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hey how's it going guys this is Dave - Dee and this is the Alienware 13 it's been updated for the end of 2016 it's a complete redesign 21 percent thinner GTX 10 series cards and it's finally running a quad-core CPU so it starts at $1,200 the top and bottom panels have the same color as before they're now aluminum but it still has the iconic alien head logo the screen hinge is shifted forwards a bit I didn't love the design at first because it looks so different from most laptops these days but it's grown a lot on me over the past couple of weeks and I liked it the build quality in this is top-notch display panel and the chassis are both rigid hinge is well made with good tension it's thinner than the previous generation but it's not light so Alienware focuses more on long-term durability they even use steel under the keyboard to reinforce it that's some heavy stuff so I would legitimately feel comfortable dropping this thing from like 6 feet up you can easily access the internals the killer Wi-Fi card is upgradable but it's running one of the better ones out there there's two RAM slots you can upgrade it to 32 gigs and you also have 2 m2 Drive bays the stock drive from Toshiba has good speeds the 76 watt hour battery is underneath the shroud here and you'll get around four and a half hours of regular use the keyboard is nice it feels different from the more common chiclet keys but the typing experience is great it's got a cushy 2.2 millimeters of travel and it feels really responsive the keys use zone lighting I kind of wish that they were individually lit and the other thing are these page up and page down keys so it's cool that they included dedicated keys but because of their positioning you're going to accidentally hit them when you're trying to use arrow keys so get used to them but in the beginning you will make mistakes the trackpad uses synaptic drivers it's the same style of trackpad as the 15-inch from last year light up surface which I'll always love millions of colors to choose from in the software it's got a great surface texture accurate tracking and has nice physical buttons I'm glad they brought this trackpad to 13 inch version going around the sides we have audio jacks to use B threes to use B C's the one on the back even supports a fundable three and there's also display outputs Ethernet and the Alienware graphics and port so external GPU options work right out of the box you can use Thunderbolt three like a razor core or you can use the graphics amp from Alienware the webcam up here looks okay it's not the best image quality but it has infrared capabilities so it works with Windows hello to login with facial recognition and you can set up other stuff like sleep and security functions this unit has the OLED panel option it's 2560 by 1440 it's bright it has ridiculously high color gamut and it looks amazing now I tried to do some visual comparisons but you can't really showcase how nice this looks over a video games movies any kind of media consumption looks awesome the image just looks so rich and vibrant and blacks are as black as they're going to get imagine ink but the one thing to keep in mind if you're a content creator you want to run calibration software to tone down the saturation as for burnin on laptop OLED displays they supposedly have tech to prevent this but we'll find out in time the speakers fire out from the side and they sound pretty nice they stay clear up to around 80% volume base isn't strong there's no subwoofer but most people will be happy with this audio system the performance is solid my biggest complaints about last year's Alienware 13 was their CPU choice they went with a dual-core ultrabook processor this year they went with a quad-core the skylake 6700 HQ and it also has the GTX 1060 the combination of these two can easily handle most of the current generation 3d titles at 1080p on a 13-inch screen it's pretty tough to see the resolution benefits of 1440p in games so I benchmark everything at 1080p battlefield one runs at around 85 frames per second on ultra graphics at 1080p and this has to be one of the best looking games of 2016 Shadow Warrior 2 runs at around 60 frames per second same deal for settings ultra graphics at 1080p and then witcher 3 is still one of the most demanding titles out there and at max graphic settings we're looking at around 40 maybe 45 frames per second at 1080p now if you want more details about gaming performance stay till the end of the video 4k video edits are a breeze and fully V are capable it's crazy it's a 13-inch gaming laptop that crashes VR I couldn't detect any cpu throttling in games and even when running benchmark loops in 3d mark this thing kept its clock speed up the fans spin when it's idle but it's very quiet you can't really hear it and under load it's louder but it's still a very tolerable sound heat output very comfortable to use even under load the thermal management here is on point so with the new aw 13 you're getting a very well-built laptop in a relatively dense package the OLED display option is bright and vibrant it's like the best looking laptop screen I've played games on if the keyboard is comfortable to use and feels really responsive when gaming the trackpad lights up and is also really good the skylake i7 and the gtx 1060 deliver great performance and are very well cooled the RAM and the drives are easy to access an upgrade and the 76 watt hour battery will last year around four and a half hours of regular use ok I think Alienware did a fantastic job with this thing it probably deserves to win the most improved laptop of 2016 it still has its limitations it's a 13 inch device so you're not going to get maxed out big-screen gaming but there's very little I dislike about this laptop maybe it's weight but if you want to see more gaming performance check the video description below I made something special hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs if you liked it subs have you loved it it's been nice I'll see you guys next time