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post #21 of 48
9/8/06 at 10:00am
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Originally Posted by durden500
Really?? Do you think they would? I haven't ever said anything negative about Voodoo with the possible exception of the above line where I said "I couldn't care less about Rahul Sood" And I wrote Paul Stood. I really thought that was his name, before I edited it.

Well, whatever! If you have to practice North Korean tactics to keep your bubble a "happy place" then, maybe you ought to think about that Mr. Sood!
I am quickly talking myself out of wanting your business bro.

Make me think otherwise......

It's probably just a screw up. I'm sure you somehow got blocked by accident. When someone posts something on their forums they don't like, they IP ban the poster and delete the post or strings. Unfortunately, this means unless you're there when one of these issues is being addressed, they'll disappear before you can read them. They constantly say they don't ban posters or delete strings, but every string I took part in over there was deleted, even the one in which he posted my real name after I complained about it here at NBF. He said he deleted the stuff out of respect for me, but I disagree... He did it to save embarrassment of having someone else show he's posted personal and private information on his forums about customers or forum members. Not a good trait in a business owner...

Email them and I'm sure they'll make sure you can get in. There are some hardcore Voodoo followers over there, some with several machines, so they can't be all bad...?

Falcon Northwest is the way to go if you don't mind the cost. Their machines are excellent, and their support is second to nobody. They are very expensive, but you get what you pay for. They even have a deal with Smooth to provide custom paint...
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post #22 of 48
9/8/06 at 10:03am
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post #23 of 48
9/8/06 at 10:04am
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Originally Posted by Vicious_CB
So what exacly makes this desktop worth $13,636?

http://www.voodoopc.com/system/quote...productID=1090

I do hope that case is made outta gold

It's gold plated...

I wonder what the hardware costs are compared to their final price...?
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post #24 of 48
9/8/06 at 10:15am
Voodoos are really nice, but they price knocks me out. A similar system from Voodoo is almost always close to a 50%-100% more than an Alienware. Falcons are way expensive too.

I can't say anything about the quality as I've never owned either. But they sure are pretty. They appear to be solid systems. The owners I've read about seem to very satisifed with them. Maybe one day I'll spring for an Envy.

Yes. Their Muthaboard is very, very slow.

In my opinion, I'm not sure if it is always a good idea for the owner of a company to be so involved with the customer from a non-technical standpoint. Especially when said owner is as opinionated as Rahul Sood. It's great to see an owner involved with the product and ensuring the customer is treated like gold, but sometimes he gets too personal on his blog and message board. Although I do enjoy reading it. LOL

I'm not saying he is not a smart guy, in fact I think he is a very smart guy with a lot of knowledge of his industry. I have a lot of respect for the man. I just see it as a turn off to some potential customers.
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post #25 of 48
9/8/06 at 11:04am
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Falcon Northwest is the way to go if you don't mind the cost. Their machines are excellent, and their support is second to nobody. They are very expensive, but you get what you pay for. They even have a deal with Smooth to provide custom paint...
I'd probably get the FNW over the Voodoo if I was ever in the ultra high end PC market...but then again if that's the case, I'd just get an ALX.
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post #26 of 48
9/8/06 at 8:25pm
Thread Starter 
All good points guys, I'm learning lots. Sometimes I think some of us should just throw down our name badges and put half of what we have into our own company. Can you imagine what our collective minds could come up with if we started up a shop? We'd rock!! Hammer, Maxrule, Yang, myself and others...

Who else better to craft the perfect work of art, computer of the future, and all around gaming god, then us?!!

Think about it guys..... I'll tell work I'm not coming in Monday if you will....
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post #27 of 48
9/8/06 at 8:48pm
Thread Starter 
This is turning into a rather interesting thread!!

I checked out Maingear and configured this out.

Customizations:
Exterior Automotive Color: Inferno Red $299.00
Front and Side Windows: Front and Side Windows
Power Supply: Seasonic SLI Extreme Gaming Edition- S12-600W
Motherboard: ASUS P5W DH DELUXE/WIFI-AP
Processor: X6800 Core 2 Extreme Edition
CPU Cooling: Zalman Ultra Quiet CNPS9500 LED 92mm CPU Cooler w/ Copper Base $99.99
Memory: Mushkin 2GB PC6400 DDR2 w/ Heat Spreaders $235.63
Do you want us to overclock your CPU?: YES
Hard Drive One: Western Digital Raptor Enterprise 150GB 10K RPM 16MB Cache - SATA $262.49
Hard Drive Two: Western Digital Raptor Enterprise 150GB 10K RPM 16MB Cache - SATA $379.99
Flash Card Reader: 7-in-1 Internal USB 2.0 Card Reader w/ Floppy Drive - Black
Optical Drive One: 16X Dual Layer DVD±RW Drive w/ LightScribe Technology - black
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1900 XTX PCIe 512MB GDDR3 $-714.50
Do you want us to overclock your GPU?: NO
Sound Card: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi™ Fatal1ty FPS $279.99
Network Card: Integrated Gigabit Network Card
Security Software: FREE! eTrust™ EZ Antivirus
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Keyboard: Logitech® Media Keyboard
Mouse: Logitech® Optical Mouse
Warranty: 1 Year Maingear Warranty $-148.00
Product Subtotal: $5,134.25

Another nice looking box. I'm still on the fence though.... Where's the front intake on this guy? Is all the air brought in from the side fan? It's a 120mm but still, I think I'll keep looking.
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post #28 of 48
9/8/06 at 9:13pm
I currently have an ALX on order, but that hasn't stopped me from looking at other places. Velocity Micro caught my eye. Voodoo is out of the question due to their extreme pricing-components ratio. When I am buying a high end PC I want a case that I can use to upgrade. Alienware, FNW and VM all have cases that are very large, which is what I like.
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post #29 of 48
9/8/06 at 9:54pm
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Originally Posted by durden500
Do you want us to overclock your CPU?: YES

Do you want us to overclock your GPU?: NO

Thats awsome....
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post #30 of 48
9/9/06 at 1:58am
Cooler Master cases are my favorites style wise , especially this one ..

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17...?tl=g1c7#blank

Add a nice etched window and that'd be what I would get . Of course it's an older design so it probably would not meet the requirements you have in a new case .

As for other vendors I'd go with Falcon NW if money is not an issue . also I've heard that widow pc makes decent rigs .

http://www.widowpc.com/

Whatever you decide on in the end good luck my friend , when you get it built post some pics and a review
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post #31 of 48
9/10/06 at 7:21am
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Originally Posted by OD-BLOODED-1
Cooler Master cases are my favorites style wise , especially this one ..

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/17...?tl=g1c7#blank

Add a nice etched window and that'd be what I would get . Of course it's an older design so it probably would not meet the requirements you have in a new case .

As for other vendors I'd go with Falcon NW if money is not an issue . also I've heard that widow pc makes decent rigs .

http://www.widowpc.com/

Whatever you decide on in the end good luck my friend , when you get it built post some pics and a review

I'd stay away from widowpc. In fact I'd be willing to bet the link to them will disappear soon. Read the review of a widow desktop at [H]ardOCP to see what the company is like. It's basically a one man front that ships cheap systems from a company in the midwest somewhere, and you have no guarantee the system you get is what you ordered...

They've made a name for themselves by bashing other companies, especially Alienware with false claims and outright lies on their website.

I'd get a Dell before I'd get a WidowPC...
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post #32 of 48
9/10/06 at 11:36am
Thread Starter 
Wow, Hammer would buy Dell before WindowPC.....! Well, forget them I will. Thanks for the heads up Hammer!!



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post #33 of 48
9/10/06 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
I'd stay away from widowpc. In fact I'd be willing to bet the link to them will disappear soon. Read the review of a widow desktop at [H]ardOCP to see what the company is like. It's basically a one man front that ships cheap systems from a company in the midwest somewhere, and you have no guarantee the system you get is what you ordered...

They've made a name for themselves by bashing other companies, especially Alienware with false claims and outright lies on their website.

I'd get a Dell before I'd get a WidowPC...


I did not know that , thank you Hammer . I'll stay away from them as well .
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post #34 of 48
9/17/06 at 10:40am
Thread Starter 
Hmmm....
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post #35 of 48
9/18/06 at 10:00am
Yeah, Widow PC appears determined to trash it's competitors like Voodoo and Alienware. I'd stay away from a company that went out of the way to trash the competition.
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post #36 of 48
9/18/06 at 10:51pm
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Originally Posted by Metal-Box
Yeah, Widow PC appears determined to trash it's competitors like Voodoo and Alienware. I'd stay away from a company that went out of the way to trash the competition.

I've never heard of an AW employee trashing other companies?
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post #37 of 48
9/19/06 at 7:56am
I meant that Widow PC trashes Voodoo and Alienware. Not that Alienware trashes anyone. That came out wrong.
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post #38 of 48
9/25/06 at 9:02am
Thread Starter 
Hey I'm back....... I'm thinking about building from the ground up!! I've looked and looked and I'm still looking!!! I kind of fell in love with this case last night. I really like it in all aspects except the lame writing all over it. I think I'll bring in Smooth on this one if I get it. What do you think??






I have a Fatal1ty mobo in my Alien and it works great. I get very good overclocks with it!! This box, by Zalman, looks good and is really solid. Good cooling too, from what I can see and read.
I'd have to have it painted though. I wouldn't want to have "Fatal1ty" and his random quotes all over the box. Talk about a stupid thing to do to an otherwise great looking case.
LL
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post #39 of 48
9/25/06 at 9:14am
does that case support phase/cooling? you may want to look into that. if you want advice talk to hunt3r... i would also recommend you checking out Yankee's PC... http://www.straferight.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=168078
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post #40 of 48
9/25/06 at 9:14am
Thread Starter 
Oh hey btw, I came across this beast in my search, wtf is it?? Talk about cooling!!





It's kind of cool and kind of obsurde all in the same breath!
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