Alienware reveals revamped gaming peripherals

Alienware introduced a slew of revamped PC gaming peripherals at present in a Twitch livestream. As well as, it revealed pricing and launch data for its newest laptops from CES.

First, the mechanical Alienware Tri-Mode Wi-fi Gaming Keyboard helps you to join in 3 ways: a 2.4GHz wi-fi USB-C dongle (together with a dongle extender), Bluetooth 5.1 or a removable USB-A to USB-C paracord cable.​ The keyboard makes use of Cherry MX Crimson switches (with a 100 million actuation lifecycle), a programmable rocker change and dial, anti-ghosting and N-key rollover. The keyboard begins at $290 and launches within the US and China on April 14th and the remainder of the world on Might nineteenth.

The wired Tenkeyless Gaming Keyboard is a slimmer and extra compact mechanical mannequin. It additionally makes use of Cherry MX Crimson switches, double-shot PBT keycaps, anti-ghosting and N-key rollover. The keyboard has an built-in cable routing on its underside that permits you to place it towards the left, proper or heart, relying in your setup (and the USB cable is removable). It helps per-key RGB lighting in 16.8 million colours. It’s accessible at present for $160.

Alienware additionally introduced the Twin-Mode Wi-fi Gaming Headset, which connects to your PC with a bundled USB-C dongle or 3.5mm audio cable. It has a 45mm-wide headband with a sliding adjustment and reminiscence foam ear cups coated in material. Alienware says it’s a lot roomy inside with “comfy contact factors together with your head.” It features a retractable growth mic and may cancel out background noise in your viewers whilst you’re talking (to not be confused with energetic noise cancelation, which it doesn’t have). As well as, the headset makes use of 40mm drivers and helps Dolby Atmos. Lastly, the corporate says its battery will last as long as 30 hours. The headset is obtainable at present, costing $160.

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The corporate additionally revealed a second mannequin, the Alienware Wired Gaming Headset. Though you’ll must plug it in by means of USB or a 3.5mm cable, it in any other case has close to function parity with the wi-fi mannequin. It additionally helps Dolby Atmos and has RGB lighting; it makes use of a 45mm sliding headband, reminiscence foam ear cups coated in material and a retractable growth mic with AI-powered voice isolation. The headset prices $100 and launches on April 14th in North America and China and Might nineteenth in different components of the world.

The final of the newly introduced gear is the Alienware Wi-fi Gaming Mouse. It has a sculpted right-handed design with a devoted thumb channel “to assist present comfy management throughout lengthy gaming periods.” It has unbiased L / R keyplates and optical switches. Alienware says the mouse’s sensor helps as much as 26,000 dots per inch whereas monitoring fast actions with 650 inches per second and 50G max acceleration. Moreover, it has tactile grip zones. Alienware guarantees as much as 140 hours of battery life, and the corporate says 5 minutes of charging (whereas on a low battery) will yield 10 hours of uptime. The mouse (which already launched in China final week) is obtainable at present in North America and on March thirty first elsewhere; it’ll price $100.

The corporate additionally introduced new pricing and launch data for merchandise it announced at CES. The Alienware m16 and m18 laptops shall be accessible in all Intel and Nvidia variants on March seventh. The m16 begins at $1,899, whereas the m18 begins at $2,099. In the meantime, the Dell G15 ($899 and up) and G16 ($1,499 and up) launch on March twenty first in Intel / Nvidia flavors. (AMD choices for all these fashions will arrive in Q2, with pricing data coming later.) Lastly, the Alienware x15 R2 launches in early April with a $1,799 beginning value.