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Prices vary from around $2,600 to $5,000 and beyond depending on your configuration. Alienware, for example, has updated its Area-51 line to include the six-core option with a starting price of $3,000, while Origin PC is offering not just the standard 3.33Ghz clocked version but one that's overclocked all the way up to 4.3Ghz.
For big spenders, 'extreme' configuration options are aplenty. Digital Storm is offering a version of its BlackOPS gaming desktop with the i7-980X for a cool $5,642 which will get you the new Extreme Edition chip overclocked to 3.9GHz, along 6GB of DDR3 memory running at 1600MHz, a pair of ATI Radeon HD 5970 in CrossFireX and a liquid cooling system.
Others like CyberPower PC and Maingear are putting the new processor into more than one of their desktop lines to give buyers a bit more choice. The latter will let you configure their F131 with an i7-980X, 3GB of DDR3 and ATI Radeon HD 5670 graphics for $2,600, or The Shift starting at around $3,290 when including the six-core part, while CyberPower is now offering the silicon in its Black Mamba, Black Pearl and Gamer Xtreme 3D machines.
This is only the first wave of rigs powered by this chip as we suspect almost every other PC maker will be following suit soon. Enthusiasts are more likely to build their own rigs rather than going with a pre-built system, but it's always nice to see the latest and most advanced hardware hit the scene.
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Recipe7 said:
2600 for a computer and you only get a 5670 and 3gb of ram? These companies are crooks, haha.
I'll never buy "monster rigs" from these companies, especiallllllllllllly Alienware
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There is an upside to all this, when people ask me as a system builder what I can do, I can show them the prices these guys charge and tell them how much I can beat it out by and get there business.
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Those prices are pretty crazy on those "Monster Rigs". I have to agree with recipe7, all that money and on some you only get 3 gigs of RAM and an ATI 5670 graphics card? The video card is way more important than the CPU is as far as getting high FPS in games so I don't see how some of those PCs can be called moster gaming rigs and then only have a 5670 graphics card, and then on top of that cost $2600.00.
If I had that kind of money to spend, I'd be building it myself...well, I do that even when I don't have that kind of money to spend
Fopr the small performance increase you get with this new 6 core (especially if your PC is geared for gaming), it just doesn't seem worth the $999 price tag.
If gaming is youtr focus, would be a lot smarter getting a lesser core i7 and then putting the money into a high end graphics card.
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TomSEA said:
"...sounds like you have an option to purchase an 90 day/1yr/2yr/3yr or 4 year warranty, but if you mess with their factory OC, you void it."
There once was a time when you didn't have to buy warranties.
I would expect that processor to fail after 4-7 years at those voltages/clocks, read that intel had an i7 920 running at 100C for 3 years dont remember any details though
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Those are some nice rigs, but as stated I'll take my own little time and money and built my own rig I wouldn't necessarily say this is just for clueless people but for gamers who knows how to build PC's but are probably too lazy to do it, and instead you can get what you want at a veryy high price than just building it by yourself and probably saving 1-$2000 but despite the cost personally I just love looking at the specs and pics of these awesome rigs! Especially Digital Storm's love all there builds.
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Its a beast. But the article was on the spot, overkill. And is it really reasonable to require a truck every time you go to a LAN?
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hello...
i don't see these beast being mastered by any softs of today & when there will be something for it, i'm sure there will be a new CPU that will be for the new mega monster gaming rig ...
let's just wait till i win the lotto or finally rob that bank.
cheers!
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matrix86 said:
geeze...I couldn't justify spending that much on a gaming rig, lol.
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matrix86 said:
geeze...I couldn't justify spending that much on a gaming rig, lol.
Especially one that will be obsolete just like every other system in a couple years :-) The only difference is that if your goal is to have the highest end PC available then it becomes obsolete almost immediately. If you just want to have a decent gaming machine then you can spend 1/4th the money and buy a new one every year :-)
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