BFG Starts Taking Orders for Phobos Gaming PCs
Posted 01/22/09 at 02:34:46 PM by Paul Lilly
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Earlier this month BFG announced it would become a boutique system builder, a bold move considering the market sector has seen the departure of big name boutiques like Alienware, Voodoo, and HyperSonic as standalone entities (now owned by Dell, HP, and OCZ respectively). Even bolder was the announcement of its $8,000 flagship Elite model in the new Phobos line, which comes standard with dual BFG GeForce GTX 295 videocards, Intel's Core i7 965 Extreme processor, 6GB of RAM, and other high end treats.
Now that www.bfgsystems.com has gone live and is taking orders, we have more information on the Performance and Advanced models, which start at $3,000 and $8,000 respectively. For three grand, the Performance configuration comes standard with a water-cooled Core i7 920 (2.66GHz) processor, 6GB of DDR3-1333 RAM, GeForce GTX 285 videocard, two 640GB WD hard drives, DVD burner, and a 1KW PSU. The Advanced configuration bumps the processor up to Intel's Core i7 940 (2.93GHz), adds a second GTX 285 videocard, trades the 640GB hard drives for a pair of 300GB Velociraptors instead, and forgoes onboard sound in favor of Creative's X-Fi Titanium.
All three configurations come with free in-home setup.
what if we get one of these,
Submitted by bingojubes on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 4:55pm
what if we get one of these, but live far away? when they do the in-home services, does it cost extra to fly themselves out to my area?
those prices scare me.
only 6gb of ram?
Submitted by jvc08 on Sun, 01/25/2009 - 2:31am
why not the full 12gbs?
Submitted by MediaPackRat86 on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 8:05pm
The only thing I admire about this computer series is the phobos touch screen software. If I could Purchase this software I would it looks amazing it'd be perfect for my new media center.
Trap Door At The Bottom?
Submitted by johnny3144 on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 7:30pm
on the website, it says the cables exit from the bottom of the case instead of back of the case.
just a quick question... how do i plug stuff in then? do i flip the case 90 degree? the photo certainly dont' show any mechanism that allows the user to plug in cables easily.
BD-Burner
Submitted by dankers on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 3:01pm
For 3 grand I think it should include a Blu-Ray burner
So what's next?
Submitted by Tom Nichol on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 1:53pm
It's a brazen move, all right! In fact, about the inly way they could display any MORE chutzpah would be either to offer interest-free financing for these two beasts (yeah, yeah, I know--dream on!), or--even more so--to give away one of their Advanced models--tweaked up to the absolute maximum, mind you--in a random drawing to some lucky Maximum PC reader or subscriber (yeah, yeah, I know--dream on again!)! But, as my employer, McDonald's, used to say in some of its commercials, "Hey--it could happen!" Excuse my extreme cynicism, but given the economic chaos currently in progress, and given some of the claims and counter-claims and outright "puffery," as the U.S. Supreme Court once called it, it's hard for me to be otherwise!
Submitted by neo1piv14 on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:46pm
Those are some hideous computers. I suppose it's what's inside that counts, but can I pay them an extra 20 bucks to put all that hardware inside an Antec 900.
The percentage of PC buyers
Submitted by horzo on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 12:45pm
The percentage of PC buyers who actually shell out for "boutique" machines must be about the same as the percetage of car buyers who shell out for Ferraris, Lamborghinis, etc.
Makes even less sense as no one can build a supercar in their garage, but I can easily build a PC with performance equivalent to high-end boutique PC for about a third of the price.
Submitted by worm8199 on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 1:26pm
Then you wouldn't get the included in-home setup!
that is a key factor i
Submitted by nekollx on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 3:51pm
that is a key factor i think
Sure you can build it yourself for less but You have to instal the OS, set up drivers, conect it to your network...
Withthese guys Setup is included. I think having somone set up my pc so i can just sit down and start doing stuff is worth a primium since i don't have to waste half a day setting up the softwere end
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