Dell's Outlet store is offering the Alienware 18 Area-51, described as the brand's most powerful ultra high-end gaming laptop, for as little as $3,205.84 with free shipping. The deal applies to refurbished "Like New" units after an automatic extra 12% discount is applied at checkout, and IGN notes it stands out because Alienware prices on Dell's main site have risen sharply in 2026. Refurbished Outlet machines carry the same one-year warranty as new models.

The cheapest RTX 5090 configuration features an 18-inch 2560×1600 300Hz G-Sync display, an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, an RTX 5090 24GB GPU, 64GB of DDR5-6400MHz memory and a 2TB SSD, with both memory and storage being user-upgradeable. IGN reckons the RAM and SSD alone would cost over $1,200 to add separately. The mobile RTX 5090 is the fastest laptop GPU available, roughly 15% ahead of the RTX 5080, though it is not equivalent to the desktop version, performing more like a desktop RTX 5070 Ti due to its 150W TGP versus the desktop card's 575W.