Alienware’s new VR-ready gaming rigs have landed

Alienware has just officially launched their latest array of gaming hardware that comes with NVIDIA’s latest GTX-10 series GPUs that enable them to support VR gaming out of the box with the the likes of HTC’s Vive or the Oculus Rift. The new line-up consists of a trio of gaming rigs and a gaming desktop : the Alienware 17, the Alienware 15 and the Alienware 13 gaming notebook along with the Aurora gaming desktop.

The new range integrate a combination of different metals in the construction of the chassis to optimise heat dispersion, enhance structural integrity and retain aesthetics. Copper alloy has been integrated into the thermal dispersion setup while ventilation has been improved with better vent design up and out through the rear of the notebook.

Alienware 17
Leading the pack is the Alienware 17, a massive gaming rig that sports a 17-inch 1080p, 300 nit display, runs Windows 10 Pro on an Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2.67GHz processor, 8GB DDR4 RAM and a 1TB hard disk with Nvidia GeForce GTX1060M graphics to crunch pixels with a price tag starting from RM8,299. Specs aside, the Alienware 17 along with its siblings all come with a host of refinements over its predecessors.

The Alienware 17 itself also adds Tobii eye-tracking tech that lets you unlock the rig with your peepers alone, and also act, with  selected games, as an alternative form of control to supplement the keyboard and mouse such as for Tom Clancy’s : the Division. The keyboard also offers gaming-grade travel to the tune of 2.2mm and has been steel-reinforced for greater durability. The new rigs also come with internal smart-amps to offer better, louder sound.

Alienware 15
The Alienware 15 comes with a 15.6-inch, 200 nit 1080p display and specs starting from an Intel 6th generation i7-6820HK 2.7GHz processor running Windows 10 Pro, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070, 16GB DDR4 RAM and a 512GB PCie SSD paired with a 1TB hard disk for RM9,999 and up. A slightly more affordable RM8,699 variant swaps storage down to a 256GB PCIe SSD for boot-up while the processor gets swapped to an i7-6700HQ with the rest of the specs essentially unchanged. A variant packing an Intel Core i5 processor exists for RM6,999.

The Alienware 13 comes with a 13-inch 1080p display along with GTX 10-series graphics though it wasn’t on display today nor was the pricing announced though official word has it arriving, along with its final specifications and pricing for the Malaysia market by the end of November.

Last but not least, Alienware’s Aurora desktop also made an appearance. It’s more compact than the gargantuan three-GPU-bay-toting Area 51 that appeared last year but punches above its weight class as its compact mid-tower casing is able to pack not one but two GPUs in a flip-out bay for easy maintenance and access. Other mod-cons with the Aurora desktop include it packing liquid cooling, overclockable memory and Intel’s latest CPUs with the entry level model packing a 6th gen Intel Core i3 for RM3,999 and up.

You can also opt to kit it out with a 24-inch Dell S2417DG QHD gaming monitor with 1ms response time and a refresh rate of 165Hz for RM2,339. If you’re looking for something more affordable, you can optionally snag the 27-inch 1080P SE2717H display for RM1,269.

The Alienware 15, 17 and Aurora Desktop are available for sale at all Dell authorised partners and online via Dell starting from now.