Tuesday, June 10th 2014
Alienware Alpha Gaming Mini PC Announced
Dell's Alienware division has previously confirmed working on a Steam Machine and now the fruits of that work have entered the spotlight at E3. Alienware Alpha is a Steam Machine-like Mini PC that is designed for living room gaming without actually utilizing Valve's Steam OS or its (delayed) Steam Controller.
Alpha comes with Windows 8.1 pre-installed and makes use of a Console-mode UI allowing users easy access to Steam Big Picture. The system will be bundled with an Xbox 360 controller and will have a base price tag of $549. For that amount you get an Intel Core i3 (Haswell) processor, 4 GB of DDR3-1600 memory, a 2 GB NVIDIA Maxwell-based graphics card (GTX 750 Ti maybe?), and a 500 GB hard drive. Higher-priced configurations include Core i5/i7 processors, 8 GB of RAM, and 1/2 TB HDDs.
Alienware's compact system also features 802.11 ac WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, Gigabit Ethernet, four USB ports (two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.0), and HDMI pass-through. The Alpha is set to launch this holiday season.
Source:
PC Gamer
Alpha comes with Windows 8.1 pre-installed and makes use of a Console-mode UI allowing users easy access to Steam Big Picture. The system will be bundled with an Xbox 360 controller and will have a base price tag of $549. For that amount you get an Intel Core i3 (Haswell) processor, 4 GB of DDR3-1600 memory, a 2 GB NVIDIA Maxwell-based graphics card (GTX 750 Ti maybe?), and a 500 GB hard drive. Higher-priced configurations include Core i5/i7 processors, 8 GB of RAM, and 1/2 TB HDDs.
14 Comments on Alienware Alpha Gaming Mini PC Announced
on a second thought 549$ pricetag for the lower is not so bad, considering i get a (ATX sized) 4690K/Z97/8gb 2133/R9 290/Air540/Integra R2 650w for 400$ more (unless they have a i7/780Ti in that form-factor for 849 or less ) nope ... in the end it's still too much for what it gives...
self assembled PC's are still the way to go ... brand assembled PC will always do unnecessary compromise to either give a good price and lower than low end hardware or give a awesome hardware at a ridiculously high premium over regular price (not mentioning that you can do a way better mITX build than that ...)
lucky for Dell, there will still be customers for that kind of product
The problem is with these small PCs that they might not be able to run smoothly at FHD but then theres Gforce Experience.
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/15.html
Bigger cards are problematic in this form factor.
also the price i say for 400$ more include a Xbox controller even if i widely prefer a keyboard/mouse combo :)