Maddest PC rigs ever? Your best entries for our Vulcan's Craftsman Challenge
5. Donny Cryer
Specs:
- Lenovo Thinkpad T61
- Intel Core2Duo T9300 @ 2.5Ghz processor
- 4 GB RAM
- Intel 160GB SSD
- ExpressCard to PCI Express Adapter
- ASUS ENGTX570 DCII/2DIS/1280MD5 GeForce GTX 570
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- SeaSonic X-SERIES X-1050 1050W power supply for video card
- Saitek Eclipse keyboard
- Logitech G5 mouse
- Samsung SyncMaster 940BX monitor
PC Gamer says: "Nice deconstructed set-up from Donny, although we wonder if it's strictly necessary to have such a focus on fans when most of the kit is outside the box... Also: water hazard. Best move that bottle."
4. Omar Lashko
Specs:
- i7 3770k processor running @stock (for now)
- MSI Mpower Z77
- MSI HD 7950 graphics card
- Corsair AX750 with custom individually sleeved cables (done with pain and suffering)
- Avexir 1600, 4x4GB RAM
- Vector 128GB SSD (velcro'd in the back of the motherboard tray)
- NZXT Switch 810 Black (spray painted some of the mesh yellow & di-noc'd the front with carbon fiber(planning on doing roof too))
- 27inch ASUS VE278Q 1080p monitor
PC Gamer says: "Omar, we like the cut of your jib. Although your hardware is still work in progress, we admire what you're doing with those custom cables. Call us budding Gok Wan-gers, but that yellow is really working with the black case."
3. Sherlock Dy
Specs:
- Intel Core i5 2500K (OC at 4.8GHz)
- Asrock Z68 Extreme4 B3
- 2x 4GB RAM
- Seasonic M12II 850W Modular power supply
- MSI R7850 Power Edition 2GB GDDR5 video card
- Cooler Master HAF X case
- Asus Xonar Essence STX soundcard
- SSD is a OCZ Vertex 4 256GB
- 3x HDD (150GB, 1TB, 500GB)
PC Gamer says: "Power meets beauty (well, lovely glowing neon) in Sherlock's rig. Not the most outlandish design, but it's well put together and handsome to look at."