Alienware's beastly Area-51m gaming laptop just got even more powerful

Alienware'due south beastly Surface area-51m gaming laptop just got even more than powerful

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The Alienware Area-51m R2 is official, and it has the potential to make one of the best gaming laptops even better. Alienware took the globe's first fully upgradable gaming laptop and added the latest 10th-gen Intel processors and an optional 4K screen — a outset for the Area-51 lineup.

This expensive gaming rig seeks to justify its price (the absolute cheapest model costs $3,050) with incredibly capable hardware, a gorgeous blueprint and enough ports for even the most demanding on-the-become gaming enthusiast. While not anybody is going to want to crush out the money for the Area-51m R2, those who practise will be able to play some of the most enervating games on the market with loftier resolutions and fast frame rates.

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Here'south everything nosotros know about the Area-51m R2 and then far, including its release date, price and possible configurations.

Alienware Expanse-51m R2 release engagement

The Alienware Surface area-51m R2 has a release date of June 9, in all possible configurations. This means yous'll be able to customize your preferred model right from the get-go. (Some other machines in Alienware'south lineup will roll out different configurations in phases, for dissimilarity.) Tom's Guide should accept a model in for review effectually that time.

Alienware Expanse-51m R2 price

You may want to sit down down before yous read on. The Alienware Area-51m R2 starts at $iii,050 — and it tin go a lot higher, depending on your options. While Dell didn't lay out exactly how much any specific configuration would cost, the Area-51m R2 has options for 32 GB RAM, a two TB SSD, an Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super GPU and a 4K 60 Hz display.

These things are probably non going to come up inexpensive. If you want every available bell and whistle on the Expanse-51m R2, await to pay more than $5,000 (the nearly expensive Area-51m on the market right at present costs $five,500, for comparing).

Alienware Surface area-51m R2 specs

Like most Alienware gear, the Alienware Surface area-51m R2 has a ton of customization options. This is good for inveterate tweakers. Here's the range of options you'll have when selecting processor, retention, storage, GPU and more:

Processor: 10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700 to 10th Gen Intel Core i9 10900K
Retention: eight GB DDR4 at 2933 MHz to 32 GB DDR4 XMP at 3200 MHz
Storage: 256 GB NVMe SSD to ii TB PCIe SSD (Boot) + ii TB PCIe SSD (Storage)
GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6GB GDDR6 to Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB GDDR6
Brandish: 17.3", 1920 x 1080 resolution at 144 Hz to 17.three", 3840 10 2160 resolution at 60 Hz

Alienware Area-51m R2 design and ports

If y'all're familiar with the Alienware Area-51m, then the R2 doesn't look also unlike. It'southward a 17-inch laptop with a silver plastic chassis and blue backlit keys. In that location are vents on the dorsum, sides and forepart, and the whole package can weigh upward to x.4 pounds. It's a big laptop that's not for the faint of heart — or of back musculus.

The Alienware Aea-51m R2 also features a number of different ports: an Ethernet port, iii USB-A ports, an SD card reader, a Thunderbolt port, an Alienware graphics amp port (in example you want to hook the motorcar into a desktop setup), an HDMI port, a mini-Display Port, iii.5 mm ports for audio and mic, a lock slot and a microSD card reader.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom'south Guide, overseeing the site's coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a scientific discipline writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and technology. After hours, you can find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.