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HP Firebird with Voodoo DNA


$1,799.00 Released January, 2009

Product Shot 1 The Pros:Extremely compact - easily placed in tight quarters, great for LAN parties. Created for silent operation - thermal conscious design + water cooling. Hot swappable disk drives.

The Cons:5400RPM disk drives - far from high end. Limited upgradability - components are all custom built for eachother/enclosure. Expensive - limited value for the price.

The HP Firebird with VoodooDNA is a high performance gaming PC and is the successor to HP's Blackbird 002.  The Firebird with VoodooDNA comes in two models - the 802 PC and the more advanced 803 PC.

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Product Shot 2  Both systems feature an Intel Core 2 Quad Processor, 4GB of DDR2 memory and dual NVIDIA GeForce 9800S graphics cards in SLI configuration for intense HD graphics.  They also include dual hot-swappable hard drives, 250GB each in the 802 PC and 320 GB each in the 803 PC, and a variety of ports including an HDMI port for connection to an HDTV.  The 803 PC offers additional performance features such as a slot-loading Blu-ray player, Bluetooth and WiFi connectivity, and a Creative Labs audio card which the 802 PC model lacks.  Like the Blackbird 002, the Firebird is designed with an aluminum case and a Voodoo factory-sealed liquid cooling system to keep the system quiet.  The system comes with an HP wireless optical mouse and low-profile keyboard and has a 1 year limited warranty. 

HP Firebird 802 - MSRP $1799 & up

  • 2.66GHz Intel Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9400
  • Hot-swappable 500GB dual hard drives (2 x 250GB)
  • Slim, slot-loading DVD±R/RW drive
  • 6MB L2 Cache

HP Firebird 803 - MSRP $2099 & up

  • 2.83GHz Intel Core™ 2 Quad Processor Q9550
  • Hot-swappable 640GB dual hard drives (2 x 320GB)
  • Slot-load Blu-ray player & SuperMulti DVD burner
  • 12MB L2 Cache 
  • Creative Labs X-Fi Mini PCI audio card
  • Bluetooth connectivity
  • 802.11b/g WLAN

Common to Both Models:

  • Dual NVIDIA GeForce 9800S graphics cards in SLI
  • 4GB DDR2 memory
  • Factory-sealed liquid cooling system
  • External 350W power supply
  • 5:1 memory card reader
  • Ports: 6 x USB, 1 x Firewire, 2 x eSATA, 1 x HDMI out, 1 x DVI-I out
  • Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit edition, SP1
  • HP wireless optical mouse and low-profile keyboard
  • 1 year limited warranty

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    extremely compact - easily placed in tight quarters, great for LAN parties

  • 1

    created for silent operation - thermal conscious design + water cooling

  • 1

    hot swappable disk drives

  • 1

    powerful CPU

  • 1

    Liquid Cooled

Cons
  • 3

    5400RPM disk drives - far from high end

  • 2

    limited upgradability - components are all custom built for eachother/enclosure

  • 2

    expensive - limited value for the price

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    older graphics and RAM

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    both models share the same graphics and memory

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    so over-hyped

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