Comments on: BlackBird: HP’s new Gaming PC

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:37:57 +0000

HP should have first consulted the hardcore modders/gamers before building this one.
ATI’s 2900XT video card is already old and power hungry at 800Watts!
The fever that’s eating up the above folks are now nVidia’s 8800GTX and ATI’s 3870 X2 video cards. Water-cooled rigs are already employed 2 years ago by same bunch of people.

If I have a $ 5,000….I wouldn’t buy that kind of rig….I’ll build my own that will make the latest games of 2008 like I’m already in the year 2020!

By: earl jam

earl jam — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 03:30:14 +0000

Nice pc! But with that price tag, I’d rather buy a Gibson Les Paul, a set of effects, and an awesome amp.

By: algor

algor — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:49:31 +0000

good specs, but i can buy my own parts (cheaper,faster plus hp= full of crap ware), 2x ati 2900xt 1gb crossfire, amd 6200 ohh crap cant wait :O and just bellow $$$ 2k

By: Aiza

Aiza — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 14:58:54 +0000

looks like darth vader’s ship’s central computer. really pricey pa. nyerk!

By: jhay

jhay — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:47:25 +0000

Awesome!!! But at $5K?! I’d rather spend it on an authentic Alienware system instead.

By: issai

issai — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:47:45 +0000

i won’t buy it for that price! dude $5000??!! are they kidding me?? it’s not the specs that make it this expensive, i mean, it’s the other “features” that make it expensive.

i got a gaming pc which is also HP but much much cheaper than this one. the blackbird may have better cooling and more ports, but looking at the specs, seems like normal. check out my gaming pc, less than half the price of the blackbird (around $1500 total plus monitor). http://www.ladygadfly.com/blog/?p=159

it’s all marketing… you wouldn’t want to buy this for $5000 and by 2 year it’s already obsolete.

By: pao

pao — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:59:51 +0000

*wipes drool off chin*
that looks yummy.

By: sylv3rblade

sylv3rblade — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:03:51 +0000

It’s probably the next best thing you can buy to a full-fledged server-although with AMD’s new Barcelona you’d probably feel ripped off with that– although it’s quite flashy. No wait, pricey too. I like my PC’s cheap or efficient or both. Here’s my current choices:
Fujitsu’s Lifebook U
Asus EEE

By: Kiven

Kiven — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:21:16 +0000

Question would be the price as you can definitely get the same performance by building it yourself for less

By: franz

franz — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:13:22 +0000

totally insane!