The redesigned Alienware X51 desktop gaming computer.
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Alienware refreshes its X51 desktop and laptops in time for PAX Prime

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Alienware is launching a refresh of its Alienware X51 desktop computer and three new laptops with 4K performance. The machines carry the signature alien logo and are aimed squarely at gamers.

These new 4K-capable machines are likely to run the new Intel Skylake central processing unit, but those chips aren’t formally announced yet. So Alienware can’t say exactly what the pricing will be just yet for machines that use Skylake. The introduction is one of many fall refreshes that the industry will launch at the PAX Prime fan event in Seattle from August 28 to August 31. Alienware sees the X51 desktop as a machine that you can easily carry to events such as LAN parties.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.