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The X51 machine will have an entry-level recommended retail price (RRP) starting at R9 999.

Alienware will be giving away X51 Alienware desktops at the Do Gaming 2012 Championships worth over a quarter of a million rand, while Logitech will be giving away R50 000 in cash in the Starcraft 2 finals held at the Championships.

Gavin Slevin, Dell Retail Manager, says the X51 range is Alienware's latest offering, designed to lower the barrier for gamers wanting to play on Alienware products.

“Alienware is a premium gaming product, but we're looking to grow our footprint and make the brand more accessible to a broader base of gamers,” he says.

As a result, the X51 machine will have an entry-level recommended retail price (RRP) starting at R9 999.

Furthermore, Alienware's X51 machine will be highly customisable, allowing gamers to change the processor, graphics card, amount of memory and hard drive capacity as required.

“We're excited to sponsor the Do Gaming League and give away machines at the Championships. At rAge last year we sponsored Alienware laptops on the Telkom Do Gaming stand, allowing gamers to play Battlefield 3 on Alienware hardware before the game had launched internationally,” he says.

Along with the X51, which comes with a keyboard and mouse, Dell will be adding screens to the desktops, which will be given away to players in the Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty 4 competitions at the Championships.

“Sponsoring the Do Gaming League gives us greater exposure to a broader base of gamers and most importantly, it's about giving more gamers the chance to play on Alienware machines,” he says.

Logitech Supports Gaming Community:

John Smyth, Logitech Senior Retail Account Manager, says the company is excited to get on board with local gamers and the League.

“We want to support the gaming community and feel the DGL (http://www.dogamingleague.co.za) was the perfect platform to do so,” he says. “We're very excited about this year's league and are looking forward to some fantastic competition.”

Logitech are releasing some exciting products into the market for gamers, such as the G-series gaming mice (G300, G400) as well as the G-series headsets (G35 and G930) and G-series keyboards. With the Logitech Unifying receiver - a small USB device - gamers can pair six different devices together and customise and control them through Logitech's Unifying 200 Software, which can be downloaded at the Logitech website (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/349/6127). Pairing can change as gamers require. See more about the Unifying Receiver here (http://www.logitech.com/en-us/66/6079).

With this software, gamers can assign mic mute controls to the mouse buttons, DPI adjustments to keyboard G-keys, or even multi-key macros on the headset, and so on. They all integrate together very well.

A useful feature is the DPI Shift function for the mice. It allows gamers to set a button on their G-Series keyboard or a G-series mouse to change the DPI while that key is pressed down. This has benefits for sniping or speeding up certain sections of games. Check out more at details at this blog post (http://blog.logitech.com/2011/11/01/making-our-gaming-products-work-better-together/).

“Gamers need customisation and detailed products that integrate with a slick interface. Logitech is looking to produce great products that gamers can really use to make their gaming experience even better,” Smyth says.

Although the first leg of the DGL 2012 is underway, gamers can still register for Leg 2 here. The DGL runs over three legs during the year and culminates in the Do Gaming Championships at the end of the year, where the best of the best are invited to compete for fantastic prizes. With Logitech's R50,000 sponsorship to the Starcraft 2 DGL, the competition will only get better. - Do Gaming

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