Sunday, January 21st 2007

Alienware Area-51 comes pre-overclocked


Alienware's latest update to the Area-51 power-notebook range gives you the option to equip it with a Core 2 Duo T7600 factory overclocked from 2.33GHz to 2.66GHz, along with quite an impressive line up of features. Part of the newly introduced m5790 special edition range, this notebook can be customised up to the CPU speed above, 2GB DDR2 RAM, a 17" 1920x1200 screen, a 100GB SATA drive at 7,200 RPM, a dual-layer Blu-ray drive, Bluetooth, HD 7.1 sound and ATI X1900 mobility graphics. Those specs will set you back $3,659, although there are other extras you could chose to add. You can also pay more to get an upgrade to Vista, with this notebook being the only 17" model on the market that comes pre-overclocked.
Source: X-bit labs
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16 Comments on Alienware Area-51 comes pre-overclocked

#1
jocksteeluk
id have top say this laptop is value for money
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#2
Dippyskoodlez
yeah, thats actually a semi-reasonable price for those specs :O

Looks like dell buying alienware wasnt so bad eh.
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#3
Jimmy 2004
I've noticed that the Blu-ray drive alone costs $600, which is a fair price but you could save $550 if you went for a DVD-RW instead.
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#4
Track
Nothing pre-overclocked is a good deal. Remmember that.

Whats the point of the 1920x1200 resolution? You cant use that on a 17".
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#5
EviLZeD
yea 1920-1200 is really high for a 17" i wonder wat itll look like all letters will bee tiny
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#6
Easy Rhino
Linux Advocate
something smells fishy
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#7
tkpenalty
Its good. The SLI laptop that they offer is as heavy as my old PC lol...
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#8
Jimmy 2004
Well, the Alienware site itself gives that resolution, so I'm assuming it's correct. It would be good for watching HD films, but when running windows you'd have to set a lower resolution I think.
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Wile E
Power User
Jimmy 2004Well, the Alienware site itself gives that resolution, so I'm assuming it's correct. It would be good for watching HD films, but when running windows you'd have to set a lower resolution I think.
Or just set it to use larger icons and fonts.
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#10
tvdang7
intel should just make a higher speed cpu so companies cant charge a premium for "overclocked" stuff.
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#11
RickyG512
can this be overclocked your self like using any software like clockgen ? that way u can buy a cheap core 2 duo laptop and overclock it
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#12
Track
Wile EOr just set it to use larger icons and fonts.
But then what have u achieved?

The ONLY point of using a higher resolution, is because ur monitor is too big for a smaller one.

This stupid gimic is pointless.

You can watch HD movies in 800x600 and it wont look better than in 2560x1600 if its the SAME 17" monitor.
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#13
Wile E
Power User
TrackBut then what have u achieved?

The ONLY point of using a higher resolution, is because ur monitor is too big for a smaller one.

This stupid gimic is pointless.

You can watch HD movies in 800x600 and it wont look better than in 2560x1600 if its the SAME 17" monitor.
Setting Windows to use larger fonts and icons will have absolutely zero effect on the quality of your resolution the only thing it changes is your fonts and icons, period. All else remains unchanged. And there is a huge difference between 800x600 and 2560x1600 on an LCD monitor.
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#14
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
I have to agree, for the specs and what you get, this is actually a damn good price.
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#15
Jonnycat
It's times like this when I wish I had a trust fund.
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#16
DRDNA
Hmm , i guess its a good deal, but I'd rather build me own and foot stomp that fubared glorified Dell:toast:

P.s. out of all the dells , this does seem better than normal ,but still the foot stomp .
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