Video-Card Maker Gets Into PC Gaming, Brings Along Concierge
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Launching a high-end gaming PC system in the middle of the worst economic period in the last 25 years doesn’t seem like a smart move. But the people in charge of video card-maker BFG Technologies are trying to beat the odds by offering an interesting value incentive we hadn’t heard of before.
They’re offering a personal concierge service for the system. Massage anyone?
It’s true (but not the massage). BFG’s new Phobos system is set up at your house by an expert technician, and he or she can transfer files, clean out your old rig, and probably even fluff the pillows. The system comes with a full warranty for a year and the concierge visits the baby twice during that time. It also has 24/7 tech support.
As for system itself, it is nice and large but not anything that would blow your mind. It’s packed with a 3.2GHz Core i7 965 Extreme Edition processors (X58 chipset), double NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 GPUs, and two slot-loading optical drives, including a Blu-ray. It also has a built-in iPod dock (that’s new), firewire and eSATA (duh), four Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB hard drives and CoolIt’s Domino system liquid cooling.
As for the gaming intimidation factor, the separate power source LCD panel is probably the one thing about the chassis that’s most notable. It runs on Linux and displays all of the relevant system benchmarks.
The Phobos system is available starting on the 19th of this month, at $3000 all the way to the Elite $8000. There’s no word on whether the concierge will leave a mint on top of the case.
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