In addition to offering the Avalanche and Omni game desktops, AVADirect has added another solution to its Signature Series: the AVA Sixense VR series. Currently, the company is offering this desktop in two configurable flavors -- the AVA Sixense VR and the AVA Sixense VR Ultimate -- with a starting price of $1,800 and $2,300, respectively. As the name indicates, this new series is compatible with the Sixense STEM System, a wireless motion tracking platform that is sold separately.
The base specs show that both models feature the Hadron Air Black mini tower case with a Sixense etched side panel. They also include a Z97 Stinger motherboard, an ACX mITX CPU cooler, and a 1 TB Barracuda 7200 RPM hard drive with 64 MB of cache. They also have Nvidia's GeForce GTX 980 Superclocked GPU with 4 GB of GDDR5 memory installed by default.
As for additional similar features, both computers include a black slim slot DVD burner, two Quiet Case fans at 1800 RPM and custom 20-color LED lighting that can be configured using a special remote. Both are also sold with the company's Silver Warranty package, which provides three year limited parts, three year labor warranty and a lifetime of technical support.
The differences between the AVA Sixense VR desktop and the Ultimate models are rather small. The Ultimate model uses an Intel Core i7-4790 quad-core processor (3.6 GHz, 4.0 GHz), which adds the Intel HD Graphics 4600 GPU into the mix. This model also uses 16 GB of HyperX Fury Black DDR3-1866 RAM and provides an extra 500 GB 850 EVO SSD in addition to the 1 TB hard drive. Windows 7 Professional 64-bit Edition is the operating system of choice.
For the cheaper non-Ultimate configuration, this base model uses Intel's Core i5-4460 quad-core processor (3.2 GHz, 3.4 GHz) and the Intel HD Graphics 4600 GPU. There's only 8 GB of HyperX Fury Black DDR3-1866 memory, and there's no SSD installed. The system comes with Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit.
Want to upgrade the non-Ultimate base model? Customers have two additional options for the processor: the Intel Core i5-4690 (3.5 GHz, 3.9 GHz) for $40 extra or the Intel Core i7-4790 (3.6 GHz, 4.0 GHz) for $140 extra. Customers can also upgrade the GPU to an Nvidia GTX Titan X with 12 GB of DDR5 RAM for an additional $480 and cram up to 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) of HyperX Fury Black memory for an additional $60.
Let's not forget about the STEM System from Sixense, which will be an added expense with either of these builds. This system includes the STEM Base ($99), a STEM Controller ($119.99) and a STEM Pack ($99.99). The company also sells the system in a bundle such as the 2-Tracker STEM System bundle for $299.99. Currently, orders will take two to three months to ship from the time the order was placed.
Update, 4/22/15, 6:40am PT: Updated pricing info.
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