Unboxed: HP Blackbird 002

In the midst of any world financial meltdown two things can be relied upon to retain their value: gold bullion bars and, of course, high-end gaming PCs. While gold refineries are struggling to meet demand, HP has come to the rescue by finally launching its Blackbird 002 in the UK.

This black desk-breaker is unadulterated gaming porn, inside and out. Under the hood is an Intel Core 2 Quad processor, two 500MB ATI Radeon HD3870 Dual GPU graphics cards and 4GB RAM, although it’s also incredibly easy to customise – you don’t even need a screwdriver to change the innards.  

The surprisingly tasteful styling, including cast-aluminium foot, also helps keep the insides cool, as does the liquid cooling and ‘thermal chambers’. Unfortunately, it also helps bump the Blackbird’s price up to £3200. Look out for it in Harrods soon, and for a review on Stuff.tv even sooner.

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home