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Alienware Reveals 4GHz desktop

Posted by Hemos on from the moving-into-COTS dept.

keeleysam writes "c|net news.com is reporting that Alienware is going to ship a 4GHz desktop. The new Area-51 ALX, introduced on Friday, uses overclocking, or the practice of pushing a processor past its factory speed setting, to elevate a standard Intel Pentium 4 chip to 4GHz. Because overclocking a processor can cause it to overheat, the desktop also includes a special liquid-cooling system devised by Alienware. Purchasing the 4GHz Area-51 ALX desktop is an expensive proposition for most consumers, as the machine starts at about $4,200, according to pricing on Alienware's ALX Web site."

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  1. Re:How can it get any hotter by Stevyn · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well I know that. The similarity I was trying to make is comparing situations where the heat can be maintained easily and situations where lots of heat is generated and it's difficult to keep things cool. If I had a desktop 1.8 ghz p4, it wouldn't be too difficult to keep it cool. But in a laptop, it's much harder and thus makes the user aware when the fans start cranking.

    And like in this case, a 3.2 ghz might just require a few fans to properly keep cool, but this is going to require a complex system which the user might be aware of.

  2. Re:Gee PCs are expensive... by Nomihn0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't think of a Mac that can run games . . . *sorry, sorry, sorry, not meaning to flame*