Alienware’s new Area 51 desktop is truly a PC enthusiast’s dream come true. Its coolest feature? Motorised cooling vents on the top that automatically deploy when the CPU or thermal sensors hit a certain temperature.
Check out the cooling fins on the top!
The graphics cards are in their own separate compartment and has enough space for a triple crossfire configuration. Both side panels are removable with the right side giving one access to the hard drive compartment, of which up to 6 can be stored. It can take both SSDs as well as regular spinning ones. The PSU is also removable.
And of course, Alienware wouldn’t be Alienware without the ‘bling’. To make it easier to tinker around the insides, they have added ‘fridge lighting’ to the desktop that automatically lights up the inside when the panel is removed. Which really is only questionably useful unless you want to tinker around your PC in darkness. The thermal sensors and lighting do come in a separate board so you don’t have to worry about losing the bling when you upgrade your motherboard.
No doubt getting the full desktop would probably burn a big hole in your wallet, and I could probably assemble a similar PC, albeit without all the bells and whistles, at a much cheaper price. But I would kill to have the casing. Just the casing…
[Pic from Kotaku]
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