A fairly staid design and a small performance bump leave the refreshed 16X Aurora tougher to recommend than last year's.

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Strong performance for the price Big, bright and fast display Free M.2 slot to add second SSD User replaceable RAM Crisp, 1080p Windows Hello webcam Keyboard isn't best for gaming Audio output ...

TL;DR: Alienware revives its Aurora gaming laptop line with the affordable Alienware 16 Aurora and 16X Aurora, featuring Intel Core Series 2 processors and up to GeForce RTX 5070 GPUs. Both offer high ...

Gaming laptops are an interesting market, and there are a ton of great options to choose from. The Alienware 16X Aurora is just one of them, and it’s the smaller cousin to the Alienware 18 Area-51 I ...

The Alienware 16X starts at $1,549 and caps out at $2,699. There are two GPU versions, one with an RTX 5060 and the other with an RTX 5070. However, the RTX 5060 comes with an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX ...

Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX 24c/24t, 8 x 5.4 GHz Intel Lion Cove P-Core, 16 x 4.6 GHz Intel Skymont E-Core, 164 W PL2 / Short Burst, 98 W PL1 / Sustained, Arrow Lake-HX Realtek RTL8168/8111 Gigabit-LAN ...

Alienware’s 16X Aurora and Area-51 laptops won a Best of CES 2026 Award for adding beautiful OLED displays to the line. These computers have Intel Core Ultra 200HX chips and up to RTX 5090 graphics.

“One of the last truly great laptops before the AI-triggered price hikes come for your wallet this year. This is a signature Alienware, toned down to meet you at a more accessible price.” Dell’s ...

The Alienware 16 Aurora is a budget-focused 16-inch gaming laptop. At $1,499, however, the price is just too high: This machine makes many compromises, from the CPU to the display and the surprising ...

Alienware has presented the Aurora 16X today alongside the Aurora 16, launch details for which we have covered separately. While the pair look similar, the Aurora 16X can be configured with ...