1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,839 Linus Tech tips coverage of E3 2014 is brought to you by hyperx Fury series 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:12,719 high performance ssds the Corsair Vengeance k70 and k90 RGB mechanical 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:15,799 keyboards and nc.com our trusted 4 00:00:12,719 --> 00:00:17,320 retailer for high performance gaming PCs 5 00:00:15,799 --> 00:00:22,560 all right guys I'm here at Alienware with Frank and he's going to tell us all about the Alienware Alpha what is your 6 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:25,320 favorite thing about this machine uh favorite thing about the machine is just 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:29,320 the size I mean look at how incredibly small this system is and the performance 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:34,719 is just unbelievable on this machine so we're featuring Intel Haswell based core 9 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:38,040 I3 Core i5 and core i7 processor so we got dual core and quad core first 10 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:42,039 configuration the entry configuration of this is going to have 4 GB of memory on 11 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:45,239 it and it'll have a 500 gig hard drive and it's going to come bundled with an 12 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:49,079 Xbox 360 Gamepad for $549 but you'll also be able to go up to 13 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:53,199 2 terabytes of hard drive space if you want on this product you can get quad 14 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:56,719 core i5 and i7 processors if you want on here you can go to 8 gigs of memory all 15 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:01,480 of them are going to come with um a custom Maxwell based NVIDIA Graphics 16 00:00:59,559 --> 00:01:06,880 chip we designed with NVIDIA for this product uh and each of the um the gra 17 00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:10,320 and the graphics will have 2 GB of gddr5 uh memory dedicated to it that's awesome 18 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:14,520 and while it might not be designed for it due to very very very small form 19 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,880 Factory in comparison to even the next gen consoles that we have you can 20 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:22,520 upgrade this thing correct you can upgrade it correct pretty much everything is upgradeable on here except 21 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:25,960 for the graphics chip the graphics chip was again custom design with between 22 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:28,759 NVIDIA and us so it's built into the uh motherboard of the product but if you 23 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:34,040 want to change out your hard drive you want to change your memory you want to change your CPU even your ra um I said a 24 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:37,320 RAM already even your wireless card they're all interchangeable on here we 25 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:42,960 didn't design it so it could be easily upgradeable like we do on all of our other desktops uh we designed this to be 26 00:01:40,759 --> 00:01:46,439 really small really efficient um and to be a a product that you could put in 27 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:48,840 your living room and under your TV but um there's nothing that's in here that 28 00:01:47,719 --> 00:01:51,719 prevents you from upgrading if you wanted to do so I think our guys will 29 00:01:50,719 --> 00:01:55,560 take that challenge I don't think they're too worried um now it's it's not 30 00:01:54,079 --> 00:02:00,320 going to be Steam OS ready because Steam OS is not ready but what is this going to ship with in terms of operating 31 00:01:58,280 --> 00:02:03,880 system right so Steam OS and the steam Gamepad are delayed until next year so 32 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:07,880 we're going to be uh we're shipping it um this year before the end of the year 33 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:11,160 using Windows but we've put a custom guey on top of Windows that will give 34 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:15,160 you a full console experience so it will not ship with a keyboard and mouse it'll 35 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:18,840 only ship with the Xbox 360 Gamepad if you have Xbox 360 gam pads already you 36 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:22,560 can attach them to this box you don't have to reinvest in in new game pads 37 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:26,280 with this which is really cool um and it'll be fully navigable the entire OS 38 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,200 experience will be fully navigable with the GamePad if you want to use it as a 39 00:02:28,360 --> 00:02:33,440 desktop PC and use a keyboard and you can absolutely do that as well we're 40 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:38,360 open we're flexible we're not telling you what you can't do you can do anything you want with this box we're 41 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:41,800 just giving you the option to use it as a Gamepad Only Solution if you want to 42 00:02:40,159 --> 00:02:44,680 do so now if someone is interested in Steam OS if they pick this up now it's 43 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:49,560 going to come with Windows and they'll be able to upgrade this later correct absolutely so uh once Steam OS is 44 00:02:48,319 --> 00:02:54,519 finally out or if you want to load the beta you absolutely can load it on this system will not void your warranty by 45 00:02:52,920 --> 00:03:00,560 any means we support it will even help you do it if you need instructions on how to do it um Steam OS also works with 46 00:02:58,239 --> 00:03:05,239 the Xbox 360 Gamepad it also works with Logitech Gamepad and a few others so uh 47 00:03:02,959 --> 00:03:07,959 this is uh Steam OS ready exactly I know a lot of guys out there were a little 48 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:12,680 bit hesitant when they first started hearing about these pre-built Steam OS boxes coming out or in this case a 49 00:03:11,200 --> 00:03:15,920 Windows OS box because they're like oh why don't I build my own this has a 50 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:19,519 compelling value due to stuff like form factor and price which is actually very 51 00:03:17,959 --> 00:03:22,920 impressive so thanks for showing me this today I'll I got to go on and check out 52 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:27,560 more things on the show if you guys want to see all the rest of our 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