1 00:00:00,199 --> 00:00:09,880 one week ago at our first ever LTX 2 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:13,360 2017 we previewed for real AMD thread 3 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:15,760 Ripper performance thanks to Alienware 4 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:20,199 but come on lonus that was just a preview you only did one Benchmark 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:25,480 you're such a teeth I 6 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:28,599 know but that was then and this is now 7 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:32,439 Alienware has arranged for their system 8 00:00:28,599 --> 00:00:34,760 to be exclusively reviewed before the 9 00:00:32,439 --> 00:00:39,600 formal embargo lift for ryzen Threadripper so let's uh rip it 10 00:00:49,399 --> 00:00:55,079 open Tunnel bear for teams makes it easy 11 00:00:52,399 --> 00:00:58,760 to secure your Wi-Fi on any network and comes with priority support and easy 12 00:00:56,920 --> 00:01:02,800 Team Management try it for free at the link below 13 00:01:00,519 --> 00:01:08,240 now we usually focus on pre-built desktop PCS where there's something 14 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:14,960 truly standout about them otherwise we'd be reviewing every Best Buy special that 15 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:18,080 hit the shelves back in 2014 the cool 16 00:01:14,960 --> 00:01:21,320 thing about the all new Area 51 was the 17 00:01:18,080 --> 00:01:26,240 rotated motherboard tray and the Triad 18 00:01:21,320 --> 00:01:28,320 design with RGB lighting and design wise 19 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:34,840 not much has changed if you liked it then you'll like it now and vice versa 20 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:40,000 what stands out now though is the internals so let's pop the panel and 21 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:44,840 show you around the irony of a DVD burner on 22 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:49,960 something that's trying to look like alien technology isn't lost on me but 23 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:56,560 the rest of the io is what I would describe as suitably futuristic we've 24 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:59,240 got dual usb3 audio and a card reader at 25 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:05,079 the front with lots more usb3 at the back in including a type c Port opening 26 00:02:02,479 --> 00:02:11,000 up the other side reveals that these aliens are the type to cram everything 27 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:16,120 under the bed when their Alien Mom asks them to clean their room and we also 28 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:22,920 find a trio of 3 and 1/2 in hard drive mounts and a companion dual 2 and 1/2 in 29 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:26,360 Mount for SATA ssds perfectly adequate 30 00:02:22,920 --> 00:02:29,440 for future upgrades what's not perfect 31 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:32,800 about the case is its unwieldiness the 32 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:35,400 chat itself makes generous use of Steel 33 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:39,480 which makes it strong sure but also super heavy considering that there's 34 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:46,040 only a single hard drive and a single 120 mm aiio cooler in there and there 35 00:02:43,159 --> 00:02:53,000 aren't any obvious handholds making it quite difficult to get a grip on it a 36 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:56,000 combination that um totally has no 37 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,480 relevance whatsoever to instances in the 38 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:05,080 past wherein things may or may not have escaped my grip through no fault of my 39 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:08,319 own anywho all of these systems come 40 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:10,480 configured with AMD ryzen Threadripper 41 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:17,959 in the 1950x variant we're talking 16 cores and 42 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:21,239 32 threads on this CPU that also happens 43 00:03:17,959 --> 00:03:24,760 to have 40 megabytes of cash seriously 44 00:03:21,239 --> 00:03:27,720 it has more cash than the 286 era hard 45 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:35,519 drive that a fan brought to LTX for me to sign it also features 64 PCI Express 46 00:03:32,760 --> 00:03:43,319 Lanes allowing it to run up to three graphics cards at full pcii express 16x 47 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:46,840 gen 3 speeds for three-way Crossfire or 48 00:03:43,319 --> 00:03:49,599 for workstation use with plenty of PCI E 49 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:55,920 Lanes to spare for the onboard Wi-Fi SATA controller for hard drives and an 50 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:58,400 m.2 slot that houses a 256 gig SanDisk 51 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:04,760 a400 NVMe SSD so so now then let's meet the 52 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:09,439 challengers our x299 test bench with its 53 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:12,079 core I9 7900x Skylake X CPU is the most 54 00:04:09,439 --> 00:04:18,160 obvious analog from The Blue Team given its similar price but we'll be including 55 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:21,120 results from our mainstream platforms as 56 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:25,880 well kicking things off then are our gaming tests which should surprise no 57 00:04:23,199 --> 00:04:30,840 one this is an Alienware after all with rise of the Tomb Raider we're looking at 58 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:36,120 pretty similar but slightly worse performance overall while our synthetics 59 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:40,720 put it pretty much on par with the core I9 we are planning to run more thread 60 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:45,840 Ripper gaming benchmarks but those will have to wait for the full review moving 61 00:04:43,479 --> 00:04:51,440 on to productivity we see pretty much what we expected to see major wins in 62 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:57,440 multi-threaded workloads the biggest victories though come in blender it's 63 00:04:54,320 --> 00:05:00,280 time to render beats out the core I9 64 00:04:57,440 --> 00:05:05,600 test bench by 37 seconds in the the BMW test and by over 2 minutes in the 65 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:11,199 classroom sample damn I don't pull that off very well do 66 00:05:08,000 --> 00:05:14,840 I anyway we do have to note though that 67 00:05:11,199 --> 00:05:17,479 we found that our centu X cooler really 68 00:05:14,840 --> 00:05:22,759 struggled to keep Threadripper fully chilled and running its best and after 69 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:29,680 swapping in our own with a fresh application of thermal compound so then 70 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:32,120 who is the area 51 Threadripper Edition 71 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:38,560 four at $4,000 aspect to be brutally honest 72 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:43,280 we're not quite sure I mean there are actually a lot of exceptions to the 73 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:49,039 conventional wisdom that it would be cheaper to build your own gaming PC like 74 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:50,759 Dell's own also AMD-based inspiring 75 00:05:49,039 --> 00:05:58,280 gaming desktop that will be reviewing soon but the area 51 costs like a 76 00:05:55,000 --> 00:06:00,400 boutique system with some significant 77 00:05:58,280 --> 00:06:04,759 drawbacks and an unexceptional motherboard with only four dim slots 78 00:06:03,199 --> 00:06:12,120 rather than eight and limited overclocking options unsightly Exposed 79 00:06:08,400 --> 00:06:14,280 pcbs on the RAM and exposed bare Steel 80 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:21,440 on the to alien wees credit beef and modular 1500 W power supply along with 81 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:28,520 and this is by far the worst one frankly inadequate cooling the area 51 runs 82 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:31,759 almost as hot and loud as a laptop under 83 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:35,360 synthetic load and at this size and 84 00:06:31,759 --> 00:06:38,680 weight there's no excuse for that bottom 85 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:41,919 line then if you really want the area 51 86 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:44,319 as a status symbol Alienware is the 87 00:06:41,919 --> 00:06:49,039 first place you can get your hands on a pre-built thread reper system but 88 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:54,000 understand that the early adopter tax you'll be paying is in more than money I 89 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:58,919 am fully expecting Boutique systems built around this platform for this 90 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:01,560 price with 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