New Commodore gaming rig details sail into view

Mike Bantick
Friday, 16 March 2007 07:03

Opinion and Analysis

As previously mentioned, Commodore, the darling of Eighties home computing are dipping their oars into the mainstream market again.  Here are the specifications.
At the CeBit 2007 show in Germany, Commodore branded computers are due to hit the stage.

Four different models have been announced, Cg, Cgs, Cgx and Cxx.  All four provide a range of requirements with the Cxx being described as the “extreme specification model”

Excitingly for those with out confidence to modify their computer casing themselves, each PC can be custom modified with a range of schemes and artwork right from the ordering stage.  Known as “C=kins” some of the designs will feature not only external looks, but also multi-coloured internal LED lights.

Specifications for the Cxx model are;

Processor: IntelR CoreT2 Extreme quad-core processor QX6700, 2.66 8M Cache
Motherboard: ASUSR P5N32-E nForce 680i SLI
Hard drive/Storage: 2x 150Gb 10000 Rpm Sata Raid 0, 1x 500Gb 7200 Rpm Sata
Memory:, 4 Gb Corsair Dominator twin2x2048-8500C5D, 1066MHz
I/O: 7in1 cardreader; (Front) USBx2 Firewire x 1 HeadPhone x 1 MicroPhone x 1
Optical: Philips DVDRW
Power Supply: 1000W ICE Cube PSU
Audio: CreativeR SoundBlaster X-Fi
Graphics: 2x nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB
OS: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate