Alienware Area-51 ALX Review Discussion

**J.R. Nelson** · 04-02-2010, 01:41 AM

The Alienware Area-51 ALX represents Alienware's top-of-the-line offering. With a starting price tag of more than two thousand dollars, the Area-51 ALX packs together multiple GPUs, heat sensing fins, fat stacks of RAM and a removable power supply for what Alienware hopes is the consummate gaming experience. Is it worth your dime? Read on for our full review.

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**popextra** · 04-04-2010, 08:12 PM

Amazing machine but NO USB 3.0?? Is it too early for that?

**Draw2much** · 04-04-2010, 08:41 PM

Possibly for a main stream computer it is too early for Usb 3.0. I know most motherboards don't even have it yet.

**J.R. Nelson** · 04-05-2010, 11:10 PM

Well, the big reason USB3.0 is taking forever is that Intel is purposely dragging their feet in adding the new standard to their chipsets. They want to push their own competing tech. As a result, for motherboard manufacturers to add it, they need to use third-party chips on the boards; so far we've mostly seen NEC's being used. Once Intel adds it natively we'll see a lot more of it; until then, its kinda hit and miss.