X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Anything to do with console gaming goes in here!
Post Reply
User avatar
rustypup
Registered User
Posts: 8872
Joined: 13 Dec 2004, 02:00
Location: nullus pixius demonica
Contact:

X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by rustypup »

Image
hothardware wrote:The point being here, is that things aren't always what they appear to be. And so it is with Dell's Alienware X51 R2, a small form factor (SFF) gaming PC in console digs. It's shaped similar to Microsoft's Xbox 360 Slim, and though it's slightly larger than either a 360 or PlayStation 3, the X51 R2 would be right at home in a living room setting nestled next to a large screen TV. Indeed, it's adept at running Steam's Big Picture mode, and if your primary objective is to play games in the living room, go ahead and consider the X51 R2 a hybrid game console
:lol: hate to imagine the local price-point...
Most people would sooner die than think; in fact, they do so - Bertrand Russel
Anakha56
Forum Administrator
Posts: 22136
Joined: 14 Jun 2004, 02:00
Processor: Ryzen 1700K
Motherboard: Asus X370
Graphics card: Asus 1060 Strix
Memory: 16GB RAM
Location: Where Google says

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by Anakha56 »

:drool:

Me wants! I will sell my PS3 and limbs for this machine!
JUSTICE, n A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
GDI_Lord
Forum Administrator
Posts: 2663
Joined: 05 Sep 2005, 02:00

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by GDI_Lord »

Won't your wife miss your limbs? How will she open stuck glass jars if you don't have arms?
Important Thread: Yours in Christ's service,
Anakha56
Forum Administrator
Posts: 22136
Joined: 14 Jun 2004, 02:00
Processor: Ryzen 1700K
Motherboard: Asus X370
Graphics card: Asus 1060 Strix
Memory: 16GB RAM
Location: Where Google says

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by Anakha56 »

She can go to gym to get around that problem :P.
JUSTICE, n A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
GreyWolf
Registered User
Posts: 4754
Joined: 06 Aug 2003, 02:00
Processor: PHENOM II 945
Motherboard: Asus M4A78
Graphics card: HIS ICEQ 4850 1GB
Memory: 4GB CORSAIR XMS II 1066
Location: , location, location!

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by GreyWolf »

How would you use the console without limbs?
"Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist that black flag, and begin slitting throats."
- H. L. Mancken
Anakha56
Forum Administrator
Posts: 22136
Joined: 14 Jun 2004, 02:00
Processor: Ryzen 1700K
Motherboard: Asus X370
Graphics card: Asus 1060 Strix
Memory: 16GB RAM
Location: Where Google says

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by Anakha56 »

GreyWolf wrote:How would you use the console without limbs?
Lol good point. Won't sell those limbs... :P

Now how about we talk about this console?
JUSTICE, n A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
StarBound
Registered Pervert
Posts: 6879
Joined: 30 Jul 2004, 02:00
Processor: Intel i7 4790k
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 7
Graphics card: MSI GTX780Ti Gaming
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 1866mhz 16GB
Location: The Greater Unknown
Contact:

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by StarBound »

Firstly, its not a console.
Secondly, I believe I linked this thing around telling certain people that continues to sell and buy their hardware consistently to check it out.

I've looked at it. I thought about it. I wanted to buy it. But at the end I decided against it.

The best GPU it can currently run is a gtx660 geforce due to power requirements. It sports a bluray drive, a 2tb harddrive, a 64gb msata ssd in certain models, 8gb ddr3, an i7 3770k all tucked in neatly into a tiny box. Damn it looks sweet and I sure would like to buy one. Problem is again due to the power unit is uses you cannot replace the gpu.

As rusty said he would hate to imagine the price point. No worries rusty, no need to imagine. It retails for R18k but that was 1 month ago before the R10/$ exchange rate.

Now the actual reason I decided not to buy this. I'm already use to my PCs performance but even this machine can do 60fps in most games. To PS4 though will launch at around R6000. It just makes more sense to go for a console in the living room that will be specced to reach those frame rates in its games and keep a passable frame rate for its life time.
My Steam Screenshots

I lived the dream ...then my PC died.
Anakha56
Forum Administrator
Posts: 22136
Joined: 14 Jun 2004, 02:00
Processor: Ryzen 1700K
Motherboard: Asus X370
Graphics card: Asus 1060 Strix
Memory: 16GB RAM
Location: Where Google says

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by Anakha56 »

I understand your reason but I have one that trumps all yours... Games. Buy one game on Steam and I can play it on console or pc.
JUSTICE, n A commodity which is a more or less adulterated condition the State sells to the citizen as a reward for his allegiance, taxes and personal service.
ryanrich
Forum Moderator
Posts: 8465
Joined: 07 Jun 2003, 02:00
Location: Adelaide, Australia

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by ryanrich »

Pretty awesome, but that price, eish. Will keep my PS3 for some time still and then finally upgrade to a PS4.
StarBound
Registered Pervert
Posts: 6879
Joined: 30 Jul 2004, 02:00
Processor: Intel i7 4790k
Motherboard: MSI Z97 Gaming 7
Graphics card: MSI GTX780Ti Gaming
Memory: G.Skill Sniper 1866mhz 16GB
Location: The Greater Unknown
Contact:

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by StarBound »

Well the idea behind these babies will ofcoarse be to compete with the consoles as they get older. You can play all steam games now, but in 5 years you might start running into trouble while a actual console won't.
My Steam Screenshots

I lived the dream ...then my PC died.
User avatar
StarPhoenix
B.Soc.Sci, M.SocSci [UPCF]
Posts: 17634
Joined: 11 Dec 2003, 02:00
Processor: Core i5 3470
Motherboard: Gigabyte G1 Sniper Z77
Graphics card: nVidia GeForce GTX 1060
Memory: 8Gb DDR3 1600
Location: East London
Contact:

Re: X51 - An Actual Nextgen 'Console'

Post by StarPhoenix »

GreyWolf wrote:How would you use the console without limbs?
Prosthetics .
"Humankind cannot bear very much reality." T.S. Elliot
Post Reply