Application Performance

Now let’s take a look at how the Alienware Area 51 7500 performs in some common computing tasks like Microsoft Office, Adobe Premiere, web browsing with Mozilla.

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA RAID 1.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA.

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA RAID 1.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA.

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA RAID 1.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA.

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA RAID 1.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA.

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Alienware – Intel QX6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA RAID 1.
Custom Built nForce 680i – Intel E6700, 2GB DDR2, 10K RPM SATA.

As you can see from the above results, the extra quad cores on the QX6700 does not give the Area 51 7500 a big advantage in these tasks. Most common applications do not take advantage of four cores, much less two! So if you’re looking to buy the Alienware Area 51 to do your work, you’re just wasting your money.

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