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Build of the week: Ghost Rider

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By James Davenport published 25 July 2016

An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day...

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James is stuck in an endless loop, playing the Dark Souls games on repeat until Elden Ring and Silksong set him free. He's a truffle pig for indie horror and weird FPS games too, seeking out games that actively hurt to play. Otherwise he's wandering Austin, identifying mushrooms and doodling grackles. 

Every Monday, Build of the week highlights a unique rig from the web's most dedicated PC building communities.

I once bought my brother Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider 2, and Drive Angry for his birthday. We watched all three in the same evening, and our lives were forever changed. Nicolas Cage’s ‘strong’ performances were an inspiration to us, and so we made our best efforts to mimic his alarming face contortions and yell-spittle quota as a way to more clearly communicate our emotions. It was a bad year.

Turns out, Cage-fury is best channeled through inanimate objects, which is why Ghost Rider from Modder Crow out of Thailand is such an exceptional piece of work. It’s a sturdy build, metallurgy and welding at it’s finest, worthy of the Harley-est hogs. And coursing through those chrome veins is an attitude so raw, hotter than where the rubber meets the road, that it can only be expressed in red LED lighting and a skull at the mast. What’s that on the side of the highway? It’s some graphics, and they’re dead.

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Hog talk aside, it’s an impressive build with specs that do plenty of heavy lifting themselves. If only computers could rev their engines. 

For more information on and pictures of Ghost Rider, check out the official build log.

Ghost Rider components:

  • CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
  • Mobo: ROG MAXIMUS VIII Hero
  • RAM: KLEVV Cras 16GB DDR4-3000 (4GB x 4)
  • GPU: STRIX GTX 980Ti
  • PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G2
  • SSD: HyperX Predator PCI-e 240GB
  • Cooling: Cooler Master JetFlo 120, Bitspower
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