Alienware launches two new gaming desktop PC, the “Area-51 ALX” and “Aurora ALX”, both with optional 64GB Solid State Drive (SSD). SSD technology allows faster and better system perfomance, compared to standard hard drive. However, since this technology is practically new, it won’t come cheap. To be exact, you have to pay an additional $1,700 for SSD.

Area-51 ALX features an Intel Core 2 Extreme processor, dual 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX graphics engine in SLI mode (or GeForce 8800 Ultra if you want), up to 4TB (4 x 1TB) of SATA HDD, a dual-layer DVD burner (or opt-in for Blu-Ray burner), 8 x USB 2.0 ports, 2 x FireWire ports, and HD Surround sound audio engine. Measures 19.01 x 9.97 x 25.02-inch, the desktop PC is priced at $4,999 (base configuration).

As for Alienware’s Aurora ALX desktop PC, it has almost similar specs as Area-51 ALX, except that it uses AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 dual-core CPU. The machine costs $4,099 each.

Both Area-51 ALX and Aurora ALX desktop pcs comes with either Microsoft Windows XP Professional / MCE 2005 or Vista Home Premium / Ultimate operating system.

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