Alienware 18 Area-51

As someone who bought the ill fated 1st Gen Alienware Area 51 “upgradable” laptop, and is a current FW16 owner, I’m getting a Deja vu feeling right about now. I have to say though, my confidence in FW hasn’t been shattered yet. I’m really hoping the 26th announcement will be an official launch of th

Eh, depends who you buy from. Dell/Alienware? Yes. HP/Omen? Yes. Lenovo/Legion? Yes. Hence why I said OEMs are bad. But many prebuilts from iBuyPower, etc are standard ones. Some people are never going to build their own, and we have to steer them towards the right stuff. An Area 51 ain't it, and I

I am on my second 18 Area-51 laptop too, ordered direct from Dell. The first laptop had thermal throttling issues and P-Core 23 was the worst with temperatures fluctuating wildly. The laptop also crashed randomly whilst gaming, contacted Dell who at first told me this was normal and there was nothin

So sorry you are experiencing so many problems! It's frustrating when your new rig doesn't run flawlessly and you don't get the performance you expected, and paid for! This doesn't help you but your experience confirms that I made the correct decision in returning my Area-51 (unopened) and going wit

Especially in these trying times of memory shortages, you really need to find a way to open up the XMP whitelist for memory. Right now Area-51 owners have just two options, official Dell 32gb and 64gb. It’s outrageously priced, and the timings are really loose. Paying 1k just to get 64GB 6400mts at

I had a look for some screen assemblies just out of curiosity and found this, if you click on the picture in list, photo 2, you can see what I'm talking about, but damn, it's a mess inside that lid! 057R0G New Lcd Rear Back Cover Screen Case for Dell Alienware 18 Area-51 Gaming | eBay That is a list

Seem like is is going to be their entry level model. The 16/16x their mid range and the area-51 the high end line. All the other dell product have 3 tier so except if you're on a budget I see no reasons to get this over the 16.

I hear you, but not everyone has the money nor the need for a top range Area 51 laptop. What's the alternative? Lower tier gaming laptops keep the Dell brand, while only top tier ones get the AW logo? I've always found that confusing personally. Dell choose not to have a lower tier gaming laptop, le

I had the Alienware M18 R2 it was great while it ran. I had nothing but problems with it. Eventually Dell replaced it with a Alienware 18 Area 51. The extended warranty saved me.

Dell will try to repair the device at least 3 or 4 times before granting a replacement. I’ve also had some very bad luck with my laptop. I had my heatsink replaced 3 times and was still have issues on my alienware area 51-18. After the 3rd unsuccessful they finally granted a new laptop, which unfort