Alienware X51 R2 Desktop Gaming System Review

By Dan Stoltz

Inside the Alienware X51 R2 Gaming System

Alienware X51 R2 Internal Images

Removing the side panel from the Alienware X51 R2 is as simple as removing a single screw. Once that’s done the side panel slides forward a bit and its loose, be careful though, there is a single wire that connects the panel light to the chassis.

Alienware X51 R2 Internal Images

With the side panel removed we can see that Dell didn’t leave much room that’s not utilized in the Alienware X51 R2. Even the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 had to be repositioned to fit inside the chassis!

Alienware X51 R2 Internal Images

Once the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 is out of the way we can find the Seagate Barracuda 2TB (P/N ST2000DM01) hard drive is tucked underneath it.

Alienware X51 R2 Internal Images

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 is an unbranded reference card, in fact the only way we know it’s a GTX 670 is through GPUz.

Alienware X51 R2 Internal Images

The Alienware X51 R2 features 8GB of DDR3 Samsung memory (P/N M378B5173BHO-CKO) running in dual channel. As the system is configured it is running that memory at 11,11,11,28,1T timings, which is what the DIMMs are spec’d out at.