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There are some products you can’t help but think are just pointless and you cannot see why anyone would possibly want to buy it.  This is one of those.

The Pure*Gold PC is a fairly mid range PC with decent specifications, supposedly low noise levels and a nice design, but as its name suggests there is something different about this: it’s made from gold.  But no, it is not gold trimmed, and no, it is not gold stylishly designed into and practical and aesthetically pleasing design.  Oh no.  This is a big, gold box.

The first thing that needs to be said is that is is not all gold, it is in fact made from ceramics with a nice gold covering which I suppose makes it slightly more affordable.  However, I can’t help but thinking that it is incredibly impractical, as not only does it look fairly distasteful, but it is fairly big, clunky and would never fit into any space that has been designed for a computer.  It is obviously an excuse to put gold on a computer case, and make the most of it.

Specification-wise it is not bad: A Core 2 Duo processor (irritatingly, not specific to a model), 4GB RAM, a Kontron motherboard, 1000GB Hard Disk and a 8600GT processor graphics card; supplemented with 7.1 surround sound, 8 USB ports, Wi-Fi connectivity and 2 firewire ports.  None of these are in any way remarkable and would normally expect a price of around $900 - $1100, but I highly doubt that this golden box will.

So, the computer itself is fine, but the case is a nightmare: it is an impractical shape (try and find a case designed for a cubic PC), you wouldn’t be able to move it around easily for fear of damaging it, it will probably be pretty expensive, and it really doesn’t look that nice.  So for gold-philes out there here is your dream, but for everyone else it is pretty pointless.

Product [Plush Department]