Alienware recently announced they would support VR on majority of their desktops as well as the Dell desktops. I went a head and contacted a sales representative to find out more.
The *new Alienware X51 R3 VR Oculus Ready is officially on their website.
http://www.alienware.com/landings/oculus/
Lets go over some pros and cons with the *new X51
PROS
I'm a little on the fence with this version. While it may come with up to 16GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD and a GTX 970, I'm not sure it's an entire deal breaker with me because of how they include the i5-6400. I feel that if you are selling a VR ready system you would at least have the highest processor be a i5-6500 or i5-6600.
Enough chit chat about what I think of the system and lets talk about the price for both default versions. (without tweaking the available options)
Version 1 Specs and Price
Version 2 Specs and Price
Well that's it for this article/topic.
The *new Alienware X51 R3 VR Oculus Ready is officially on their website.
http://www.alienware.com/landings/oculus/
Lets go over some pros and cons with the *new X51
PROS
- EVGA GTX 970 4GB GDDR5 FTW Edition Graphics Card (INSIDE THE SYSTEM, NOT INSIDE THE AMPLIFIER)
- Up to 512GB PCIe SSD (Boot) + 1TB (64MB Cache) 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s
- ONLY UP TO AN Intel® Core™ i5-6400 (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz with Turbo Boost Technology) Includes Hyper-Threading.
- NO DISC DRIVE INCLUDED (Same case/model as the Regular Watercooled X51)
I'm a little on the fence with this version. While it may come with up to 16GB DDR4 2133MHz RAM, 512GB SSD + 1TB HDD and a GTX 970, I'm not sure it's an entire deal breaker with me because of how they include the i5-6400. I feel that if you are selling a VR ready system you would at least have the highest processor be a i5-6500 or i5-6600.
Enough chit chat about what I think of the system and lets talk about the price for both default versions. (without tweaking the available options)
Version 1 Specs and Price
- Intel® Core™ i5-6400 (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz with Turbo Boost Technology) Includes Hyper-Threading
- Windows 10 Home 64bit
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 970 with 4GB GDDR5: VR-Ready (EVGA GTX 970 FTW Edition, just so we are clear)
- 8GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2133MHz
- 1TB (64MB Cache) 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s
- Intel® 3165 1x1 802.11ac Wi-Fi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
- 1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Onsite Service after Remote Diagnosis
Version 2 Specs and Price
- Intel® Core™ i5-6400 (6MB Cache, up to 3.3GHz with Turbo Boost Technology) Includes Hyper-Threading
- Windows 10 Home 64bit
- NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 970 with 4GB GDDR5: VR-Ready (EVGA GTX 970 FTW Edition, just so we are clear)
- 16GB Dual Channel DDR4 at 2133MHz
- 256GB PCIe Solid State Drive
- Intel® 3165 1x1 802.11ac Wi-Fi Wireless LAN and Bluetooth
- 1 Year Limited Hardware Warranty with Onsite Service after Remote Diagnosis
Well that's it for this article/topic.