Alienware Expands Exclusive ALX Range with Area-51 ALX Loaded with Intel's Core 2 Extreme and Latest NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX SLI Graphics

Athlone, Ireland - 17th January 2007 - Alienware® the leading manufacturer of high-performance desktop, notebook and professional systems has now introduced the Area-51® ALX into the ALX series. Powered by the almighty Intel Core 2 Extreme processor delivering quad core processing, NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTX SLI graphics, the very latest in GPU technology and highest capacity media courtesy of Blu-ray Disc Technology, the Area-51 is a ground breaking desktop solution that simply knows no limits.

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With four times the speed and four times the power, the Area-51 delivers unrivaled performance thanks to four processing cores on a single die, enabling users to rip through application loading times and ensure multimedia loading times are a thing of the past. Dual NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX cards provide the very latest in HDCP ready dual GPU firepower, resulting in a total of 1.5GHz of dedicated GPU GDDR3 memory on the world's first Direct X 10-compliant video card.

The Area-51 ALX provides more of everything, with up to 2.5 terabytes of storage and Blu-ray Disc Technology delivering up to 50GB on one dual layer disc, users never need worry about storage space again.

"Riding on the on the back of the extremely successful Aurora ALX the Area-51 ALX is set to take users to blistering new heights" said Alienware senior vice president Brian Joyce. "Once again Alienware has combined technical know how and the very latest in technology to deliver one of the most powerful and stylish systems to date. The Area-51 ALX gives users four times the speed and power, breathtaking graphics as well as highest capacity storage facilities thanks to Blu-ray Disc Technology."

Area-51 ALX

Powered by Intel Core 2 Extreme Processor

Latest NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX SLI graphics

World's first HDCP ready Direct X 10- compliant video card

High capacity media Blu-ray Disc Technology

Four times the speed and four times the power

Up to 2.5 terabytes of storage

Price:

Area-51 ALX from £3,254 inc VAT excl delivery

Also available on AlienFinance packages.

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