Dell launched its Flagship Gaming laptop Area 51-M at CES 2019

Alienware Area 51-M launched with upgradable CPU and GPU at CES 2019

Dell launched its latest flagship gaming offering in its Alienware series called the Alienware Area 51-M and it boasts of some very unique features like a modular design which gives the option to swap out and upgrade both of its CPU and GPU which provides excellent flexibility for gamers and they do not have to replace the entire laptop for any of the essential upgrades. The Alienware Area 51-M will be available from 29th of January starting from $2,549 with lower end configurations to be available very soon.

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The laptop has built on an all-new design language named 'Legend' and the chassis uses magnesium alloy and comes with a three-knuckled hinge design which reduces the overall footprint of the device. And this laptop is designed to be meant as a desktop replacement in its true form.

It weighs around 3.8kg and comes with a certain amount of theft along with narrow bezels on the side. Also, being an Alienware laptop it comes with all the bells and whistles like 5th generation of Tobii Eye-tracking technology, customizable lighting, Cryo-tech 2.0 technology for better cooling and also comes with company's TactX keyboard with 2.2m travel and pre-key RGB lighting.

Alienware Area51-M specifications -

The laptop uses desktop-class Intel 9th generation CPUs ranging from Intel i7-8700 to Intel i9-990k and since the laptop is upgradable, it uses Intel Z390 socketed motherboard, just like one would find on desktops. Also, Area 51-m supports desktop-class GPU and those are available with a choice from RTX Geforce 2070 with 6GB of GDDR4 RAM, RTX Geforce 2070 with 8GB of GDDR4 RAM or RTX Geforce 2080 with 8GB of DDR4 RAM. Since the GPU isn't soldered into the motherboard, you could swap it out for any other graphics card down the line. Also, you get four ram slots which can accommodate up to 64GB of DDR4 RAM and comes with single, dual and triple storage configurations ranging from PCIe M.2 SSDs to even from the RAID 0 configurations.

The Alienware Area 51-M is only available with a 17.3-inch display and supports resolution up to Full-HD and comes with a bunch of customizations, one with the standard 60Hz panel, one with Nvidia G-sync, a 144hz panel, and Tobii Eye Tracking technology and also comes with the ultimate combo which includes all of these. The laptop also features an HD webcam with dual array mics and stereo speakers.

Connectivity options include three USB 3.1 ports [Type A], one Thunderbolt port [Type C], HDMI 2.0, Displayport 1.4, headphone and microphone sockets, gigabit ethernet and an Alienware amplifier port. Also, the laptop is powered by a 90WHr battery to feed power to those hungry components and the laptop ships with two AC adapters with varying wattage dependent on the configuration you pick.

For now, it's confirmed that this new breed of Gaming Laptop is ready to spark a trend in 2019.