Intel's NUC 11 Pro Kit combines the company's latest silicon with surprising expandability, multi-display chops, and productivity oomph in a state-of-the-art, right-priced mini desktop.
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The modern Alienware m15 design is well-trodden interplanetary soil for us, having reviewed several annual iterations of the slim gaming laptop. The latest, the m15 Ryzen Edition R5 (starts at $1,567.99; $1,649.99 as tested), does what it says on the box: bring AMD s latest Ryzen processors to bear for both gaming and media editing. The CPU is notably quicker than its Intel competition, and it teams well with the machine s Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 GPU to approach the frame rates of more expensive systems. As a whole, this is an appealing midrange package at a very fair price, with a nice supporting feature set like a 165Hz display and long battery life. It doesn t quite earn an Editors Choice award among gaming laptops. (We like the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE and the Razer Blade 15 Advanced Edition, somewhat south and north of the Alienware s price, respectively.) But it s one of the best options between the two.
The latest rev of the G5 Gaming Desktop is a highly configurable budget model, solid for basic esports and casual gaming. (We'd opt for Dell's video card and PSU upgrade over our test model for going all-out at 1080p.)
Given its feature set and premium price, the Alienware m17 R4 is an aspirational laptop for serious gamers. Its blazing frame rates, quality build, and unique mechanical keyboard set it apart from the pack.
It's a whole new season for thin-and-light gaming laptops! Our benchmark tests show Intel's latest 11th Gen Core i7 and i9 H-Series CPUs coaxing 100 frames per second from GeForce RTX 3060-powered notebooks.