• HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC

    HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC

    Punit Lodaya, Nov 27, 2006 1649 hrs IST

    The HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC has been designed to be feature-rich as well as one giving high performance. Let's have a look.

    Most powerful feature rich PC, Cool looks, High performance, Superb Cabinet.

    Very expensive, No expansion slot available, 160 GB HDD.

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HCL has earned itself a good name in enterprise solution development. Though, it's not a major into retail distribution of PC, it has built some of the most cost effective PCs. Today, it is targeting a new segment, i.e. gaming. Gaming PC originated in US with companies such as Alienware and Voodoo specializing in making high performance PCs. None of such companies still have a presence in India, due to low demand for their products. This is where HCL seems to be an entrant fishing for upcoming opportunities.


The HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC has been designed to be feature-rich as well as one giving high performance. Equipped with the fastest processor from Intel, Core 2 Extreme 6800, 2 x NVIDIA Geforce 7900GT GPUs in SLI mode, 2 * 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM on a Nvidia nForce 590i chipset platform, it is easily speculated that this is one hell of a PC configuration. While, some people may argue that it could have gone for a better graphic card, the 7900 GT has been installed with a purpose. As aforementioned, this is also supposed to be a feature-rich PC. Hence, they have included a modem, TV tuner card, game port, various card readers, etc. All this could not have possibly been included had they opted for a powerful graphic card that will occupy two slots at the back and also cover certain PCI slots leaving them useless.

The HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC comes in a complete package with a 19" WS TFT LCD monitor, Multimedia keyboard, speakers, remote, headphones with mic, etc. But, we just received the main component, i.e. the core components inside the sexy looking cabinet. So, our review will be limited only to the core components, but at the end of the day, these things make up for major cost of the machine.

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(56) Comments
Abbas
,Delhi, on May 07, 2010 12:20 PM
at 1.49 lacs, HCL Beanstalk Ultimate could have done better with cheaper and more powerful components. There is absolutely no need for a Rs. 50,000 Core 2 Extreme Processor when an almost similarly powerful processor (core i5 750) can be had for around less than Rs 15,000. I also believe that instead of putting 2 relatively useless cards in SLI, HCL could have straight away put a 9800 GTX+ or even a GTX 260 both of which come in the Rs 10,000-15,000 range and are more powerful. All in all with the correct market research, a more POWERFUL system (gaming/multimedia) can be built for almost half the price. Here is a suggested configuration: Monitor : Branded 19 inch : Rs 12000 SLI motherboard: Rs 9,000 Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 : Rs 15,000 Corsair PSU: Rs 4000 4GB DDR2 RAM : Rs 3000 Intel Core i5 750 : Rs 15000 Keyboard, Mouse etc : Rs 1500 Speakers: Rs 4000 Total ~ Rs 65000 (more powerful, half the price)
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Abbas
,Delhi, on May 07, 2010 12:22 PM
forgot to mention the case : Rs 2000 and the optical drive (dvd read write) : Rs 2500 Total ~ Rs 70,000
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Raviraj
,Mumbai, on Nov 06, 2008 06:33 PM
Send me the price
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aman
,karnal, on Aug 17, 2008 11:58 PM
hello my name is aman it's a great pc i haven seen before can you tell me the price including features thank you
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anonymous
,none, on Dec 18, 2006 03:22 PM
hey the price is not written anywhere!!!.... tell me the price....!!! the price....!!! the price....!!! the price....!!!....
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Ray
,Goa, on Jun 24, 2007 07:28 AM
ya twit!Learn to read the ENTIRE review!! If u r incapable of that, the price is Rs.1, 49,990/- Now go BUY BUY BUY!!
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amol
,MUMBAI, on Jan 12, 2007 10:09 AM
just tell me about prize
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sam111
,ch, on Jun 16, 2007 09:19 AM
okkkkkkkkkkkk
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935mitra
,Ranchi, on Dec 09, 2006 09:51 AM
can I buy the cabinet seperately?????? it really looks cool
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Vishwas
,chenni, on Mar 31, 2007 11:00 PM
if u need good cabinets send me a mail
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Kannan.D
,Panruti (TN), on Feb 05, 2007 07:37 AM
Sir, Where can i buy this PC
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Anonymous
,mumbai, on Jan 29, 2007 06:19 PM
you bloody Illiterate dumbf***s know nothing although the price is quite high <the processor should not be that fast and 4 gb sd ram and a blue ray burner which would satisfy both great storage capabilities and fast machine graphics should have being Nvidia 8800 GTX and and the latest intel motherboard would make it rocking and two 300 gb Hard drives and Viewsonic 20 " lcd or Dell's awesome 22' or the top of the line from samsung and benq 24"
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Nazir
,Salem, on Dec 15, 2006 05:25 PM
Its looks very nice
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Anonymous
,chandiagarh, on Dec 11, 2006 08:35 PM
To Buy this Pc , Call , Hcl Digilife store 0172 4631551.
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deepak
,chennai, on Dec 11, 2006 04:37 PM
Guys go to the nearest shop and have a look on it . Its like frustrated people are commenting on this product. Thats why Indian people never shine , always think negative and think some one is cheating as we do it ourself.
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Rajesh Kumar Sr
,Lucknow (U.P.), on Dec 11, 2006 10:43 AM
Its look is fabulous, feature wise it is fantastic and configuration is Best.
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PRACHI SRIVASTA
,LUCKNOW, on Dec 11, 2006 10:33 AM
FANTASTIC LOOK OF THE PC . I WANT TO BUY THIS AND FOR THAT I NEED DETAIL CONFIGURATION ALONG WITH PRICE.
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udaya moolya
,bangalore, on Dec 11, 2006 09:50 AM
what is the price
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saakshi
,madras, on Dec 10, 2006 08:09 PM
keyboard is cool
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MAYUR
,BANGLORE, on Dec 09, 2006 04:20 PM
what is the price
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Karthik Kumar
,New Delhi, on Dec 05, 2006 10:16 AM
Decent enough PC,,but as always is the case with Indian system sellers.They always skimp on something. Only 1GB RAM??? With Windows Vista just 2 months away this PC will be obsolete in 2 months. Atleast they should have given 2GB RAM. and 160GB is sorely inadequate. As always,,a knowledged buyer can make an assembled system much better than this.
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Jazzer
,bangalore, on Dec 07, 2006 05:08 AM
" 2 * 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM on a Nvidia nForce 590i chipset platform," <----- it says 2 * 1 GB ram modules... thats a total of 2 GB... have to agree that the HDD is inadequate tho... and of course one can anyday assemble a better comp than this beauty.
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Vinay
,Mangalore, on Dec 05, 2006 05:23 PM
Branded nd loaded but tooo expensive..... Assembled once with hyper Mother Board's,Coolling Sysetm's,Duo core processor.... nd the Physced out Graphic card.... would actuallly within a possible 90 grand
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Karthik Kumar
,New Delhi, on Dec 05, 2006 10:17 AM
Decent enough PC,,but as always is the case with Indian system sellers.They always skimp on something. Only 1GB RAM??? With Windows Vista just 2 months away this PC will be obsolete in 2 months. Atleast they should have given 2GB RAM with a DX10 compliant GeForce 8800. and 160GB is sorely inadequate. As always,,a knowledged buyer can make an assembled system much better than this.
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Gadgetguy
,Hyderabad, on Dec 02, 2006 03:34 AM
What the hell is that colour combination?? Somebody watching from a distance would think moss has grown on the PC..
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Sankar
,Chennai, on Dec 04, 2006 04:09 PM
There eyes might be blind,s
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loafer
,NOIDA, on Dec 01, 2006 05:40 PM
Please buy PS3 for 30k instead of this crap.
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Someone
,Somewhere, on Nov 27, 2006 10:28 PM
Very nice step for ppl who wanna buy gaming pcs but dont wann get it assembled .way to go,dx 10 would only make this more expensive,the costing of video cards in india never seem to go down even when its too old.still @ 149000,this is pretty expensive,but every way worth it.u cant get these parts so easily + they are always expensive bcoz of low sales.
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syrez
,ranchi, on Nov 30, 2006 07:43 PM
this might seem bit off track but something "someone from somewhere" said that really caught my attention..why wont the price of video cards go down like the rest of the components???!!?? or does it...? do you guys want to start a thread about great cards whose price have gone down amking it more affordable? i think its an eligible topic? please comment
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Punjabi in Bost
,Boston, on Nov 28, 2006 09:49 AM
In typical Punjabi i would say-Desi Baandri Valaiti Cheekaan Marey!!(Indian singer trying to emulate a foreign Pop Artist!).This is what HCL stands for.HCL doesn't sell-or is not able to sell PC's in US or other developed countries,so in desperation is trying to do it in the 3rd world indian market, where a Super PC can be assembled with less than 1/3 rd of this PC's price.HCL people think they are equivalent to DELL,USA!!!
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sameer
,nagpur, on Nov 30, 2006 02:47 PM
sahi ho prajiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ,tosi great ho -g8t
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Kashif..
,Bombay, on Nov 29, 2006 07:51 PM
One helluva Xtreme Machine.... it'll be outclassed quite sooon....
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Anonymous
,chennai, on Nov 29, 2006 02:26 AM
what a bunch of crap dells XPS series is way better.
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ace.spike
,Cochin, on Nov 28, 2006 03:12 PM
well it is good but... Equipped with the fastest processor from Intel, Core 2 Extreme 6800, 2 x NVIDIA Geforce 7900GT GPUs in SLI mode, 2 * 1 GB DDR2 667 MHz RAM on a Nvidia nForce 590i chipset platform ....only DDR2 for graphic and 667MHz RAM. it is too bad they did not have atleast DDR3 1 GHz RAM or the latest of GPU from nVIDIA
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arch enemy
,Fear Factory, on Nov 28, 2006 09:40 PM
DDR3 1 ghz.....did you invent that???
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no one
,some where, on Nov 28, 2006 03:35 PM
Hcl = high cost & loses
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no one
,some where, on Nov 28, 2006 03:35 PM
Hcl = high cost & lose's
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Anonymous
,N Delhi, on Nov 28, 2006 03:33 PM
I THINK THE PC IS EXPENSIVE HOWEVER THE FEATURES ARE REALLY GOOD...........
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Anonymous
,New Delhi, on Nov 28, 2006 03:31 PM
i think this pc is little expensive however the features are really good........
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Dams
,Mumbai, on Nov 28, 2006 02:05 PM
This PC Costs 65K with 1 GB RAM and E6300 processor
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hcl ka papa
,mumbai, on Nov 28, 2006 11:47 AM
punit tera dimaag kharaab hai kya bey saale?
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Dams
,Mumbai, on Nov 28, 2006 02:05 PM
This PC costs 65K with 1 Gb ram and E6300 procy.
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Rez
,Chennai, on Nov 28, 2006 02:21 AM
Buy a Plasma TV + Xbox 360 instead! I hope HCL sells anything more than 10 numbers all over india! Its just a marketing Gimmick. HCL traditionally makes the worst quality PC's in India!
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Parath
,chennai, on Nov 28, 2006 12:24 PM
i think you dont nothing about PC's,making a such worst comment.HCL turner over will speak which is the qaulity PC.
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Hari
,Bangalore, on Nov 28, 2006 10:51 AM
HCL Beanstalk Game Master Ultimate PC Most powerful feature rich PC, Cool looks, High performance, Superb Cabinet.
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raj
,Bangalore, on Nov 28, 2006 10:37 AM
I think the cooments are way too negative. Even if you assemble this PC you will never get it for 70-80k. When the 6800 in Indian Market itself costs more than 50k.
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HLC
,CLH, on Nov 28, 2006 10:24 AM
crap....
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doc
,Bangalore, on Nov 28, 2006 08:56 AM
way too expensive
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Lord of Darknes
,Hell, on Nov 28, 2006 04:24 AM
Puneet, learn some decent English!
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Aido
,Kolkata, on Nov 28, 2006 03:03 AM
Now i am, finally, totally convinced that HCL is full of chimps. Gosh! Have they completely lost it? The exterior is pre-historically the ugliest. I never bothered to read the features. Sheesh!
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Gaming PC my A*
,Gaming World, on Nov 28, 2006 02:06 AM
Ever wondered why PCs like these dont sell in India .... its because people here are more clever by half !! This kind of crap needs to be sold to "son of rich dad" types (especially in the US where the dad is also probably low IQ). When we see a gamin PC like this we look at ratings and FPS of various games at various resolutions. Tell me have you had a survey of what resolutions most games get played at ? The nerds i know play at 800/600 cause they are more interested in gameplay rather than that minute nail on the wall (only visible at 3000 by 2000 pixels !!). I can only wish HCL good luck. If they ever went with this PC to Nehru place in Delhi they would probably be put on a donkey and paraded. As for the prices of indivual components ... well indians have this amazing knack of being the economists. We dont buy stuff on day one when we know that on day seven they are gonna sell dirt cheap.
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Murali
,bangalore, on Nov 28, 2006 02:03 AM
nothing more than about 75-80K for this! most of this stuff can be bought off the market at better prices (barring the CPU, perhaps!)
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Ghosh
,Cal, on Nov 28, 2006 01:53 AM
I'm on page two, and the cabinet, which seems to have been designed by a mentally unstable blind person wearing the darkest of glasses he could lay his hands upon, prompted me to press the <back> button hastily in retreat...
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GANESH
,chennai, on Nov 27, 2006 07:08 PM
One doesnt actually need that much speed, bcos hes not catching any next shuttle to the space., when assembled We can reduce the price upto 30,000.. and also those cards are not even Dx 10 compatible for the next generation games.. still to come..So could go for 8800Gt
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santosh
,satara, on Nov 27, 2006 11:33 PM
you are right
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MaxAxe
,chennai, on Nov 27, 2006 05:56 PM
uhhh yeah, you had to say something good ab out the PC, so you did, but you too know the truth, isnt it ?
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