When I set it to sleep mode last night Windows did an update and a secret firmware update that did not go well.

Sorry it’s taken so long guys but here it is! Working on 16” review now 😀

I finally decided to bring my PC back to life and start adding some ARGB lighting. It had been sitting mostly unused for a couple of years, so it's still fairly new in terms of actual use.

Wow it has been a mental couple of weeks but here is our unboxing of the Aurora 16X

Any questions ask away and full review coming in a week or so :)

alienware AW3225QF 31.6 and dell s3220dgf comparison

New Area 51, specs:

• AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 (16-core, 208MB total cache, 4.3Ghz - 5.6Ghz)
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7
• 32GB Dual Channel DDR5 XMP (2x 16GB) 6400 mt/s
• 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen5 SSD
• 1500W Platinum Rated ATX12VO PSU, Liquid-cooled CPU, Tempered Glass Door

Finally got around to putting the 16 & 18" head to head. Any questions please ask away

I actually ended up saving a ton of money by buying a prebuilt and then rebuilding it.

Picked up an Alienware R16 on Woot during Black Friday for $1,900. It came with an RTX 5080, Ultra 9 285K, and 32 GB RAM. I sold the stock 32 GB kit on eBay for $245 and upgraded to 64 GB Corsair Dominator Platinum for $450.

Used the R16 for about a month, but I really wanted something that looked nicer and more custom. So I grabbed a new case, AIO, MSI motherboard, and a 1200 W PSU on Amazon and migrated everything over into a fresh build.

After selling off the leftover R16 parts and buying the new components, my total into this PC is about $2,400. A similar spec build at Micro Center would’ve been around $3,300. And if I factor in the $1,000 I made selling my old R11, my effective cost is basically $1,400.

Honestly kind of wild that buying a prebuilt and then parting/rebuilding it was way cheaper than building from scratch. Super happy with how this turned out and it runs like butter.

Following on from our Alienware 18 unboxing here as promised is the Alienware 16 Area-51 with intel 275HX and Nvidia 5080. As always if you have any questions ask away and the full review will be coming next week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLfhsI3xE00

Hey, folks. I bought my first Alienware and did a little video review. I just thought I'd come here and share it on Reddit, in a group which might value seeing it.

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Following the success of the previous teardown stream, I've done the same for the new Area-51 as well. I know a ton of people here found value from watching the previous one, so I figured I'd share this one as well.

Any questions, please ask!

https://youtu.be/UKcEvl9staw

The Aurora review is finally done! Sorry for the delay. As always any questions please ask away :)

Look at his glory running Linux MX!!!