Vigor Gaming Force Recon BT
Vigor Gaming’s Force Recon offers gamers of different genres a sold gaming PC, and its a great value for a general gaming PC.
It features an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX 9770 processor running at 3.2 GHz, along with 2GB of DDR3 memory and 1.6 terabytes of overall storage, plus Windows Vista Home Premium preinstalled.
The hefty price of $4,000 dollars may seem high, but it comes bundled with a Viewsonic VG2230wm. If you’ve already purchased your own monitor, you can simply buy the rest of the package for the price of $3,700. The PC also includes Logitech’s high-end G15 gaming Keyboard and G5 Mouse, as well.
The Force Recon BT ships with a three-year parts and labor warranty and lifetime telephone support.
A very big plus. Strangely enough, the Vigor includes manuals to many of the components along with the standard set of system restore disks, it does not ship with an official manual.
Inside, it holds an immense amount of expandability, as it has two PCI slots and five PCI express slots. Within it is very organized, but the layout of the interior could be greatly improved. The Graphics system is in front of 2 card slots, obstructing it. One of the rails supporting the power sits in the way of the external drive bays; you’ll need a screwdriver to remove the offending rail. Also, several “drive-bays” are missing from the unit.
The Force Recon BT provides an immense amount of ports, including eight USB, two eSATA, and two FireWire ports. Two USB ports, a microphone jack, and a headphone jack rest on top of the case for easy access, but the placing of these could be better. If the system is located under a desk, these jacks may be difficult to access.
Overall, and compared to the test results of many other gaming PCs, the Force Recon won’t bring anything new to the market. Although with these results, it held on its own, scoring a 126 on the worldbench test. The computer’s duel ATI Radion HD380 Graphics Processors carried decent graphics performance tests on many sites.
Though hardcore gamers won’t be in awe about this gaming PC, the Force Recon has been pulled together as a successful PC.
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