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March 15th, 2010, 15:05
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We heard at Intel's GDC press event (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/11/intels-core-i7-980x-extreme-edition-gulftown-review-roundup/) that Alienware would be one of the first PC manufacturers to ship systems with the newest six-core consumer processor, but neither company's representatives would confess to "when." Now, we've our answer... sort of. Hot Hardware has received a shiny new Alienware Area-51 ALX, complete with twin ATI Radeon HD 5970 GPUs, a self-contained LED system that stays lit even when the rig is unplugged (could be a great or awful thing, actually) and Intel's Core i7-980X Extreme Edition (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/14/origin-pc-offers-overclocked-4-3ghz-core-i7-980x-extreme-edition/) to boot. We're told that a full review is on the way, but in the meanwhile, you can hit the source link for a few more looks at this here monster -- you know you'll be ordering one in a few days, anyway.Alienware sneaks Core i7-980X Extreme Edition into Area-51 ALX desktop (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/15/alienware-sneaks-core-i7-980x-extreme-edition-into-area-51-alx/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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