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For when your penis just isn't up to snuff.]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
With red rather than blue.]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Aug 13th 2008 11:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/no?]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
Amazing that games, something so unproductive (but so fun!) are basically the highest benchmarks for PCs.

If your PC can game, it can do anything! ]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/But I'd rather buy a vehicle for that $10k...]]>Jun 20th 2008 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
Here's some retro-spective. I purchased a mid-level computer, P4 3ghz with 6600GT on it for under a thousand back in 2003. It lasted a solid five years of playing the latest games (on progressively declining resolutions, mind you), which is just about as good as a console. Now people might say 'but you don't pay 800 dollars for a console you replace every five years', and I would be inclined to agree.. but even after five years, the processor and memory are more than enough to be a home server for the next ten years. More than any 150 dollar console can say.

Now if a mid-level machine can last five years with no upgrades, how long with a tippy-tippy top of the line machine last? Quad-core, DDR3, 4TB of storage. That's so future proof it's impractical. There aren't really applications that use that sort of horsepower outside of custom computing applications and serious 3D workstations. I'm entirely confident that a machine that outstanding would last eight to ten years; excusing any new holographic data storage standard or magical 3d display technology which don't publicly exist yet.

When people are willing to spend 30+ grand on a machine that they basically sit comfortably in while traveling, and often times don't last ten years? Yeah.. I think eight grand for a beast like this is completely sensible with the internet age and computer gaming continuing to expand at a progressive rate while fossil fuels prohibit frivolous joyrides more and more each day.]]>Jun 20th 2008 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
8 years is a long, long time when it comes to technology.]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
"Yeah.. I think eight grand for a beast like this is completely sensible"

I don't get it.]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/#1 why we are purchasing the device
#2 whether or not we can actually afford it.
and #3 will it in any way retain value or be an appreciating asset.


Servers are appreciating assets because they are versatile enough to provide a basis for a business solution - to make money.

Gaming computers are depreciating assets - thats because the developers for games are pushing the envelopes higher and higher which is fueling video card R&D and their sales.

Crysis is the type of game that I always wanted but its so overly developed that you need a new PC just to play it. The same thing goes for Vista. Windows put it out there but didn't make certain that desktop/laptop companies knew that you'd need much more than the minimum requirements just to make it work reliably - while Win XP was still doing very well globally. Vista was unnescessary for the time it was released and Microsoft coulda waited another year while Intel pushed their CPU's higher and better video chipsets became available.


As for the Gaming PC - and those Voodoo desktop and laptops I saw on engadget, that's WAY TOO MUCH MONEY to spend foor many people and they'll just end up waiting until technology accross the board catches up to that standard.

I remember less than 8 years ago when a "$3000 gaming rig" was a Pentium 3 1.0 Ghz with 512 GB of RAM and a 60 GB Hard Drive and a DVD/RW . Now we've got $400 Eee Pc's able to have most of that.
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GET YOUR OWN JOKES WE'RE TIRED OF HEARING THESE]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
NAH..]]>Jun 20th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
SHUT UP ALREADY.]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/
Best FPS of all time if you ask me.]]>Jun 20th 2008 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Especially since this particular one can probably be built for under 3k]]>Jun 20th 2008 1:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/20/asus-ares-cg6155-gaming-pc-4-0ghz-qx9650-geforce-gtx280-bragg/Jun 20th 2008 1:34PM