Alienware 13 : Smallest and Portable Gaming laptop

If you want a reasonably small and portable gaming laptop then the Alienware 13 is one of the leading options on the market. With its 13.3-inch display, the footprint of this laptop is smaller than a typical 15-inch laptop, and if you’re willing to put up with extra thickness and weight, it’s possible to use it as a portable workstation instead of an ultraportable.
Like many Alienware laptops, the Alienware 13 comes in a large range of configurations. Depending on how much you want to spend, you can kit out this laptop with a GTX 1050 / Ti or GTX 1060 discrete GPU, as well as quad-core Kaby Lake CPUs, up to 32 GB of RAM, up to 2 TB of PCIe storage, and either a 1080p LCD or 1440p OLED display. Prices range anywhere from $999 to nearly $3,500.
There are a couple of reasons why the Alienware 13 is larger than its competitors. The main reason is there’s a beefy cooling solution that uses two massive heatsinks attached to the rear of the device. Air is drawn in through large vents on the sides and base of the laptop, and exhausted through the rear. There’s a lot of metal used here, which adds to the weight of the device.

The design of the Alienware 13 is very similar to every other Alienware laptop released in the last few years. On the metal lid is Alienware’s signature Y-shaped pattern with their alien head logo, which adds a bit of gamer style to the design. The palm rest is made from a soft-touch black plastic, which is clean and stealthy but attracts fingerprints easily. While I typically prefer more business-oriented industrially-designed laptops, the Alienware 13’s design is good as far as gaming laptops are concerned.
Of course, it wouldn’t be an Alienware laptop without a ton of LED lighting. The Alienware 13 has eight RGB lighting zones: four in the keyboard, plus a zone in each of the trackpad, power button, Alienware text, and alien head logo. This provides a great level of customization, although it’s disappointing you can’t control the color of individual keys, which is possible on the Razer Blade.
There are loads of configuration options available for the Alienware 13. As of writing, there are six options to be found on Dell’s website with room to change some components as you see fit. The configurations available are as follows:
§ $999.99 – Core i7-7300HQ, GTX 1050, 8GB RAM, 180GB SSD, 768p LCD
§ $1,099.99 – Core i7-7300HQ, GTX 1050 Ti, 8GB RAM, 180GB SSD, 1080p LCD
§ $1,599.99 – Core i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD, 1080p LCD
§ $2,049.99 – Core i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, 1440p OLED
§ $2,624.99 – Core i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 1440p OLED
§ $3,349.99 – Core i7-7700HQ, GTX 1060, 32GB RAM, 1TB + 1TB SSD, 1440p OLED
Source- Techoup
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