The Alienware Area-51 is a massive tower that has finally returned to standardized parts, but performance increases aren't huge over the last generation of desktops.

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Data from Canalys and International Data Corporation (IDC) suggest 2025 Q1 PC shipment increases are likely due to manufacturers striving to avoid initial tariff impacts.

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Boutique PC builders like Maingear and Falcon Northwest bear the brunt of the costs.

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Dell has provided its Area-51 flagship gaming PC with an optional cable conversion kit that enables support for third party motherboards.

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A tidy price drop makes the Geekom A8 Mini PC an easy pick for anyone after serious performance in a compact package.

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Right now at Amazon, you can find the Apple Mac Mini M4 desktop available for $499, its lowest price to date.

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Dell's Alienware Area-51 gaming desktop with Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 inside has $400 knocked off the list price.

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Asus announces the Ascent GX10, which leverages Nvidia's GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip.

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China's GMKTec has announced the EVO-X2 mini PC with Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor at the AMD Greater China Channel Summit today.

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The Mac Studio gets a performance boost with M4 Max and M3 Ultra power.

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