Alien autopsy: Meet the radical 'Element 31' cooling inside Alienware's new X-series gaming laptops

Cooling is half the battle in gaming laptops and Alienware’s new secret weapon is its mysterious “Element 31,” which the company finally revealed at Computex 2021.Element 31—named for gallium’s 31st place on the periodic table—is essentially an encapsulated gallium liquid metal and one of the exotic materials Alienware used to make the stupidly thin Alienware x15 and x17 laptops.Traditional liquid metals have been used by enthusiasts on desktops for some time, as well as high-end laptops for the last couple of years or so, but it’s always had downsides. Alienware actually looked at phase-change materials, aluminum-doped materials, organic waxes, graphite and raw liquid metals, but decided Element 31 was the best answer.To read this article in full, please click here https://www.pcworld.com/article/3620432/alien-autopsy-meet-the-radical-element-31-cooling-inside-alienwares-new-x-series-gaming-laptops.html#tk.rss_all

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