Alienware Area-51 Review: It Would Be My Forever Case if It Didn’t Look so Dated

There was a time, even if it was just a few years ago, when an Alienware device looked like nothing else on the market. Now, in 2025, Alienware’s Area-51 desktop is built to compete on ease and customizability, all while taking the guise of every other tower out there. There’s a benefit to that. It means this extra-large, 85L desktop tower will accommodate any and every new component you want to stick in it from now until judgement day. The downside is the Area-51 is an overly-large, samey brick of a desktop that loses the brand’s sense of self in its quest for the practical. The Area-51 is made to be your forever case. There are half a dozen small, though still notable innovations that make it a great case for a first-time PC gamer, from the USB-loaded port selection to QR codes on every component. All this attention to detail helps future proof the Area-51 so well that I wish I could tip my hat to Alienware rather than sit here in the doldrums of melancholy. Alienware Area-51 The A ... Read full article.