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Supported Systems: Alienware Area 51 R2 1. System Specifications Show all | Hide all Processors 5th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors (Haswell) Intel® Core™ i7-5820K Six Core (15 MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.8 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)Intel® Core™ i7-5930K Six Core (15 MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.9 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)Intel® Core™ i7-5960X Eight Core Extreme Edition (20 MB Cache, Overclocked up to 4.0 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)Intel® Core™ i7-6850K Six Core (15 MB Cache, Overclocked up to 3.8 GHz w/ Turbo Boost)Intel® Core™ i7-6900K Eight Core (20 MB Cache, Turbo Boost Max 3.0, Overclocked up to 4.1 GHz)Intel® Core™ i7-6950X Ten Core (25 MB Cache, Turbo Boost Max 3.0, Overclocked up to 3.8 GHz) Chipset Intel® X99 Chipset (Intel® DHX99 PCH) Click here for detailed specifications. NOTE: Some of the features that are described on the link above have been disabled and are not available on your computer due to design and technical limitations. Memory DD4 Dual and Quad Channel DDR4-2133 PC4-17000 Minimum: 8 GbMaximum: 64 Gb 4x 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM Slots for use with the following configurations: 8 Gb (2x4 Gb DIMMS)16 Gb (2x8 Gb DIMMS)24 Gb (2x8 Gb + 2x4Gb DIMMS)32 Gb (4x8 Gb DIMMS)64 Gb (4x16 Dimms) Hard Drive 5x SATA III 6Gb/s Ports The following configurations can be used: 3x 3.5" SATA I/II/III Hard Drive2x 2.5" SATA I/II/III Solid State or Regular Drives RAID Support RAID 0 — StripeRAID 1 — MirrorRAID 5 NOTE: Only the 3.5" Hard Drives are enabled for use in RAID Optical Drive 1x Internal Drive Bay for SATA III Slim Type Slot-Loaded Optical Drives Dual Layer DVD Burner (DVD±RW, CD-RW)Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc™ Reader (BD-ROM, DVD±RW, CD-RW) - Can read/write CD and DVD but can only read Blu-ray Disks. Network and Wireless Killer™ E2200 Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260 and Bluetooth Combo Card Audio Integrated Creative Labs Sound Blaster Recon3Di 5.1/7.1 SupportDigital S/PDIF Figure.1: Integrated Creative Labs Sound Blaster Recon3Di Table.1: Figure.1 calloutsNumbers reference figure above:Optical S/PDIFCoaxial S/PDIFFront Speakers (Headphones/Stereo Speakers)Center/SubwooferRear Speakers Video Card Video card support is defined by the following technical considerations: Bus Support Two PCIe™ x16 SlotsOne PCIe™ x8 Slot Dual and Triple Video Card Support NVIDIA SLIAMD Crossfire Supplementary Power Connectors 6x Modular 6 to 8-pin power cables These modular cables allow you to turn all 6-pin cables into 8-pin cables Supported Cards NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 780 (Single/Dual/Triple Configuration)NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 770 (Single/Dual/Triple Configuration)NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 970 (Single/Dual/Triple Configuration)NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ 980 (Single/Dual/Triple Configuration)NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX™ 980 Ti (Single/Dual/Triple Configuration)NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ Titan Z (Single/Dual Configuration)NVIDIA GeForce® GTX™ Titan X (Single Configuration)NVDIA GeForce® GTX™ 1070 Founders Edition with 8 GB GDDR5X (Single/Dual Configuration)NVDIA GeForce® GTX™ 1080 Founders Edition with 8 GB GDDR5X (Single/Dual Configuration) AMD AMD Radeon™ R9 270 (Single Configuration)AMD Radeon™ R9 290X (Triple configuration) NOTE: Use of non-Dell hardware may result in damage to your computer and will not be covered under warranty. Browse to dell.com/warranty for more information. Rear Panel Ports Figure.2: Rear Panel Ports Table.2: Figure.2 calloutsNumbers reference figure above:Hard-drive activity lightUSB 2.0 (4)USB 3.0 (4)Optical S/PDIFAudio JacksCoaxial S/PDIFLAN Network System Dimensions Dimensions and Weight Height: 22.411" / (569.25mm)Depth: 25.156" / (638.96mm)Width: 10.736" / (272.71mm)Starting Weight: 61.73lbs / (28 Kg.) NOTE: The weight of your desktop varies depending on the configuration and the manufacturing variability. Motherboard Form Factor ATX Motherboard Power Alienware™ 875 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power SupplyAlienware™ 1500 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply with modular cabling Back to Top 2. Unique Features AlienFX computer lighting Customize your lighting experience with AlienFX across nine independent programmable lighting zones, and with over 20 colors to choose you can create up to 512 trillion color combos. AlienAdrenaline The new Alien Adrenaline performance monitoring app lets you view detailed graphs that tell you real-time details about the CPU, memory, graphics card, and network adapter. Overclocking Controls Manually tinker with the settings of your CPU to raise performance even beyond the stock settings. Alienware Thermal Controls Alienware’s Thermal Controls allow you to control the thermal and venting behavior of your Area-51. You can also create and save multiple thermal and venting profiles for different usage scenarios. Back to Top 3. Need to Know Rear I/O Accessibility Lighting Rear I/O Accessibility Lighting is powered by two AA batteries in the Battery module. These AA sized batteries are covered under warranty for one year only from the date of invoice. Figure.3: Area51 R2 Rear lights Table.3: Figure.3 calloutsNumbers reference figure above:Rear I/O accessibility lighting button Press to illuminate the back panel ports. Rear I/O accessibility lights Side Panel Removal/Kensington Lock The Alienware™ Area-51 R2 is equipped with a Security-cable slot latch to prevent unauthorized movement of your computer. Also, the side panels cannot be removed when the Security-cable slot latch is in lock position. Figure.4: Area 51 R2 Lock Back to Top

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