This series of posts isn’t revealing any ‘earth shattering’ news, but for completeness, I thought HPGB should cover all the latest hardware available from VoodooPC. In this first post, we’re covering the Omen.
Desktops
As VoodooPC fans will know, they offer three base sku’s in their desktop range; the omen, hexx and the aria.
Voodoo simplify things in a way I wish more retail outlets would do, instead of comparing their systems based on price and components, they talk about systems being optimised for different purposes. It’s ironic that Voodoo’s audience is probably the one that least needs this sort of simplification.
Omen
The Omen desktop is the ‘top of the line’ machine in the VoodooPC range.
It’s optimised for gaming, digital content creation and as a digital media centre.
It’s price starts at US$5800 and will range over US$10,000 depending on your choice of components.
Back in November 2006 the Omen won the Ultimate Game Machine competition in the Games for Windows magazine.
ExtremeTech also had a pretty favorable review of that machine. “It’s clearly built with craftsmanship and care, and it’s damn near the fastest shipping PC we’ve ever laid eyes on.”
While the components available for the Omen will have changed drastically since these 2006 reviews, you can be sure that the engingeering, quality control and other production processes behind these machines won’t have.
I’ve never owned a boutique PC, but from what people are saying, if you buy the Omen, you’ll know that you’re getting more than just a white-box system off the shelf from your local store.
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