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Testseek.com have collected 78 expert reviews of the Alienware Alpha and the average rating is 71%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Alienware Alpha.
Award: Most Awarded February 2015
February 2015
 
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The editors liked

  • It's powerful for the price. Small
  • Too! Easy to drop it in a bag and carry to a friend's house. Fantastic for LAN parties. The customizable lighting is kind of cool. Five USB 3.0 ports (one for USB dongles
  • Hidden under a panel) gives me plenty of connec
  • Handles games nicely on HDTV
  • Small footprint
  • Cool chassis
  • Upgradeable design (for such a small system)
  • Low power consumption
  • Very little noise
  • Surprisingly quiet under gaming loads
  • It's amazingly well price for the size and gaming performance you get
  • The compact Alienware Alpha plays a huge library of PC games in a living-room-friendly format
  • And it works with a standard Xbox 360 controller
  • Solid gaming performance. Good connectivity. 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0. Includes wireless Xbox 360 controller. Compact chassis.
  • Good performance for price
  • Compact shell also allows easy access for (some) upgrades
  • Smal
  • Portable desig
  • Runs quiet when gamin
  • Growing game library has more than
  • 500 title
  • Solid graphics performance
  • Very portable
  • Brings PC gaming to the living room.
  • Compact Design
  • Include all necessary connections and peripherals
  • Offers higher resolution
  • Good performance for most games released in 2014
  • Affordable price
  • Decent performance provides
  • Alpha UI creates a solid console illusion
  • Custom gamepad drivers solve most mouse and keyboard problems
  • Makes it easy to play PC games on a TV

The editors didn't like

  • That blasted 5400rpm hard drive. Not a single one of Alienware's pricier configs has a faster storage option. I asked
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  • No recovery partition means you can't easily swap out that drive unless you plan to clone it yourself. If
  • Can't compete with larger PCs
  • Begging For An SSD
  • Still not the perfect PC game console experience
  • Could use a slightly higher performance GPU
  • It's built around the Steam gaming platform
  • So it's harder to use for PC games purchased elsewhere. The custom UI is slow and clunky
  • And the base configuration is underpowered for long-term use
  • Loading games is more difficult than on a gaming console. GPU can't be upgraded. Lacks DVI and VGA ports. No keyboard or mouse included
  • No solid-state storage makes for slow startup and load times
  • Graphics aren't upgradable
  • Limited support for non-native Steam games
  • No 3.5mm audio jack
  • More expensive than traditional game console
  • Entering text in console mode is tediou
  • Slow hard driv
  • Takes too long to boot Alpha UI
  • Can't upgrade GPU
  • Slow hard drive
  • Only 4GB of RAM
  • Still some bugs to iron out
  • Low frame rate on high settings
  • Outdated GPU
  • The Alienware Alpha pricing varies from $549 to $899 depending on the configuration. This is really a good choice if you want to enjoy a huge game catalog on Steam like me
  • Therefore
  • I totally recommend the
  • 5
  • 400RPM hard drive is a big performance bottleneck. Doesn't handle nonSteam games elegantly. Upgrades aren't as great value.
  • Painfully long load times
  • Overprotective console mode blocks some games from running
  • Driver issues can cause trouble with some titles

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  Published: 2015-03-26, Author: Pierre , review by: minimachines.net

  • l'Alienware Alpha offre une solide évolutivité : Stockage sur un 2.5 pouces classique permettant de choisir dans une vaste gamme de produits mécaniques ou électroniques. Mémoire vive facilement accessible sur deux slots et un processeur monté sur socket...

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  Published: 2015-02-26, Author: Sébastien , review by: cowcotland.com

  • Format compact, Nuisances sonores correctes, Tarif, Accès aux composants
  • Connectique à revoir, externe comme interne
  • Pour conclure, il faut faire les comptes. Face à une console, nul doute que l'Alpha est plus onéreux, mais on peut jouer à plus de 60fps, éventuellement avec AA selon les jeux... Et face à un ordinateur fait maison ? Sur ce point, Alienware nous étonne, p...

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  Published: 2015-02-11, Author: Mathieu , review by: laruche.com

  • L'Alienware Alpha n'est pas ce tueur de consoles que certains voulaient voir en lui. L'Alpha UI ne fait pas illusion et en matière d'interface et d'écosystème "user friendly", Microsoft et Sony gardent une bonne longueur d'avance. En revanche, l'Alpha a t...

 
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  Published: 2015-02-02, Author: CNET.com , review by: Cnetfrance.fr

  • design, taille compacte, l'accès aux plateformes de distribution en ligne (Steam...), manette Xbox 360 standard.
  • architecture autour de Steam rend difficile l'utilisation d'autres plateformes, interface perfectible, configuration de base trop juste pour être pérenne dans le temps
  • L'Alienware Alpha parvient à tenir ses promesses : proposer un PC de jeu dans un volume restreint, inférieur à celui de l aplupart des consoles. Dommage que la configuration de base soit un peu trop juste pour un prix un peu trop élevé....

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  Published: 2014-12-07, review by: vonguru.fr

  • L'Alienware Alpha, voilà un produit bien paradoxal.Paradoxal car aujourd'hui, très peu de monde a pu l'avoir entre les mains alors qu'on parle de lui et de ses concurrents depuis maintenant de longs mois.En fait l'Alpha devait être à l'origine la SteamBox...

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  Published: 2015-01-30, review by: techstation.it

  • Per molto tempo abbiamo sentito parlare di Steam OS , poiché una versione con porting Windows è già di fatto presente installando Steam su Windows. Il dispositivo Alienware Alpha di Dell rappresenta sostanzialmente uno dei primi esempi tangibili di cosa è...

 
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  Published: 2015-05-05, review by: tomshw.de

  • Allmählich scheint es sich abzuzeichnen, dass die arttypischen Konsolen, wie wir sie bislang in Form von Microsofts Xbox und Sonys Playstation kannten, zu einer aussterbenden Art gehören. Ihr natürlicher Feind sind neue Hybrid-Geräte, die eine Zwischenfor...

 
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  Published: 2015-04-02, Author: Jan , review by: gamestar.de

  • Jan Purrucker: Mit der Alienware Alpha im Test zeigt Dell, dass der PC auch als TV-Konsole eine gute Figur macht und mittlerweile eine größtenteils problemlose Alternative zur Xbox One und Playstation 4 darstellt - mit (fast) allen PC-Vorteilen wie flexib...

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  Published: 2015-02-18, Author: Sebastian , review by: netzwelt.de

  • leichte Anwendung, kompaktes Gerät, geringe Betriebslautstärke, leistungsstark
  • gelegentliche Abstürze, lange Ladezeiten, proprietäre Treiber, keine vollständige Controller-Unterstützung
  • Es ist noch nicht alles perfekt. Noch nicht alles so optimiert, dass sich die Alienware Alpha wie eine Steam-Konsole anfühlt. Doch das kleine Kraftpaket, das da leise neben meinem Monitor schnurrt, zeigt, wohin die Reise gehen könnte. Wer schon jetzt eine...

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  Published: 2015-02-05, Author: Marc , review by: golem.de

  • Alpha kommt aus dem Griechischen und steht für die Zahl 1. Es wird daher gerne als Synonym für eine frühe Version von Hardware oder Software verwendet. Allerdings ist Alpha auch der erste Buchstabe im Alphabet und bildet somit den Beginn. Auf Alienwares A...

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