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Dell Outlet Restocked Alienware Area-51 16 Gaming Laptops with RTX 5090 GPUs

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The Alienware Area-51 is Dell’s highest-end gaming laptop and the only model that can be equipped with the super powerful GeForce RTX 5090 mobile GPU. Prices have gone way up for the new year, but fortunately there’s still an easy way to get a good deal. Dell Outlet recently restocked its inventory of Alienware Area-51 16″ gaming laptops, including RTX 5090 models. You can currently get one for as low as $3,564, which is about $500 cheaper than the least expensive brand new 5090 config (with worse specs). These are “Like New” models with 1 year warranty.

The Area-51: new color, curvy design, metal construction, and upgraded cooling

The Alienware Area-51 is a considerable upgrade compared to the previous generation’s Alienware m16. For starters, it’s clad in anodized aluminum for both the lid and bottom chassis and features a unique iridescent finish that sparkles in direct lighting. The frame is made of a durable and lightweight magnesium alloy. Cooling has been upgraded with generous amounts of copper and a new thermal interface. Dell claims that it can handle up to 240W TDP without raising acoustics.

Design-wise, the Area 51 has a sleeker, more contoured shape compared to previous models, with rounded edges and soft corners replacing the traditional squared off design. The hinges are internally positioned so that they’re near invisible. There’s a transparent window on the undercarriage to show off the internal components. There’s also plenty of RGB illumination, although most of it can be turned off if you don’t like that sort of thing.

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The GeForce RTX 5090 is without doubt the fastest mobile GPU you can get

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is the most powerful mobile graphics card on the market, performing about 15% better than the RTX 5080. It also has considerably more VRAM (24GB vs 16GB), which can come in handy when playing games at higher resolutions (like on an attached 4K monitor) or if you’re planning to use this as a mobile creator or AI workstation. Everyone is also aware by now that current generation VRAM is in extremely high demand, so getting 24GB of GDDR7 in a $3K laptop sounds like a great “deal” at the moment.

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.

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