14.5mm thick thin gaming notebook "Alienware x14" landed in Japan Direct sales price starts from about 280,000 yen

14.5mm thick thin gaming notebook "Alienware x14" landed in Japan Direct sales price starts from about 280,000 yen

On February 15, Dell Technologies released the Alienware brand new gaming notebook PC "Alienware x14". The direct sales price starts from 279,980 yen (including tax and shipping).

Alienware x14

Overview of Alienware x14 (as of February 15, 2022)

The Alienware x14 is the ``Alienware in history,'' with a body thickness of about 14.5mm. It is the thinnest 14-inch gaming notebook PC. Despite its thin body, the original cooling technology "Alienware Cryo-tech" cools the CPU and independent GPU firmly, so that performance can be maintained even under high load. Body color is Lunar Light (silver white) only. Below is the configuration prepared as of February 15th.

14.5mm thin gaming notebook PC

Alienware Cryo-tech realized the installation of a thin but powerful CPU and independent GPU (the vapor chamber is equipped only with the configuration equipped with GeForce 3060 Laptop)

 CPU is the 12th generation Core Equipped with "Core i7-12700H" (6 P cores, 12 threads + 8 E cores, 8 threads) belonging to the processor (development code name: Alder Lake-H). The independent GPU can be selected from NVIDIA's "GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop" or "GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop".

 The main memory is LPDDR5 standard, and the capacity can be selected from 16GB or 32GB (cannot be expanded/replaced). The storage is a PCI Express connection (NVMe standard) M.2 SSD, and the capacity can be selected from 512GB or 1TB. The OS pre-installs Windows 11 Home or Windows 11 Pro.

 The display is a full HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) 14-inch LCD, and the main specs are as follows.

 The web camera supports 720p (HD, 1280 x 720 pixels) shooting, and Windows Hello face authentication can also be used. The keyboard can be selected from Japanese layout and US English (US) layout. The touchpad is equipped with "Microsoft Premium Precision Touchpad".

The display can be driven up to 144Hz and is also compatible with G-SYNCKeyboard area (pictured is US layout)

Ports are USB 3.1 on the back It has a Type-A terminal, USB 3.1 Type-C terminal, Thunderbolt 4 (USB4) terminal x 2), earphone / microphone combo terminal and HDMI 2.1 output terminal. The USB 3.1 Type-C terminal and Thunderbolt 4 terminal also serve as power input via USB PD (Power Delivery) and video output via DisplayPort 1.4 Alternate Mode.

Unusually for a gaming laptop, the AC adapter has a USB Type-C connection (130W output). If you use a USB power supply with an output of 4.5W or more, you can also charge the battery.

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