The HP Blackbird 002 was a gaming and high-performance PC built by HP’s Voodoo Business Unit. It launched in September 2007 and won over 10 Editor’s Choice awards,[1][citation needed] including one from C-NET which gave it a 9.3 out of 10.[2] The chassis was made out of brushed aluminum and it sat on a cast aluminum foot. The elevation provided by the foot opened a sixth side for additional ventilation.
The HP Blackbird 002 was originally a side project of an HP engineer named Tom Szolyga, who requisitioned components together to form a high-performance gaming system. At the time, HP had no immediate plans for the gaming PC business.
Szolyga mentioned his project to HP executives Phil McKinney, Todd Bradley, and Paul Campbell during a flight to San Diego for business meetings. The company planned to secure funding and a support team to further develop the system and eventually bring it to market.
The first iteration of the system was scrapped. The Compaq team in Houston, Texas acquired by HP helped create a new design. During this time, HP acquired VoodooPC. With additional input from VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood, the HP Blackbird 002 with Voodoo DNA was launched in September 2007.[3]
The HP Blackbird 002 was replaced by the HP Firebird 803.
Performance and designEdit
The Blackbird 002 featured an all-aluminum chassis. Every unit was shipped configured to the individual’s preference, and with an open BIOS to allow for user-controlled overclocking.[4]
The Blackbird had performance similar to the Falcon Northwest Mach V. "VoodooDNA" branding was visible inside the case. The original version featured an ASUS Striker Extreme 680i motherboard which supports Intelprocessors. It had four slots of DDR2 RAM, in basic configurations of 2 or 4 GB 1066 MHz. Another version featured an EVGA 780i SLI[5] motherboard instead of the Asus Striker 680i.
The unit used Nvidia or ATIgraphics cards, including Nvidia's SLI. Both Nvidia and ATI options were available with liquid cooling. The Blackbird 002 features flexible RAID capabilities, with five hard drive bays. The system also featured two multi-drives, with a single bay for a Blu-ray and HD DVD-ROM.
There were three basic cooling configurations: fan cooled, CPU liquid cooled, and both CPU and GPU liquid cooled.
Aluminum chassis and footEdit
The system's wedge-shaped aluminum chassis and cast aluminum foot was capable of supporting up to 600 lbs. The wedge-shaped design and fins that lined the top and front of the chassis acted as a heat sink. The cast aluminum foot allowed airflow to pass under the HP Blackbird 002, for more efficient cooling to the 1.1 kW power supply seated at the base of the chassis.[4]
The HP Blackbird 002 used liquid cooling to draw heat away from the CPU, motherboard, and GPUs.[citation needed] It was also designed with three thermal chambers that isolated key heat sources, which was designed to ensuring that cool air reached the main heat-generating components.[citation needed]
All of the internal components of the HP Blackbird 002 can be removed and installed without tools via a removable side panel which allows quick and easy access to the interior of the system.[citation needed]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources HP Blackbird 002 news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message The HP Blackbird 002 was a gaming and high performance PC built by HP s Voodoo Business Unit It launched in September 2007 and won over 10 Editor s Choice awards 1 citation needed including one from C NET which gave it a 9 3 out of 10 2 The chassis was made out of brushed aluminum and it sat on a cast aluminum foot The elevation provided by the foot opened a sixth side for additional ventilation Hewlett Packard CompanyTypePublic NYSE HPQ FoundedPalo Alto California 1939 HeadquartersPalo Alto California USAWebsitewww hp comwww hpshopping comwww Compaq comVoodooPCTypeSubsidiary of HPFounded1991HeadquartersCalgary Alberta CanadaProductsEnthusiast Personal ComputersWebsitewww voodoopc com Contents 1 History 2 Performance and design 3 Aluminum chassis and foot 4 Reviews and awards 5 ReferencesHistory EditThe HP Blackbird 002 was originally a side project of an HP engineer named Tom Szolyga who requisitioned components together to form a high performance gaming system At the time HP had no immediate plans for the gaming PC business Szolyga mentioned his project to HP executives Phil McKinney Todd Bradley and Paul Campbell during a flight to San Diego for business meetings The company planned to secure funding and a support team to further develop the system and eventually bring it to market The first iteration of the system was scrapped The Compaq team in Houston Texas acquired by HP helped create a new design During this time HP acquired VoodooPC With additional input from VoodooPC founder Rahul Sood the HP Blackbird 002 with Voodoo DNA was launched in September 2007 3 The HP Blackbird 002 was replaced by the HP Firebird 803 Performance and design EditThe Blackbird 002 featured an all aluminum chassis Every unit was shipped configured to the individual s preference and with an open BIOS to allow for user controlled overclocking 4 The Blackbird had performance similar to the Falcon Northwest Mach V VoodooDNA branding was visible inside the case The original version featured an ASUS Striker Extreme 680i motherboard which supports Intel processors It had four slots of DDR2 RAM in basic configurations of 2 or 4 GB 1066 MHz Another version featured an EVGA 780i SLI 5 motherboard instead of the Asus Striker 680i The unit used Nvidia or ATI graphics cards including Nvidia s SLI Both Nvidia and ATI options were available with liquid cooling The Blackbird 002 features flexible RAID capabilities with five hard drive bays The system also featured two multi drives with a single bay for a Blu ray and HD DVD ROM There were three basic cooling configurations fan cooled CPU liquid cooled and both CPU and GPU liquid cooled Aluminum chassis and foot EditThe system s wedge shaped aluminum chassis and cast aluminum foot was capable of supporting up to 600 lbs The wedge shaped design and fins that lined the top and front of the chassis acted as a heat sink The cast aluminum foot allowed airflow to pass under the HP Blackbird 002 for more efficient cooling to the 1 1 kW power supply seated at the base of the chassis 4 The HP Blackbird 002 used liquid cooling to draw heat away from the CPU motherboard and GPUs citation needed It was also designed with three thermal chambers that isolated key heat sources which was designed to ensuring that cool air reached the main heat generating components citation needed All of the internal components of the HP Blackbird 002 can be removed and installed without tools via a removable side panel which allows quick and easy access to the interior of the system citation needed Reviews and awards EditC NET Editors choice 2 PC Magazine gave it a 5 5 6 Computer Shopper gave it 8 5 out of 10 7 Wired Magazine gave it Best of Test 8 Maximum PC gave it 7 out of 10 9 CPU Magazine gave it 4 out of 5 citation needed References Edit HP Blackbird 002 Exhilaration Edition PCMAG Retrieved 2017 08 25 a b Rich Brown 5 September 2007 HP Blackbird 002 review CNET CNET CBS Interactive Silverman Dwight January 15 2008 One man s gaming zeal led to Blackbird 002 Houston Chronicle a b HP Blackbird 002 Web site Archived May 16 2008 at the Wayback Machine Maximum PC Future US Inc July 2008 pp 2 ISSN 1522 4279 Retrieved 3 June 2012 HP Blackbird 002 PC Magazine Matthew Murray HP Blackbird 002 With Voodoo DNA Desktop Review Computer Shopper US magazine Test HP Blackbird 002 Wired 23 October 2007 Archived from the original on 26 March 2014 HP Blackbird 002 Maximum PC Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HP Blackbird 002 amp oldid 1178218601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
