By Kevin Lee
The Alienware Area 51 has always been a larger-than-life gaming desktop, but this year it will be the only pre-built PC to feature AMD’s new Threadripper processors. That basically means Alienware will be the only major hardware maker with exclusive access to the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X and all of the company’s other high-core count CPUs.
Not Lenovo, Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, Apple or another other major computer company. Only Alienware.
Of course, you’ll still be able to pick up a Threadripper processor at computer stores, and this agreement doesn’t include boutique system-builders like Origin PC in the US or Overclockers in the UK. Exclusivity aside, Threadripper is the ultimate upgrade for the Alienware Area 51 for content creators and gamers alike; however, all this overwhelming power will cost you dearly.
Pricing and availability
The price of our review unit is $4,129 (about £3,175, AU$5,225).
Now that you’ve had a moment to let that sink in, we can confirm that this is a really, really expensive desktop. Even if we were to factor out the $999 (£999, AU$1,439) price of the Threadripper 1950X and $699 (£689, AU$1,099) Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition, the cost of the basic shell and other components would …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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