maximumpc.com - 10/20/2008
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Stop. You had us at oil submersed motherboard, CPU and GPUs. You didn’t even have to dunk the SSDs, PSU or create a custom motherboard and bullet resistant tank too to convince us that you’re really hard core, umm, Hardcore. Of course, if you stare too hard at the tank, you’ll miss all the ...
dvice.com - 10/21/2008
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dvice.com —
We're still in awe of that fantastic Battlestar
Galactica PC we showed you last week, but take...
a look at this: Unlike that custom-built Battlestar, this one's a commercially-available PC. It looks like it has glowing nuclear fuel rods bathing in ...
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UFO-like Hardcore PC Reactor components submerged in ...
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UFO-like Hardcore PC Reactor components submerged in cooling oil
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... Samsung solid-state hard drives (don't try this with old-fashioned spinning hard drives!), along with only the highest-end components. With all this sci-fi cooling, the machine will be popular with overclockers, those who treat their PCs like hot rods and dial up the speed of their processors way higher than conventionally-cooled PCs will allow. They'll pay dearly for the privilege here, shelling out $11K for this baby. Nice.
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Submersed in Oil , Hardcore PC finally beats the heat
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Hardcore Computer’s oil-submerged Reactor Extreme gaming PC shipping
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... It all works, too. Maximum PC took a look at a pre-production unit back in December and came away amazed. Not only are the components listed above all submerged, but the SSD storage - the Reactor Extreme comes as standard with a non-submerged Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB drive, but the optional Samsung 64GB SSD (up to three of them) gets dunked - and the power supply units (two 650W PSUs, no less). It all drops into a custom, aluminum-cast case and an aerospace-quality transparent tank. ...
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