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CaptainCox
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 Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 07:53 Post subject: HP taking up the battle with Ailenware and Dell ? |
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HP launches new Blackbird 002 gaming PC
| Quote: | We wanted this machine to be for gamers and they just don’t care about that,” said Rahul Sood, chief technology officer in HP’s Personal Systems Group’s Global Gaming Business Unit and the founder of Voodoo PC, the game PC company that HP bought last fall. “We threw out all of the rules.”
On a computer that costs so much, making additional margins with the stickers isn’t a top priority. Rather, making an impression on gamers with the right brand message is more important. And HP doesn’t want to be known as just a “remarketer” of someone else’s technology in the gaming space, Sood said.
If you open up the case to the wedge-shaped Blackbird 02, however, you’ll see some of the stickers on the inside, along with a Voodoo DNA brand logo that tells you about its designers. Presumably if you do open up the machine, then the company assumes you care about what’s inside. The stickers are just one example of the Voodoo touch that has gone into the design of HP’s first foray into medium-priced game PCs since it launched the Compaq X a few years ago.
The Blackbird 02 will sell for $2,500 to $7,000, well below the average price that Voodoo gets for its custom-made, hand-painted gaming computers. But it’s squarely in the same space as the intended competitors: Dell’s XPS gaming PC and Alienware brands. Sood said that nobody, however, offers all of the bang for buck that the Blackbird 02 has.
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SOURCE: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/09/hp_launches_new_blackbird_002_gaming_pc.html
HP BLACKBIRD SITE: http://h20435.www2.hp.com/#
Sweet rig for a sweet price of course 
Actually, does anyone know what Water cooling system this rig uses?.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 07:58 Post subject: |
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shocking when you add up what the prices are of the different pieces and add it up ... 30-40% cheaper then buying it off alienware , i should make it a business www.alienwarewannabees.net , buy PCs build by stefan same spec for 20% off ! signature of me included for free
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 08:20 Post subject: |
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lmao I wouldn't trust a PC with HP ever, I don't care what the fuck they use.
oh for the love of god, it's costing that much and it's only got gigs of memory and a shitty ATI?  fucking go back t making your printers HP
As if running bioshock is somethign to brag about, my old system can run it on high FFS
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 08:25 Post subject: |
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Just found that ist a specially designed system from Asetek that is used.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 08:27 Post subject: |
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On the right are a bunch of slots where you can flip one latch and then pull out the hard disk drive. You don’t have to spend time unscrewing it or configuring it. That was an idea that HP borrowed from its server division, Sood said.
ROFLMAO!!! Ya welcome to 200fucking1, that shit has been in pc cases for ever, nothing new
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 08:36 Post subject: |
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Still, that water cooling system is what caught my eye 
I think no one in their right mind would buy stuff like this. Well that is...maybe if you just robbed a bank or something, and are to stupid to build your own.
But that closed water cooling system...me WANTS!
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 08:54 Post subject: |
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| CaptainCox wrote: | Still, that water cooling system is what caught my eye
I think no one in their right mind would buy stuff like this. Well that is...maybe if you just robbed a bank or something, and are to stupid to build your own.
But that closed water cooling system...me WANTS! |
lol if you want a closed watercooling just get the thermaltake tai chi, I know a few people with it and love it. That water cooling doesn't look too impressive, what catches your eye about it?
it also looks like this one ..
http://www.xoxide.com/swiftech-h2o-120-compact.html
or even this...
http://www.xoxide.com/coolit-systems-tec-water-cooling.html |
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 09:00 Post subject: |
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Its that it looks all BLACK and stealthy that cought my eye
I am sure there are other systems that "looks" like that, just have to dig. And i love my Lian-Li case so thats what I will work with. Will probably go WC when I get my full tower Lian, in a month or 2.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 09:03 Post subject: |
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| CaptainCox wrote: | Its that it looks all BLACK and stealthy that cought my eye
I am sure there are other systems that "looks" like that, just have to dig. And i love my Lian-Li case so thats what I will work with. Will probably go WC when I get my full tower Lian, in a month or 2. |
lian li ftw!!! which case you got?
if I ever go wc I'll be mounting this to the top of my case..
http://www.xoxide.com/koolance-exos-2-black.html |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 09:09 Post subject: |
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To all the gamers out there: are consoles still more powerful than PCs? Like is the PS3 better than the fastest most OC comp out there?
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CaptainCox
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 09:21 Post subject: |
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That's pretty much the same setup I got...
If I may recommend a different model (if you like to rid of heat)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112062
Check that model out, that design is effin great on dispersing heat. I use it as a footrest during the winter cause you can literally feel the heat radiating off of it.
I got the smaller version of it atm...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112058
the many holes pattern is also on the bottom of the PC so it helps even more with dispersing heat, and if you want you could hook a couple fans up down there.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 09:29 Post subject: |
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| Noob wrote: | | To all the gamers out there: are consoles still more powerful than PCs? Like is the PS3 better than the fastest most OC comp out there? |
ahhhhhhhhhahahahahhahaa
consoles have NEVER... EVER been faster or more powerful than pc's... NEVER... haha has a stock mini ever kicked the shit out of a tuned porsche in a race, ahahahha  good one. consoles more powerful than pc's indeed, lol..
anyway back to the original topic... hp sucks. id never EVER buy an hp, if i ever went back to buying prebuilts... |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 13:47 Post subject: |
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1.1 KILOWATT WTF !!! when PC go beyond the 1KILOWATT i jump to the console scene and piss on the PC , what are they nUTS 1.1 kilowatt geeezz
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 15:07 Post subject: |
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The way I look at it is you can't be a true gamer of you don't build your own PC.
Theres no way I would be satisfied with a machine unless I knew what was in it and what it was for.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 15:32 Post subject: |
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...now all the console "gamers" are going to be after you... even though what you said is completely true
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 18:44 Post subject: |
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Yea i was seriously looking in to buy that one (the one you have) but I thought about dust and also i like to keep the front of the case as clean as poss (no hatches and stuff) The inside is more or less the same but, darn good case
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 18:58 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | The way I look at it is you can't be a true gamer of you don't build your own PC.
Theres no way I would be satisfied with a machine unless I knew what was in it and what it was for. |
Agreed!
Brand PC = Pricey shit. |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 19:07 Post subject: |
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But convenient if you have an overflow of cash you NEED to get rid of. The building, buying, planing the rig is what turns me on 100%. Opening those NEW boxes full of new hardware...the smell of new plastic and thermal paste...man!, gets me horny in 1 sec
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 19:22 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Processor
AMD® X2 Dual Core Architecture
* 64 bit data paths and registers
* Hypertransport™ I/O Bus
* 16 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 registers
* Integrated DDR2 memory Controler
Configurations
* Athelon™ AMD X2 6000+ 30GHz
* 1MB of L2 cache per processor
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Athelon?!
30GHz?!
Is that a typo?!
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 19:38 Post subject: |
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| headshot wrote: | Athelon?!
30GHz?!
Is that a typo?! |
 No, it's the new AND CPU, it's called Athelon and is clocked at 30GHz. |
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| Posted: Thu, 6th Sep 2007 19:41 Post subject: |
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^of course it is... and amd 6000+ is dirt cheap. You should know that.
Unless you live in South America or buy stuff at overpriced webshops I doubt you will save any money by buying any "ready" PCs
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