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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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 Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: A Gamer's Dream Machine |
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* Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9450
* Windows Vista Home Premium 64 bit with SP1
* Quiet, Liquid Cooled CPU
* 2 x 500Mb ATI Radeon HD3870 Dual GPU Graphics Cards
* NVIDIA nForce SLI motherboard with RAID Support
* 4096MB Corsair Dominator System Memory
* 500Gb, 7200rpm and 160 Gb dual SATA hard drives
* Five internal, hot swppable drive bays
* Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer audio card
* Concealed USB, FireWire and audio ports plus 15 in 1 memory card reader
* 900w PSU
The HP Blackbird 002 is a phenomenal machine, but comes with a phenomenal price tag � at a time when we�re seeing desktop prices plummet, the Blackbird is yours for the price of �3,199  � for that, you get a whole lot of PC, and if you�re looking for the best of the best, the Blackbird will certainly give you something to crow about.
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| 2 x 500Mb ATI Radeon HD3870 Dual GPU Graphics Cards |
They're going to have to update those GPU's to claim that it's a "Dream Machine".
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| 500Gb, 7200rpm and 160 Gb dual SATA hard drives |
Where's the 10,000rpm drives?
3,199 pounds is over 6000usd!!!  You could get a helluva better for $6000. I would value that PC at around $2000. Tops.
I would never buy a complete system by any brand like HP, Dell etc. Alienware do better PC's for a lot less than $6000. Also, of course, never buy computer stuff in rip-off UK. |
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pkang0202
Joined: 09 Mar 2007
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cangel
Joined: 19 Jun 2003
Location: Jeonju, S. Korea
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| Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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| I read an article on this machine a few weeks back and I think it's well overpriced. It's indeed and awesome performing machine but you could build a better machine for half the price. |
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broken76
Joined: 27 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| How is it using an Nvidia mobo to run ATI Crossfire? |
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ernie
Joined: 05 Aug 2006
Location: asdfghjk
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| computer hardware is the worst investment in the world. give the blackbird a couple of months and the price will be about half. in 3 years they won't be able to give the damn things away. |
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I_Am_The_Kiwi
Joined: 10 Jun 2008
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| build a comp that can match that for much less.......bet most money is going into the water cooling and the case that is only produced by one company in the world.......whipty sh|t. |
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Sody
Joined: 14 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Ya you would have to be pretty dumb to buy a system configured for SLI but then get crossfire cards for it too lol.
You could easily get a MUCH better system than that for around half price. |
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JustJohn
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Location: Your computer screen
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:55 am Post subject: |
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| Sody wrote: |
| You could easily get a MUCH better system than that for around half price. |
Far less.
I built my computer a month ago for something like 1/8th of the price, and performance would be very similar for stuff that isn't quad-core optimized. |
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