http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/ Engadget Comments for Maingear, CyberPower and iBuyPower gaming desktops pick up ATI Radeon HD 5870 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/DVD drive failed less than one year, power supply was loud and crapped out in less than 6 months... bluuhhh...

Lesson learned - Don't be a lazy ass, build your own computer.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/While I agree that not all gamers are techies, I think the modern world of gaming machines is much different when I first set out to build my own.

All the bits and pieces fit together and work quite nicely with very little technical know-how. I think the things the build-your-own misses out on is on-going support and that edgy case design. That being said none of those cases look that much different than my Antec 900, so how much is support worth?!?]]>Sep 23rd 2009 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/iBuyPower 5870 PC starts at $1449, NOT $819.
$819 only gets you 5850.

At least write ADs properly! Thank you!]]>Sep 23rd 2009 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119068
It was inexpensive and the reviews where good enough. I'd kill for a case with the power buttons on the top now that I've had back surgery though.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/4870>3870. NVidia is the one with the confusing naming, such as the 9800 and 250. Same GPU, different names. Then there's the mobile GPUs too.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Why are they all 870 and why is this one "HD?"]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
They're all HD XXXX. That's ATI's "thing"
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here's a clue:

1st digit = generation. higher numbers on the last 3 digits = faster. 890 > 870 > 850 > 670 > 650 etc.

at least each product with a different name is a different product. not like a 9600GSO = 8800GS = G130. or 8800GT = 9800GT = GTS240. 8800GTS = 9800GTX. yeah, much easier to understand.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
I'll just stick with bigger number = better. ATI is cost effective for me, and the games are maxed out settings with high frame rate, so what do I care about anything else.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Grammar doesn't include mathematics you jackass.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 8:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Obviously]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/


This is how I roll. ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
You're awesome.

I have a Mac Pro with 16GB of ram, two 1Gb Nvidia GT 285 vid cards, 4 terabytes of disk and two 30 inch monitors. Sure it cost eleventy million dollars but thats how "I" roll. Dude.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
moral of this story, stay middle of the line and upgrade over the years. ]]>Sep 23rd 2009 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Damn why is it when I decide to buy a new laptop something better comes out the next few weeks ie I brought a laptop with the fastest Pentium M processor only for the coreduo to come out the next week and I spend 2 weeks looking for a powerful 15 inch laptop deciding that a 17inch laptop is a better option then the bloody Alienware M15x comes out a week later :(

]]>Sep 23rd 2009 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Gamer Dragon 8000: Its so baad, your loincloth will defy gravity.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/Sep 23rd 2009 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
Then i read it again, then i know it is an ads.

shame Engadget! ]]>Sep 24th 2009 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/maingear-cyberpower-gaming-desktops-pick-up-ati-radeon-hd-5870/
This is what causes all these problems - go for a good power supply and extra fans in your configuration and I dont see why these guys would be a problem.

They charge extra for clean wiring though - which you should get.]]>Sep 24th 2009 3:05AM