YoYotech Fi7epower MLK1610 PC is really, really fast

YoYotech is making no bones about their Fi7epower MLK1610 PC: according to them, it's "the fastest PC in the world," and "officially," at that. Well then. The dubious value of such claims aside, the so-called "completely insane" MLK1610 houses an Intel Core i7-965 Extreme Edition CPU (overclocked to 3.73GHz) atop an X58 chipset, 9GB of DDR3 RAM, an 80GB Intel X25-M SSD, 1TB standard hard drive, a Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics card with 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and it's all sitting on ASUS' P6T motherboard. P7etty sweet, right? It's probably worth the £3,995.85 (about $6,337) you're going to have to spend to make it yours, too. Oh -- did we mention what a looker it is?

[Via Tech Digest]

[iEye @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:07PM]

Sweet, how fast does iTunes for windows load?

[Kamokazi @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:08PM]

Well, it depends on what version of Windows, and if you generate a random number that does not produce an error message.

[cesium @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:08PM]

So fast that it blows your fucking mind

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:24PM]

iTunes for windows is a PoS, slow and iffy, but im sure its very fast on this =]

[Valicore @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:29PM]

I agree with Angus, except I'd take out "for windows" and put a period after iffy.

It doesn't matter how fast it loads if it could only do 2 things in the first place and it chokes on even them.

[paul eastwood @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:07PM]

First?!

[paul eastwood @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:08PM]

Well, second's not bad.

[patriotsn1 @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:12PM]

you're a jerk.

[LondonConsultant @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:54PM]

If you had a Fi7epower, you'd have been first...

[patriotsn1 @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:07PM]

But can it play pong?

[KAIKAI @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:09PM]

weelll at least you didnt say crysis :P

[Chris @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:25PM]

Arent you glad he didnt say banana?

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:34PM]

For $6,337 it better. It should even massage my feet and make me famous.

[fischju @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:09PM]

I'm very suprised that Alienware doesn't have a model with all that and more. Usually as soon as something goes on sale or is even announced they have a new model out.

[Valicore @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:20PM]

Alienware is apparently having problems... did you not see their attempt at a gaming laptop that was featured on Engadget early today/

[Isaac @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:10PM]

Dear Engadget,

I love you. But please don't substitute a number for a letter. Just write "pretty". Saying "p7etty" makes me cry.

-Isaac

[Patriks7 @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:26PM]

H4te mu7ch?

[AgonS @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:29PM]

Errr... pretty sure it was a reference to the name of the actual PC - the "Fi7epower"; which I'm guessing put the "i7" in there from the CPU, and cos (it's kinda a stretch, but) it looks like "Firepower".

[Lowest Ranked @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:02PM]

Yes, the F'i7'epower name is referring to the i7 Intel but in the 1337 codebook, 7 is T and an R would be 2. So it almost reads like Fitepower...

[James @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:52PM]

Well i guess calling it fi7epower is better than calling it wi7epower.

[lawyer bird @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:10PM]

Hey James!!

...

nice.

[Benson @ Nov 5th 2008 3:11AM]

Yeah, the Wi7epower MLK would just be... somewhere well past bizarre and disturbing.

[Jacob @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:13PM]

it'd be faster if the had two of each hard drive in a raid setup

[Jacob @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:13PM]

aahh, me=fail to check spelling and grammar before posting

[Jacob @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:14PM]

ahhh, me=fail

[Zelatio @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:38PM]

Why is "ahhh me=fail" ranked low. If anything, that is the first thing he got right.

[Jacob @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:48PM]

lol @zelatio

[John @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:13PM]

Your stream of consciousness style of posting is a bit tiresome.

[Dave @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:53PM]

at least he can laugh at himself

[Imran @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:15PM]

Damn, I can finally run Bejewelled full screen on high quality!

[Christian Martin @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:20PM]

I HAF serious reservations about this thing's claims.

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:22PM]

If you read the original review, http://www.techradar.com/reviews/computing/computer-systems/desktops/yoyotech-fi7epower-mlk-1610-477181/review

Then you can see that they ran a cpu test that takes over a day, and that the over clocked Core i7 is the fastest ever tested, that's quite something! (and very stable!)

Not that Ill ever get something like this but it sure is fast!

[dark star @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:23PM]

for 6k, they couldnt make it uglier huh?

[fieldcar @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:28PM]

Different strokes for different folks. Now get that brushed aluminum pacifier out of your mouth.

[Dylan @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:43PM]

Personally if I had that kind of Fi7epower I'd cram it all into one of those crappy Windows 95-toting rigs that you'd find taking up space in crappy schools, libraries, etc. Then when friends come over and laugh at your "dino" you can load up Pong and get like one million fps. (roughly about 28 fps in Crysis.) :)

[UnixSystemsEngineer @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:00PM]

Taste may be subjective, but I still have a hard time imagining the world in which this is described as attractive... aluminum pacifier or no.

[dark star @ Nov 3rd 2008 6:47PM]

UnixSystemsEngineer, thanks! for a moment, i thought i was the only one with good taste!!

i have seen a lot of nice setup for 6k! n honestly, this is one of the worse!

[Valicore @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:18PM]

Different strokes for different folks is fine, but for 4,000 fricken pounds (between 6,400 and 8,000 dollars depending on the position of the stars and planets, and various other invisible forces) I better get to decide whether or not I want my computer to look like it got pulled out of a crashed spaceship on Battlestar: Galactica.

[Phoenix @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:25PM]

Why 9GB of RAM... seems an odd number

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:27PM]

tripple channel memory controller =]

[Blankhorizons @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:41PM]

Triple Channel doesn't explain 9 unless you have 3GB in each channel which would be weird. 1x2GB 1x1GB and that would populate all 6 slots. Seems like 12GB on the top end would be a better choice, especially for that much coin...not that many people need 12GB in a gaming system.

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:44PM]

I was wrong it seems, just re read it

"To pull this off it requires no less than 1GB of system memory for each logical CPU.

You may not be surprised to learn then, that the £1,000 Core i7-965 Extreme Edition (reviewed here) forms the beating heart of the Fi7epower MLK1610. Thanks to Core i7's HyperThreading feature, that means a minimum of 8GB of extremely pricey high performance DDR3 memory is required.

And due to the novel triple-channel layout, the system actually packs 2GB plus 1GB per channel for a grand total of 9GB of Corsair memory. Just the CPU and memory alone have a face value of nearly £2,000."

[lolikhan @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:28PM]

But can it run Crysis?

[Angus Hedger @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:29PM]

Yes, now go away

[Ross @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:31PM]

"Best in the world" for about all of one month..

[Jonathan-DBOSS @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:32PM]

So, is this like some sort of "proof of concept" PC? I mean, what's the use of having 80GB SSD and a 1TB hard drive? What gives?

[Blankhorizons @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:41PM]

80GB SSD for OS, Swap (like you need i with 9GB RAM) and programs for fast loading, and 1TB for thing like music, video, etc that don't need ridiculous throughput.

[Les @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:42PM]

OS and programs on SSD so they load and respond faster
TB driver for media

[Hiattech @ Nov 3rd 2008 5:43PM]

The SSD drive is for the OS and apps (SSD obviously loads faster than a normal drive) and the 1tb is just for storage (movies etc). Makes sense to me. I'd love to have my PC setup that way.

[Valicore @ Nov 3rd 2008 7:37PM]

Yeah, this will probably end up the standard way to do things, at least for awhile. SSD for OS and Programs and regular drive for everything else.