Alienware is bringing again the gaming model that made it a family identify amongst players within the Nineties and early 2000s with the relaunch of the Space 51 gaming PC and Space 51 gaming laptops at CES 2025.
The resurrected line was final seen with the Alienware Space 51m gaming laptop computer, final refreshed in 2020, whereas the Space 51 desktop obtained its final refresh in 2017.
Along with its Space 51 line, on the laptop computer aspect, Alienware has launched a number of generations of X-series, M-series, and unbranded Alienware laptops, coming in sizes from 11.6 to 18 inches. In the meantime, the Alienware Aurora line has been holding down the desktop aspect of issues for a number of years after the Space 51 desktop was discontinued.
Now, each laptops and desktops will merely be Space 51, and no matter R quantity will comply with as soon as the gadgets are refreshed with new {hardware} and designs within the years forward.
An iconic desktop line returns
The Space 51 desktop was final seen in 2017 when the Space 51 R4 was introduced at E3, and the brand new Space 51 tower goes again to its roots as a PC part heads workspace, with an enormous 80L capability and upgradability included into the chassis and part design.
The case can even characteristic a optimistic stress airflow design that vents sizzling air out by means of the again of the case with out utilizing an exhaust fan, serving to to scale back noise whereas underneath load.
The PC can even use AIO liquid cooling for the CPU, offered with both 360mm or 240mm radiators, with sufficient house to permit for a 420mm radiator must you select to improve.
The accessible configurations will range as they at present do with the Alienware Aurora line, however you can configure it with as much as 64GB DDR5-6400 RAM, as much as 8TB storage, and as much as an Nvidia RTX 5080 graphics playing cards when the PC launches in Q1 2025. A beginning value hasn’t been disclosed but, however the launch configuration is predicted to run about $4,500 (about £3,600/AU$6,750).
Alienware Space 51 laptops
On the cell gaming entrance, the Alienware Space 51 gaming laptops will are available two sizes, 16-inch and 18-inch, and might be configurable with as much as an Intel Core Extremely 285HX processor and Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU, with a complete energy profile of 280W.
All that energy goes to generate some ferocious warmth, so the chassis has been redesigned to enhance airflow over the parts by as much as 37% whereas being about 15% quieter (at the least in response to Alienware).
There are additionally some design and aesthetic highlights, such because the underglow beneath the keyboard solid by the underside RGB fan (that is along with the RGB lighting for the keys themselves).
The Space 51 laptops are additionally the primary from Alienware to help PCIe 5.0 SSDs, configurable as much as 12TB.
The Space 51 laptops will go on sale later in Q1 2025 with some higher-end configurations beginning round $3,200 (about £2,560/AU$4,800), however will ultimately settle right into a beginning value of roughly $1,999 (about £1,600/AU$3,000) as soon as extra entry-level laptop computer configurations turn into accessible.