Each system is hand crafted for precision performance and uncompromised quality, and has won multiple Editors' Choice awards from publications such as Hot Hardware, PC World, Maximum PC, Computer Shopper and more.

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All that, Computer Shopper says, added up to some "excellent performance for the price, " including some "flat-out great results" in their gaming tests -- results that only took a slight dip when they bumped things up to the DX10 test.

ENGADGET: Alienware's more modestly-priced Area-51 7500 gets reviewed

Alienware's Area-51 7500 series of desktops can reach some pretty lofty prices, but the folks at Computer Shopper recently got their hands on one of the company's recent, more modestly-priced configurations, and they've awarded it some considerably higher marks than its pricer predecessors.

ENGADGET: Alienware's more modestly-priced Area-51 7500 gets reviewed

On the downside, you do have to give up some of the more premium features like water-cooling or an upper-tier processor, but if you're looking to keep things well under the two grand mark, Computer Shopper says this one is about as good a bet as any.

ENGADGET: Alienware's more modestly-priced Area-51 7500 gets reviewed

Instead of simply looking at a headline price - as they do in a store - the current account shopper needs to sit down with a calculator, a computer, and a considerable amount of time.

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