Sunday, March 22nd 2009
Smoothcreations Unveils Limited Series Reaper i7 Value PCs
Smoothcreations, a leading manufacturer of Custom PC gaming systems, desktop workstations, and Laptops, introduced today, in collaboration with Tweaktown, are proud to announce the Smoothcreations "Reaper i7" value series.
Stop showing up to Lan parties with gaming rigs that look like they were all bought at the same store. Turn heads, and then shred them with the Reaper i7 value series. The first kick ass mid size chassis from Silverstone with performance PC from Smooth Creations.
The Ultimate LAN party system: The Smooth Creations Reaper i7 value series was designed to intimidate, perform and back up every piece of trash talk you fling at your gaming buddies. Plus, the best part of Reaper system was it's custom specs. Our builders worked closely with Gaming Guru, Cameron Wilmot of Tweaktown, BFG, Corsair Memory, Intel and Silverstone to make this system - an ass kicking system that can deliver smoking benchmarks, immersive HD gaming effects without breaking the bank account. Design to perform, this system will be every game title's nightmare.
These custom painted gaming beasts deliver the graphics-shredding processing power you need to conquer your next LAN event. Powered with BFG's Geforce 280 GTX, these cards take no prisoners to the next LAN. If you don't own the Reaper i7 system with BFG Geforce 280's get ready to get your ass kicked playing WoW.
"The Reaper i7 vs design makes it easy to go to those LAN parties without having to lug heavy pc equipment around", Mario Gastelum, Product Marketing.
The "Reaper i7 VS models are stacked with Intel Core i7 940 CPU and a tasty choice of Geforce 280 GTX's SLI configurations. Be rest assured that not only will you have a screaming looking case - but a serious war gaming machine that will get you the highest frame rates playing Crysis, Left for dead or Far Cry 2.
"Every Reaper i7 vs system is custom painted and serialized", Mario Gastelum. We don't outsource our painted artwork like some of our competitors - by sending their customers pc cases to a car paint shop, Smoothcreations maintains inhouse our own design team.
The beautiful design and artwork is only rivaled by it's modular design. For those whom want simply an awesome personalized pc at a price they can afford, The "Reaper i7" makes sense. Rick Lee, Product Manager for Topower.
Availability
The Smoothcreations Reaper i7 are available for immediate delivery, and custom artwork designs, configurations, and upgrades are available. Each "Reaper i7 pc is custom painted and serialized with a limited production run of 50 units world wide.
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Stop showing up to Lan parties with gaming rigs that look like they were all bought at the same store. Turn heads, and then shred them with the Reaper i7 value series. The first kick ass mid size chassis from Silverstone with performance PC from Smooth Creations.
These custom painted gaming beasts deliver the graphics-shredding processing power you need to conquer your next LAN event. Powered with BFG's Geforce 280 GTX, these cards take no prisoners to the next LAN. If you don't own the Reaper i7 system with BFG Geforce 280's get ready to get your ass kicked playing WoW.
"The Reaper i7 vs design makes it easy to go to those LAN parties without having to lug heavy pc equipment around", Mario Gastelum, Product Marketing.
The "Reaper i7 VS models are stacked with Intel Core i7 940 CPU and a tasty choice of Geforce 280 GTX's SLI configurations. Be rest assured that not only will you have a screaming looking case - but a serious war gaming machine that will get you the highest frame rates playing Crysis, Left for dead or Far Cry 2.
"Every Reaper i7 vs system is custom painted and serialized", Mario Gastelum. We don't outsource our painted artwork like some of our competitors - by sending their customers pc cases to a car paint shop, Smoothcreations maintains inhouse our own design team.
The beautiful design and artwork is only rivaled by it's modular design. For those whom want simply an awesome personalized pc at a price they can afford, The "Reaper i7" makes sense. Rick Lee, Product Manager for Topower.
Availability
The Smoothcreations Reaper i7 are available for immediate delivery, and custom artwork designs, configurations, and upgrades are available. Each "Reaper i7 pc is custom painted and serialized with a limited production run of 50 units world wide.
51 Comments on Smoothcreations Unveils Limited Series Reaper i7 Value PCs
Still even with that, the price is still respectable, I never incorporated the artists cost either, but that is a taste issue. Some are willing to pay extra, some aren't.
I may look white due to the lighting and reflections but it is black. In person it looks really good and does not look funky.
I should know, I have one sitting right here:)
I wish companies would focus on Improving the basic design instead of hiding its deficiencies by a pretty paint job.
A good case is paired up with what is inside. The Cosmos is a great case for most systems but when I put a dual Opteron rig (8x cores) in it with 2x (whatever the flagship video card at the time was) the case was trying to bake my hardware.
The same system, with the addition of two Areca RAID controllers fit well in my Lian Li V2000. No heat issues, less fans but the one placed over the PCI area made all of the difference.
The Silverstone case that SC chose for the Reaper does a great job with the components in that system. Overkill generally causes issues with noise, something that I don't really like. Just use what is needed and move on to other areas, like performance:)
(putting high end hardware in it is silly)
I like Silverstone (a lot) but its cases are only just a bit better than the same ol case from 20 years ago.
My point is (and always has been) that basic case design hasent changed in 20 years but hardware has.
(so all you dummies designing cases get with the program:roll:)
The needs have really stayed the same over that 20 year span. A component is hot, make it cool. Are Pentium 4s hotter than Core i7’s? It all comes down to the thermal envelope and product manufactures know what is acceptable for the consumer.
The BTX form factor was suppose to be a big change for our industry. The first specs listed a retention bracket that could handle up to a kilo (2.2 pounds) for a CPU cooler. The need was not there so the spec died off very quickly because of another need, low cost.
If you have a case design that would set the world on fire I can send you to engineers that can make it a reality. The problem is, as stated before, any jackass can make a case out of fans. A retail product must fit inside of a circle to be accepted and conform to everything needed.
Visually Pleasing
Low Cost
Good Performance for its target audience
Reliable
Find some good pics of the Raven, invision what it would have started out looking like and what materials were used. Then look at the retail product...see where these four things came into play and changed the product.
For the guy who has no idea what the hell goes on inside that "flashy" box, and still wants the coolest tech on the market, this has the opportunity for plug and play over us who can build it and save realistically $50 in the end. Just we get the satisfaction of the build. The Noob can now PWN other noobs in Space Invaders 3D:)
the cost of the Smooth Creations comp is way better then the High end comps from before (Alienware etc.)
However, that money could be better spent on cooling refinement and different choices in hardware
if you step back and take a look at the big picture you could build a comp that has 95% the performance for about 1/2 the cost that runs a lot cooler.