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Alienware Area-51 Now Ships With AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, Starting at $4,299

The launch makes Alienware the first major PC maker to ship AMD’s cache-boosted flagship in a configurable tower.

Overview

  • Alienware is selling the Area-51 with AMD’s new Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 on Dell.com, marking its most powerful AMD-based desktop to date.
  • The base build costs $4,299.99 and includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 32 GB DDR5, a 1 TB Gen5 SSD, an 850W PSU, and a 240 mm liquid cooler.
  • AMD’s 16-core, 32-thread 9950X3D2 boosts up to 5.6 GHz and uses second‑generation 3D V‑Cache to stack memory on the chip for lower latency and faster games.
  • Buyers can scale to an RTX 5090, 64 GB DDR5 at 6400 MT/s, and larger SSDs, with top configurations listed at more than $7,000.
  • The tower uses a standard ATX X870E AM5 motherboard in an ~80 L chassis with 850W or 1500W PSU options, 240 mm or 360 mm AIO cooling, and modern I/O including 2.5GbE and Wi‑Fi 7.