Earlier this year, Dell rebooted the legendary Alienware Area-51 lineup of prebuilt gaming PCs, but until recently you could only configure it with one graphics card option – the RTX 5080. That's no longer the case. You can now choose to equip your Alienware Area-51 with an Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU and – finally – an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU. Better yet, one of the preconfigured systems is on sale right now.
Alienware Area-51 RTX 5090 Prebuilt Gaming PCs Are Available
This Alienware Area-51 gaming PC configuration drops to $5,299.99 after a $800 off instant discount. It's $200 cheaper than the base RTX 5090 configuration yet has double the RAM (64GB) and double the storage (4TB). The Core Ultra 9 285K is Intel's latest flagship CPU and offers stellar workstation and gaming performance. It's not quite the performance uplift we wanted from the i9-14900K, but it's still the best all-around CPU that Intel has on offer. The processor is cooled by a massive 360mm all-in-one liquid cooler, and the system is powered by a 1,500W Platinum power supply.
The RTX 5090 Is the Most Powerful Graphics Card Ever
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has emerged as the most powerful consumer GPU on the market. Although Nvidia has prioritized software updates, AI features, and DLSS 4 technology to improve gameplay performance, the 5090 still boasts an impressive 25%-30% uplift over the RTX 4090 in terms of pure hardware-based raster performance. The 5090 also has more (32GB vs 24GB) and faster (GDDR7 vs GDDR6) VRAM compared to the 4090. This GPU is extremely difficult to find at retail price and is currently selling for $3,500-$4000 on eBay.
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