktop Computer- 3rd Gen Intel Core i7-3770 (3.4GHz, 8MB Cache, w/ Hyper-Threading and Turbo Boost 2.0)	$1149	See it
Alienware AX51-0066BK Desktop	$1249.6	See it