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The Blue Team has your flag.  The Blue Team is overrunning your base.  The Blue Team is all over the map dominating.  The Blue Team professes to be currently dating your mother.  You could turn down the graphics details for a better frame rate, but now what?  That is one helluva ugly game, and that two plus year old off-the-shelf PC with cheap/free graphics doesn't cut it.  Get 'em back with a Scorpius PC from KillaRad Computers.

Based on Codename 'Scorpius' Platform Technology from AMD, you get the performance of a proper gaming PC with AMD's fastest FX Series eight-core processor (the FX-8150) and one of their current fastest single GPU graphics cards, the Radeon HD 7970 with a massive 3 GigaBytes of dedicated video memory.  With 8 GigaBytes of fast system memory you will be primed for high resolution gaming, photo and video editing, and all around multitasking.  Add up to four 7970s and you can drive more LCD monitors than anybody has any business doing**.  A hybrid-SSD hard drive is included by default, for fast boot times, fast game load times, and overall impressive response.  With an eight core processor this PC is good for gaming today, and as applications come to be programmed to especially harness more CPU cores, you're going to have a PC with a great lifespan and good upgradability.

The AMD FX Series processors featuring new Turbo CORE Technology.  The processor constantly senses the needs of your software.  In certain circumstances the processor can dynamically turn off some of its cores and run the remaining cores at higher frequencies, resulting in better performance.  You could call it auto-overclocking.

With a KillaRad Scorpius PC you're ready to dominate in the best games that the PC has to offer.  Enjoy hit games such as Skyrim, Modern Warfare 3, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, StarCraft 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops, and Need for Speed: The Run.  In 2012 look forward to Assassin's Creed 3, Grand Theft Auto 5, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Max Payne 3, Borderlands 2, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and Far Cry 3.

By default our Scorpius PC includes Windows 7 Home Premium, bringing you evolved Windows operating system technology with new enhancements designed to improve how you use your computer.  It builds on Windows Vista's newer features like built-in quick system-wide searching right on the Start Menu, and the slick Aero 3D interface.  With Windows Media Center which is included, you can add a TV tuner card and a remote control to turn your PC into a DVR – Perfect for a home-office, bedroom, or a college dorm when paired with a large 23 to 27-inch flat-screen monitor.  Windows 7 has a new feature where you can easily shrink a video file down so it will fit on a portable media player such as the Microsoft Zune HD or a Windows Phone.  Windows 7 takes advantage of an nVIDIA or AMD graphics card to speed up this process like nothing else before, allowing you to take videos with you on the go much more simply.

Default options for this PC include red LED lighting with a side panel window, a Logitech USB keyboard, a Logitech G400 gaming mouse, and a gaming mouse pad.  PCs have continued to advance and KillaRad is on the leading edge with speed and reliability.

Hello, Team Blue.  Suck it down.



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PC Case Options
* Your Choice:
     
Black Mid-Tower Black Mid-Tower
with Window Side Panel and Red Lighting
with improved cooling		 Black Mid-Tower
with ½ Window Side Panel and Red Lighting
with removable SATA hard drive bay
  -$40.00   Default   +$0.00
 

System

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CPU
  • AMD FX-8150 Processor
  • Eight 3.6 GigaHertz processor cores (Four dual-threaded modules)
  • Turbo speeds go up to 4.2 GHz.
  • This system should be upgradeable to new AMD CPUs.
CPU Cooler
* Your Choice:
 Standard CPU Cooling -$20.00 
 Heatpipe Tower Cooler 

  • Using the heatpipe tower cooler results in a quieter system with a cooler operating processor which theoretically would extend the life of the processor.  This is the way KillaRad PCs are usually built, but using the stock cooling is a way to shave costs down.


Memory (RAM)
* Your Choice:
 4 GigaBytes of DDR3-1600 (Two 2GB modules in dual channel) -$25.00 
 8 GigaBytes of DDR3-1600 (Four 2GB modules in dual channel) 

Three or more Gigs is a good amount for a Windows 7 PC these days, and historically PC enthusiasts have desired twice the current amount in order to have more headroom for the future.  The main advantages of going over four Gigs would be seen by an avid multi-tasker, or in high-definition video editing.  While off the shelf PCs may include 8GB of cheaper, slower memory, ours is faster, which is what you'd expect from a custom PC.

Power Supply
* Your Choice:
 750 Watts Maximum  
 950 Watts Maximum +$60.00 
 1200 Watts Maximum +$160.00 
  • The 750 Watt power supply is suitable for powering this system even with add-in cards, extra hard drives, and various upgrades.  If you select more than two graphics cards, the power supply selection will automatically change to an appropriate model.  The higher wattage power supplies will provide proper power to the graphics cards, and provide some more overhead for future upgrades.

Graphics Options
* Your Choice:
 AMD Radeon HD 7970 with 3GB of 384-bit Memory 
 Dual Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Cards each with 3GB of Memory in CrossFire X2 +$530.00 
 Three Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Cards in CrossFire X3 +$1060.00* 
 Four Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Cards in CrossFire X4 +$1590.00* 

  • Each of these graphics options supports DirectX 11 for the latest 3D graphics effects.

Hard Drive Options
  • Hard Drive 1: For Windows
* Your Choice:
 500GB WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$87.00 
 1 TeraByte WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$197.00 
 750GB Seagate Momentus XT Hybrid 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) Hard Drive with 8GB SSD 
 1 TeraByte Western Digital or Seagate 7200 RPM -$56.00 
 1 TeraByte Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) -$4.00 
 2 TeraByte Western Digital Caviar Black 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$205.00 
 2 TeraByte Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) -$10.00 
 3 TeraByte Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$40.00 
 120GB SSD – 500+ MB/s Read / 500 MB/s Write† Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$32.00 
 240GB SSD – 500+ MB/s Read / 500+ MB/s Write† Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$200.00 
  • The cost of hard drives has at least doubled due to record flooding in October in Thailand, where most hard drive components are made.  As such, hard drive prices are expected to be inflated through Spring 2012.
  • The Seagate Momentus XT is a new Hybrid-SSD hard drive that offers 8GB of SSD memory on top of a 750GB 2.5-inch hard drive to give faster boot times and improved performance.
  • A 750 Gig drive offers plenty of room for a massive library of games, applications, and music.  You may consider more storage space if you want to get into storing a massive amount of video files, such as Media Center usage with a TV tuner add-in card.
  • Windows shows the formatted capacity for all hard drives as approximately 7% less than the capacity the drive is sold as.  For example a 750GB drive would show around 700GB capacity in Windows; 1TB offers ~930GB; 2TB offers ~1.8TB, etc.

  • Solid State Drives are all memory drives with no mechanical parts, now with enough capacity to begin to replace hard disk drives.  They have the fastest transfer speeds available and technically have overall greater reliability.
  • † Manufacturer reported maximum sequential transfer rate figures. Your performance may vary in use and as the drive adapts to usage.
  • Add a Second Hard Drive for More Storage?
* Your Choice:
 No Additional Internal Hard Drive 
 500GB WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$253.00 
 1 TeraByte WD VelociRaptor 10,000 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$363.00 
 1 TeraByte Western Digital or Seagate 7200 RPM +$130.00 
 1 TeraByte Western Digital 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$162.00 
 2 TeraByte Western Digital 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$371.00 
 2 TeraByte Seagate 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$155.00 
 3 TeraByte Seagate 7200 RPM Serial ATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) +$205.00 


Optical Drive Options
  • Optical Drive 1: 24X DVD±R/RW Burner
    • Supports 4.7GB discs and 8.5GB dual layer DVD+R's (24X burning for DVD±R's, 8X speed burning for dual layer DVD±R's)
    • DVD+RW Write Speed: 8x - DVD-RW Write Speed: 6x
    • CD-ROM/R/RW Read Speeds: 48x - CD-R Write Speed: 48x - CD-RW Write Speed: 32x

Add a Blu-Ray Drive?
* Your Choice:
 No Extra Optical Drive 
 Blu-Ray ROM Drive / DVD Burner - Serial ATA Interface +$99.00 
 Blu-Ray Disc Burner / DVD Burner - Serial ATA Interface +$125.00 
There are a number of high definition camcorders out there, and with a Blu-Ray burner, one could conceivably author their own home movie in HD on a Blu-Ray disc.

More Storage Options
  • A Media Card Reader is Included By Default
* Your Choice:
This Internal 3.5-Inch Drive Bay USB Media Card Reader Reads CompactFlash, SD, MMC, Smart Media, and Sony Memory Sticks. Deselect to Save $10.00
  • This can be useful for using memory cards like those used in digital cameras, portable music players, and some cell phones.

  • Add A USB 3.0 Flash Drive?
* Your Choice:
 16 GigaByte USB 3.0 Flash Memory Keychain Drive +$39.00 
  • This is a state of the art PC featuring USB 3.0 so we offer the option of adding a USB 3.0 flash drive with the system. This can have 10 times the performance of a typical USB 2.0 flash drive, and it works in all USB 2.0 capable Windows XP/Vista/7 PCs.

Add a TV Tuner Card?
* Your Choice:
 No PCI-Express TV/HDTV Tuner Card 
 1 Hauppauge WinTV-1800 PCI-Express TV/HDTV Combo Tuner Card with Remote Control +$130.00 
 2 Hauppauge WinTV-1800 PCI-Express TV/HDTV Combo Tuner Cards +$260.00 

Add a TV tuner card to take advantage of the Media Center DVR capabilities of Windows 7.  With this you can receive cable TV or if you attach an antenna, ATSC HDTV digital broadcasts, depending on your area and your broadcast reception.  Since it's a combo card, the TV tuner and the HDTV tuner can be used simultanously - you can record one while watching the other.  Add two cards, and you'll be able to mix and match recording or watching two HDTV channels or two standard TV channels – record four shows at once if you like.  Broadcast HDTV has a better picture because it doesn't have the extra digital compression that Cable and Satellite companies add in.  The key is just in using a good antenna, and pointing it right so you get reliable reception.  In certain areas depending on your Cable provider, this card can allow you to view unencrypted Cable HDTV channels – usually your network local channels.  You'll also be able to tune in FM radio with your computer using Media Center.

AntennaWeb.org can help you find HDTV broadcast towers in your area.


Audio
* Your Choice:
 Onboard 7.1 HD Audio 
 Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCI-Express 7.1 Sound Card +$100.00 
 Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi 'Titanium Fatality Pro' PCI-Express Gaming Optimized 7.1 Sound Card +$150.00 

Networking
  • Onboard Gigabit Ethernet (10/100/1000 Megabit Network Jack), ready for broadband Internet or home networking
  • Add A Modem?
* Your Choice:
 No 56K Modem 
 56K V.92 USB Fax-Modem +$50.00 

  • Add a Wi-Fi™ Wireless Network Adapter?
* Your Choice:
 No Wi-Fi Adapter 
 Linksys 802.11n Wireless-N 300 USB Adapter +$39.00 

  • Add Bluetooth Networking?
* Your Choice:
 USB Bluetooth 4.0 Adapter +$25.00 
  • This can allow you to use a cell phone's Bluetooth headset to chat with VoIP phone/chat services such as Skype.  It is also used for syncing some cell phones and digital cameras.

Input Devices
  • Keyboard
 * Your Choice:
 
 No Keyboard -$10.00 
 Logitech Black Corded USB Keyboard 
 Saitek Eclipse - Black and Silver Blue LED Back-lit Gamers Keyboard +$35.00 
 Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Amber LED Back-lit Gamers Keyboard +$60.00 
 Razer Lycosa Blue LED Back-lit Gamers Keyboard +$70.00 

  • Mouse
 * Your Choice:
 
 No Mouse -$50.00 
 Razer Abyssus 3-Button Optical Gaming Mouse -$10.00 
 Logitech MX518 6-Button Optical Gaming Mouse with scroll wheel -$10.00 
 Logitech G400 6-Button Optical Gaming Mouse with scroll wheel 
 Logitech M500 5-Button Laser Mouse -$10.00 
 Logitech G500 5-Button Laser Gaming Mouse +$10.00 
 Razer DeathAdder 3500 Black Edition 3.5G 5-Button Gaming Mouse +$10.00 
 CM Storm Inferno 11-Button Laser Gaming Mouse +$10.00 

  • Mouse Pad
 * Your Choice:
 
 No Mouse Pad -$15.00 
 Func 1030 Gamers Mouse Pad with cord clip 


Software Included
* Your Choice:
 Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 
 Windows 7 Professional 64-bit +$40.00 
 Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit +$90.00 

DirectX 11, which will be increasingly important for gaming over the coming months and years, has debuted here with Windows 7.

The 64-bit versions of Windows 7 can take advantage of access to vastly more memory. 

All versions of Windows 7 now include Windows Vista Ultimate's Complete PC Backup.  Windows 7 Professional includes all of the features of Windows 7 Home Premium including Windows Media Center, and it adds new features including Remote Desktop, Location-aware Printing, the ability to backup your computer to a network location, and the ability to connect to a business network with a Windows server.  Windows 7 Ultimate has everything in Professional and adds the ability to use Windows in most foreign languages, BitLocker hard drive encryption, BitLocker To Go USB flash drive encryption, and the ability to boot to a .VHD virtual hard drive file.

Windows 7 Professional and Ultimate include XP Mode which gives you the capability to run a copy of Windows XP Professional in a window or even full screen on top of Windows 7.  This enables you to run old programs that maybe had complications when run under Windows Vista, when they were expecting XP.  Now you can use USB devices through XP Mode to make an older device work again, which didn't have Windows Vista drivers.


  • Add Office / Productivity Software?
* Your Choice:
 No Office Suite Software 
 Microsoft Office Starter 2010 Preloaded (Free, Limited Versions of Word and Excel - Ad Supported) 
 Microsoft Office Home and Student 2010 Disc (Non-commercial Use for 3 PCs) +$149.00 
 Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 Preloaded +$200.00 
 Microsoft Office Home and Business 2010 Disc (Non-simultaneous Use for 1 PC and 1 Notebook) +$279.00 
 Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Preloaded +$420.00 

  • Select Anti-Virus Software
* Your Choice:
 No Anti-Virus Software (Not Recommended) 
 Norton AntiVirus 2012 
 Norton Internet Security 2012 +$15.00 

  • Add Secondary Malware Protection?
* Your Choice:
 No Secondary Protection 
 MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware Full Version Installed +$25.00 

KillaRad now offers the full version of MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware as an optional secondary layer of protection against viruses and malware.  This can be beneficial in protecting against certain threats that MalwareBytes can identify and eliminate sooner than some anti-virus companies can.  This is only recommended as a secondary program compared to the primary program which we suggest to be a Symantec/Norton product.  The full version of MBAM dynamically protects your computer in real-time from malicious websites and certain Internet-bound threats.

Warranty

  • KillaRad PC warranties include 3-Years of 100% US-Based and 0% outsourced free phone support and unlimited free e-mail support.
  • For certain warranty services the unit would need to be returned back to KillaRad.  Standard ground shipping is free for warranty service, and discounted expedited shipping is available.


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** Connect up to 16 monitors to a four graphics card Scorpius system for applications and Windows desktop use.  AMD Eyefinity technology currently supports up to 2,3,4 or 6 monitors for supported games.  For sheer screen size consider a 1080p projector and screen set up.  For a better surround view with games for improved situational awareness with supported Eyefinity technology, three identical monitors is a practical configuration.