Podcast #251 - iBuyPower Revolt, Seagate SSHD, NVIDIA Shield Pricing, and more!
Subject: General Tech | May 16, 2013 - 03:11 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: podcast, video, ibuypower, revolt, Seagate, sshd, nvidia, project shield, shield, haswell, corsair, seasonic, amd, ASUS P5A
PC Perspective Podcast #251 - 05/16/2013
Join us this week as we discuss the iBuyPower Revolt, Seagate SSHD, NVIDIA Shield Pricing, and more!
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Hosts: Ryan Shrout, Josh Walrath, Allyn Malventano, and Morry Teitelman
Program length: 1:12:25
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Week in Review:
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0:10:30 Seagate Thin SSHD 500GB Review
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News items of interest:
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0:35:00 Power supplies and Haswell
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0:56:00 Hardware Flashback: ASUS P5A
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1:01:00 Hardware/Software Picks of the Week:
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Allyn: Seagate 1TB Laptop SSHD
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Power and Value
We have seen our fair share of mini-ITX cases and system builds over the last six months, including rigs from Digital Storm and AVADirect. They attempt to offer a balance between performance, power, noise and size and some do it better than others. With the continued development of the mini-ITX form factor more users than ever are realizing you can get nearly top-end performance for gaming in a smaller package.
Today we are taking a look at the iBuyPower Revolt, in particular the Revolt R770, the highest end base offering of the system. Built around a small, but not tiny, PC chassis iBuyPower is able to include some pretty impressive specifications:
- Intel Core i7-3770K processor
- Custom built Z77 mini-ITX motherboard
- NZXT CPU water cooler
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB graphics cards
- 8GB DDR3-1600 memory
- 120 GB Intel 320 Series SSD
- 1TB Western Digital Blue hard drive
You get all of this in a case that is only 16-in x 16-in x 4.5-in built with a glossy black and white color scheme. The company claims that the Revolt was "designed to be a gaming system for any location" including a home theater, a dorm room or in your study. It includes "vents and air channels positioned precisely to deliver cool ambient air exactly where it is needed" and "integrated atmospheric lighting system is customizable in color."
Check out or quick video review below and then follow on to the full post for more photos of the system and a quick check of performance!
Continue reading our review of the iBuyPower Revolt Mini-ITX gaming system!!
CES 2013: iBUYPOWER Launches SFF Revolt Gaming PC
Subject: Systems | January 10, 2013 - 05:52 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: CES, SFF, revolt, ibuypower, gaming pc, ces 2013
The boutique PC vendor iBUYPOWER announced a new small form factor gaming computer at CES 2013. The new Revolt gaming PC features a custom white and black chassis with tweaked ventilation and a customizable lighting system. The Revolt comes in one of three base flavors, upon which you can customize to add a better GPU, more memory, additional storage or a caching SSD, a faster processor, and a closed loop liquid cooling system (the top-end option is the NZXT Kraken with 140mm radiator) for the CPU. iBUYPOWER will even overclock the system for you up to 20% for a fee ($49).
The systems come with a plethora of USB ports, two USB 3.0 ports, dual DVI outputs, analog audio jacks, S/PDIF, SD card slot, and PS/2 port. In that respect, it is definitely more PC than the console that the small form factor case would leave admirers of your AV setup to believe. You can add up to 1TB of mechanical storage, an Intel Core i7-3770K processor, and a single GTX 680 4GB graphics card on the top end with all customizations.
While the system uses mini-ITX motherboards, users are able to otherwise use full size components which does leave room for upgrades. The one big compromise is the power supply in that the upper limit from iBUYPOWER is a 500W “server class” unit that is smaller than traditional ATX power supplies that enthusiasts are used to. And that generally means smaller fans that can be noisy.
The table below details the base specifications of the three Revolt gaming PC SKUs. Each build can be customized from there.
| Revolt R320 | Revolt R550 | Revolt R570 | |
| Processor | Core i3-3220 | Core i5-3550P | Core i5-3570K |
| RAM | 4GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz | 4GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz | 4GB DDR3 @ 1600 MHz |
| Graphics | Intel HD 2500 | NVIDIA GTX 650 1GB | NVIDIA GTX 660 2GB |
| Motherboard | ASRock B75M-ITX | IBP-Z77E/S | ASRock B75M-ITX |
| Hard Drive | 500GB | 500GB | 500GB |
| Optical | Sony slot loading DVD | Sony slot loading DVD | Sony slot loading DVD |
| Pricing (base) | $499 | $649 | $899 |
The Revolt is up for pre-order now and is expected to ship sometime in February 2013. The Revolt R320, R550, and R570 gaming computers start at $499, $649, and $899 respectively.
You can find more photos and specifications on the Revolt product page.
PC Perspective's CES 2013 coverage is sponsored by AMD.
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