Things aren't always what they appear to be, and so it is with Dell's Alienware X51 R2, a small form factor (SFF) gaming PC in console digs. It's shaped similar to Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim, and ...

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Here in the late Summer of 2014 we're having a look at a gaming PC from Alienware that's continuing to aim for console-beating power after nearly a year out in the wild. This review isn't like most ...

Intel's 2013 refresh makes sure the X51 r2 is flush with performance. The model on sale today comes powered by a quad-core Core i7-4770, 8GB of RAM, 1TB hard drive, and Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 1.5GB ...

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Alienware may have just upgraded its Aurora gaming rig, but that's not to keep the company from giving more diminutive form factors some love. Just this evening, the subsidiary of Dell announced the ...

Alienware's new game-munching mini-desktop the X51 has proven itself to be an extremely capable machine, happily chewing through the latest, most demanding games with reckless abandon in my full ...

Valve's keeping quiet on an official Steam Box, already denying relation to one manufacturer who claimed they were working on the PC designed to unseat the console's location in the living room, but ...

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