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Written by Maxit
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Would you splash out on a high performance PC costing over $5,000? And that's just for the base unit. You can add on a 24inch monitor and keyboard while you're at it and maybe even some software eh. Well that's the cost of a top of the range gaming system these days capable of running monster games such as Crysis.
Here's a breakdown of the Hypersonic Sonic Boom OCX we priced up - Hypersonic were recently bought out by OCZ who know a thing or two about top of the range gaming PCs having been at the forefront of cutting edge memory technology for many years.
- SONIC BOOM OCX: Top-of-the-Line Gaming PC Featuring Nvidia SLi Technology - Qty: 1
- Hypersonic THUNDERBOLT II Aluminum Case - Black - Qty: 1
- (Do Not Paint System) - Qty: 1
- (Standard Color) - Qty: 1
- Intel Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9650 | 12MB L2 Cache | 3.0GHz (requries P5E3 motherboard) - Qty: 1
- TurboClock™ Processor Overclocking - Qty: 1
- Freezone CPU Liquid Cooling by COOLIT - Qty: 1
- Hypersonic Silencer Package for Reduced Fan Noise - Qty: 1
- SLI Ready Motherboard for Intel Processors (DDR2) - Qty: 1
- 2x2GB DDR2-800 (Low Latency) - Qty: 1
- Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX PCI-E 768MB - Qty: 1
- PC Power Silencer 750 - Qty: 1
- RAID (1) Mirror Drive Configuration -Security Optimized - Qty: 1
- 150GB Western Digital Raptor 10000rpm Serial ATA-150 16MB Cache - Qty: 1
- 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm SATA-II 3Gb/s | 32MB Cache | Perpendicular Recording - Qty: 1
- 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm SATA-II 3Gb/s | 32MB Cache | Perpendicular Recording - Qty: 1
- Plextor 18X DVD±RW Dual Layer SATA Drive - Qty: 1
- Combo 9-in-1 Floppy Drive + Digital Media Reader/Writer - Qty: 1
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty FPS - Qty: 1
- (Use Integrated Gigabit Ethernet Controller) - Qty: 1
- Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate x64 CD & Manual Pre-Installed & Configured - Qty: 1
- (No Disaster Recovery DVD) - Qty: 1
- 1 Year Platinum Warranty 24/7 Toll-Free Tech Support - Qty: 1
That little lot comes to a nice $5,191. Not bad if you have pockets like Bill Gates. In the UK the story is much the same with our current favourite Kobalt Computers Apache V costing £3,872.67 for the dogs danglies. It's a far superior system and handbuilt to perfection. The question is can you justify blowing what amounts to nearly the price of a car for a gaming machine when you can buy a £300 console and have just as good, maybe even better gaming experience from the comfort of your front room. And you know your console isn't going to be obsolete in 6 months time like most PCs. For most people the answer will no doubt be a big no. But to hell with rationale thought. Dreaming and drooling over computers such as the Kobalt Apache PC gets us through the day. And who knows, if our lottery numbers come up this week....
Apache ICE V
Case Type - :: Silverstone TJ07 - Black 1
Custom Paint Colour - :: Standard Manufacturer Colour 1
Custom Paint Effect - :: Flat 1
Case Window - :: Standard window 1
Lower Cooling Mesh - :: None selected 1
Cable Management - Cable Management: UV Blue 1
Liquid Dye Colour - :: UV Reactive Blue 1
Coolsleeves - Coolsleeves: Blue 1
Case Fans - :: Blue LED 1
Power Supply - :: Enermax Galaxy DXX 850 Watt Modular Power Supply 1
Motherboard - Motherboard: ASUS P5K Premium Wi-Fi - Intel P35 Chipset, Crossfire Compatible 1
Processor - :: Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme QX9650 "Yorkfield" Quad Core Processor 3.0GHz 1
Liquid Cooling - :: Kobalt ICE custom liquid cooling 1
Fan Controller - :: mCubed T Balancer BigNG 1
Memory 1 - :: 2GB OCZ DDR3-PC14400 1800Mhz Platinum 8-8-8-24 2x 1GB DIMMs 1
Memory 2 - :: None Selected 1
Hard Drive - :: 150GB Western Digital Raptor 10,000rpm SATA with 16MB Cache 1
2nd Hard Drive - :: 1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm SATA-II with 32MB Cache 1
Hard Drive Config 1 - :: RAID 1 1
3rd Hard Drive - :: 1TB Western Digital Green Power 7200rpm SATA-II with 16MB Cache 1
4th Hard Drive - :: None Selected 1
Hard Drive Config 2 - :: No RAID 1
17 in 1 card reader - :: 17 in 1 card reader 1
Video Card - :: EVGA NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800 GTX 768MB DDR3 1
Physx Card - :: None Selected 1
Monitor - Monitor 1: None Selected 1
Monitor 2 - Monitor 2: None Selected 1
Operating system 1 - :: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate 64-bit 1
Operating System 2 - :: None Selected 1
Optical Device 1 - :: Black Lite-on LH-20A1S-15C Dual Layer SATA 18x DVD±R/W 1
Optical device 2 - :: None Selected 1
Soundcard - :: Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro 1
PCI Card - PCI Card: None Selected 1
Speakers - :: None Selected 1
Headsets - :: None Selected 1
Keyboard - :: None Selected 1
Mouse - Mouse: None Selected 1
Mouse Mats - :: Kobalt Mouse Mat 1
Warranty - :: 3 Year - Collect & Return [E-mail, telephone & website support] 1
System Service - :: 1 year system service 1
System Recovery - :: Kobalt System Recovery Kit 1
Business Software - :: None selected
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