| Although laptops are quickly replacing the PC in | | | | 3 GB DDR expandable RAM you'll have more than |
| homes around the world, gaming desktops | | | | enough capacity for all your favorite MMORPG's. |
| continue to dominate in the world of computing | | | | The two Nvidia GTX 295 graphics cards, |
| entertainment. One reason for this is the massive | | | | however, allow you to do it in full resolution, taking |
| hardware that these high-performance machines | | | | advantage of the Blu-ray disc burner and the |
| require and occasional need for upgrading and | | | | DVDrw drive. |
| expansion. Take, for instance, the Maingear Shift. | | | | This middle-ground computer is also overclocked |
| Its Extreme Edition has an abundantly powerful | | | | from 2.93 GHz up to 3.6 GHz. The Core i7-940 |
| 3.3 GHz Intel i7-975 has been overclocked at 3.98 | | | | processor is obviously plenty fast and it's backed |
| GHz, which could be due to a TB hard drive and | | | | by two one hundred and fifty GB hard drives and |
| two 80 GB solid-state drives. 6 GB of DDR3 | | | | three GB of DDR3 expandable memory as well. |
| expandable RAM help to optimize the three ATI | | | | The one TB HDD is slightly smaller than the |
| Radeon 5870 graphics cards, which also have | | | | previous entry but the two Nvidia GTX 295 |
| another GB of expandable DDR5. All of this | | | | graphics cards make up for it and service the |
| makes for superior gaming, but the experience | | | | Blu-Ray disc burner and DVDrw drives. Another |
| continues with fully optimized Blu-Ray viewing as | | | | 64-bit system, this desktop operates on Windows |
| well as DVDrw compatibility. | | | | Vista Home Premium System. |
| As the market leader, you'd expect everything to | | | | For the more frugal gamer, the iBuypower Gamer |
| be up-to-date, so this 64-bit computer runs | | | | Haf 9 SE desktop is priced at a very affordable |
| Windows 7 Ultimate Edition. Finally, the Extreme | | | | 1100, the least expensive of all the gaming |
| Edition retails for around seven thousand and one | | | | desktops on the market right now. |
| hundred dollars, but you can get the basic model | | | | Even at this much lower price point, you still get a |
| for as low as twenty two thousand dollars, | | | | 2.66 GHz Intel i5-750 processor and 4 GB DDR |
| though it won't perform quite the same way. | | | | expandable RAM. With the 80 GB solid-state drive |
| The 'Gamer Xtreme' XE tower from Cyberpower | | | | and 1 TB hard drive, though, this computer is far |
| is a perfect middle ground unit coming it around | | | | from inferior. Two ATI Radeon HD 5870 graphics |
| twenty nine thousand dollars. The 2.93 GHz Core | | | | cards, each with 1 GB DDR5 expandable RAM |
| i7-940 processor is overclocked at 3.6 GHz, | | | | easily support the BD-ROM/DVDrw drive, and the |
| making it plenty fast enough to compete online, | | | | 64-bit system smoothly operates Windows 7 |
| but with a 1TB HDD, two 150 GB hard drives and | | | | Home Premium. |