iBuyPower LAN Warrior

If you’ve ever been to a LAN party (you can admit it here, we swear) you’ve experienced the agony of transplanting an entire desktop PC from place to place. Lugging a steel box from its cozy home in your house, out to a car, up stairs and through hallways to a convention center can be quite a task. Especially considering that most gaming rigs weren’t built to be moved any more than ten feet from a foam-lined crate to your desk.

IBuyPower’s new LAN Warrior system caters specifically to gamers who want the portability of a small-form-factor machine, without the performance sacrifices that typically come in packages this small. Using Nzxt’s stubby Rogue case, the LAN Warrior manages to cram all the accoutrements of a full-sized tower – including dual video cards and liquid cooling – into a machine that stretches just 17.5 inches in its longest dimension.

To make it easier to lug around, it also includes a nylon luggage strap to sling it over your shoulder and distribute the weight. And for gaming with somewhat sketchy opponents, it locks up tight to prevent hardware theft (or sabotage!), and has a loop for a second lock to prevent the whole system from wandering off.

The LAN Warrior goes for $999 in its basic form, which includes an Intel Core i7 920 processor, 3GB of DDR3 RAM, 500GB SATA-II drive, and an Nvidia GPU. More details can be found at iBuyPower.