At CES 2021, Dell has announced a refresh of their Alienware m15 & m17 gaming laptops along with the Aurora Ryzen Edition R10.
Alienware m15 R4
The design of the m15 R4 hasn’t changed that much but still retains Alienware’s current design aesthetic.
Screen options include a 15.6-inch FHD display at 300Hz or 4K OLED display at 60Hz with Tobii Eyetracking.
For CPU, you can choose between a 10th Gen Intel i7-10870H or a 10th Gen Intel i9-10960HK processor with up to 32GB of DDR4 RAM.
Storage options include a single 256GB SSD up to a 4TB RAID0 SSD and 512GB SSD.
On the GPU side, you can now get the m15 with the latest Nvidia RTX 30-series graphics.
The m15 R4 has plenty of ports with a Gigabit Ethernet port, 3 USB 3.2 Type-A ports, microSD card slot, Alienware Graphics Amp port, Thunderbolt 3, HDMI 2.1 and Mini DisplayPort.
There’s also Wi-Fi 6 support, an FHD webcam and a 86 Whr battery.
The Alienware m15 R4 goes on sale on January 26th with a starting price of $2,149 USD. Canadian pricing hasn’t been announced.
Alienware m17 R4
The new m17 R4 is virtually identical to the m15 but with a 17.3-inch screen that can be optioned up to 4K.
CPU options include the 10th Gen Intel i7-10870H or a 10th Gen Intel i9 and up to 32GB of RAM.
Storage options include a single 256GB SSD up to a 4TB RAID0 SSD and 512GB SSD.
The m17 R4 now comes equipped with the latest Nvidia RTX 30-series graphics. And the m17 has the same ports as the m15 mentioned earlier.
The Alienware m17 R4 goes on sale on January 26th with a starting price of $2,149 USD.
Canadian pricing hasn’t been announced.
Aurora Ryzen Edition R10
In addition to the new GPU options for the m15 and m17, the company also announced the Aurora Ryzen Edition R10.
The look of the new Aurora desktop hasn’t changed but the internals has. You can get it equipped with the AMD Ryzen 5 3500 all the way up to the Ryzen 9 5950X and up to 128GB of RAM.
For GPUs, you have the option to getting up to an AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT or up to an Nvidia RTX 3090.
Ports include headphone line in/out, 6 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, Gigabit Ethernet, 6 USB 2.0 and optical audio out. There’s also Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1.
The Alienware Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 goes on sale on January 26th with a starting price of $1,079 USD.
Canadian pricing hasn’t been announced.
Source: Dell
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