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[Scott]

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After furnishing its latest machines with fresh Ivy Bridge processors, Velocity Micro has decided to tend to its high-performance gaming machines. The desktop's Overdrive BigBlock GTX promises to be "the new benchmark for extreme speed and luxury." It reckons it accomplishes this with a Core i7 3960X processor, "hyperclocked" to 4.6GHz, 32GB of quad-channel memory, three (yes, three) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 graphics cards in Tri-SLI and two SDDs backed up with a weighty 2TB hard drive. The machines will also get treated to a splash of sports car-style paint, aiming to mirror the likes of Ferrari and BMW. Naturally, all that top-drawer tech corresponds to a similarly top-drawer price tag. The gaming rigs start from $8,000, which helps soften the blow of another recent product launch.

$8,000 yikes..
Think it's possible to build something just as good for less than that?

[mr.d]

Sounds a little bit overkill? I mean both specs and price!

[Waffles]

Only a true hardcore rich gamer would purchase this incredibly overpriced PC.

[Scott]

It would be cool to say you have it and show it off. But really, Waffles is right - Either a LAN party junkie (who would probably build their own anyways) or some rich techie that just wants another toy.

[mr.d]

I think for 8K I would rather build it myself, not only will you be sure that you have the best but you will also have the satisfaction of assembling it... or breaking it