OCZ introduces Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook Solution

Ever wish you could put together your own gaming notebook? Now you can with the new OCZ Technology Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Gaming Notebook Program. With this program, users from all sorts of backgrounds can put together a system that ultimately is usable for gaming applications. The OCZ DIY program gives consumers the ability to customize notebooks starting from what amounts to a barebones system.

According to Eugene Chang, Product Manager of OCZ Systems Solutions, “With the OCZ Do-It-Yourself Notebook initiative, OCZ empowers with the resources like validated component guides, documentation, tech support, and a warranty to allow consumers to configure and build a true gaming notebook with the exact specification that matches their unique requirements.”

OCZ claims that users will get the following with the OCZ Do-It-Yourself program:

Customization - users select the OS, CPU, memory, and storage of choice
Value - users save money by purchasing components individually through sales, rebates, etc. Plus there’s no markup for labor costs
Craft - users get to build their notebook from beginning to end and personalize the outcome

The first OCZ DIY Gaming Notebook kit features an Intel Core 2 Duo platform with support for the latest 45 nm processors from Intel. It’s got a 15.4 inch screen and comes with an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT GPU. The full specs are as follows:

15.4 inch WXGA display with glossy finish
Intel PM965 Chipset + ICH8M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB DDR2 video memory
PCIe 16x
8X DVD+-R/RW + 4X Dual Layer Combo
Built-in HD Audio Codec
3D Surround Sound
Integrated Touchpad
A4 sized keyboard
1 Lithium-Ion battery

All you need to add is:

Intel Core 2 Duo processor
Memory (up to 4GB)
Storage (2.5 inch HDD/SDD)
OS

It’s a pretty interesting idea and perhaps compelling IF the price is right. Considering notebooks with decent performing processors are now hovering around the $600 dollar price range, it’s going to be hard for the typical consumer to warrant spending anything more than say $250-300 dollars for the kit. What do you think?