CyberPower, Digital Storm and Maingear add NVIDIA Fermi GPUs to flagship gaming PCs

Origin PC kicked things off on Friday by shoving NVIDIA's latest and greatest into its Genesis desktop, and now a few more in the custom PC game have upped the ante by offering a similarly delectable taste of Fermi. NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 470 and 480 have been all the rage over the weekend, and if those raucous benchmarks have you convinced that the time to buy is now, a trio of system builders are here vying for your attention. Digital Storm's Black|OPS rig can now be ordered with a GTX 480 (starts at $2,891), while CyberPower is giving prospective customers the ability to add the latest Fermi GPUs into a smattering of towers. Maingear's formidable SHIFT supercomputer is also seeing the update, but it's really asking for trouble with a triple GTX 480 configuration that demands a minimum investment of $6,199. In related news, ASUS, Zotac and a slew of other GPU makers are cranking out new boards based on the minty fresh core, so you shouldn't have a difficult time finding one if the rest of your rig is a-okay for now.

[aznofazns Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:04AM]

$11718 for Tri-SLI? Count me in...

[nullifie Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:08AM]

@aznofazns Cheaper than my $20,776.85 mac pro configuration with # 4x NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512MB. Just Sayin.

[aznofazns Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:13AM]

@nullifie

True, but it's mainly the CPU and RAM that make that configuration so expensive. The 4 GT120's "only" add $450 to the base price. Which is hilarious, because GT120's are a joke.

[SonofUgly Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:27AM]

@nullifie
Whywouldyoudothat.jpg

[SeveringGecko Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:34AM]

@nullifie
except the macpro can do things like dual quad cores and 32gb of ram, it's a work station not a gaming computer so you really can't compare the two

[Smurf Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:50AM]

@aznofazns A good system, built by yourself, with Tri-SLI GTX 480's would cost not much more than $2,500. An i7 930 OC'd to 3.6, a decent HSF, decent 3x2gb low latency DDR3 1600, just over $300 for a good 1200W continuous PSU, $80 for a 7200.12 1TB hard drive, around $200 for a proper case...

Of course, if you want a boutique PC, you're going to pay five times more.

[Kevin6432 Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:08AM]

@Smurf

You would also get a warranty and a phone number if something happens...

I'm sick of all this "building a PC from scratch is always better" bullsh*t...

[FAP FAP FAP Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:23AM]

@Kevin6432
You do get a support, and a warranty, but only on individual parts.
The only downside is you have to figure out which part is fucking up on your own.
Also, building a PC from scratch is better.

[Techie Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:24AM]

@Kevin6432

But you get that with warranty though so what can you say about that now?

[sdpagent Posted Mar 29th 2010 7:33AM]

Hmm, i cant thing of a single game thats currently out that needs this much power. Im still using a duel cor 2.66ghz chip with 4 gig ram and a single geforce gtx 260 and it plays every game i have tried at 60+fps on 1920 x 1200 with full specs. Games include TF2, supreme commander 1 and 2, WoW, Eve. I guess people are still trying to pump more out of crysis?

[Vdek Posted Mar 29th 2010 8:36AM]

@sdpagent BFBC2 doesn't run so hot at 1920x1200 on the current cards.

[JeremyBenthem Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:14AM]

But I Can Teh BuildZ It 4 Ha... oh what's the use

[hero785 Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:19AM]

If I get one of these rigs then I will not pay for heating. The heat from those monsters is enought to heat up my bachelor place!

[SeveringGecko Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:36AM]

@hero785
my rig has just one 5870 and it gets my room hot fast lol! I would die if i had a rig with 3 cards lol!

[hero785 Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:07AM]

@SeveringGecko
Yours is just hot..One of these rigs will be Hot Hot Hot Hot!! Get it, really hot enought to channel heat through the whole house I guess lol.

[dreamerkm Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:27AM]

omfg triple SLI config. I just came

[iFargle Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:38AM]

My GTX 285 hits 90C sometimes.. Imagine three of them. My computer would 'splode.

[AaronX Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:39AM]

Is it me, or is the computer in that picture lying on its front?

[Smurf Posted Mar 29th 2010 2:43AM]

@AaronX No. This is a new trend in high end cases. The cables come out the top, but are covered by an enclosure. It gives you much easier access to your ports. I love it.

I'm not sure that's what is going on in this picture... but that's exactly what it looks like.

[BookishOwl Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:31AM]

@AaronX

Thats Maingear's custom case design for their Shift systems. better airflow.

[WhyFi Posted Mar 29th 2010 7:06AM]

@BookishOwl To be clear, the case is made by Silverstone for Maingear. The Raven (01 and 02) and the Fortress (02) share the same motherboard orientation, if you're looking to upgrade your case.

[3doog Posted Mar 29th 2010 7:17AM]

@BookishOwl
I thought that was the layout from Silverstone RV01,02 and FT02 case, I heard silverstone supply case for maingear.

[cdf74dc9 Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:47AM]

Here's a challenge to GPU maker, make those desktop gfx more powerful but smaller and super low wattage in 2D application. I can always wait til next year.

[IGLAW Posted Mar 29th 2010 4:00AM]

sorry I can't hear you over WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

[KGB Posted Mar 29th 2010 4:53AM]

5 years ago i used to care about these gaming PC's. Now im happy with a laptop for 1/5 of the price.

[orien2v2 Posted Mar 29th 2010 5:32AM]

GTX480 raped the Quadro FX 5800 (the best card for media professionals at the moment) based on tech specs at a fraction of the price! nvidia's charging us more...for being professionals??? The only difference is the firmware~
it doesn't even need to compete with ATI in the gaming market to earn profits...they're already earn more by selling pro cards...it's like 1 quadro = 5 geforce profit!

[motorolo Posted Mar 29th 2010 11:28AM]

@orien2v2 In the professional segment, performance is not the main metric, reliability enters the purchasing consideration.

A very fast machine, which keeps crashing leads to down time, which is wasted money for any professional. In the big scheme of things, a couple of thousand dollars investment in equipment which generates orders of magnitude more in returns is a no brainer.

If you can't understand that, chances are that you are not in the "professional" segment of the market.

[manIK Posted Mar 29th 2010 7:26AM]

I must have this installed in my G5 immediately!
/playah

[goopy Posted Mar 29th 2010 8:46AM]

I didn't even know there are psws powerful enough to run 3 GTX480 out in the market or is it custom made?

[stabbytheicepic Posted Mar 29th 2010 11:55AM]

I'll stick with my 5870, I wouldn't want to downgrade to fermi.

[Evangelion Posted Mar 29th 2010 3:25PM]

$exy.

[michaspi Posted Mar 29th 2010 8:12PM]

Sure is pork shoulders around here.