Although we all know that the smaller and thinner a notebook is, it often means a loss in performance, but this still does not prevent us from loving the "little steel cannon". Alienware x14 R1 is a small steel cannon with ultra-high performance that can meet the demanding requirements of some niche players for both portability and performance.
Appearance design has always been the strength of Alienware, and Alienware x14 R1 is naturally no exception. It adopts a new "prophetic" design language, integrating industrial design with future science fiction elements, and is equipped with iconic hexagonal vents, which not only highlight its power , or excellent ventilation intakes.
The Alienware x14 R1's outer shell adopts a patented paint surface. The white and night color scheme is not only simple and fashionable, but also has better anti-fouling capabilities. It also introduces a large-scale anodic electrophoretic deposition process. The product cleverly uses CNC machined aluminum, magnesium alloy and stainless steel parts. The overall strength of the fuselage is very high, and the thickness of 14.5mm and the starting weight of 1.79kg are light enough.
Of course, thinness and lightness here are relative terms. After all, many 14-inch thin and light notebooks have already weighed less than 1kg. After all, the Alienware x14 R1 is a small steel cannon among gaming notebooks. It weighs more than the mainstream 1.4kg of 14-inch thin and light notebooks. A 330ml can of Coke.
Alienware x14 R1 adopts a new rotating shaft with dual torque elements, which can move forward and backward along the track, thus increasing the internal space and laying a solid foundation for better heat dissipation design.
Alienware x14 R1 can easily modify AlienFX settings through the control center software and create exclusive performance profiles for power, thermal management, sound effects, lighting effects, macros, etc., with approximately 16.8 million colors and multiple dynamic lighting effect options, which can also be used Alienware x14 R1 puts on a cool light show at any time.
Alienware x14 R1 has a large number of heat dissipation holes on the top and both sides of the C surface, which can achieve a certain heat dissipation gain effect. Although the key travel of the full-size keyboard is only 1.2mm, it has a crisp elastic feedback design and a low The pressure is controlled in grams, and the tapping feel is still excellent. It is also equipped with a Microsoft high-precision glass trackpad that supports multi-touch gestures.
Alienware x14 R1 supports the featured ComfortView Plus and Windows Hello technologies. The former is a hardware-based low blue light filtering technology that will not affect system performance or reduce image quality; the latter is an innovation that incorporates facial recognition technology. feature to log into the system faster and more securely.
Alienware x14 R1 uses a 14-inch 1080P screen. The resolution is not high, and it is not the golden display ratio of 16:10. However, it has a high refresh rate of 144Hz, 100% DCI-P3 ultra-wide color gamut, 400nit brightness, 3ms response time and With the addition of NVIDIA G-SYNC technology, the experience when playing games or doing professional image design can still be guaranteed.
Alienware x14 R1 is equipped with the 12th generation Core i5-12500H or i7-12700H processor, onboard LPDDR5 memory, and is equipped with 1 M.2 slot, providing a rich configuration combination. What everyone needs to pay attention to is that the memory has two specifications: LPDDR5-4800 and LPDDR5-5200, which have a certain impact on the core display performance, but have little impact on the overall machine performance.
Alienware x14 R1 can choose GeForce RTX 3050, RTX 3050 Ti or RTX 3060 independent graphics. The power consumption of this product CPU is about 55W in single baking, the power consumption of GPU in single baking is about 75W, and the power consumption of CPU+GPU double baking is 95W (30W+65W). Compared with the game notebook with the same configuration, it is a big loss, but it is different from other small steel products. Compared with the cannon, the performance release is relatively good.
Alienware x14 R1 adopts Cryo-Tech super cooling architecture this time, including dual fans and four heat pipes, as well as a 31-element thermal conductive layer that can effectively improve thermal conductivity, as well as a CPU vapor chamber, and intelligent fan control for dynamic performance adjustment and temperature control. system etc.
disassembly picture comes from Biba evaluation room
disassembly picture comes from Biba evaluation room
Alienware x14 R1 has a relatively rich interface, including MicroSD 5.2 card reader, USB3.2 Gen1 (5Gbps), multi-function USB Type-C 3.2 Gen2 ( 10Gbps), 2 Thunderbolt 4, HDMI2.1 and audio interfaces. However, there are no interfaces on both sides of this machine. All interfaces are concentrated at the rear of the fuselage, which is inconvenient when plugging and unplugging peripherals. It also takes up a USB Type-C interface when charging (with 130W gallium nitride charging device).
Overall, the Alienware x14 R1 is the slimmest product in the history of the Alienware family. It packs a 12th generation Core H45 processor and RTX 3060 independent graphics into the 14.5mm body, and relies on The Cryo-Tech super heat dissipation architecture solves the problem of heat dissipation. It also has a built-in large 80Wh battery and rich interfaces. Coupled with a highly recognizable appearance design, it has no disadvantages except that it is more expensive. The main competitors of this product are ROG Phantom 14 2022 and Razer Blade 14. Both products use the Ryzen platform. The CPU performance limit is not as good as the 12th generation Core i7, so the competitive advantage of Alienware x14 R1 is It is relatively larger and is suitable for enthusiast users who like to carry their laptop around to play games when they have nothing to do. The full text of
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