Alienware is all but synonymous with aggressive styling, audacious lighting, and burly machines belching out heat and frame rates. The latest update to the M17x line is no exception; packed into the ...

This week we've been blessed with another look at the most colorful-keyed and unique looking gaming notebook in the Alienware M17X R4, this time complete with Ivy Bridge. This beast works with a ...

A huge, powerful desktop replacement at a surprisingly affordable price. If a laptop weighs nearly 10 pounds, can you comfortably hold it on your lap? Probably not, and that’s why we call gaming ...

Page 8: Game Tests: Lost Planet 2, Just Cause 2 Page 9: Battery Life Page 10: Performance Summary & Conclusion Test Methodology: As you'll note in the following pages of benchmarks, we've compared the ...

Page 8: Game Tests: Lost Planet 2, Just Cause 2 Page 9: Battery Life Page 10: Performance Summary & Conclusion To be frank, the Alienware M17x is not a graceful-looking machine with sleek lines, and ...

To remove the lid you’ll have to remove the battery and undo two screws. The smaller two-heatpipe heatsink takes care of CPU cooling, while a three-heatpipe heatsink is placed on top of the GPU. We ...

The Alienware M17x-R4 is the fourth incarnation of the company’s high-end 17-inch gaming laptop series. As usual, consumers are left with a choice of several predefined configurations, but true ...

If you're in the market for a high-end laptop, your time is dwindling to grab a 2012 model at a closeout price. Haswell may have been released over a month ago, but new PCs with the 4th gen Intel ...

Here’s Alienware’s freshly-updated 2012 laptop lineup, including the M14x R2, M17x R4 and M18x R2. Here’s Alienware’s freshly-updated 2012 laptop lineup, including the M14x R2, M17x R4 and M18x R2.

Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of computers and gaming hardware. A New York native and former radio DJ, he's also a regular TV talking head and the author of "The Tetris Effect" ...

Dell and Alienware have unveiled five new gaming notebooks that will be hitting the market soon. The new machines include the M15x laptop, the M17x laptops and new gaming desktops. Really, the ...

What makes a great gaming laptop? You guessed: raw power, eye-popping graphics performance, and muscle-car looks. We’ve rounded up some of our favorite gaming rigs priced between $829 to a dig-deep-in ...