BFG Phobos Gaming PC Review

Olivia Munn and Alex Albrecht review the BFG Phobos PC, perfect for all your gaming needs with an Intel Core processor, 6 GB of RAM and an 8" touch screen, all starting at $3,000. This all sounds swell, but find out if this hefty machine is worth your green.

What You Need to Know

• This thing is actually larger than most gaming PCs, which is saying a lot
• It is almost 2’ high and 9” deep, so it's going to take up a lot of space
• The PC looks cool and intimidating
• You plug in your connections on the bottom; you have to unscrew the one thumb-screw and take off the metal bracket and from there, you have to turn the computer on its side, plug everything in, and refasten the screw
• This gives it a nice clean look since all the cords are in one place
• The process is a giant pain in the ass, but to be fair, their Concierge Service will do it all for free when they deliver it
• This is the first gaming pc with a touch screen mounted on it; it does things like play music, show detailed system info and even overclock
• If you're running Windows Media Player, you can control it all directly from the screen, so you won't even need to use the computer
• You can also see how much hard drive space you have left or how much of your processor and memory is being used
• Overclocking the system is probably the easiest we've seen yet; just tap max, and this ramps up the CPU and video cards
• The PC has an Intel Core i7 processor, 2 GTX 275s and 6 GB of RAM
• In our normal 3DMark Vantage tests, it did pretty well with a score of about 23,850 points; to put that in perspective, it's only about 3,000 points short of our fastest machine
• Games look incredibly smooth and the one-touch overclock really did give us a performance boost

Price

• The system we demoed is about $3,450, which is pricey
• The problem is, the faster Maingear machine was $500 less

Overall Rating

• 3.5 Seals of Approval out of 5 (How do we rate gadgets?)