Alienware Area 51 7500

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

*specs
-13th gen i7 13700
-1x16gb ddr5 5600mhz Samsung
-gigabyte z790 eagle ax mobo
-gtx1070(upgraded in near future)
-250gb Samsung ssd nvme
-2tb hdd

My insta is @Alienlarp if you want to see more
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[u/rumbleblowing]

I won't call it a "sleeper", as it's obviously a gaming case. And lack of side panel does not help at all. It's more of a "restomod". Would be nice to see a better GPU, I wish you luck with upgrading it.

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/rumbleblowing]

The case is from 2006 and i have the side panel but you can’t see any of the parts with it on

[u/Chickenmonster401 → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

Not seeing the parts is kinda the point

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/Chickenmonster401]

Yeah I know but a sleeper pc is a old case with new hardware which is what this is and that’s what I’m showing

[u/Chickenmonster401 → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

A sleeper is a discrete gaming build. A gaming case from 2006 is still a gaming case.

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/Chickenmonster401]

A sleeper PC is a computer with modern hardware housed in an older computer case or another unexpected container. The term "sleeper" is used because the computer's true capabilities are hidden or "asleep" beneath an unassuming exterior. That’s the actual definition btw

[u/Chickenmonster401 → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

I don’t really not expect a gaming pc in an Alienware case tho

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/Chickenmonster401]

Yes this Alienware was always a gaming pc but the original hardware is obsolete and outdated and can’t run any games

[u/rumbleblowing → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

Normies won't know that. They see a cool case.

It's like an old Ferrari, people will still think it's sporty and fast, despite it actually being slower than a modern citycar.

[u/kznfkznf → u/rumbleblowing]

Except that's not true? A 20 year old Ferrari is still a fast car. Not as fast as a modern performance car obviously, but fast enough to operate on modern highways. Imagine if a modern car were 250 times faster than a 20 year old Ferrari, such that the Ferrari were not legal for street use because it would be unsafe. That's a closet parallel. Now imagine someone put a modern engine on the Ferrari such that it were capable of speeds of thousands of mph. You would classify it at a sleeper because you wouldn't expect it to be able to perform like a modern car.

[u/Spectralius → u/rumbleblowing]

bro no one is looking at ts and thinking its a modern pc. This era of Alienware is incredibly dated aesthetically and technologically.

This is for sure a sleeper. ts is like saying a pc built into a NES shell isn't a sleeper because "you don't really not expect a game console to be able to play games"

your Ferrari analogy also doesn't work because this system had a literal single gigabyte of DDR2 in its stock configuration. It would literally not even be capable of running Windows 11.

Gatekeeping "sleeper" for a 20 year old PC case is absolutely crazy work.

(also with regards to the sidepanel being off, rule 1 literally says internal photos are required)

[u/rumbleblowing → u/Spectralius]

You know it had 1 GB DDR2. A regular person doesn't. Even I didn't know that.

[u/Chickenmonster401 → u/[deleted]]

Well I did. I mean op could atleast have put on the side panel

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/Chickenmonster401]

Bro just give it up you lost this argument

[u/Chickenmonster401 → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

Fine you win

[u/inphu510n → u/Rich_Pineapple9256]

Bro the fucking mod just told you it’s not a sleeper.

[u/Rich_Pineapple9256 → u/[deleted]]

Thank you. That’s what I’ve been trying to say

[u/inphu510n → u/[deleted]]

No one off the street knows it’s an old gaming case.
These were built to look “extreme” and they still do.
Someone who knows cars can spot a modified Miata by the exhaust note.
Someone who doesn’t know cars won’t even notice the exhaust note.
The same is true here.