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]

[Onashi608 Posted Nov 3rd 2008 8:10PM]

I like that we had three of the exact same answer within three minutes.

[Loonie Posted Nov 3rd 2008 5:34PM]

"Fisevenepower"?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 9th 2008 2:54AM]

No raid 5 on the SSD's? These amatures.

[Solipsism Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:13PM]

The SSD is so that you aren't bottlenecking when playing games and the like. With DDR3 memory and the quadcore i7, your hard drives probably are the slowest part of the computer, until everything is stored in your 9 gigs of RAM at any rate. And you probably don't have more than 80 gigs of software anyway. If SSD prices come down a bit, it's definitely how I'm building my next computer.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 3rd 2008 5:46PM]

hmmmm i wonder what kind of power supply it got

[Rytr23 Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:20PM]

So when is Engadget giving one of them away? Please?

[Kenjis9965 Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:07PM]

Why not Dual 4870 X2s?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:04PM]

for that price and power, I would rent it out to people for $200 a week!

[EdZ Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:19PM]

Read that as YoYoDyne for a second there. John who?

[The Dead Marxist Trio Posted Nov 3rd 2008 6:33PM]

I love OS X and enjoy the design aesthetics of macs (in fact I'm writing this from my macbook,) but...

take THAT Mac Pro.

[ZaxCG2 Posted Nov 3rd 2008 8:22PM]

I want to shake your hand, sir.

[Valicore Posted Nov 3rd 2008 7:53PM]

First... I didn't see any info on how they're cooling it, anyone have any insight? Second, when I was looking under fullspecs on the review site, I noticed the OS is Windows Vista Home Premium. You'd think for a 7,000 dollar computer they'd throw in Ultimate.

[ZaxCG2 Posted Nov 3rd 2008 8:23PM]

This computer is to computers as Powerthirst is to beverages.

[Giroro Posted Nov 3rd 2008 10:48PM]

7 = R ...how?

Even in 13375p34|

[Giroro Posted Nov 3rd 2008 10:50PM]

whoah, comment got cut off, I was saying that it doesn't make sense, even in 1337.

[Hark Posted Nov 4th 2008 7:33AM]

I was in there yesterday, it's one minute from where I'm sitting just now. Quite surprising to see it mentioned on Engadget, it's just a little shop.

Anyway, it's pretty damn ugly, but then I doubt people who buy such computers have the same aesthetic sense as me.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 4th 2008 1:31PM]

So I have build the same system for slightly less $$$, can i get on engadget too?

You guys are obcessed with prebuilds. This system is for idiots. Anyone who actually NEEDS this sort of power will build a system themselves. However unfortunatley for every person like that, theres 20 other idiots who can be convinced they need this system and buy it.

I bet that I can build an equally high performing system for $3k by putting money in the right places. Crysis dosen't need more than a 3.2GHz Dual core, Facepalm fails to even describe a 3.73GHz 8 Core system in a gaming a PC.

[sanriver12 Posted Nov 5th 2008 3:34AM]

shouldn't a 2 sli gtx 280 rig be a better option than a 4780 x2 ????

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2008 4:41PM]

lol, "Fastest PC in the world". I hope they don't expect to keep that name for too long.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 5th 2008 5:48PM]

That's a really stupid name for a computer. You'll forget it two seconds after you read it.

Companies like this need to learn to be more creative - and simple - when naming their products by using monikers that people will actually remember.

If you don't remember the name, you won't remember the product.

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 7th 2008 6:50AM]

Hi All,

Kitten is correct that we have a small store in the heart of London, but she didn't mention the kind of kit we carry - everything is geared toward hardcore enthusiasts and power users.

We do also have a separate team for the web and also a large warehouse facility closer to Heathrow.

You can get a feel for the company from this report.... http://www.overclock3d.net/articles.php?/misc_content/oc3d_welcomes_yoyotech/2
(hope linking like this is OK)


Basically, we aim to produce very special machines with a very special customer in mind

For example, our location means that we are very close to a number of design/production houses and companies that focus on 'specialist installations' (e.g. www.cornflake.co.uk)... and we often supply these companies with the computer hardware that they need to drive the solutions that they sell on to their customers


A key interest for us with the Fi7EPOWER MLK1610 machine has been to help improve rendering times for video producers. We have supplied video editing rigs to TV production companies and we know that, in 2008's harsh economic climate, if these companies can drastically reduce their rendering times... then it can drmatically improve their chance to survive/thrive

Using a top-end Intel Core i7 processor with Premiere CS4 can have a major impact on rendering times - and we have already had a lot of interest in the new technologies we've used


With the Fi7EPOWER MLK1610, we wanted to show that a small, but experienced/dedicated UK company could intelligently integrate a system - with a sensible/stable overclock - that would challenge the likes of Dell, HP and Sun 'in their own back yard'... SPEC


We're really proud to have achieved the coverage we have - and really appreciate Endgadget picking up the story

Thanks to everyone for reading about it - and commenting here !


Next ?
We were not 100% happy with the speed we were getting on some of the tests - and believe that there is room for improvement... which made this story all the more interesting... http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/06/sandisk-speeds-ssd
We'll follow this and see if we can't improve even further by January


Food for thought ?
At what point in the future will this system's performance be considered 'Just good enough for basic tasks like word processing ?'
We ALL know that it will happen... any guesses as to when that might be ?