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Area 51 ALX

By Alienware

The Alienware Area 51 ALX is a powerful desktop PC designed for gaming. It comes standard with Alienware's custom TactX Keyboard and, mouse and headset combo. To increase performance, it supports dual Nvidia SLI graphics cards and its Intel Core-i7 processor comes pre-overclocked and liquid cooled.

Description

Status: Available

Availability

Desktop type: Tower, Gaming PC
Case Dimensions (largest): 25.84 inches
Case Dimensions (middle): 23.44 inches
Case Dimensions (smallest): 10.91 inches
Weight: 84 pounds
Color: Black / Red

Hardware

Operating system: Windows 7

Software

CPU brand: Intel
CPU family: Gulftown
Base CPU model: Core i7-980x
Cores: 6
Clockspeed: 3.33 GHz
Turbo clockspeed: 3.6 GHz

Processor (base)

Brand: Intel
Family: Gulftown
Model: Core i7-990x
Cores: 6
Clockspeed: 4 GHz

Processor (max)

Graphics type: Discrete
Base discrete GPU brand: ATI
Base discrete GPU model: Radeon HD 6870
Dedicated VRAM size: 1 GB
SLI / Crossfire: Yes

GPU (base)

Discrete GPU brand: AMD
Discrete GPU model: Radeon HD 6990
Dedicated VRAM size: 4 GB
SLI / Crossfire: Yes

GPU (max)

Base RAM size: 6 GB
Max. config RAM: 12 GB
RAM type: DDR3
Base RAM speed: 1600 MHz
Slots: 3

Memory

Options: HDD (7200RPM), Flash Memory (SSD), RAID 0 (HDD), RAID 1 (HDD), Raid 0 (SSD), HDD (10000RPM)
Base storage type: HDD (7200RPM)
Base storage capacity: 1 TB
Max. config HDD: 4 TB
Max. config SSD: 1 TB
Card reader: Optional