The Alienware 16 Area-51 has a 16-inch IPS display with a QHD+ resolution (that’s 3200×1800) along with a fast 240Hz refresh rate, 3ms response time, Nvidia G-Sync, and 500 nits of brightness.

Alienware sent me a configuration with a Core Ultra 275HX, RTX 5080, 32GB of DDR5-6400, and a 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, which comes in at $3,000 based on Alienware's online configuration tool.

The Alienware 16 Area-51 earns its place as a premium gaming laptop in every sense. Our testing proved it has the style, build quality, performance, and indeed the price to justify this ...

The Alienware 16 Area-51 starts at $2,999. As configured, our review unit costs $3,249. What do we like? We like the otherworldly design, powerful RTX 50-series performance and sharp 16-inch display.