HP gets some Voodoo

It was WAY BACK in September of 2006 that we first heard news of the renowned boutique PC builder Voodoo PC being bought up by the likes of PC giant HP.  At the time it seemed more like a reactionary response to Dell's purchase of Alienware, but according to this editor, HP has done a much better job of working with Voodoo than Dell has with Alienware.  While Alienware as "left alone" to continue work as-is, Voodoo and HP decided to really take the relationship a step further.

While the pre-existing Voodoo products remain on their site and support for them continues, only one new product has been released since the two companies merged: the Blackbird 002.  This a completely new design from the chassis on in and Voodoo dove deep into the HP R&D labs to put together this system. 

Custom Build Specifications and Pricing

The system build that HP sent over is a pretty standard high-end gaming PC with an overclocked Intel Core 2 Quad processor, GeForce 8800 Ultra and more.

Pretty impressive specs right off the bat.  The price on this system build is just about $4700 - not cheap by any stretch of the imagination but also not as much as that 3-way SLI system we reviewed a couple weeks ago.  The cost includes a lot price for the custom case enclosure that is worth every penny -- but more on that later.