Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ perfect for the power hungry

As if notebooks aren’t having enough power and heating woes, the Rockdirect Xtreme 64 4800+ laptop will compound the problem further. It comes with an AMD Athlon64 X2 4800+ dual-core processor that is clocked at 2.4GHz. If you’re power hungry, be prepared to fork out up to £2500 for this speed demon. With 2GB RAM and a GeForce Go 7800 256MB card inside, nothing much will outmuscle it – not even today’s average desktops. (specs below) Hexus.net via Krunker • Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ dual core. 2.4GHz, 2MB L2 cache, Toledo core
• Motherboard: VIA K8T890 PCI-Express
• Memory: 2GB (2 x 1GB Corsair Value Select DDR400 SODIMMs) @ DDR400 3-3-3-8 2T
• Hard Drives: 2x 100GB Hitachi 7,200RPM, 8MB cache (non-RAID on review model)
• Screen: 17″ WSXGA+ (1680×1050) – X-Glass
• Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra 256MB PCIe (450/1080)
• Optical drive: NEC ND-6500A
• Optical drive characteristics: 8x DVD-R, 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+RW, 4x DVD-RW, 2.4x DVD+R9, 24x CD-R, 16x CD-RW, 8x DVD-ROM (read)
• Sound: AC’97 – Realtek 8-channel (7.1) codec
• Modem Software: 56k
• Networking: Realtek RTL8169 Gigabit LAN, CB54G3 802.11b/g Wireless, MSI Bluetooth
• Ports connectivity: 4 x USB2.0, 2 x 4-pin FireWire400, modem, GbE, S-Video, DVI, Parallel, Serial, audio, headphones
• Operating system: Windows XP Home SP2
• Weight: 5.7kg (without charger) 7kg with
• Dimensions: 397mm (w) x 298mm (d) x 49.5mm (h)
• Warranty: Rockdirect 3-year collect-and-return
• Price: £2349.99 inc. VAT (as at 21st December 2005) for 1GB RAM model
• Shipping: Included in above price
• Other notables: 7-in-1 card reader, space for 2nd optical drive, display on front