Supermicro Readies an Intel Broadwell Gaming PC

[[Coi] Mr.CLuBBeR]

An unexpected face in the consumer gaming space

You've probably at least heard of Supermicro, a well established player in the server and workstation markets. Supermicro also dabbles in small form factor (SFF) cases, but as far as full fledged gaming PCs go, options are few and far between. Nevertheless, Supermicro is getting ready to expand its limited gaming system lineup with a rig built around Intel's Broadwell architecture.
The folks at Fudzilla caught a glimpse of the new PC in person, and we're glad to see Supermicro is using a better looking chassis than the fugly one found in the SYS-5038AD-T. That said, Supermicro still hasn't mastered the art of creatively naming a PC gaming line, as the new model is simply called SYS-5038AD-I.
In any event, the new PC boasts an Intel Core i7 5960X Extreme Edition processor cooled by an Asetek higher performance liquid cooler, a server grade C7X99-OCE motherboard that supports overclocking, 16GB of DDR4-2133 RAM, two Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 graphics cards in SLI (the demo system on display is rocking three GeForce GTX 980 cards), and a 1,200W Platinum PSU.
There's no mention of storage, otherwise it seems like a nice collection of parts (we'd have went with a higher end graphics card or two), assuming the cost is in line with what's being offered. Unfortunately, there's also no mention of price or a release date.
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