Boutique system builder iBuyPower is putting on its Dutch Boy dungarees and offering up its LAN Warrior II small form factor PCs in four new painted colors, including blue, red, green, and orange.

"LAN party gamers look for two things in a mobile gaming system -- power and style," said Darren Su, vice president of iBuyPower. "The new LAN Warrior IIs deliver both by incorporating the best components available and a little war paint that is sure to turn heads."

Custom paint jobs typically put the squeeze on your wallet, but iBuyPower is offering up these new colors for a mere $19 premium over the standard black version. And this is actual paint, not a vinyl decal.

"The newest editions feature a colored border front with a black backlit grill, painted side panel, and top including the integrated handle," iBuyPower says.

Not a bad deal for less than $20, with baseline configurations starting at $750 (AMD), $800 (Intel P55), and $1,000 (Intel X58).

If iBuyPower were to write a boutique system vendor's Declaration of Independence, it would go something like this this:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all systems are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are SuperSpeed USB 3.0 at no additional cost."

iBuyPower didn't actually write any such declaration, but the company did announce that is now offering USB 3.0 on all if its desktop systems for free, and that includes systems with motherboards that don't feature onboard SuperSpeed USB support. For rigs that don't, iBuyPower will throw in a free internal USB 3.0 PCi-E x1 expansion card.

"The upgrade future-proofs new iBuyPower desktops by ensuring their compatibility with new as well as unreleased handheld recorders, digital cameras, smartphones, and more," iBuyPower said.

Now if only Intel would follow suit.

Boutique system builder iBuyPower is bringing its portable LAN Warrior back into battle, this time equipping the mATX rig with a liquid cooling setup.

"LAN party gamers push their systems to the limits, making liquid cooling a necessity," said Darren Su, Vice President of iBuyPower. "The liquid cooled LAN Warrior II provides gamers with a way to keep their system safely overclocked without forcing them to haul around a full sized rig or sacrifice power."

Pricing starts at $750 for an AMD-based setup, $800 for an Intel P55 configuration, and $1,000 if stepping up to Intel's X58 platform. If you have the jingle, you can stuff up to two videocards into each one, including a pair of ATI HD 5970 graphics cards for quad-CrossFireX fun.

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