New Alienware Area-51 Looks Groovy

interesting but the guys that do rig of the month are in another league imo.
nice though.

 

Looks good, not all show, has some go! The thermal management idea seems well thought out to me too, along with the ability to fit it close up against walls without compromising air flow. It's be interesting to see some reviews of this product against some other casings you can buy to see if component temperatures are comparable & how effective this thermal design really is.

 

It looks nice, but I have some doubts how efficient the airflow is going to be. Only time will tell.

 

And how will the lifespan of cooling fans (and other spinning things) be impacted by the different angles.

 

Looks mental, bet the price will be sky high.

 

Honestly the case design isn't that revolutionary. Chnaged the shape and the angles biiiiig deal. This thing is gonna cost doublt the amount of building the same thing yourself. It's stupid.

 

Hmm I don't see anything special here, am I missing something? It's still the usual air cooling just with different angles.

 

For me, the angles mean two things: 1) Placing it up against the wall doesn't compromise airflow (like they point out in the article) 2) Hot air rises, and with the cards being placed at angle like that (closer to the vertical) then this might help channel hot air out of the chassis between those cards (that's just my theory though!).

I wanna see some reviews of this thing up against other cases (with the same components). I wonder if guru3d might do an article doing this at some point!? ;-)

 

Great way to burn a hole in your wall. God bless if your wall paint is flammable

 

Very much doubt that makes any noticeable difference, if you want actual vertical card placement Silverstone have been doing that for a while now.

 

Looks interesting, still wouldn't buy an Alienware.

 

Ah, good point!