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[GaimeGuy]

You know, as tempting as the deal is, i've heard poor things about the hard drive, and I just don't think an i3 with 4 GB of RAM and a 660 equivalent with 2GB of VRAM is going to cut it for long in the PC gaming realm. At best it would be a stopgap machine until Pascal releases.

Then again, it's still stronger than my current laptop, which could die at any moment....

Bah

 

[dLMN8R]

Aw man this expired. I saw that the base price is down by $50 but both the $100 coupon and $70 rebate expired. Anyone know of any new deals on this?

 

[NastyBook]

Fuck, that is tempting. Wonder if they'll do another price drop around BF?

Anybody know how well this bad boy runs Witcher 3?

 

[ElTorro]

Meanwhile in Canada: $650.

Meanwhile in Germany: 669 € x_x

It goes up all the way to ~1100€. The specs are just too shitty for that price. Especially the GPU.

 

[jetsetrez]

I really want to pull the trigger on this, but it's been almost exactly a year since they put out this model, and I have to imagine a spec bumped model is coming? The price sure is right for this though.. I have a 2014 MacBook Air with an integrated HD4600, would I be able to run all of Blizzard's games at 1080p with everything on with this? Including Overwatch?

 

[Mattdaddy]

I have an old Phenom x4 965 and a 560ti, is this a pretty massive upgrade?

 

[Ombala]

Meanwhile in Sweden you can get a PS4 and a XB1 and a sixpack of beer cheaper then what you have too pay for that thing here.
US are so lucky.

 

[Trouble]

Hell of a deal. I bought my Alpha for the $400 deal a few months ago. No regrets.

I really want to pull the trigger on this, but it's been almost exactly a year since they put out this model, and I have to imagine a spec bumped model is coming? The price sure is right for this though.. I have a 2014 MacBook Air with an integrated HD4600, would I be able to run all of Blizzard's games at 1080p with everything on with this? Including Overwatch?

Don't expect a rev2 this year. This is the exact same hardware they are selling as a Steam machine this fall, except with Windows license. I'd expect a spec bump in the spring at the absolute earliest.

I have an old Phenom x4 965 and a 560ti, is this a pretty massive upgrade?

The video card in the Alpha is closest in performance to a 750ti, so I'd think this would be a nice upgrade for that.