Alienware AREA 51M R2 Laptop for Editing 4K Videos – Out-of-the-Box!

This is both an out-of-the-box video documentary and review of the Alienware AREA 51M R2 laptop (custom-configured, see specs below) for editing 4k videos.

After returning two new Dell Inspiron G7 7500 laptops, neither of which had a numeric keypad (this is essential), I ordered an Alienware AREA 52 laptop, as was suggested by the online Dell Sales Rep. The objective being to upgrade my Dell Inspiron 7559 laptop. Why? The left hinge on my Inspiron broke and editing 4k videos, especially Apple’s HEVC H.265 format video was incredibly frustrating, requiring conversion of 4k MOV recorded with my iPhone 11 Pro Max to MP4, and creating Proxies in Adobe Premiere Pro. For almost four years, this Dell Inspiron laptop has been an excellent tool for both my part-time wholesale photography business and for editing my YouTube channel videos. Anyway, when the left hinge broke, it was clear to me that I needed to upgrade my laptop. And this is my story!

I hope that by sharing my personal experience with purchasing a laptop for editing 4k videos will be helpful to you. Thank you for visiting my channel and watching this video!

– Randall

Alienware AREA 51M R2 specifications:
10th Gen Intel Core i9 10900K (10-Core, 20MB Cache, 3.7GHz to 5.3GHz w/Thermal Velocity Boost)
Windows 10 Home 64bit English
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8GB GDDR6
32GB, 2x16GB, 3200MHz DDR4 Non-ECC
17.3" UHD (3840 x 2160) 60Hz 25ms 500-nits 100% Adobe RGB color gamut + Tobii Eyetracking technology
2TB RAID 0 (2x 1TB NVMe M.2 PCIe SSDs)
180W + 330W Adapter
Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
Killer Wi-Fi6 AX1650 Wireless Driver
Alienware mSeries per-key AlienFX RGB keyboard with numeric keypad
90Wh Battery
Lunar Light