If you're looking for the very best in PC gaming performance, check out the flagship Alienware Area-51 gaming PC, which features a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card. To kick off the new year, Dell is discounting the Ryzen Edition model for the first time in history. More specifically, Alienware Area-51 Gaming PC Powered by an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor and RTX 5090 GPU, it's available for $5,049.99 shipped after a $550 instant rebate.
Alienware Area-51 Ryzen Edition RTX 5090 Gaming PC
The Alienware Area-51 is Dell's flagship gaming PC. Unveiled at last year's CES, Area-51 is a large-scale upgrade to the core Aurora R16 system. The significantly larger case features higher build quality and an upgraded cooling system with increased airflow. In fact, this is the only model that Dell feels comfortable enough to equip with a hot and power-hungry GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card. The first wave of Area-51 systems used exclusively Intel processors. AMD X3D variants are only available from late November..
This particular configuration features an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, a GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card, 32GB of RAM or DDR5-6400MHz, and a 1TB SSD. Additional system details include a 360mm universal liquid cooling system for the processor and a massive 1500W 80Plus Platinum power supply that provides plenty of room for future upgrades.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is the best gaming processor for most people
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is considered best gaming processor is currently on the market and outperforms any non-X3D Intel or AMD chip in gaming thanks to AMD's 3D-V-Cache technology.
While the 9800X3D is an absolute speed demon for gaming, it only has eight cores. If you regularly use your PC for non-gaming applications that use as many cores as possible, you can upgrade to the 16-core AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, which doubles the number of cores while delivering similar gaming performance for an additional $300.
RTX 5090 is the most powerful graphics card ever
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has become the most powerful consumer GPU on the market. While Nvidia is prioritizing software updates, AI features, and DLSS 4 technology In terms of gameplay performance improvements, the 5090 still boasts an impressive 25-30% boost over the RTX 4090 in hardware raster performance. If you want maximum performance from your gaming PC, there is literally no other option from other manufacturers.
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