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New IBuyPower gaming desktops

Tony — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:42:24 +0000

IBuyPower has released two new gaming desktops, with the name of Gamer Fire 640 and Gamer Paladin F830, and they were nice enough to include a 22-inch LCD Samsung SyncMaster and a NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision in both devices. The first runs with a AMD Phenom X3 II 720, with 4GB of DDR3 RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a GeForce 9800GTX+ (512MB), dual layer DVD burner and Vista Home Premium 64-bit. On the Paladin, it includes a Core i7 920, 6GB of memory, a Blu-ray and a GPU GeForce GTX 260. The gaming desktops are sold for the respective prices of $1349 and $1999.

iBuyPower Quad Core gaming computers

Tony — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:18:59 +0000

iBuyPower is back with more quad core gaming computers for your budget. These computers aren’t five stars machines, but at least it offers an gaming experience much more acceptable without breaking the bank. The three iBuyPower gaming computers are the Gamer Power 505, Gamer Power 903 and Gamer Extreme 968i, which cost between $499 and $980. So you have an idea of what you have at this price, the Gamer Power 903 at $499 includes:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz
NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS
4GB of RAM
320GB hard drive
DVD

Not bad, eh? Remember that this doesn’t include the LCD screen or other devices.

NextGear A450X1: Gaming desktop by Mouse Computer Japan

Tony — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:45:24 +0000

Here is the NEXTGEAR A450X1, the last “big” gaming desktop by Mouse Computer Japan. Powered by an AMD Phenom X4 9750 processor (2.4 GHz), our gaming desktop has up to 4 GB of RAM (DDR2 PC2-6400), 640 GB SATA II hard drive, a DVD burner, an ATI Radeon HD4870 with 512 MB of VRAM and is running with Vista or XP for about 119,910 yen ($1,330).

Asus ROG CG6190: Gaming computer with a Core i7 processor

Tony — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:35:44 +0000

Asus has just introduced its gaming computer with a Core i7 processor, the new Intel architecture. This desktop PC is called CG6190.

Two processors can fill the socket 1366 for the Core i7, one is basic processor and the other in Extreme Edition version. We don’t known how many gigabytes of storage this gaming computer will be equipped with the basic configuration. However, Asus states that the motherboard is capable of supporting up to 12 GB of RAM DDR3 scattered in over 6 locations.

It’s the same for the storage which can, however, be equipped with several hard drives and SSD to achieve the enormous capacity of 4 TB, or 4000 GB. Owned by the Republic of Gamers range of the manufacturer, this gaming computer obviously has a high-end graphics part. Like its other components, it’s not exactly clear between which Ati or nVidia models consumers can choose. Nevertheless, we can already be sure that the gaming computer will have the tri-SLI and CrossFire.

To run this computer, we need a good power supply. Asus therefore does not skimp on the quantity and throws 2000 Watts in the computer. No price announced…

Gateway FX6800-05 gaming computer

Tony — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:48:06 +0000

Gateway offers basic configuration with a Intel Core i7, the FX6800-05. You will not only have a i7-940 processor at 2.93GHz, but also 6 GB of RAM DDR3 1066MHz, and an ATI Radeon HD4870 X2 for all your graphics needs. Here are the other specifications:

1TB SATA II 7200rpm hard drive
Intel SSD of 80GB
Eight USB 2.0 ports
Two eSATA ports
FireWire
Gigabit Ethernet
HDMI (via a DVI-HDMI dongle)
DVD (Blu-ray drive optional)

The price of the Gateway FX6800-05 gaming computer starts at $2999.99.

CyberPower launches the Black Pearl

Tony — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:25:49 +0000

After Alienware, it’s now CyberPower which unveils its desktop based on Core i7 processor. The manufacturer proposes the “Black Pearl”, equipped with an Intel Core i7 (965 Extreme Edition) running at 3.2Ghz, with 12GB of RAM, duo ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 PCI-Express (2GB of dedicated video memory for each of them), QuickPath Interconnect to allow components to react more quickly between them, two SATA II hard drives Western Digital (10,000 rpm) of 300GB and a Blu-Ray Sony Optiarc BR-5100 2X. Price starts at $3999…

Alienware Area-51 X-58 Core i7 inside

Tony — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:42:02 +0000

Now that the Core i7 is available, manufacturers rush to propose it in their beautiful desktops. These are the gamers who will be happy. Alienware follows the movement with its latest Area-51… with a very alien look. Its price starts at $1649 “only”.

Alienware Area-51 750i: Very affordable gaming computer

Tony — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:56:56 +0000

For connoisseurs, Alienware was always synonymous with expensive in terms of gaming computers. To everyone’s surprise, here’s the Area-51 750i, the first affordable offering in a “Alien” tower and only $1049, available in the following configuration: Intel Core 2 Duo 3Ghz, graphic card GeForce 9800 GT, Hard Drive 250GB, 2GB of RAM Memory (8GB max), Blu-Ray optional, Windows Vista 64 bit. A configuration of course evolutionary, that increases easily in power according to your request.

The new gaming computer, Alienware Area 51 750i will be available in the U.S. at the end of November 2008 with a starting price of $1049. To get details of its technical description, I refer you to the website of the manufacturer.

Silverstone Raven RV01: New gaming computer case

Tony — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:09:23 +0000

The Silverstone company presents its first formally computer case for gamers, the Raven RV01. In terms of features, we notice:

Five 5.25-inch bays
Six 3.5-inch bays
Location for motherboard on the front (so that the rear panel gives to the top of the desktop case)
The power adapter is at the bottom of the computer case

Nothing really spectacular features, only special location of the various components within the chassis. This was explained by Silverstone, it said that it helps to dissipate heat. It will be available as early as December this year for $200.

Alienware Aurora

Tony — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:37:14 +0000

Here is the new Aurora, offered once again by Alienware, and equipped this time with Windows Vista, a processor quad-core AMD Phenom X4 9550 running at 2.2GHz, a dual ATI Radeon HD 4850 (1GB GDDR3 RAM) , 4GB of DDR2 RAM, a 500GB hard drive (7200rpm), 8 USB ports, 2 Firewire ports, 2 S-Video ports and 4 DVI ports. Available only at Best Buy for the moment, at a price of $1699.99.