Now that's the bad boy I'd want to have in my possession... Modular design; mineral oil cooling; PCIe architecture (auto sync of newly installed components); and so on.
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Concept project Christine by Razer.
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I was looking at this yesterday. It's a excellent concept and looks pretty bad ass. One thing I would like to see changed is to put the male pins on the modules instead of the backbone. I would think it would be easier to send back a module for bent pins rather than the backbone.
Whenever this is put out frankly I think it's going to be way too overpriced for people to be using. I think once price decreases, the people who are a bit squeamish about building their own compuiters will finally be able to. Frankly, if it's affordable enough I might even pick it up. It'd be much easier to clean than my current PC, while putting in parts isn't too big of a pain in the ass, gotta admit it'd be nice to not have to break out a screw driver everytime I wanted to upgrade something.
Frankly it's a brilliant idea, I just hope that whenever it releases its' going to be priced intelligently. It won't though, we are talking about razer after all.
Frankly it's a brilliant idea, I just hope that whenever it releases its' going to be priced intelligently. It won't though, we are talking about razer after all.
First off, you won't have to clean it - it doesn't have a single fan, so there should be minimal dust collection. Secondly, the only problem with this concept I see is motherboard's form-factor. It will take time for MB manufacturers to start stamping PCIe P'n'P motherboards.
And pricing might be ridiculous in the beginning, but it should drop down to normal pretty fast. Apple already offered familiar solution with their Mac Pro (design sucks though - who would wanna have a dildo like that on their desk?)
The new Apple iGarbageDisposal.
If my computer explodes entirely, I might get that instead should it be affordable, as Ant said. However, if it comes between going through thermal-pasting my CPU and rescrewing it in while pulling my hair out, and spending several thousand on this? I'll have to stick with my confusing but tried and true motherboard.
It's too big of a jump with no carry-over for current PC gamers, and hell knows how much those "mineral oil cooled" pieces will be priced at. I don't think any gamer wants to be holding onto their potentially non-compatible and multi-hundred dollar RAM cards that don't work on Razer's new Christmas tree.
If my computer explodes entirely, I might get that instead should it be affordable, as Ant said. However, if it comes between going through thermal-pasting my CPU and rescrewing it in while pulling my hair out, and spending several thousand on this? I'll have to stick with my confusing but tried and true motherboard.
It's too big of a jump with no carry-over for current PC gamers, and hell knows how much those "mineral oil cooled" pieces will be priced at. I don't think any gamer wants to be holding onto their potentially non-compatible and multi-hundred dollar RAM cards that don't work on Razer's new Christmas tree.
Good point about the fans, didn't think about it.
I don't see price dropping on this for a long time. The parts themselves are going to be probably very pricey, especially those in which have to be modified to fit into this thing. Ontop of everything as I said above it's Razer, very few things they have are priced competitively, especially something they'll be having a monopoly on. Time will tell if this thing isn't ridiculous, I hope it isn't because it'd get more people using PCs.
I really don't see how their project is going to work very well. I'm sure the cooling will be an issue with the modular design, failure wise. Can you imagine the latency between certain components? (If cpu/ram are just modules)
Everything you want has to come though them, dem markups. You're probably going to have a hard time upgrading/repairing down the road or once the concept busts.
I really don't see the point in going with them over a company that sells prebuilts, I'm sure even that would be cheaper than the product they're suggesting.
Not going to lie, yes it seems pretty cool. But given the likely cost and the closed economy I don't think it would be worth it.
Everything you want has to come though them, dem markups. You're probably going to have a hard time upgrading/repairing down the road or once the concept busts.
I really don't see the point in going with them over a company that sells prebuilts, I'm sure even that would be cheaper than the product they're suggesting.
Not going to lie, yes it seems pretty cool. But given the likely cost and the closed economy I don't think it would be worth it.
Liquid/mineral cooling will be built into each module. This system will be cooler than winter in Michigan.
According to Razer, the rack will have buses which would allow data exchange on blazing speeds.
Well, as I said, it will take time for modular PCs to become a new standard (meaning that hardware vendors will be producing modular components). Once it happens, though, it will be awesome.
Awesome idea, but it'll take a while to implement. I'd like to see how other companies will use this idea.
Of course it'll be expensive at first, especially it being razer and all, but it'll be exciting once the price goes down.
Computers are meant to be bought for their specs, utility, and capability, not their aesthetic appeal.
How much do you look at your computer case right now? The majority of people will put this under their desk anyways.
It's that or a traditional rectangle. I don't see why they're getting so much flak for it. It's not like you're going to be buying it, anyways.
Of course it'll be expensive at first, especially it being razer and all, but it'll be exciting once the price goes down.
Computers are meant to be bought for their specs, utility, and capability, not their aesthetic appeal.
How much do you look at your computer case right now? The majority of people will put this under their desk anyways.
It's that or a traditional rectangle. I don't see why they're getting so much flak for it. It's not like you're going to be buying it, anyways.
Have you seen movie "Jobs"? No? Watch it. You'll realize that one of the reasons Macs have been so popular since 90x is because of their appearance.
Yeah, their laptops. If someone is buying a $4,000 Mac Pro, I'll bet they don't really care about the design. It's a pretty plain case.
Nope. I'm talking about all Apple products. Starting with the first Macintosh that turned the industry upside down in 1984 and made it possible for desktops to be they way you see them today.
I'll restate again. Their laptops (in the computer branch) are so popular because of their appearance.
More than likely, someone who is buying a Mac Pro is a power user, not a casual one. Yeah, casual consumers will care about aesthetics.
A power user is much more likely to value the specs and capability over aesthetics.
If someone is shelling out for a Mac Pro, it's for a specific reason, not a general want for a computer / laptop.
That reason would be A) good hardware + B) mac operating system out of the box.
So essentially, a media professional or someone who works in the field and needs the hardware. Most other fields would probably just use a powerful Windows machine.
You think they're going to buy or not buy a Mac Pro simply because of the appearance? No.
The specs, operating system, and Mac-specific industry software are what's selling it. And it won't even matter.
They're going to be staring at their (probably) Mac 27" monitor, not their computer case.
It hardly matters. Given the Mac's specs, it looks like it will be pretty good. I personally won't buy it, but I'm willing to bet that UofSC's media department will in the future, and the computer case will be under the desks, like usual.
How are they going to cool a gpu off in a tiny enclosed space with no radiator?
Why would they want to lose the ability to massively mark up prices with a proprietary system? Even if they do license it out, they could add price stipulations.
