Vigor Gaming
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| Vigor Gaming Computer | |
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| Type | Privately-held |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | City of Industry, California |
| Products | Enthusiast Personal Computers |
| Parent | REKEN, Inc. |
| Website | www.vigorgaming.com |
Vigor Gaming is a privately-held manufacturer of enthusiast level personal computers based in City of Industry, California. The company was founded in 2004 by several former employees and the former owner of competing company. Vigor Gaming Computers are designed specifically for gaming enthusiasts, and are broken down into various models with varying capabilities. Vigor offers several different models of desktop computers and laptop computers with prices ranging from sub $1,000 all the way up to $15,000 for a fully configured gaming PC. Vigor gaming also produces enthusiast grade components, including their Monsoon II Thermoelectric cooling solution designed to aid in overclocking.
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[edit] Competition
Competitors to Vigor Gaming include Velocity Micro, Voodoo PC, Falcon Northwest, Maingear, Dell's XPS computers, Alienware, and other companies with products focused on high performance, gaming machines.
[edit] Management
The company was founded in 2004 by several former engineers and management personnel of a competing company. Vigor Gaming employs a well-trained, certified staff of around 30 people. In an interview with GotFrag.com, Vigor representatives stated they have seen tremendous growth through 2006 and are rapidly expanding beyond the means of their current facility.
[edit] Industry Recognition
Vigor Gaming PCs have recently received a lot of attention in various print magazines such as PC Magazine, Maximum PC, and Computer Shopper, but their most publicized product has been the Monsoon II Thermoelectric cooling solution. This device, which incorporates active TEC technology with a powerful air-cooler, has received much acclaim on enthusiast hardware review sites, such as Tom's Hardware,GotFrag Hardware, TweakTown, PC Perspective, and AnandTech.
