WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.839 Linus Tech tips coverage of E3 2014 is brought to you by hyperx Fury series 00:00:04.600 --> 00:00:12.719 high performance ssds the Corsair Vengeance k70 and k90 RGB mechanical 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:15.799 keyboards and nc.com our trusted 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:17.320 retailer for high performance gaming PCs 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 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:25.320 favorite thing about this machine uh favorite thing about the machine is just 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:29.320 the size I mean look at how incredibly small this system is and the performance 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:34.719 is just unbelievable on this machine so we're featuring Intel Haswell based core 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:38.040 I3 Core i5 and core i7 processor so we got dual core and quad core first 00:00:36.440 --> 00:00:42.039 configuration the entry configuration of this is going to have 4 GB of memory on 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 00:00:43.160 --> 00:00:49.079 Xbox 360 Gamepad for $549 but you'll also be able to go up to 00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:53.199 2 terabytes of hard drive space if you want on this product you can get quad 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 00:00:55.160 --> 00:01:01.480 of them are going to come with um a custom Maxwell based NVIDIA Graphics 00:00:59.559 --> 00:01:06.880 chip we designed with NVIDIA for this product uh and each of the um the gra 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 00:01:08.720 --> 00:01:14.520 and while it might not be designed for it due to very very very small form 00:01:12.560 --> 00:01:17.880 Factory in comparison to even the next gen consoles that we have you can 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 00:01:20.640 --> 00:01:25.960 for the graphics chip the graphics chip was again custom design with between 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 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 00:01:32.280 --> 00:01:37.320 RAM already even your wireless card they're all interchangeable on here we 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 00:01:40.759 --> 00:01:46.439 really small really efficient um and to be a a product that you could put in 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 00:01:47.719 --> 00:01:51.719 prevents you from upgrading if you wanted to do so I think our guys will 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 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 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:03.880 system right so Steam OS and the steam Gamepad are delayed until next year so 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 00:02:05.880 --> 00:02:11.160 using Windows but we've put a custom guey on top of Windows that will give 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 00:02:12.560 --> 00:02:18.840 only ship with the Xbox 360 Gamepad if you have Xbox 360 gam pads already you 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 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:26.280 with this which is really cool um and it'll be fully navigable the entire OS 00:02:24.800 --> 00:02:30.200 experience will be fully navigable with the GamePad if you want to use it as a 00:02:28.360 --> 00:02:33.440 desktop PC and use a keyboard and you can absolutely do that as well we're 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 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 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 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 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 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 00:02:58.239 --> 00:03:05.239 the Xbox 360 Gamepad it also works with Logitech Gamepad and a few others so uh 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 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 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 00:03:14.200 --> 00:03:19.519 compelling value due to stuff like form factor and price which is actually very 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 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:27.560 more things on the show if you guys want to see all the rest of our content be sure to subscribe to L Tech tips thanks 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:30.760 to hyperx for sending us here thanks to Corsair for sending us 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