It's been quite some time since we've seen an Area-51 system from Alienware. The desktop PC's aesthetic was fairly unique for its timea little alien head on the front, top vents that gave the appearance of scales, and slightly curved design. Well, you ain't seen nothing yet.

Alienware has announced that the Area-51 is coming back to Earth. Only, this time, it looks absolutely nothing like its predecessor.

First up, Alienware has designed the system not as a traditional rectangle, but as a triple-bay hexagon of sorts. The "triad chassis," as the company calls it, focuses on cooling efficiently and ergonomics above all.

"It features an angled, easily accessible front I/O panel and hassle-free grips that make it simple to pivot your system forward to reach rear ports. Vast and open entryways on each side are designed to provide an easy way for you to perform upgrades, brainstorm new mods, or show off your rig," reads Alienware's description.

As for the system's specs, they'll be configurable to a gamer's needsand, yes, we're assuming that those interested in a little digital shoot-shoot or stab-stab will be the ones opting for this system. The Area-51 will run Intel Haswell-E processors (including six- or eight-core variants), up to 32GB of 2133 DDR4 memory, and will support up to three graphics cards from either Nvidia or AMD.

As for storage, the Area-51 will come with bays for up to three conventional hard drives and two solid state drives. Wireless-ac is built into the system by default, and you can even install an optional 1.5-kilowatt power supply to fuel all your components.

Each Area-51 system will also be overclocked and liquid cooled, which gives speedy performance and a lovely aesthetic for those purchasing system. Alienware's "Command Center 4.0" will allow purchasers to tinker with the system's LED lighting (across "nine independent programmable lighting zones") or allow games to do it for you via Alienware's "AlienFX API." This is also where gamers can muck with Alienware's overclocking and view performance graphs for their system's CPU, memory, networking, and graphics cards.

The Area-51 will start shipping in the U.S. in October, with a global launch to follow. Alienware did not release pricing details.

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