AlienWare X51 System Review (Core i7)

The tests were performed in a controlled air conditioned room with temperatures maintained at a constant 22c – a comfortable environment for the majority of people reading this.

Idle temperatures were measured after 30 minutes of ‘resting’ in the Windows 7 environment. System temperatures were measured by running Furmark with Cinebench R11.5 64 bit in a loop for 30 minutes then recording the maximum temperatures during this time period.

We attached 5 diodes to the internal of the chassis.

1. next to the optical drive at the front of the chassis.
2. next to the processor cooling fan system.
3. bottom front of the case.
4. Close to the motherboard and memory slots.
5. plate, close to rear of the graphics card.

The fan at the front tries to pull in a lot of cool air across the components which can cause fairly high noise emission levels, mentioned on the previous page. The case however is rather small and some warm air does get trapped within parts of the chassis. Close to the processor can get fairly warm, although it is not high enough to cause any concerns.

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