Rock’s latest Xtreme desktop replacement sets its sights on Alienware, but can it compete?

The fine line between price and performance is a tricky tightrope to tread. Aim too high and you price yourself out of the market, or miss the mark with a weak GPU or too little RAM and you’re no use to anyone regardless of affordability...

Details Price: £2,499 Verdict: When Chillblast said ‘desktop replacement’, they weren’t kidding. This is the fastest notebook we have ever seen. 9/10 CPU: Intel Q9550 Core 2 Quad CPU 2.83GHz RAM: 4GB DDR2 GRAPHICS: Dual GeForce 9800 GTX 1GB video cards in SLI OPTICAL DRIVE: Blu-Ray/DVD-RW HD: Dual 320GB 7,200rpm hard disks in RAID 0 (640GB total) WIRELESS: Bluetooth SCREEN RESOLUTION: 1920 x1200 EXTRAS: Webcam, microphone TV: Digital TV tuner To truly get the best out of modern PC games you need a powerful system, and a powerful system usually needs plenty of ...