The Asteroid 8Pack Mini ITX Custom gaming system touches down at OCUK.

8 Pack · 25 Mar 2016 at 18:14

Come and see this and the 8Pack Supernova at Iseries this weekend.

cactusweasel · 25 Mar 2016 at 19:15

£4000 and it is only single GPU and only 8GB RAM!

Seems pricey

enapace · 25 Mar 2016 at 20:59

cactusweasel said:
£4000 and it is only single GPU and only 8GB RAM!

Seems pricey

It is a lot and i'm wary myself negotiating buying a Comet at moment. You are paying for 8 Pack's Time, The High End Components, The Support and Full Customisation that is offered in terms of colour design etc.

Of course it's cheaper if you build it yourself but honestly I know I haven't got the skill to do it and also specially if something goes wrong with Watercooling it's not a simple thing to fix.

8 Pack · 25 Mar 2016 at 21:22

cactusweasel said:
£4000 and it is only single GPU and only 8GB RAM!

Seems pricey

The R and D that goes into such a system is large. Developing the Case. The cherry picking of components. Testing various configurations and specs and the mods all go along way to justifying the cost. The RAM is specially binned for me not off the shelf stuff, hand braided cables tc etc.

Then on top of this we have great service, extended warranty and labour free upgrades and tweaks.

The 8Pack system is the no expense spared solution to a brief. This PC is aimed at incredible power in a very small footprint with almost silent operation and unique eye catching styling. I believe we reached the brief and so do Techradar in there review.

For example most Asteroid will ship with 4.8cpu 4.5 cache and 3866mhz mems. This is a top 10% Skylake CPU with great, core and IMC so u want to build this yourself you have the cash to bin 10 CPU to find 1?I mean in some batches you might try 30 cpu before u find one. In the 8Pack solution this is all provided for.

CivilDrone · 26 Mar 2016 at 06:55

8 Pack said:
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That is still a lot of money for what it is

8 Pack · 26 Mar 2016 at 18:51

^ if you question the price a system like this is not for you.

Wizzfizz · 27 Mar 2016 at 03:28

CivilDrone said:
That is still a lot of money for what it is

cactusweasel said:
£4000 and it is only single GPU and only 8GB RAM!

Seems pricey

Have to agree, seems way to much for the spec regardless of RnD. But yeah, you're paying for the knowledge that goes into overclocking it and the fine touches, more so if you've never done it before. But my former point still stands.

8 Pack · 27 Mar 2016 at 12:48

Regardless of R and D! That's a strange statement to make when it comes to PC tech and cost, as a very high proportion of the cost of all tech is R and D.

The Asgard · 27 Mar 2016 at 22:01

That is a work of art!

8 Pack · 29 Mar 2016 at 16:01

Thanks for all the positive comments

8 Pack · 29 Mar 2016 at 17:10

Anyone wanting different Colors on Asteroid just contact us!! We can do this no issue.

davido_labido · 29 Mar 2016 at 17:15

I checked this out over the weekend and I have to say it is a beautiful machine. It is always great to speak to 8 Pack and it was excellent to see him so passionate about the Asteroid! Much want.

8 Pack · 30 Mar 2016 at 13:16

^Thanks Dave.

Great to see your builds at the show again.

John24 · 1 Apr 2016 at 01:06

Now that is a tidy system, really like it. The integrated res is some nice engineering.

Bluntwrapped · 1 Apr 2016 at 10:43

Looks awesome

I'd be expecting a 5GHz CPU for that price though lol

8 Pack · 1 Apr 2016 at 12:10

5g Skylake 24/7 not many at all!!!! Maybe one or two per hundred!!

Supplied flight case:

Perfect match:

Quartz · 1 Apr 2016 at 12:16

That system is a work of art.

8 Pack · 1 Apr 2016 at 16:46

Mean in Green!!

D1craig · 1 Apr 2016 at 16:56

Show us a purple and yellow one. My fave colours but too girly to ever do anything about it lmao.

8 Pack · 3 Apr 2016 at 16:14

We dont have the accent packs etc for purple and yellow!! I think yellow would actually look great with black.