If you somehow held off on buying a
Core i7 rig as soon as they popped out last year, you're in luck -- and your poor Pentium II system is flat out of it. Just about everyone has
updated their gaming desktop lines this week with an option to splurge on Intel's 3.33GHz (or more)
Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor, and iBuyPower is no different. Said PC builder is now offering the chip within four of its
Paladin desktops, and given that the stock clock speed is far too sluggish for your own greedy self, the Paladin XLC V3 ships in an overclocked configuration that promises a 30 percent boost in performance over the stock silicon. The rigs also ship with 6GB or 12GB of DDR3 memory, the latest and greatest ATI / NVIDIA graphics cards, an optional Blu-ray burner and a fresh copy of Windows 7. The lowest-end rig gets going at $2,159, while the aforesaid XLC V3 will set you back $4,409; the whole gang is available to customize as we speak.
posted March 19th 2010 1:04PM
CS:Source/TF2 can only require SO much power..
@Almo Because CS:S and TF2 are the only games people play?
I mean who the hell even needs a 3D card, Starcraft and Quake I only require SOOO much power!
Try playing BF:BC2 on a 2560x1600 monitor, have fun with your current computer.
@Vdek
There's a large difference between upgrading a P4 to a Core i7, but to say gaming requires a Core i7-980X Extreme Edition processor is overkill, no?
@Almo Today no, tomorrow yes. Besides, who says they're buying this for gaming only?
I thought Macs are the only expensive computer?
@Almo remember that you said this in 18 months.
@aniym
And in 18 months when there's a chance you may need this, it'll be a fraction of the cost. No need spending more now when you can get it for less when you are actually able to use it. For gaming that is.
@freakdiablo The Intel Extreme editions generally don't drop in price very much. They usually get phased out in favor of the next model and once the stock runs out that's it.
So taking an actual photo was too difficult? It looks like the whole front face of the rig is a big touch screen, which would be pretty nice, but hardly practical.
@felipedeeznuts The whole front face is horribly photoshopped. Look at the disc drives, they are slanted. I agree, why could they have not taken a real picture....
@Tweak589 Didn't you know? Touch screen DVD drives are all the rage!
@CaptainPlanet Yeah - when you press the eject button, somewhere in cyberspace a disc is ejected out of an old-fashioned mechanical drive.
@felipedeeznuts The front display is an NZXT Sentry display.
http://www.nzxt.com/products/sentry_lx/
From looking at their customization options these are just off the shelf preconfigured machines that you could easily put together yourself. I'm not sure what is so special about this company that they get coverage for adding a new intel processor. Maybe they are advertising with Engadget or something.
.......shiny............
crappy ass company. do your research before ever buying from this company. should be named: ibuyshit
google before ever dealing w/ ibuypower
@webmastir
This x100, get it from a more reputable brand, or build your own.
@webmastir
I disagree, maybe you had a bad situation with them but ibuypower does business decently. Their prices are as good as if you built it yourself too, sometimes a little more because they force quality parts on you though.. but nothing out of this world like dell, alienware, or any other box store brand.
@webmastir They have been out for a while but yeah, you are better off assembling it yourself. Save a few bucks and avoid the ricer cases while you are at it.
@Ghen
To put emphasis on my previous statement, resellerratings.com has ibuypower at 7.9/10 where best buy is 2/10, newegg is 9.7/10 (of course), and alienware has a lifetime rating of 7.8/10
@webmastir I had a friend that bought from ibuypower and they didn't even give him a licensed version of windows. He had to hassle them for weeks in order to get an activation code. On top of that, his computer started falling apart after 3 months. Power supply failure, loose mounts, etc.
@quake35 ya, i had very similar experience w/ them many many years ago. they are the reason i started to build my own. i had never been so disappointed ina company like i was w/ that "business"
Is this an ad? I'm not complaining because I would like to see Engadget thrive and I know a lot of the viewers here use AdBlock+. I guess I was thinking I would see some impressions or a review on the system, but I don't see that anywhere. Just the specs and the price. -_-
drrrrrrrool
"iBUYPOWER"
AUUUUGH, MY EYES! This company should've been shut down years ago. Shoddily constructed computers, cheap cases, cheap power supplies, and cheap shipping materials. I can't tell you how many horror stories I've read of people's graphics cards snapping in half in the delivery process because they weren't properly packaged and supported. And good luck reaching customer service with this company, they don't know the meaning of the word.
Looks like an empty case to me.
They must be very good builders to still be in business, because that is the STUPIDEST company name I've ever seen.
@TheHoldSteady
Nope, they're one of the worst system builders around. Right down near the bottom, next to CyberPowerPC.
RAM only goes up to 12GB? Pfft....
=P
Looks like a Winamp skin.
iDontBuyGamingRigs
Isn't the Core i7-980X chip the same physical size, as say a Core-i7-960 chip (i.e., LGA 1366 platform)?
If so, why would the new chip need to be "crammed" into a system?
@DigDug
Yup both 1366, and you're right they are physically identical in size. Cramming = figure of speech.
What a piece of crap: ugly as hell...