I'm building a system that outclasses this with a Cooler Master ATCS 840 case.... for hundreds less. It's a novel design and if the customer care is good it may be worth it. But I can make mine with 23" Samsung monitor and premium mouse and keyboard for just over 3k... where as all that would run you closer to 4k with this system. It does look bad ass though :) #maingear
Judging by the logos on the inside of the 5.25" drive bays that case is designed by Silverstone. Silverstone has also introduced cases with the vertical motherboard tray to it isn't that far of a stretch. The case alone is probably worth around $200.
The watercooling isn't anything special and you can get a similar corsair watercooling system for less than $70. #maingear
Wait. Am I getting this right? A custom gaming PC maker is focusing on making actual PCs with a clean aesthetic and not clunky, garish things that look more like they belong in a ricer's garage than a workspace? This, after a Wii accessory in the likeness of a baby doll comes out?
That case is awesome, I wish more computers came with aluminium/metal cases instead of boring plastic. But if it's going to over inflates the price by $1000, then I think I'll pass...thank you #maingear
I don't get why people BUY custom PCs, the fun part is getting all those parts in the mail and putting it together yourself and paying as little as humanly possible for the absolute most performance.
If i wanted a pre-built a desktop I'd buy a mac. #maingear
@Jesustron: What you don't get is that most people aren't computer techs or know anything about the inside of a computer. And they should not have to know about what is inside the computer no more than you should know how to work on a car to drive it. Computers are used as appliances to check email, entertain people, browse the web, be productive, etc ... Period. For some of us, knowing everything about a computer is what we like to do. It doesn't make us better and it doesn't make the main stream public stupid. #maingear
@Christopher Cox: And what you don't get is that 99% of the targeted demographic wouldn't even give two hoots about buying a pre-built rig because they already know better. This rig is NOT meant for casual use. If you buy this solely to check e-mail and browse the tubes then you are a gigantic boob.
This is the modern-day equivalent of going to your parents and asking for a pony and getting a rocking horse. They'll jokingly consider it until they see how much it really costs and after picking their jaws up off the floor go get a PC-in-a-box from best buy.
Impressive? Yes. Cost effective? Not so much. #maingear
meanwhile I can get 1TB in a 4.3 x 3.2 x .6in package from Western Digital for less than the 64GB. I also don't get the point of external SSD. with USB, you loose the benefit of the speed and just have the shock protection. I love platters.
OWC -- great products, great service, and reasonably priced. Their website is bland (at best), but they are a peripherals company... what do you expect?
@portugee11: Agreed, I have gotten great service from them, excellent company. I'm glad Newegg is there for cheap stuff but OWC is the place to go for quality gear that (normally) doesn't cost too much. This SSD thing is unreasonable tho.
You know what would have been great? If the new TF movie had a PC as Soundwave... He could house laserbeak and ravage as SSD's instead of cassette tapes. Of course, you'd have to rename soundwave for it to make sense:
"Now attack, TerrorByte!"
@pressstart: There are a variety of issues with SSD. Intel (and more recently OCZ) have finally made a working SSD that doesn't suffer from a lot of the problems that they used to. They still slow down once the disk has been in use for a while (there's a great technical explanation for it on Anandtech), but the new Intels (the ones in this article) support the TRIM command that will be included in Windows 7 that will solve that last issue. So, with these drives and Windows 7, we were looking at the first set of *mostly* problem free SSDs.
@ kaiz3n : Yeah, I could buy a used car in my town and a 1TB HDD for 2200, but I doubt they'd look as good as the Colossus.
But SSD's can't get me to work and back, so I'll pass.
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The watercooling isn't anything special and you can get a similar corsair watercooling system for less than $70. #maingear
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Times are a' changin' indeed. #maingear
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This is the modern-day equivalent of going to your parents and asking for a pony and getting a rocking horse. They'll jokingly consider it until they see how much it really costs and after picking their jaws up off the floor go get a PC-in-a-box from best buy.
Impressive? Yes. Cost effective? Not so much. #maingear
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If it's really If it was really "Enterprise" grade it would look like this:
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But SSD's can't get me to work and back, so I'll pass.
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OCZ Mountain? OCZ Planet? OCZ Motha-fuckin-big?
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