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HP Blackbird 002

I'm sure most of you PC gamers won't care about thi sbecause you would rather just build your own computer, but Hewlett Packard's first true gaming PC, made in collaboration with Voodoo PC, comes out on 9/15...

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Processor

AMD® X2 Dual Core Architecture
64 bit data paths and registers
Hypertransport™ I/O Bus
16 128-bit SSE/SSE2/SSE3 registers
Integrated DDR2 memory Controler
Configurations

Athlon™ AMD X2 6000+ 3.0GHz
1MB of L2 cache per processor


Intel® Core™ Micro architecture
128-bit SSE3 vector engine
64-bit data paths and registers
Energy efficiency optimization
Thermal cut-outs to mitigate damage from system overclocking
Configurations

Intel® Core2™ Extreme 2.93GHz
4MB of L2 cache per processor (8MB total)
Intel® Core2™ Duo 2.66GHz
4MB of L2 cache per processor (8MB total)
Intel® Core2™ Duo 3.0GHz
4MB of L2 cache per processor (8MB total)
Intel® Core2™ Extreme Quad-Core 3.0GHz
8MB of L2 cache per processor (16MB total)
1.33 GHz, 64-bit front side bus



Memory
1GB 667 MHz DDR2 PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM
1GB 800 MHz CORSAIR PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM
1GB 1GHz CORSAIR PC2-8500 DDR2 SDRAM SLI enabled
Four FSB-DIMM slots supporting up to 8 GB of main memory

256-bit-wide memory architecture



Graphics and Displays
Two Doublewide, 16-lane PCI Express graphics slot with one or more of the following graphic cards installed:

NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600 GT with 256MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 640MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port (available with liquid cooling)
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX, with 756MB of GDDR2 SDRAM one single-link DVI port, and one dual-link DVI port (available with liquid cooling)
ATI RADEON™ X2900 XT 512MB, with 512MB of GDDR2 SDRAM, (available with liquid-cooling)
ATI RADEON X2900™ XT 1GB, with 1GB of GDDR2 SDRAM, (available with liquid-cooling)
ATI RADEON™ HD 2600 XT, with 256MB of GDDR3 SDRAM, Dual configuration only.


Ageia PhysX™ PCI-E GFX Accelerator Card

Four slots for up to two PCIe graphics cards

Dual-link DVI ports support up to 2560 by 1600 pixels.

Support for analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536 pixels at 85HZ

DVI to VGA adapter included

Dual-display support for extended desktops and video mirroring modes



Communications
Two independent 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45) ports that can support jumbo frames



Storage
Five independent Serial ATA slot loading hard drive bays

Up to 4TB of internal storage using drives with the following capacities:

Hard drive bays 1 – 5 160GB 10,000 rpm SATA (Western Digital Raptor)
320GB 7200 rpm SATA
500GB 7200 rpm SATA
750GB 7200 rpm SATA

Two Super multi-drive, slim slots with Lightscribe (DVD+/-R/RW+/-DL)
Writes DVD-R discs at up to 16x speed
Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 4x speed
Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
Writes CD-R discs at up to 40x speed
Writes CD-RW discs at up to 24x speed
Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
A single 5 1/4 bay for Blu-ray Rewriter and , HD DVD-ROM Super multi-drive with LightScribe CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW/RAM, +R/RW, +/- R DL
BD-R/RE SL/DL read and write compatible
CD Family, DVD-ROM read compatible
HD DVD-ROM/R read compatible
Electrical and environmental requirements
Line voltage: 100-120V AC or 200-240V AC (wide-range power supply input voltage)
Frequency: 50GHz to 60Hz single phase
Current: Maximum of 12A (low-voltage range) or 6A (high-voltage range)
Operating temperature: 50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)
Storage temperature: -40° to 116° F (-40° to 47° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum altitude: 10,000 feet


Peripherals and audio
Back panel:
One PS/2 mouse port
One PS/2 keyboard port
Two eSATA ports
One IEEE1394 port
LCD screen (for diagnostics and status)
LCD back light button (some boards only)
SPDIF out and optical out port
Two RJ-45 (Gigabit Ethernet) ports (number depends on MB)
Four USB 2.0 ports (number depends on MB)

Top panel:
15 in 1 multi-card reader
One IEEE1394 port
Two USB 2.0 ports
One 1/8" microphone jack
One 1/8" headphone jack

Optional audio cards:
Creative Audio Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer
Creative Audio Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional
Features

Speaker and Headphone connections: Stereo to 7.1 (Line Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks)
Flexijack: Line In / Microphone In / Digital Out / Digital I/O via shared 3.5mm mini jack
Auxiliary Line level Input: 4-pin Molex connector
Expansion slots
3 PCIe x16 slots (The two blue PCIe x16 slots operate with a full compliment of 16 PCI Express lanes, while the third white slot operates with only 8)
1 PCIe x1 slot
2 PCI v2.2 slots

Operating System and Software
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Security
Security
AVG Anti-Virus

Productivity
Adobe® Reader®
Microsoft® Office Pro 2007
Microsoft® Office Small Business Edition 2007
Microsoft® Office Basic

Burning
CyberLink DVDPlay
PowerProducer
Power2Go

Size and weight
Height: 598.64 mm (23.5 inches)
Width: 266.96 mm (9 inches)
Length: 557.23 mm (22 inches)
Weight (full configuration): 72 pounds (32.659 kg)

I wonder how much it's going to cost...
 
I thought they already said it'd start at $2500, or something like that. A good deal cheaper than a Voodoo, but still... god damn.

You know, that kind of looks like a space heater
 
I never quite understood why people buy these things when you can build your own system with the same specs for about half of what this will probably cost.
 

Nabs

Member
the case design is amazing, but i dont have that kind of money to spend on a computer just yet.
 
AltogetherAndrews said:
I thought they already said it'd start at $2500, or something like that. A good deal cheaper than a Voodoo, but still... god damn.

You know, that kind of looks like a space heater

That's not a bad price, I spent about that much on my Dell XPS 3 years ago... Are they going to sell it in retail stores like Circuit City or just online? If I can get my work discount on it then it's copped!
 
It looks really nice(I want a case like that) but building is always better. However this is a great system to if you have the money just for looks alone.
 
SlaughterX said:
That's not a bad price, I spent about that much on my Dell XPS 3 years ago... Are they going to sell it in retail stores like Circuit City or just online? If I can get my work discount on it then it's copped!

I'd imagine these are basically the retail efforts, with Voodoo line being there for the higher end of custom PCs.
 

Lo-Volt

Member
SlaughterX said:
I'm guessing that price is for just the desktop?

It usually is.

At the very least, it's good HP is doing this now and not, say, three or four years ago, when their aesthetic stance was much more offensive than it is today. The Blackbird actually looks physically attractive, though the fact that it weighs 72 pounds makes me wonder how it'd look in person. It's, if anything, much classier than the oft-reported XPS 420, and it carries more interesting detail than the also-polarizing XPS 700 series of overpriced big maker hardware.
 
Teknopathetic said:
AMD 6000+ over Core 2 Duo makes this fail instantly.

Are you kidding me? That's over 6000 versus 2, maybe 4 if you interpret "2 Duo" a little creatively.

It's no fucking contest. Take a math course.
 

alexh

Member
wow, this makes me want to play PC games again.

Those specs, coincidentally, have made my pants tighter.
 

calder

Member
Other than the base, I actually don't mind that case. And this is coming from a guy who hates 99.98% of all custom looking tower cases on site.
 

alexh

Member
Hey I have a question for anyone familiar with this..

Are there games out there that fully utilize hyper-threading ( dual processing )? From what I understood, games used one channel, background used the other.
 

Sol..

I am Wayne Brady.
The case looks hot.


I don't typically build my own pcs. people say it's cheaper, but if i whore new egg and tiger direct steals i still come out behind. What sites do yall use to come out ahead?
 

SleazyC

Member
The base for this thing is rock solid apparently. According to HP the stand can support 600lbs.
The stand can also support up to 600 pounds, allowing users to stand on the system or set a couple concrete blocks on it.
Not sure why the hell you would need it to withstand that kind of weight though...
 

Recoil

Member
SleazyC said:
The base for this thing is rock solid apparently. According to HP the stand can support 600lbs.

Not sure why the hell you would need it to withstand that kind of weight though...

Have you seen the average PC gamer lately? :D
 

Crayon Shinchan

Aquafina Fanboy
Looked at the video...

the case really is a thing of beauty. I'd like to buy it seperately if at all possible.

Then mod it with sound dampening material.

It's also the mercedes S class in terms of PC cases; these are innovations that eventually filter down to their mainstream cases, so it's not nearly a wasted investment for them.

The ability to mount a monitor to the side of the beast is also pretty neat. It's probably also the main reason for it to withstand so much weight.

Mount a 40" 1080p LCD TV on it and it should be pretty good to go.
 

Jaagen

Member
Mr. Pointy said:
Just gimme the case.

I'm with you there.

It's nice to see that the big companies try, and this looks like a real competitor to the XPS. I will not buy it, like most people here, because it's most likely going to be overpriced, but I have to admit that it looks like they've(HP) done a pretty good job on this one. I wonder how a laptop based on this would look.
 

Crayon Shinchan

Aquafina Fanboy
I'd really like to know how much this sucker costs.

Maybe buy the low end model so I can get the case, then upgrade myself over time. That's the ticket.
 
Long as there's a cheaper version no more than $2,500 I am cool, I can always add to it over time, I just want it to run Crysis well out of the box...
 
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