HP Blackbird 002
| Public (: HPQ) | |
| Founded | Palo Alto, California (1939) |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, California, USA |
| Website |
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| Subsidiary of HP | |
| Founded | 1991 |
| Headquarters | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Products | Enthusiast Personal Computers |
| Website | www.voodoopc.com |
The HP Blackbird 002 was a gaming and high-performance PC built by HP’s Voodoo Business Unit. It launched on September 2007 and won over 10 Editor’s Choice awards, including one from C-NET which gave it a 9.3 out of 10. 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.
The HP Blackbird 002 was replaced by the HP Firebird 803.
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.
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 motherboard instead of the Asus Striker 680i.
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