Alienware Alpha : A "PC Console"

Alienware Alpha

               Alienware Alpa whole new generation creating the ease for gamer's. Alpha is made on the concept of both the PC and the console. Alienware Alpha is a  "PC console" , giving you the ease of  PC functionality and the compatibility of easy gaming from consoles. While it came from the most talked Steam  Machine concept but Dell came head out with the product first.

                 The Alienware Alpha is simple, small  black box that won't draw an iota of attention.The machine's power button is formed in the shape of the signature Alienware logo and one of the machine's front corners is bisected at a sharp angle. An LED glows around the perimeter of the cut.

               There are only two USB ports lingering on the device's front, but find two more on the machine's back edge. The compartment is large enough to conceal most wireless mouse and keyboard dongles it's far too small to contain the Alpha's included wireless Xbox 360 Controller adapter.The usual assortment of ports fills out the back: HDMI, Ethernet, power and even an optical audio output, though you can find a second HDMI socket as well.  That's actually an HDMI passthrough input that can be activated through the Alpha's menu system. Basically, it lets you pipe another device in your entertainment center through Alienware's unit to save space on TV inputs.


                Basically running on Windows 8.1 but Alpha has it's own custom UI . Alpha UI has a simpler interface which has steam big picture and an option to choose to connect the mouse and keyboard. When connecting both the mouse and keyboard the Alpha fully transforms itself into a full fledged PC .Which no other console has that  compatibility . The console comes with gaming titles more than 3000+ on the steam store but when you try to install an old game it really makes you work through.Alpha's built-in mouse emulation is the killer feature here. It's more than a simple thumbstick-to-cursor mapping.Alpha's built-in mouse emulation is the killer feature here. It's more than a simple thumbstick-to-cursor mapping

                Alienware Alpha has got it's graphics performance from the Nvidia Geforce GTX 860M GPU. The Alpha is ranged from Core i3 to Core i7 ranging from $549  to $899. The hard drive space also ranging from 500 GB to 2 TB.The Alpha also topped the other budget systems on the 3DMark Cloud Gate and 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme tests.

               Overall, the Alienware Alpha gaming PC shows some promise. Its performance is top notch for the price, .However, as an overall gaming system, Steam Big Picture and the Alienware UI overlay both seem like placeholders for future UI improvements, and the non-upgradable GPU will be a turn-off for longtime gamers.

               The Alienware Alpha makes a great start in the whole new generation of PC consoles.The Alienware Alpha is a good black box packing with whole new hardware specs.The game play is that of the standard of console's.'s not quite user-friendly enough for the average console gamer, but it's still too limiting and simple to satisfy most PC gamers.It's too early to invest in this console having the tried and tested console at proper mark in the marker. In all the Alpha is a good head start program. 

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