{"id":72609,"date":"2019-11-08T03:08:16","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/"},"modified":"2019-11-08T03:08:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T10:08:16","slug":"alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/","title":{"rendered":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\"><small>Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge<\/small><\/p>\n<p>Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its first GPU upgrade kits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2019\/4\/4\/18294631\/alienware-area-51m-review-gaming-laptop-specs-price-features\">for the Area-51m<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The new kits aren\u2019t the biggest update: they\u2019re essentially just the Nvidia RTX 2070 and 2080 GPUs that were already offered on the high-end models which were available at launch. That means these kits are less for users looking to squeeze even more power out of their laptops and more for ones who are having some buyers remorse about picking up a less powerful GPU when they first configured their machines. <\/p>\n<figure><cite>Photo by&#8230;<\/cite><\/figure>\n<p>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/circuitbreaker\/2019\/11\/7\/20953571\/alienware-area-51m-gpu-upgrade-kits-nvidia-rtx-2070-2080\">Continue reading\u2026<\/a>\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its&#8230;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/\"> Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":72610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[174,377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-media","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest Contribution\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"games,gaming\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Design for Immersive Technologies | User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\/Mixed Reality (AR\/MR)\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-08T10:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-08T10:08:16+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies\",\"headline\":\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guestcontribution\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?fit=1310%2C873&ssl=1\",\"width\":1310,\"height\":873},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Games, Gaming\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Media\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Media\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/games-media\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Games\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/games-media\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Games\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/games-media\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Media\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/media\\\/games-media\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Games\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Design for Immersive Technologies\",\"description\":\"User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\\\/Mixed Reality (AR\\\/MR)\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guestcontribution\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guestcontribution\\\/\",\"name\":\"Guest Contribution\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d2aad73eb0f48c67b141e9fc978a0e498969791ed623346e361d02d19775b0bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Guest Contribution\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/\",\"name\":\"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies\",\"description\":\"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \\\/ The Verge Alienware\\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guestcontribution\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/guestcontribution\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?fit=1310%2C873&ssl=1\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":1310,\"height\":873},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Design for Immersive Technologies\",\"description\":\"User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\\\/Mixed Reality (AR\\\/MR)\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.taterboy.com\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies","description":"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"games,gaming","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#article","name":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies","headline":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/author\/guestcontribution\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?fit=1310%2C873&ssl=1","width":1310,"height":873},"datePublished":"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00","dateModified":"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Games, Gaming"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/#listItem","name":"Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Media","item":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/#listItem","name":"Games"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Games","item":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#listItem","name":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/#listItem","name":"Media"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#listItem","position":4,"name":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/#listItem","name":"Games"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Design for Immersive Technologies","description":"User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\/Mixed Reality (AR\/MR)","url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/author\/guestcontribution\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/author\/guestcontribution\/","name":"Guest Contribution","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d2aad73eb0f48c67b141e9fc978a0e498969791ed623346e361d02d19775b0bb?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Guest Contribution"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/","name":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies","description":"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/author\/guestcontribution\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/author\/guestcontribution\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?fit=1310%2C873&ssl=1","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#mainImage","width":1310,"height":873},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00","dateModified":"2019-11-08T03:08:16-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/","name":"Design for Immersive Technologies","description":"User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\/Mixed Reality (AR\/MR)","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Design for Immersive Technologies | User Experience for Games, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented\/Mixed Reality (AR\/MR)","og:type":"article","og:title":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies","og:description":"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its","og:url":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/","article:published_time":"2019-11-08T10:08:16+00:00","article:modified_time":"2019-11-08T10:08:16+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m | Design for Immersive Technologies","twitter:description":"Photo by Vjeran Pavic \/ The Verge Alienware\u2019s Area-51m came onto the laptop scene at the beginning of the year with a big promise: that you\u2019d be able to upgrade nearly every component of the laptop, including the GPU. And this week, Alienware made good on the last part of that promise by releasing its"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"72609","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_custom_image_width":null,"og_custom_image_height":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"created":"2021-02-07 16:56:47","updated":"2026-09-02 10:57:07","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"primary_term":null,"og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"twitter_image_url":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/\" title=\"Media\">Media<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/\" title=\"Games\">Games<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tAlienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog"},{"label":"Media","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/"},{"label":"Games","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/category\/media\/games-media\/"},{"label":"Alienware starts selling GPU upgrade kits for the Area-51m","link":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/alienware-starts-selling-gpu-upgrade-kits-for-the-area-51m\/"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8wzr5-iT7","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/vpavic_190102_3148_0023_Edit.0.jpg?fit=1310%2C873&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taterboy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}