You Can Now Customize Alienware’s Area-51 With AMD’s Newest CPU

InnovationGamingYou Can Now Customize Alienware’s Area-51 With AMD’s Newest CPUByMitch Wallace,Contributor.Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about video games, technology and pop culture.Follow AuthorApr 27, 2026, 02:30pm EDTApr 27, 2026, 02:32pm EDT--:-- / --:--This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Area-51 desktopCredit: AlienwareIf you’re in the market for a flagship gaming PC and have some serious cash to burn, Alienware is now shipping its Area-51 desktop computers with AMD’s brand new and notably expensive ($899 MSRP) dual-3D V-cache Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor. Is it overkill? Well, that’s up for debate.The single configuration that Alienware has on offer is currently priced at $7,249.99 and features expectedly top-of-the-line specs: An NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, 64GB of DDR5 RAM and a 4TB Gen5 SSD, alongside a redesigned chassis that focuses on improved thermals and performance. I’m continually shocked at just how expensive PC parts have gotten recently, and thanks to issues like ongoing global AI-driven memory shortages, we’re probably not going to see numbers going down anytime soon. A $900 PS5 Pro isn’t seeming all that unreasonable, really, even after Sony’s recent price hike. Area-51 desktopCredit: AlienwareAlienware does offer cheaper Area-51 configurations that also include NVIDIA’s lauded 5090 GPU, but are fitted with less RAM, less storage and more affordable processors, like AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D, for instance. We’re still looking at over $5,000 at checkout, though once you get into this sort of elite hardware stratosphere, most rationality goes out the window. if (!window.cnxel) { window.cnxel = {}; window.cnxel.cmd = []; var iframe = document.createElement('iframe'); iframe.style.display = 'none'; iframe.onload = function() { var iframeDoc = iframe.contentWindow.document; var script = iframeDoc.createElement('script'); script.src = '//cd.el...