While not really a necessity yet, 3.0 ports are something we're seeing on more and more systems that add another layer of future-proofing. Should you wish to hook this system up to your home theater, you'll have to run several analog cables to the multichannel input of your home-theater receiver (assuming it has such inputs).
Other than the mini-HDMI output (which has some issues-read on for more info), the LAN Warrior II doesn't have any digital audio outs (either coax or S/PDIF) a puzzling oversight given the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive. The system is housed in NZXT's Vulcan micro-ATX chassis and gets its juice from a Xion 1000W power supply. The system boasts a dual hard drive configuration consisting of a Kingston 64GB SSDNow V2-series SATA II 2.5inch Solid-State Drive that hosts the Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit OS and a Hitachi 1.0TB 7200RPM for data storage. Though the HD 5970 is a single physical card, it actually has two separate GPUs inside, giving you Crossfire performance on the one card. Six gigs of DDR3-1600 occupy three memory slots, and an ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB video card provides graphics processing. A liquid CPU cooler keeps the processor thermally happy. Our review unit sports an Intel Core i7 930 processor running at the stock 2.8GHz clock speed, mounted on an MSI X58M motherboard. For information about the LAN Warrior II's base config, see here. Our review system incorporates several upgrades and goes for $1999 as of October 2010. The LAN Warrior II is available in three basic platforms an AMD-based version starting at $749 (USD), an Intel P55 model starting at $799, and this model, built on an Intel X58 platform starting at $999. More compact than the company's line of full-size Paladin gaming desktops, the LAN Warrior promises burly gaming performance in a portable package-perfect for LAN parties and tournaments.
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