citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message hewlett packard company type public nyse hpq founded palo alto california 1939 headquarters palo alto california usa website www.hp.com www.hpshopping.com www.compaq.com voodoopc type subsidiary of hp founded 1991 headquarters calgary 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 citation needed including one from c net which gave it a 9.3 out of 10 . 1 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 . contents 1 history 2 performance and design 3 aluminum chassis and foot 4 reviews and awards 5 references history edit 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 . 2 the hp blackbird 002 was replaced by the hp firebird 803 . performance and design edit 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 . 3 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 4 motherboard instead of the asus striker 680i . the unit used nvidia or ati graphics cards including nvidia s sli . both nvidia and ati options were available with liquid cooling . the blackbird 002 features flexible raid capabilities with five hard drive bays . the system also featured two multi drives with a single bay for a blu ray and hd dvd rom . there were three basic cooling configurations fan cooled cpu liquid cooled and both cpu and gpu liquid cooled . aluminum chassis and foot edit the system s wedge shaped aluminum chassis and cast aluminum foot was capable of supporting up to 600 lbs . the wedge shaped design and fins that lined the top and front of the chassis acted as a heat sink . the cast aluminum foot allowed airflow to pass under the hp blackbird 002 for more efficient cooling to the 1.1 kw power supply seated at the base of the chassis . 3 the hp blackbird 002 used liquid cooling to draw heat away from the cpu motherboard and gpus . citation needed it was also designed with three thermal chambers that isolated key heat sources which was designed to ensuring that cool air reached the main heat generating components . citation needed all of the internal components of the hp blackbird 002 can be removed and installed without tools via a removable side panel which allows quick and easy access to the interior of the system . citation needed reviews and awards edit c net editors choice 1 pc magazine gave it a 5 5 5 computer shopper gave it 8.5 out of 10 6 wired magazine gave it best of test 7 maximum pc gave it 7 out of 10 8 cpu magazine gave it 4 out of 5 citation needed references edit a b rich brown 5 september 2007 . hp blackbird 002 review cnet . cnet . cbs interactive . one man s gaming zeal led to blackbird 002 . houston chronicle . a b hp blackbird 002 web site archived may 16 2008 at the wayback machine . future us inc. july 2008 . maximum pc . future us inc. pp. 2 . issn 1522 4279 . retrieved 3 june 2012 . hp blackbird 002 . pc magazine . matthew murray . hp blackbird 002 with voodoo dna desktop review . computer shopper us magazine . test hp blackbird 002 . wired magazine . 23 october 2007 . archived from the original on 26 march 2014 . hp blackbird 002 . maximum pc . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hp blackbird 002 & oldid 738729407 categories hewlett packard productshidden categories articles with wayback machine linksarticles needing additional references from january 2015all articles needing additional referencesall articles with 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