A-Power's AP-Halo gaming PC dons Halo 2 outfit, beastly innards

With Dell's XPS 720 getting ready for showtime, it's quite possible that a few of you out there are eying a slightly different kind of animal, and for the Halo faithful, look no further than A-Power. The AP-Halo machine sports a fully customized Halo 2 chassis to go along with the game's PC counterpart, but it manages to look fairly good on the inside as well. Beneath the metal you'll find an Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 processor, up to 640GB of SATA II hard drive space, Asus' P5K Deluxe motherboard, a Samsung dual-layer DVD burner, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer sound card, gigabit Ethernet, a 768MB NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTX handling the DX10 duties, a 700-watt power supply, and to cap things off, it also comes bundled with Microsoft's own Reclusa keyboard and Habu mouse. Of course, it'll come pre-loaded with Vista Ultimate and Halo 2, and deep-pocketed gamers can add on an Xbox 360 PC controller if they choose. The Halo 2-themed system is slated to launch on May 22nd, and while the base price sits at CAD$1,659 ($1,505) sans a monitor, those hardware upgrades will send that figure quite a ways north.

[Neebs @ May 20th 2007 11:40AM]

Console gamers reading all that: "Huh? Wut? Qsix-six-forty? ZOMG PC GAMEING 2 EXPENSIVE!"
PC Gamers reading all that: "Quite nice, but it's cheaper to build your own."

[sockatume @ May 20th 2007 11:46AM]

Two decals on an Antec Nine Hundred is "fully customised"? Even the blue LEDs are there by default.

[Neebs @ May 20th 2007 12:07PM]

Oh yeah, I just noticed that it's just a Nine Hundred. Lame.

[npChaos @ May 20th 2007 12:54PM]

They couldn't even go the extra 'mile' for custom cut Master Chief/Halo fan grills, or in this case custom cut bezels.

[Neebs @ May 20th 2007 1:12PM]

Or, they could have busted out a non-wearable helmet.

[Stevo @ May 20th 2007 5:05PM]

Learn to speak English. I game on both my PC and my xbox. Sounds like a good system to me.

[Neebs @ May 20th 2007 9:37PM]

Why do I need to learn to learn to speak English?

[Zeus the God @ May 20th 2007 1:17PM]

lol u guys u r all n00bs wit ur pcs reel gamin is dun on da xbox

[chad @ May 20th 2007 10:58PM]

Stupid 'low ranked' comment #4231... keep 'em coming retard. You're like a broken MS Xbox 360 promo video now.

[JD @ May 20th 2007 1:34PM]

Am I the only one who thinks it's ironic that all this punchy hardware is thrown into a system that is named after a game with, quite frankly, old graphics? You don't actually need that stuff to run Halo 2. How about a Crysis branded system? :)

[Bobby @ May 20th 2007 2:07PM]

Too bad Halo 2 PC doesn't use DirectX 10

[dehumanized @ May 20th 2007 3:06PM]

now all i need is a halo edition ps3 to complete my halo themed gaming system collection

[Digikid @ May 20th 2007 3:47PM]

Yuck....a MICROCRAP keyboard and mouse? No deal...LOGITECH ALL THE WAY!!!!

[Andrew Peter Chobaniuk @ May 20th 2007 3:58PM]

Whoa, i shop at A-power all the time in vancouver!
best prices, best people
QUALITY company

[Stevo @ May 20th 2007 5:06PM]

that was directed at Zeus.

[Mark F @ May 20th 2007 5:39PM]

Damn its nice..but ill stick with my custom and my razer tarantula keyboard and copperhead mouse

[Zeus the God @ May 20th 2007 11:37PM]

Chad, you dumbass.

"Stupid 'low ranked' comment #4231... keep 'em coming retard. You're like a broken MS Xbox 360 promo video now."

Way to flame a sarcastic comment, dumbfuck. That is my *first* low ranked comment in my entire history of posting on Engadget.

Besides, you're nothing but a pesky troll, with all your mindless comments that fail to prove anything but that you are a total dolt. Shoo fly, don't bother me.

Going BACK on topic, this is quite a nice box, though it is just a "customized" Antec Nine Hundred, with some common accessories.

[Michael @ May 21st 2007 12:21AM]

For that price, they couldn't have thrown in a monitor?

[Zeus the God @ May 21st 2007 12:39AM]

Well, considering what you are getting, that would cover the production cost, and if they included a monitor, then it would most likely push them over that price point.

I could still build a much better computer for about that same price.

[Zeus the God @ May 21st 2007 12:40AM]

Disregard that last post (other than the last line). I wasn't thinking (I'm tired).

[chad @ May 21st 2007 11:15PM]

1st low ranked comment? PFFFFFFT... Isn't that a hoot. Not really true (as you can see shortly), but even it were, it'd be based on the fact you say so much nonsensical tripe most here don't even bother to kick your post down. Here are only 3 threads (of many) that reflect you getting put in your place by other posters (inc. me) for your ad hominem, baseless rants. And low rankings a plenty I'm afraid.... D'OHHHH!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/09/new-zune-s-in-the-works-flash-larger-screen-may-be-on-the-way/2#comments
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/10/goodbye-tid-hello-xbox-360-chatpad/1#c4963132
http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/18/microsoft-still-not-so-keen-on-blu-ray/1#comments


Reverse psychology must be grandiose for you. After all, you are the one that practically lives here, to do nothing but rant, rave and troll; as evidenced by all your easily traceable posts (i.e. any story related to the 360, Zune and sometimes Apple). I just love to watch it, and sometimes poke the circus animal (you) with a stick. I should stop; it's not humane to pick on retarded ones. :(