The Alienware Area-51 might get the AMD Threadripper 2990WX processor

[Redaktion]

The new monster processor from AMD might find its way to the list of hardware options available for the Alienware Area-51 desktop gaming PC, but this depends entirely on its level of gaming performance this chip can reach. For now, Alienware and AMD fans should keep their fingers crossed and just wait.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/The-Alienware-Area-51-might-get-the-AMD-Threadripper-2990WX-processor.323834.0.html

[S.Yu]

It's not a gaming chip, you'd be lucky to come across games properly utilizing 8 cores, 32 isn't gonna make a difference. Intel still does faster single core.

[Codrut Nistor]

It is not a gaming chip, but allows for some serious overclocking and could end up as a Area-51-worthy processor after all.