Features

 

Features & Design

With Windows 8.1 — for a smooth, versatile PC experience.

 

 

Dawn of a new era

The Alienware Alpha combines the freedom of PC gaming with the ease of a console. The exclusive Alienware-developed user interface allows you to navigate all of Alpha’s core functions without ever needing a keyboard and mouse. With the power of Steam Big Picture, the global online community for downloading and playing games, you can have quick and easy access to thousands of your favorite Steam games, plus other entertainment, all on your big screen TV. Welcome to a new era of fun.

 

 

 

The ease and experience of a console

Alienware exclusive console interface: The Alienware Alpha boots directly into an exclusive user interface that provides easy streamlined controller-based navigation – no mouse or keyboard needed. You can choose to launch Steam Big Picture, adjust core system and AlienFX settings and access your media.

PC gaming in the living room: Put PC gaming on the big screen in 1080P Full HD beauty with a small, quiet and powerful console — without the need for a keyboard or mouse.

Gaming, simplified: Quickly download games straight to your Alpha Console with the click of a few buttons, or remotely from your phone. All your games stay up to date and ready to play, all the time.

Multiple accounts, one system: Merge everything you love about PC gaming with the sociability of your living room. Steam Big Picture supports multiple Steam accounts and libraries on one system, so you can have fun with your Steam friends whether they’re sitting right next to you or gaming from afar.

 

 

A true “next-gen” system

Powered by Steam Big Picture: Valve brings the benefits of Steam — millions of users to play with, thousands of games across multiple platforms, user modifications and more — to the living room via Steam Big Picture on the Alienware Alpha. Better yet, you can kick back on your sofa with just your controller – no keyboard and mouse required.

The Next Generation of Graphics: Based on NVIDIA’s newest ‘Maxwell’ architecture, with 2GB of GDDR5 memory at its disposal, the Alienware Alpha’s custom-built GPU ensures you get plenty of performance to crank up your settings on your big screen TV.

The Alienware Alpha is packed with plenty of power to run the latest games with Intel Core processors, DDR3L RAM, and large hard drives to store your Steam library. It also comes with a dual-band AC wireless card for prioritized wireless network connectivity and increased range.

Upgrades welcome: The Alienware Alpha is user-accessible, so you can feel free to upgrade the CPU and RAM for better in-game performance and background application multitasking and add hard drive space to store more games.

 

 

 

A full entertainment package

An arsenal of games: Access over 3,000 downloadable games from the comfort of your couch, ranging from the most popular blockbusters to the most hardcore independent and mainstream titles. You can play your entire Steam library directly on the Alienware Alpha, or stream all your Steam games and content over your local network — all without the online-play subscription fees, down-resolutioned textures and smaller multi-player maps that you might experience on other consoles.

An army of gamers: The Steam community is 75+ million strong and growing, with up to seven million players are online at any given time. When you’re ready to game, they’ll be waiting for you.

Family Sharing: Family sharing remembers familiar users on your console, and lets you create kids’ accounts that feature custom parental settings.

 

Your Alienware comes with Alienware Basic Support.

Alienware comes standard with a 1-year return for repair with non-accidental damage, or fail-on-arrival policy. All fail-on-arrival comes with Dell’s standard Limited Hardware Warranty*.

 

Processor	Intel Core i3-4130T Dual-Core processor (3M Cache, 2.9GHz)
Operating System	Exclusive Alienware Alpha Console Interface w/ Microsoft Windows 8.1 (English)
Memory	4GB DDR3L 1600MHz Memory
Video Graphics	Nvidia “Maxwell” GTX GPU w/2GB GDDR5 memory
Hard Drive	500GB SATA (5,400 rpm) Hybrid Hard Drive with 32GB Cache
Multimedia Drive	No Optical Drive
Media Card Reader	No Media Card Reader, includes USB 2X2
Bluetooth	Bluetooth tied to wireless card
Display	No Monitor
Fax/Data Modem	HDMI – Yes
Wireless Connectivity	Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 1×1 + Bluetooth 4.0
Input Device	Xbox 360 WL Controller/Black
Warranty and Support	1 YEAR LIMITED HARDWARE WARRANTY
Disclaimer3	US Power Cord
Label	130W External Power Supply