Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Video: Motherboards.org show off high-end gaming machine featuring the GIGABYTE G1.Sniper

Motherboards.org and Elric are back. After teasing us with a stack of high-end PC gaming hardware a few weeks ago, Elric returns with the rig all pieced together. And what a rig it is! Estimated at costing somewhere in the region of $4000 bucks, this monster is based around our renowned GIGABYTE G1.Sniper motherboard which packs a range of high-end features that are guaranteed to whet the extreme gaming appetite; a dedicated E2100 network chip from Bigfoot Networks, a Creative Soundblaster X-Fi Digital audio processor and support for 3-way SLI and Crossfire X graphics.

Here's a breakdown of everything inside this monster:

Thermaltake Level 10GT Full Tower Case ($250)
Thermaltake Toughpower 1350W PSU ($350)
Gigabyte G1.Sniper ATX Motherboard ($400)
Swiftech H20-X20 Edge Liquid Cooling Kit ($290)
Intel i7-990X 6-Core CPU (OC to 4.2GHz) ($1,000)
ASUS GTX 590 3GB Video Card ($750)
12GB Kingston HyperX Black DDR3 1600MHz ($100)
Intel 510 Series 250GB SSD ($580)
Western Digital 1TB Black HDD ($75)
ASUS BW-12B1ST Blu-Ray Drive ($100)
Lamptron FC2 ($35)
Kingston HyperX Fan ($25)
Windows 7 Professional OEM ($120)

Total Cost - $4075

Cheer once again to Motherboards.org and Elric

To check the first part of the video, click here.

For G1.Sniper specs and details, go here.

To read this blog Chinese (中文版), click here.

1 comment:

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