Overview
- Area‑51 18 and 16 plus the 16X Aurora are now available with Intel’s Arrow Lake‑HX Refresh processors, including options up to the Core Ultra 9 290HX.
- The 16‑inch models offer a WQXGA anti‑glare OLED panel at 240 Hz with a 0.2 ms response time and up to 620 nits peak HDR brightness.
- The Area‑51 18 supports NVIDIA GPUs up to the GeForce RTX 5090, while the 16X Aurora adds an RTX 5070 Ti option.
- Configurations support up to 64GB DDR5 memory and native SSDs up to 2TB, with optional three‑drive RAID 0 enabling as much as 12TB of internal storage.
- Alienware introduces its 30th‑anniversary design language and equips the Area‑51 with a 96Whr battery and the 16X with a 90Whr unit with chargers up to 280W; starting prices are $2,119.99 for the 16X Aurora, $3,569.99 for the Area‑51 16, and $3,669.99 for the Area‑51 18.