Alienware is bringing the Area-51 gaming PC back from the dead
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The new 80 litre tower is the first full-size flagship PC from the brand in five years. Alienware is resurrecting the iconic Area-51 gaming PC, the brand announced at this year’s CES tech conference in Las Vegas. Alienware’s 2025 plans also include a refreshed Aurora PC line-up and new 16in and 18in Area-51 gaming laptops.
![[Industry standard parts mean critical components can be easily replaced or upgraded]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/06/12/Alienware-Area-51-desktop.jpg)
The return of the Alienware Area-51 marks five years since the brand last had a full-size flagship PC in its portfolio. Once known for its bizarre and extraterrestrial chassis – originally shaped like giant alien heads – and more recently some weird gadget you’d find in Batman’s cave, Alienware has settled on a more mature design this time around.
![[The Area-51 is designed to accommodate newer and more power-hungry GPUs]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/23/17/alienware-area-51-pic2.jpg)
The 80 litre Alienware Area-51 is a full-size, roughly cuboid tower designed to exceed the size requirements of even the largest gaming PC components, giving builders more than enough room to upgrade and customise their machine. The giant chassis has room enough for six storage devices and up to a quad slot graphics card.
![[The supersized chassis supports the largest 420mm liquid cooling units]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/23/17/alienware-area-51.jpg)
“Area-51 captures the hearts and minds of gaming enthusiasts and those old-school Alienware loyalists,” says Matt McGowan, director of Dell’s gaming division. “Our new full-size Area-51 tower delivers an unprecedented level of performance and scalable design.”.
Keep scrolling for everything you need to know. Alienware hasn’t announced any pre-build specs but it has confirmed the Area-51 will support the latest top-of-the-line components, such as the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU and Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU.
