Damn. This actually was one of their coolest concept designs. Interchangeable parts, negating the need to constantly upgrade motherboard (Considering after 2015 CPU's are going to be soldered on). Having one or more CPU's, multiple GPU'S, it was actually pretty good. Maybe a bit overpriced for the average gamer, but cool design nonetheless.
That's a cool idea. It's what steamboxes should have tried to be.
Good. It looks absolutely gaudy and easily susceptible to damage.
[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;44346017]Good. It looks absolutely gaudy and easily susceptible to damage.[/QUOTE]
As if it wouldn't be the same if you dropped your PC?
[QUOTE=gk99;44346073]As if it wouldn't be the same if you dropped your PC?[/QUOTE]
There's a difference between hitting a computer tower and hitting something that's 90% jutting out of something else.
That really is the problem, while it's a fucking brilliant idea and I think we'd all love to have one, it's not something that'd sell well enough to justify making
they should just make me one
This Tam guy sure has a way with words. "Hey OEM, you do some stuff then we'll do stuff and then stuff will happen."
[QUOTE=Tasm;44344811]Damn. This actually was one of their coolest concept designs. Interchangeable parts, negating the need to constantly upgrade motherboard ([B]Considering after 2015 CPU's are going to be soldered on[/B]). Having one or more CPU's, multiple GPU'S, it was actually pretty good. Maybe a bit overpriced for the average gamer, but cool design nonetheless.[/QUOTE]
plz no
source?
Like I think about it for 10 seconds and think "Oh yeah that'd be cool" Then I realize that if I'm spending $200 for a computer part upgrade, I want to make sure it's on a complete core system, and not a [I]thing[/I], and well, computers [I]are[/I] modular already for the most part. Give or take a few specifics.
PCs are modular enough as they are right now imo.
[QUOTE=MatheusMCardoso;44346771]PCs are modular enough as they are right now imo.[/QUOTE]
Making computers easier to put together could have significant upsides outside of that benefit itself though. Premades might become a lot less popular with the computationally challenged and it could overall improve the average quality of computer. Still, something like this would require a massive commitment from the industry and I'm not seeing it happen
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44346259]plz no
source?[/QUOTE]
This is not true. Intel confirmed that the upcoming CPUs are still socketed.
I don't get why people were so excited for this. Modern motherboards are designed to reduce the time it takes for information to be sent between the CPU, GPU, and RAM. This thing spread everything out and would be significantly slower, it would also require a complete redesign of graphics cards and how they're plugged into whatever monstrosity of a motherboard the thing has.
How often do you honestly need to change the parts in your PC? Often enough that you'd be willing to eat the price of custom hardware?
[QUOTE=B!N4RY;44347757]This is not true. Intel confirmed that the upcoming CPUs are still socketed.[/QUOTE]
My bad. Some will still be socketed. My guess is enthusiast only grade CPU's will be though.
[QUOTE=Elspin;44346793]Making computers easier to put together could have significant upsides outside of that benefit itself though. Premades might become a lot less popular with the computationally challenged and it could overall improve the average quality of computer. Still, something like this would require a massive commitment from the industry and I'm not seeing it happen[/QUOTE]
Putting a computer together isn't exactly a difficult thing to do as long as you can follow simple instructions.
It's not a very good design because you need to make all of your parts compatible with their weird Tower Of Power and cover them in plastic/outfit everything that needs cooling with a watercooling loop
The only thing it does/is good for is looking pretty. Upgrading a computer isn't difficult, and if you pick the right parts when building it for the first time (mainly, don't cheap out on the mobo and make sure it gets BIOS upgrades and has extra room for more components like a second GPU) you have plenty of upgradeability, even if you can't "futureproof" it. Probably more than you'd get from Razer's and the other OEMs' walled garden of custom-made, marked up bits enclosed in green and black plastic.
[QUOTE=Tasm;44344811](Considering after 2015 CPU's are going to be soldered on)[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;44346259]plz no
source?[/QUOTE]
Some vague Intel roadmap got leaked last year and it only showed BGA CPUs (soldered) after a certain point, everyone jumped on it as a fact and started crying about the end of desktop computers until Intel told everyone they weren't dropping anything
[QUOTE=kaze4159;44348084]Some vague Intel roadmap got leaked last year and it only showed BGA CPUs (soldered) after a certain point, everyone jumped on it as a fact and started crying about the end of desktop computers until Intel told everyone they weren't dropping anything[/QUOTE]
they wouldn't risk pissing off every single server/casual/work/hardcore users.
A desktop PC no matter what tech comes out in the future should ALWAYS be modular, those BGA chips are aimed at laptops and tablets and even smartphones, where having a cpu socket is less needed
only reason to use bga is to screw you into a well defined product life span of at max 4 years
Aren't PCs already modular to an extent just by nature though? I guess they're not usually explicitly designed for pluck-one-out-put-another-one-in type stuff but opening up a case and disconnecting stuff isn't exactly [I]hard[/I] or anything
Razer has some pretty far out, not necessarily bad, ideas. They actually manufacture gaming TABLETS.
[QUOTE=Doomish;44348454]Aren't PCs already modular to an extent just by nature though? I guess they're not usually explicitly designed for pluck-one-out-put-another-one-in type stuff but opening up a case and disconnecting stuff isn't exactly [I]hard[/I] or anything[/QUOTE]
If anything they should just work on case designs that make it easier to acess the mother board. Putting togheter a PC isn't rocket science.
[QUOTE=Kljunas;44348036]Putting a computer together isn't exactly a difficult thing to do as long as you can follow simple instructions.[/QUOTE]
Maybe if you're tech savvy, but the entire point of my post is this would make it doable for people who are not.
[QUOTE=Elspin;44349618]Maybe if you're tech savvy, but the entire point of my post is this would make it doable for people who are not.[/QUOTE]
If you can put a cartridge on a slot, you can build a computer. The only thing that is trully cryptic is the way to plug the power button and the HD/Power leds.
if this ever kicked off it would be fucking shit anyway because it would be super overpriced and not worth it just to save an hour fucking around in your rig
not that the idea isn't cool, its just that I wouldn't trust anyone like razer to be able to pull it off without it being not worth it
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