Corsair announced that the recently relaunched Alienware Area-51 ALX high performance gaming platform now includes 4GB of Corsair's award winning overclockable DOMINATOR DDR3 memory. Using Corsair's DOMINATOR memory modules, the Alienware Area-51 ALX runs with rock-solid stability at the overclocked memory frequency of 1600 MHz.

    Alienware unleashes the raw energy of the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor by overclocking every ALX desktop. By overclocking the CPU, you can unlock the processor’s full potential. Alienware’s expert engineers push the Core 2 Extreme to its limit, achieving the highest benchmarks while maintaining the most stringent standards of system stability. Alienware will never overclock your ALX desktop beyond its capabilities for extended, stable use. The DOMINATOR family of memory represents the ultimate in performance technology engineering from Corsair. DOMINATOR is designed with the highest performing IC overclocking capability and Corsair's patented DHX cooling.

    "It was important to use DDR3 memory on the new Area-51 ALX because we wanted to use the latest and fastest technology available. Corsairs' DDR3 DOMINATOR modules allowed us to run 4GB of memory at an amazing speed of 1600MHz," commented Patrick Cooper, Director of Product Planning at Alienware.

    DHX technology is an innovative quad-layer heat sink design that optimizes memory performance and reliability by maximizing thermal dissipation. With DHX Technology, heat is removed via two paths - the leads of the BGA chips into the PCB (conductive cooling) and the back of the BGA packages into the custom designed extruded aluminum heat sinks (convective cooling). This allows DOMINATOR modules to achieve outstanding overclocking performance, while remaining stable and reliable.

    Andy Paul, CEO of Corsair remarked: "We are very pleased to have our DOMINATOR modules chosen by the engineering team at Alienware. Our DDR3 DOMINATOR series is becoming the memory of choice for very high-end gaming computers, such as the Area-51 ALX model, since we can guarantee stable memory operation at very high speeds due to the DHX cooling technology used inside the modules."  

    The DOMINATOR family of memory represents the ultimate in performance technology engineering from Corsair. The DOMINATOR was designed to have the highest performing IC maximum over-clocking capability and efficient DHX cooling – all the while being stable and reliable. Corsair’s engineers have developed a unique technology that maximizes heat dissipation while improving reliability, even in the most extremely overclocked memory module. Dual-Path Heat Exchange (DHX) technology utilizes two methods to effectively remove heat from the memory circuit board - Convection and Conduction.