Intel\u00ae and ESL today reveal the limited edition Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters-grade PCs that will be sold in various stores worldwide leading up to the world\u2019s largest esports event: the Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters Katowice World Championship. Bundled with computer games valued at US$165 and featuring a uniquely numbered holographic badge, each purchase of the IEM Challenger and IEM Champion PCs contributes incrementally to the current US$600,000 World Championship prize pool.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re closing out a decade of Intel Extreme Masters competition, and these limited edition PCs are a bastion of performance and excellence,\u201d said George Woo, Intel brand partnerships & sponsorships marketing manager. \u201cIntel\u2019s commitment to providing the best computing equipment goes hand in hand with ESL\u2019s commitment to bringing the best in esports competition to gamers everywhere. We\u2019re looking forward to a future of creating more legendary esports moments together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The limited edition PCs will be available in two forms:
\n\u2022The IEM Champion PC is best in class configuration for any budding esports player. Comprised of high-performance components, the Champion guarantees the highest possible level of the game experience with at minimum the Intel\u00ae Core \u2122 i7 K-series, a Gigabyte\u2122 motherboard, HyperX\u00ae 16GB DRAM and NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GTX970 or AMD Radeon\u2122 R9 290X graphics card. Complete with a 1TB hard drive and an additional 120GB Intel\u00ae SSD, the limited edition Champion is an all-star PC.
\n\u2022The IEM Challenger is a computer designed to enable and deliver high performances in the latest games. The Challenger is equipped with at minimum an Intel\u00ae Core \u2122 i5 K-series, a Gigabyte\u2122 motherboard, a 1TB hard drive and a 120GB Intel\u00ae SSD. Additionally, the computer boasts 8GB DRAM from HyperX\u00ae, and either an NVIDIA\u00ae GeForce\u00ae GTX960 or AMD Radeon\u2122 R9 285 graphics card.<\/p>\n
But what good is a PC without any games? By purchasing any of the limited edition Intel Extreme Masters PCs, you will also receive an exciting bundle of games worth US$165 in total that\u2019ll keep you busy for weeks. <\/p>\n
The bundle will include the following games:
\n\u2022Tom Clancy\u2019s Rainbow Six Siege
\n\u2022Warface
\n\u2022Just Cause 3
\n\u2022Word of Warships<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Intel\u00ae and ESL today reveal the limited edition Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters-grade PCs that will be sold in various stores worldwide leading up to the world\u2019s largest esports event: the Intel\u00ae Extreme Masters Katowice World Championship. Bundled with computer games valued at US$165 and featuring a uniquely numbered holographic badge, each purchase of the IEM Challenger … <\/p>\n