The latest addition to the Alienware family of gaming desktops, the X51-R2 is actually an upgrade to last year's innovative Alienware X51. It uses the same space-saving small-form-factor (SFF) chassis ...

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As well as unveiling new systems for professionals equipped with Haswell processors, Dell has also this week announced that their Alienware X51 desktop has also received an upgrade to the new Haswell ...

Alienware claim that you can "easily upgrade your core components to keep pace with the latest games and digital entertainment", but it seems to us that upgrading the X51 might be a trickier minefield ...

Alienware is largely credited for kicking off the micro-tower revolution three years ago with the original X51. The concept was simple: Take the typical business small-form-factor box, pull the PSU ...

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