iBuypower's Latest Gaming PC Features Socket AM3, World's Tackiest Case
iBuypower's Latest Gaming PC Features Socket AM3, World's Tackiest Case
Posted 02/27/2009 at 1:36pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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iBuypower has long been the champion of the cheap gaming PC, and they’re looking to continue this with the latest addition to their line – the Gamer Fire 600. And while the case looks like something that a six year old with an overactive imagination thought of, the innards don’t look half bad.
Underneath the hood of this eye-murdering monstrosity is an AMD Phenom II X3 720 Tripe-Core CPU, Gigabyte’s CrossFire chipset, 4GB DDR3 RAM, and an ATI Radeon HD 4830 video card. To help fill it out there’s a 500GB HDD, as well as a 20x double layer DVD writer.
The system will all come to you for a reasonable $774 at the base level. It is possible to upgrade the box so that it will include an AMD Phenom II X4 810 Quad-Core CPU, two ATI Radeon HD 4870-X2 video cards, and for an extra $96 you can upgrade the storage capacity to 1.5TB. Not too shabby!
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Crevan805
March 02, 2009 at 10:34am
I actually just odered from IBP, i wish i saw that build sooner! >.< i just blew 730 ona core 2 duo build. I coulda waited 1 more week lol. yea the thing is tho, IBP is awsome n all, just when u get ur dream machine built they slap u in the face with shippin n taxes, it adds about 120 buckorooos.. still really nice build imo, IBP is great, awsome deals :D
silent1313
March 01, 2009 at 10:09am
you may think its tacky but personally i think it would be sweet to have a decepticon looking case beside my desk . lol . does anyone know who makes that case .... there's nothing even close to it on newegg or xoxide.
Zefir
February 27, 2009 at 2:34pm
That's actually a pretty decent price. I'd upgrade to the quad core, but that's not too bad at all...if you can stand that case.
bandeezee
February 27, 2009 at 5:24pm
I Could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure the $96 only upgrades you to the 1.5TB hard drive, not the rest of the upgrades they were talking about. I'm sure to go from a 4830 to two 4870X's, it's going to take much more than $96.
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