Alienware Area-51m R2 Review

[Super Spartan]

https://youtu.be/Xs0CYdekTW8v

 

Specs:
Base: Alienware Area-51m R2
Processor: 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9 10900K (10-Core, 20MB Cache, 3.7GHz to 5.3GHz w/Thermal Velocity Boost)
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro, 64-bit, English
Video Card: nVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2080 SUPER™ 8GB GDDR6
Memory: Kingston XCCT36-MIE 32GB Dual Channel DDR4 XMP at 3200MHz
LCD: 17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 300Hz 3ms 300-nits 100% sRGB color gamut + Tobii Eyetracking technology
Hard Drive: Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSDs 2TB (2x 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID 0 [Boot] + 2TB (2x 1TB PCIe M.2 SSD) Non-Raid [Storage]
Power Supply: 240W+ 330W Adapter
Wireless: Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
Keyboard: Alienware mSeries per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard with numeric keypad
Primary Battery: Lithium Ion (90 Wh) Battery with Alienware Battery Defender technology (Standard)
Color: Lunar Light with High Endurance Clear Coat
Service: 4 Years Premium Support Plus

Accessories:
Alienware 610M Wired/Wireless Gaming Mouse
Alienware Area-51m Elite - White Limited Edition

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Area-51m R2 BIOS Screenshots

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Benchmarks

AIDA64 Cache & Memory Benchmark



AS SSD Benchmark - 2x Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSDs in RAID 0 [64K Data Strip Size]



AS SSD Benchmark - Single Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSD



CrystalDiskMark- 2x Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSDs in RAID 0 [64K Data Strip Size]



CrystalDiskMark - Single Western Digital PC SN730 NVMe SSD



CINEBENCH R20



Fire Strike



Time Spy



PCMARK 10



Latency Test:

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@Super Spartan

 

Synthetic benchmarks are fine and all, but what are your thoughts on it? Like what are your likes and dislikes? Gripes? Did you keep it or return it? What would you change?

 

This was on my shortlist of ones I was considering. I also understand this is a bit old but you got more info?

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Still after 2 weeks. I think it's the best laptop I've owned. A laptop is not just about benchmarks as you say. I type a lot and watch movies and this has one of the best keyboards in terms of key travel, tactile feedback and the quality of the keys is phenomenal not plasticy like other brands. The screen is great but wish it could be a tad brighter. The 300hz refresh rate is insane. Once you go 300hz you ain't goin' back trust me.

 

The laptop is very quiet compared to other gaming laptops and rarely do I hear the fans spin up. Couple that with Dell's excellent warranty and driver support. It's a winner.