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<blockquote data-quote="Lightning_Brian" data-source="post: 753143" data-attributes="member: 65620">I&#039;m mainly looking at the CPU chip and overall features. Seems like the Area-51 has much more upward momentum with the CPU being that it is a newer generation compared to the R7.I&#039;m in the ball park of $2,300 with the R7 on maxed out best CPU currently offered. I dont have all the specs right off hand as it is midnight here. I&#039;m going to go for the 5 year warranty no matter which model - pro not the pro plus.The Area-51 seems to cost quite a bit more money with lesser (relative) specs. I do see that it has or what appears to be greater upward momentum with the CPU being that the CPU is a newer version. With second lowest CPU with various upgrades on certain stuff including a 5 year warranty - premium not the pro plus I&#039;m at $2,600 ish.Let me know your thoughts. If I built the same computer with relative specs the machines would cost a bit more unless I got super good deals on everything by waiting a long time. Pros and cons of building vs buying. I had my R2 for 10 years. I would like to future proof my next purchase as well.Only upgrades I did with the R2 was the GPU jumped it up to a GTX 960, case fans, and more RAM - from 6 to 12. Speaking of which...one could still run a 960 in a new computer but SLI wouldnt work correct?....I&#039;m not an SLi expert but I would not expect it to work at least not from my years of experience.Thanks for your thoughts and help! Feel free to recommend builds within the price ranges for the Aliemware R7 or Alienware Area51 (both from 2018) not the older builds.-Brian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lightning_Brian, post: 753143, member: 65620"] I'm mainly looking at the CPU chip and overall features. Seems like the Area-51 has much more upward momentum with the CPU being that it is a newer generation compared to the R7. I'm in the ball park of $2,300 with the R7 on maxed out best CPU currently offered. I dont have all the specs right off hand as it is midnight here. I'm going to go for the 5 year warranty no matter which model - pro not the pro plus. The Area-51 seems to cost quite a bit more money with lesser (relative) specs. I do see that it has or what appears to be greater upward momentum with the CPU being that the CPU is a newer version. With second lowest CPU with various upgrades on certain stuff including a 5 year warranty - premium not the pro plus I'm at $2,600 ish. Let me know your thoughts. If I built the same computer with relative specs the machines would cost a bit more unless I got super good deals on everything by waiting a long time. Pros and cons of building vs buying. I had my R2 for 10 years. I would like to future proof my next purchase as well. Only upgrades I did with the R2 was the GPU jumped it up to a GTX 960, case fans, and more RAM - from 6 to 12. Speaking of which...one could still run a 960 in a new computer but SLI wouldnt work correct?....I'm not an SLi expert but I would not expect it to work at least not from my years of experience. Thanks for your thoughts and help! Feel free to recommend builds within the price ranges for the Aliemware R7 or Alienware Area51 (both from 2018) not the older builds. -Brian [/QUOTE]

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