Dell Brings Back the Alienware Area-51 Desktop PC

Visible Noise · 2025-01-07T01:45:22+0000

Why_Me said:
Solid front panel and no rear exhaust fan = crap airflow.

Look again.

AnarchoPrimitiv · 2025-01-07T02:01:25+0000

remixedcat said:
They will have more amd systems across the board

But according to Intel, Dell is, and I quote from the court documents prosecuting intel from Intel's own emails and internal communications, "the best friend money can buy".

Fouquin · 2025-01-07T03:34:19+0000

eidairaman1 said:
Unfortunately it still is boring looking.

Being boring is preferable to being a furnace. This is a net positive move.

Chrispy_ · 2025-01-07T10:34:29+0000

TheLostSwede said:
Not quite, it's using an ATX12VO PSU and if you read the entire press release, you'll find this:

True, but that's not proprietary at least. ATX 12VO is at least something you can source from third parties rather than Dell.

The incompatible case without paying Dell tax for a motherboard standoff adapters is rude, but I guess a fully standardised Dell really was too good to be true.

I'm never buying another Dell desktop, but that doesn't mean they don't cross my workshop desk from time to time.

remixedcat · 2025-01-07T11:05:45+0000

Solaris17 said:
There roots would be the end of "Alienware" / beginning of the Dell acquisition, as the systems that made them (the big MF towers in wild colors) came with off the shelf performance parts. The only proprietary stuff were there LED/Fan controllers and cases. IMO going by that kind of pedigree the only people that come close nowadays is puget systems and falcon northwest.

This little tidbit..

TheLostSwede · 2025-01-07T11:09:42+0000

Chrispy_ said:
True, but that's not proprietary at least. ATX 12VO is at least something you can source from third parties rather than Dell.

Possibly, I haven't really looked, but I also haven't seen any ATX12VO PSUs for sale.

Chrispy_ said:
The incompatible case without paying Dell tax for a motherboard standoff adapters is rude, but I guess a fully standardised Dell really was too good to be true.

It's unclear what that even does.

Chrispy_ said:
I'm never buying another Dell desktop, but that doesn't mean they don't cross my workshop desk from time to time.

Like most of us here then.

b1k3rdude · 2025-01-07T11:19:53+0000

So right of the bat I can Dell still has NOT learned from the shite designs of the past -

blocking the front panel and forcing the air to make a 90 degree turn has been shown to hurting cooloing perf.
Another potentially bespoke, non-standard motherboard with non-standard power delivery?
using a dead-end CPU series (arrowlake).

But positives are I like the all black mobo and interior, amd easy to remove filters... I will await the GamersNexus review, to see how badly Dell get hammered...

torgoth · 2025-01-07T11:37:45+0000

b1k3rdude said:
So right of the bat I can Dell still has NOT learned from the shite designs of the past -

blocking the front panel and forcing the air to make a 90 degree turn has been shown to hurting cooloing perf.

Another potentially bespoke, non-standard motherboard with non-standard power delivery?

using a dead-end CPU series (arrowlake).

But positives are I like the all black mobo and interior, amd easy to remove filters... I will await the GamersNexus review, to see how badly Dell get hammered...

is it confirmed theyre moving sockets?

b1k3rdude · 2025-01-07T11:41:03+0000

torgoth said:
is it confirmed theyre moving sockets?

the shots above show whats looks like an LGA1851 socket...

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Dell Brings Back the Alienware Area-51 Desktop PC

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