Alienware Area 51m Gaming Laptop Review - 9900K + RTX 2080 Power!
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The Alienware Area 51m is one of the most powerful gaming laptops/desktop replacements currently available, with overclockable Intel i9-9900K CPU and Nvidia RTX 2080 graphics it should be able to run anything we throw at it. Letâs find out what compromises weâve got to make for crazy levels of portable performance and discuss who a machine like this is for.
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The best taptop reviewerer I ever seen.. You just talk every point of every particular machine with indetail... carry on & Thanksđ
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True!
Thank you for the in depth review. Testing while under volting and pointing out the bug in the oem control center is infinitely helpful.
Cheers, happy to help!
1:26 it's heavier because you've installed a lot of games on this sexy beast.
Damn Jarrod taking no breaks when it comes to reviewing laptops
Nope!
Your reviews are the most in-depth and accurate ones out there! Your channel needs moar subs!
Cheers!
this is the first time i saw your channel and im amazed! its simply the best laptop review tech channel ive ever see!
Thanks!
Underrated channel with great detailed reviews. You deserve more subs man! Keep it up!
Cheers!
Looks like the laptop I would want if I was rich. Great review Jarrod
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Thanks Jarrod! That was a hell of a busy Summer, but you pulled out a whole lot of in-depth reviews.
Still lots more to get through đ
Just found your channel and immediately subscribed. Perfect video to say the least. I hope we could see reviews for other configurations as well like the one I just ordered yesterday: i7 9700k + RTX 2070. I think i found my tech reviewer.
Such a good review channel I do have to say. This laptop is crazy.
Thanks!
You covered everything as usual
You literally a beast in reviewing đ
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Your reviews offer details that you canât find in any other video. Straight to the point. Thanks
Cheers!
Was just thinking getting the new 51m, this review is very helpful, thanks!
No problem at all, good to hear it helped!
As always, a great review! I admit, I was impressed by the thermals.
Thanks Christopher!
Thanks for the video im waiting for alienware new m17 gaming laptop review!
Me too! Hopefully they send them soon.
They decided to cap the RAM to 16GB, and it actually runs hotter... Quite disappointing in my opinion.
Excellent laptop reviews man. Your performance graphs are the main reason I finally actioned undervolting these last few days.
I've been using laptops as my primary for years now. I was happy replacing the thermal compound as I like burrowing with a screwdriver. But I'd always seen undervolting in the same vein as overclocking as a 'step too far' unnecessary hassle I didn't want bother with. I wished I'd learned it sooner as it really does make very significant differences. Especially when combined with a bump in the permanent TDP through turbo boost power max in XTU.
My 4710hq was power limiting constantly in synthetics after the short term power boost window expired. Annoying as thermals weren't a problem after repaste. Obviously then I could see the only way to try and continue full cpu speed was to increase the long term TDP (turbo boost power max) and try to get as much of an undervolt as possible.
Now I see undervolting as a must, if not for performance boost, at least for temps. It's been a great learning experience.
Thanks! Yeah I think it was less important with 7th gen and older, but now with 8th gen and newer things just get so hot that it really does seem to be more needed than ever before.
Hello sir. please keep up the wonderful work. I am in the process of purchasing a new laptop since mine died. These reviews helps a lot. I hope that you will continue to grow. Awesome job in depth review.
Thanks!
Wow this is great...
Kidney : Pls don't do this...
Don't worry he'll grow back.
Hah! Need more likes. And kidneys
Bro you are the best laptop review channel toy knowledge why are you underrated
Cheers!
Exactly what i was going to comment
Actually he is growing fast.... And growth will always be exponential...
Who's said he's underrated?
Man you are on an entirely separate level of reviewing laptops, i cannot wait for your m15r2 review!! (Pressed the bell just for that reason only lol)
Hopefully they send it soon! They were meant to send it last week but didn't get it in time.
Iâve just purchased one of these and your review really helped me make my decision
Clean and Detailed as always, finally got the review of this beast on your channel thanks brođ
No problem! đđ
AW 51m- i7 9700k, RTX 2070
I am with you too. I had to do multiple installations of AWCC to make it work. Sometimes the OC controls prevent the full installation and most of the times, Fx doesn't recognize the keyboard or mouse.
Seems like they need to redo the software đ€
This was a great review. Although the way you lower your voice at the end of each sentence was driving me crazy đ
Thanks, just how I sound unfortunately.
@@JarrodsTech you sound good lol, great narrator voice :)
Good review. I'm going to wait till september.. Rumors of a new model coming in 2020.. Hopefully capable of GTX.
Great review from the one of the best laptop review channel đ„
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Jarrod are u with me to raid area 51 with 51m
How else are we going to get more of these laptops?
Thats why they put a RAID controller in it
Till we wont raid area 51
I also got myself the Area51m in maxed out but I got this one for long video editing as I am a videographer. Think I wouldn't but this one for gaming only at this price. But a nice side-effect that I can game anything with it after my work :D
Really complete analysis, that's awesome, like and suscribe dude expect more videos like this, they are great đđ»
Yeaaaaa waited for this to drop :)
Woohoo!
Could you review the Dell XPS 15 (OLED version)? Or do you only review gaming laptops?
I review every single laptop that gets offered to me, I just don't think they have the XPS 15 in Australia to lend out, not actually certain.
@@JarrodsTech Tally Ho reviewed it last month, I think. It's only starting to show up in Canada. Microsoft Store is only offering the 4K UHD version right now.
Nice video man, keep up the good job u deserve everything (btw this is my dream laptop)
Cheers!
Looking forward to your Alienware M15 R2 review.
Same!
Ive had this laptop for almost a year, As a college student being able to have a laptop on the go and desktop grade specs is amazing.
How are the frames per second ?
@@riichobamin7612 the monitor I have maxes at 144 but you could easily run games at 200
@@zacharycollier6714 thanks a lot man ! Also what is the resolution of your screen ?
@@riichobamin7612 1920x1080
Good to hear!
*i got this for on my jet, it plays escape from tarkov great*
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Your reviews are the best continue the good job
Thank you!
I have finally chosen to replace my ATX rig and my G752VS with a mini-itx rig using a Dan A4. The main reason was overall cost and the fact that I can add a portable gaming monitor later when Asus releases the XG17. The Area 51m is great, but the total package is very heavy, the fact to have 2 power bricks is super cumbersome to move and as you said, there is 0 guarantee on future GPU upgrade. CPU upgrade is clearly not going to be possible as Intel loves to create new chipsets with new CPU generations.
Thanks Jarrod for all your great reviews, it helped me do an educated choice.
No problem at all, sounds like a good plan!
yup, awcc is trash. I say that as an owner of an m15. love the laptop, hate the software and avoid using it when possible.
Yeah the software needs a revamp or something.
Totally agree. Owned a few Alienware laptops and I've decided to stay away from them for awhile after returning the last one. Plenty of competition that has cleaner software.
Who is the best ? Asus ?
@@JarrodsTech I have the m15 r2, after a factory reset and now a blue screen, alienware says they are still troubleshooting, wont replace it.
I really want Predator Helios 300-2019 model... but :'( no money .rip
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I have an Alienware 17R4 and the cooling pad I bought has helped to reduce the temp.
i like it when the tone of his voice goes from normal font to bold at each sentence
Most people seem to hate it.
Are the heating issues in this alienware area 51m resolved now? I heard of it getting burnt and the working temperature of this laptop is high
I had heard it wasnât the 51m that had the issues. I thought it was the new M15/17 models?
Those issues were actually only with the 2080 model with the i9 CPU
I had the i7 9700k with the 2070.That thing had the best temperature I ever saw in a laptop . Never once felt hot or got close to overheating.
What a beast đ„
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I have ordered mine and will receive it next week...can't wait
Nice! Let us know how it goes
Awesome review. I have the same model in lunar white. It's a helluva PC.
Thanks!
"Well I suppose it's not a laptop if it'll crush your legs" đ
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Bro can u review aced predator Helios 700 pleaseđđ»
Hopefully, still waiting for them to have one to lend me.
@@JarrodsTech I have bought one, exited to see how bad backlight bleeding, keyboard vibrations and Predator Sense configuration are for you. The helios is a beast and surprisingly quiet if you run it at boosted (4.4GHz all 8 cores & edited +180 MHz/+1000MHz on the RTX2080); Also interested if you manage to find a way to enable a proper CPU tuning for the Helios, as messing with XTU profiles in Predator Sense always leads to the machine not being to apply them anymore, while my machine would run perfectly fine with -0.125V undervolting at all cores 4.6GHz)
Jarrod! I love how you explain and review the laptops. Please review MSI GF75 9SC ! There is no review available for this laptop!
Thanks, I'll see what I can do, however it's been hard to get anything out of MSI lately, still waiting on a GS65, GT75, and GE65.
Thanks for all the info. I got this laptop, how do I set the undervolt thing?
Why do most of the reviewers hate the goddamn awesome traditional 2 button trackpad. It's the best come on...
I don't hate the two buttons? I don't actually mind one way or the other, this particular one just wasn't great and the drivers left a lot to be desired compared to precision.
They can become a mechanical point of failure The left button sees a lot more wear than the right.
I always use a USB mouse at home so that a future broken button doesn't brick my laptop's portability. I learned that the hard way (cough, MSI).
Idk why I'm watching but I'm glad I have this laptop
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Nice, hope it's going well!
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Just beautiful.
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I got mine! I got the model one step under this one. Itâs awesome. Got the white version
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This reaaly good product for small room. But why? The price just too over
If you need a somewhat portable desktop replacement and have limited space yeah it could be, but as you'd expect for high end specs in a laptop it's going to cost a lot.
@@JarrodsTech RTX 2080 may a bit too much for it...
@@campkira Maybe but the rtx 2070 they offer is slower than the deasktop version by 30% while the RTX 2080 they have is only down by about 10%.
The price is steep but going for the 2070 on that thing is like a wet firecracker...
That thing is still outrageous when we get to the price tho
Cant Wait tomorrow for the Lenovo l340 review đđ
Tomorrow is just the game performance video, full review will be 28th đ
Hey great review! I just wanted to know which software you use for monitoring/graphing CPU and GPU temps.
Thanks, I use FRAPS/OCAT to record frame rates, HWInfo to record clock speed/temperatures, and Excel to do the graphs.
So this is what they're hiding in Area 51.... the Area 51mothership.
Also, I only do currency in kidneys so can somewhat calculate the price for the top-spec'ed model in kidneys please?
It's like 2.4
I really want to buy it but my family says after coronavirus who say I still alive after corona ends.
I dont want cry even I have alot of tears
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Great review and from personally owing this beast I can say that I love it. the laptop is not for everyone and fits my needs well as I work as a contractor overseas so i travel a bunch. The price is high but didnt hurt my wallet which was good and the performance is something i feel is a you get what you pay for thing. AWCC is trash but for me on each update i have to uninstall the command center suite and install the updated version and after that download the latest OC controls and install, doing it that way has caused me no issues though I mostly just use the bios settings for my overclocking needs. Overall the machine is a beast and with each update performance seems to improve which is a plus, its never overheated and not having to use both powerbricks is great, and for most games with the 180w brick , games are capped or only capable of a max of 60fps. Also after the new nvidia update games like Apex legends run at a constant 144fps which is a finally moment for me lol.
Cool, good to hear it's going well!
@@JarrodsTech I'm very interested but for you, is better area 51m or gt76 of msi?
Jarrod bro please make a full review on new dell alienware area 51m r2 with rtx 2080 super and i9-10900k processor.
This is my dream laptop :) but at the moment I can't afford it and DELL assumes that I can't afford 120.00 a month for it But I bought a house last year :)
More saving I guess!
Imagine buying such an expensive laptop and it overheats straight out of box, i mean wtf are these temperatures?
Mine stays around 46c playing some high performance games. Not sure what your problem is.
Great review !!
Thanks!
I hope you review the MSI gt 76 titan, i'm very curious about the cooling pad tests because of how open the bottom is and how it compares againt the Alienware
Me too, still waiting for them to have one to lend me.
Thank goodness you didnât recommend this as a student laptop
He would be mad if he did so lol
Whyâs that đ??..I was considering buying it but I heard itâs heavy so Iâll go with the Razor blade
The regular AW BIOS doesn't let users overclock the RAM over 2400 Mhz so they hired an overclocker and gave him a custom BIOS to try and win the Firestrike score record, he cheated by using an LOD (Level of detail) Hack but they still ended up being beaten by Clevo:
hwbot.org/submission/4148721_shaggysvk_3dmark___fire_strike_geforce_rtx_2080_mobile_27177_marks
hwbot.org/submission/4157164_prema_3dmark___fire_strike_geforce_rtx_2080_mobile_27193_marks
Nice review by the way !
Oh dear. Thanks!
@KasumiKills always been a fan of Jarrod's work đ
Jarrod which laptop has better thermals the Area 51M or the M17 R2 ? Who runs cooler ? Amazing channel :)
Are you going to review the new 2019 alieanware m15 or m17?
I havenât seen any tech channel review those
Yes, I should be getting the m15 soon, still waiting on them to send it over, they told me it should be soon though.
Excellent review đ
Msi gt76 titan next plz...đ
Thanks, trying to get it!
Hey Jarrod! Just wondering what cooling pad is that? The RGB looks awesome! Also does the area 51M have undervolting software included or is a third party program? Still kinda new to the concept!
I've got a video on it here: czcams.com/video/Zx2EnUD-DoM/video.html
Yeah you can undervolt in the Alienware Control Center software, I used Intel XTU due to the issues with AWCC I had though.
An exhaustive and a detailed review. I bought a precision 7540 i9 9980hk, and a quadro T2000, for my 3d scanning requirements. My query is wht do you think of the 9980hk and where do you see the quadro T2000 Turing gpu? As there are no reviews of both anywhere
The CPU is quite good if the machine can keep it cool and deliver enough power, I just tested it for the first time in the Aero 17 (review went up yesterday), I have no experience with that particular quadro though, I've only had like 2 quadro laptops out of 100+ machines as companies rarely send them so I am not currently sure how that one compares to say GTX series.
Wich software do you use to undervolt both gpu and CPU ?
Nice review as always! Can you include total war games in your future benchmarks?
Thanks, if more people ask for it I can consider looking to buy it and kicking out some other game.
Jarrod'sTech iâve bought a refurbed one and wanna check if everything is running as they should be.. is it wise to do a clean install of windows first?
WOW didn't know it was such a beast :D
it would be nice to see the new alienware m15 r2 reviewed by you
I should be getting one soon!
Can yu upgrade now?
For example ram and check if the frecuency can make it run better?
I kinda wanted to also know how this worked with photo and video editing. I mean it had desktop internals so it should be great but it would have been cool to include it briefly.
As for gaming it way on point especially if your traveling and you want to stream your game too. Perfect for that. Still think itâs better than a top spec Dell XPS 15. If I want super portable Iâll stick with the Microsoft surface pro or even the surface go
Maybe I could have added more tests in if I didn't waste a day+ troubleshooting the performance loss đą
thanks.impressive evaluation
Cheers!
The black and blue color reminds me of Noctis from Final Fantasy XV
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so 4 ram slots? or is there more slots somewhere?, how do you get to 64gb ram? unless those are 16gb sticks
@Jarrod`sTech nice video as always. Would you recommend rtx2080 + i 9 9900 vs i7 9700k area 51m. The deal price is almost but iam afraid of the temperature and which one is worse
For games on the desktop side the 9700K is very close to the 9900K and sometimes beats it, so I probably wouldn't spend more money to get the higher one when the 9700K is plenty for any game.
does the i7 9700k and the 8700k still a desktop system or is that only in the 9900k version
All three are desktop CPUs.
I have been using the same version as you for the last 4 months just want to say that im having issues with the processor when it comes to machine learning processing, so not sure if it is an exact desktop processor but other than that i love it :) and yes on my white version i do not have an issue with finger prints :)
What sort of issues are you having?
@@JarrodsTech It was giving me unsupported processor issues which i thought was a bit odd, I intend to run the same example on my desktop shortly but will run again on my laptop tomorrow to show you the screen shot of the issue :) as i can not remember exactly the processor error just remembered that i was trying to teach the program the difference between a cat and a dog :) czcams.com/video/A4K6D_gx2Iw/video.html
This machine looks a lot better in dark gray imo. Nice shots.
Thanks!
Howâs it holding up? No burning up? Been hearing a bit of those. And good review!! Shoutout for playing the Witcher in the beginning!
Unfortunately I cannot say, all the laptops I review on the channel are borrowed review units that get sent back after a few weeks of testing when my videos are done đ
I'd love to know if yours is open to sale?
I need such workstation, but can't afford a new one. My budget might make it for a used one. Please let me know.
Great, informative review. Thank you.
How are the thermals for 9900k 2080rtx?? Do they require undervolting to play at higher fps?
Thermals are covered in depth in the video. It gets hot as expected, but the performance is still amazing. I have results with and without undervolting.
aye we back with the freaking beast laptop
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Good work mate...
What I use now with the same configurations as above. Amazing machine but the Alienware command center makes the Laptop a bit laggy. For the price, this is absolutely unacceptantable. Lagging in boot-up (Bios start-up time 5.0 secs). Also when using the task manager when trying to switch from Name tab to cpu/gpu/memory... etc. I experience a 2-3secs lag. I found out the Alienware command center was responsible for this after uninstalling. Unfortunately, I can't do without it. Still an absolute beast of a laptop.
Hello Jarrod. Nice review as always. Can you use the laptop with the battery removed and just on mains? Many thanks
Thanks! You can remove the battery in pretty much every laptop I've tested, but it requires you first taking off the bottom panel. If you're after a removable battery then there are only a few Clevo units I've tested, like the NH58RDQ.
Thanks Jarrod. So, you can use the laptop with the battery removed and run off the mains. Thanks again.
Amazing that my El Cheapo Acer Nitro 5 (2021 model I got for $1300 USD) with the Ryzen 7 5800H and RTX 3080 at just 100W slightly beats this thicc beast from 2019.
Probably at the cost of noise, at least that's what I find. I have the M15R5 as well as the 51m and I actually went back to the 51m. My M15R5 only has the 3070 and it scores almost the same in Timespy as the 51m, but at the cost of heat and noise. My 51m is MUCH quieter under load as it does not have to ramp the fans way up, and it does not get as hot as my 5900hx.
Either way, it's amazing to see how far gaming laptops have come in just a few years.
Would you recommend this at a sale right now for 1995 dollars ? Same model and all ? Or would you recommend the mech g3 2070 Amazon from Amazon for 1799v
Maybe can you try streaming in your benchmark vids
Maybe. I have no experience with it at the moment.
Great rev as always,
but i don't know if it is overpriced or not..... :(
but its awesome...
alien team got nice minds...
Thanks! Hard for me to compare as I haven't looked at the competition yet like the GT76.
@@JarrodsTech idk feel MSI Idk why despite they do some good looking laptops...
early ages the mb used to fry as a desktops, don't know how they do know as i don't build anymore lol
Bro, Good Review, but when are you gonna do m15 r2? been waiting for your review since you said you'll be getting a unit last week. :(
Thanks! They still don't have them, basically I'm just relaying what they keep telling me which is it'll be soon, I don't have any idea at this point, seems like their estimate was wrong.
@@JarrodsTech Thanks for the reply, you're the gold standard for thorough laptop tests man. Just watched Dave 2D's video, glossed over too many important points. Soldered Wi-Fi card, Soldered RAM, max 16 GB, Flipped Motherboard, no Windows Hello etc... Eagerly awaiting your impartial review if the m15 r2 is worth it!
Cheers! I hope they send it soon!