GoKawiilAlienware has typically positioned itself as a premium brand of laptops and desktops for PC gamers. With the new Alienware 15 laptop, however, the Dell subsidiary is boiling down to the essentials in the hopes to reach a wider user base and offer a cheaper laptop.
For the lowest-end configurations, Alienware is digging in the parts bin for some older components, including AMD Ryzen 200 ("Hawk Point Refresh") and Intel Core Series 2 ("Raptor Lake") CPU options and GPUs starting with the RTX 4050 Laptop GPU in the United States, though some regions will start with the older RTX 3050 Laptop GPU.
In the U.S., the starting configuration with an AMD Ryzen 5 220, 16GB of RAM (1x16GB DDR5-5600), 512GB of storage, and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU will start at $1,299, while the cheapest Intel variant, subbing out the Ryzen chip for an Intel Core 5 210H will run $1,349. A Dell spokesperson suggested that there may be promotions that lower the prices at some point.
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Swipe to scroll horizontally Row 0 - Cell 0 Alienware 15 U.S. starting configuration CPU Up to AMD Ryzen 7 260, Up to Intel Core 7 240H AMD Ryzen 5 220 GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 (6GB GDDR6, 70W)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 (6GB GDDR7, 70W)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 (8GB GDDR7, 85W)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 (8GB GDDR7, 85W) Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 (6GB GDDR6, 70W) RAM 8GB - 32GB DDR5-5600 (All single DIMMs) 16GB DDR5-5600 (16GB x 1) SSD Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Gen 4 512GB PCIe NVMe M.2 Gen 4 SSD Display 15.3-inch, 1920 x 1200, 165 Hz, claimed 62.5% sRGB, AMD FreeSync, 300 nits 15.3-inch, 1920 x 1200, 165 Hz, claimed 62.5% sRGB, AMD FreeSync, 300 nits Webcam 720p, 30 FPS 720p 30 FPS Networking MediaTek MT7920 Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 MediaTek MT7920 Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2 Battery 54 WHr, 4-cell (RTX 3050 and 4050)
70 WHr, 3-ceell (RTX 5050 and 5060) 54 WHr, 4-cell Power Adapter 130W (RTX 3050 and 4050)
180W (RTX 5050 and 5060) 130W
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