Skip to main content
PC Gamer PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES
UK EditionUK US EditionUS CA EditionCanada AU EditionAustralia
Sign in
  • View Profile
  • Sign out
  • Games
  • Hardware
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Guides
  • Video
  • Forum
  • More
    • PC Gaming Show
    • Software
    • Movies & TV
    • Codes
    • Coupons
    • Magazine
    • Newsletter
    • Affiliate links
    • Meet the team
    • Community guidelines
    • About PC Gamer
PC Gamer Magazine Subscription
PC Gamer Magazine Subscription
Why subscribe?
  • Subscribe to the world's #1 PC gaming mag
  • Try a single issue or save on a subscription
  • Issues delivered straight to your door or device
From$32.49
Subscribe now
Don't miss these
A blue sky background with text that reads: "PC Gamer Presents PC gaming Show: Most Wanted Powered by Xbox Game Pass"
Events & Conferences Every game, trailer, and announcement in the 2025 PC Gaming Show: Most Wanted
Routine sci-fi survival horror
Horror Routine review
PC Gamer Top 100 2025
Games The top 100 PC games
Ashes of the Singularity 2 first gameplay
Strategy Here's our exclusive first peek at massive-scale RTS Ashes of the Singularity 2 in action, and would you look at the size of this thing
An iBuyPower Y40 Pro gaming PC on a Cyber Monday background.
Gaming PCs Behold, another RTX 5080 gaming PC for under $2,000 this Cyber Monday, and this one's got a whopper of a CPU to boot
HG 1/144 GQuuuuuX kit.
Hardware Cyber Monday is a great time to give yourself a first dose of Gunpla brain poison with $18 Gundam kit deals and 20% discounts on hobby supplies
TF2's Heavy, wearing a press hat, stands in front of a blurred Google Discover news feed.
AI Google's toying with nonsense AI-made headlines on articles like ours in the Discover feed, so please don't blame me for clickbait like 'BG3 players exploit children'
Two PC cases on a yellow background with the PC Gamer recommends badge in the upper right corner.
PC Cases The best PC cases in 2025: These are the chassis I'd use for my next gaming build
The Cobratype Venom gaming PC floats in the funky Cyber Monday deal void.
Hardware The 25 biggest PC gaming discounts of Cyber Monday so far... y'know on things I'd actually buy
A gaming PC on a Cyber Monday PC Gamer branded image
Gaming PCs Cyber Week gaming PC deals 2025: discounts across Nvidia GeForce and AMD Radeon rigs
An FOS view of someone walking between two long-necked dinosaurs
Events & Conferences Ferocious blends Far Cry chaos with Ark's dino-taming, and it's available on Steam right now
An Alienware Aurora gaming PC on a blue and red Cyber Monday background
Gaming PCs Alienware has knocked it straight out the park with this beastly $1,680 RTX 5070 Ti gaming PC deal this Cyber Monday
A gaming mouse and gaming PC with the PC Gamer Black Friday live branding
Hardware Black Friday gaming deals live - I'm digging out the hottest PC gaming tech deals because that's how I always wanted to start my 21st year in the job
This giant robot from Hello Sunshine is shaped like a friend
Events & Conferences Witness gargantuan mech fights in this desert survival game that's giving The Electric State meets Death Stranding
A series of intricately made buildings and factory lines
Events & Conferences In the new demo for upcoming factory sim Modulus, you not only build machines, but also design modules they're made of
Popular
  • PC Gaming Show
  • Best PC gear
  • All the deals
  • Arc Raiders
  • Quizzes
  1. Hardware
  2. PC Cases

Build of the week: Gigantea is a huge metal centipede

Features
By James Davenport published 11 July 2016

Let's just hope this PC doesn't gain...centience.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

Page 1 of 27
Page 1 of 27

Page 2 of 27
Page 2 of 27

Page 3 of 27
Page 3 of 27

Page 4 of 27
Page 4 of 27

Page 5 of 27
Page 5 of 27

Page 6 of 27
Page 6 of 27

Page 7 of 27
Page 7 of 27

Page 8 of 27
Page 8 of 27

Page 9 of 27
Page 9 of 27

Page 10 of 27
Page 10 of 27

Page 11 of 27
Page 11 of 27

Page 12 of 27
Page 12 of 27

Page 13 of 27
Page 13 of 27

Page 14 of 27
Page 14 of 27

Page 15 of 27
Page 15 of 27

Page 16 of 27
Page 16 of 27

Page 17 of 27
Page 17 of 27

Page 18 of 27
Page 18 of 27

Page 19 of 27
Page 19 of 27

Page 20 of 27
Page 20 of 27

Page 21 of 27
Page 21 of 27

Page 22 of 27
Page 22 of 27

Page 23 of 27
Page 23 of 27

Page 24 of 27
Page 24 of 27

Page 25 of 27
Page 25 of 27

Page 26 of 27
Page 26 of 27

Page 27 of 27
Page 27 of 27
James Davenport
James Davenport
Social Links Navigation

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. 

Did you know that the Amazonian giant centipede has been known to prey on bats while hanging from the ceiling? Did you know that they can grow to be 10 inches in length? Did also you know that they’re a literal hellbeast roaming the earth? Dark Souls is non-fiction.

Case modder David Cathey figured he’d face the horrible truths of living head on, so he built this case mod as an ode to the centipede, perhaps to quell its taste for human flesh. Will it work? Who knows.

However, I do know that he did a good job, because the Gigantea is straight up freaky. It’s a poseable red and yellow monstrosity that can run The Witcher 3 on Ultra settings. Speaking of, someone give Geralt a ring, yeah? We have a job for him.

Related articles
  • Tech creator 黃小潔Jerry assembles a gaming PC built inside a 2 metre tall statue of Vocaloid character Miku Hatsune. This 2-meter tall statue of Hatsune Miku is actually a gaming PC—the gaming PC of my dreams, that is
  • A terrible gaming PC built into a plastic jug This €130 gaming PC in a plastic jug churns out a whole 15 fps in Fortnite and might be the best/worst DIY build I've ever seen
  • Unitree R1 Horrible news: exploit found in Humanoid robots capable of 'creating a robot botnet that spreads without user intervention' over Bluetooth

The components aren’t absolute top of the line, but they’re more than enough for most games at 1080p. Besides, the style and craftsmanship are definitely a leg (or 100) up from the competition. For more pics and information, check out the official build log.

Gigantea components:

  • Mobo: Gigabyte Z97N-WIFI
  • CPU: Intel i5 4680K
  • RAM: 8GB Corsair Vengance Pro
  • GPU: Asus Strix GTX 980
  • SSDs: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB and 500GB
  • PSU: CoolerMaster V850
Read more
Tech creator 黃小潔Jerry assembles a gaming PC built inside a 2 metre tall statue of Vocaloid character Miku Hatsune.
This 2-meter tall statue of Hatsune Miku is actually a gaming PC—the gaming PC of my dreams, that is
 
 
A terrible gaming PC built into a plastic jug
This €130 gaming PC in a plastic jug churns out a whole 15 fps in Fortnite and might be the best/worst DIY build I've ever seen
 
 
Unitree R1
Horrible news: exploit found in Humanoid robots capable of 'creating a robot botnet that spreads without user intervention' over Bluetooth
 
 
A screenshot of a lip-syncing robot from a YouTube video
I don't want to give horror game devs any ideas but this chilling 'sphere o' mouths' lip-syncing robot is haunting my dreams and I want it to stop
 
 
SignalRGB's custom gaming PC built inside of an old microwave.
Toasty CPU? This microwave PC build demonstrates that you ain't seen nothing yet
 
 
An Alienware 18 Area-51 gaming laptop on a pink deals background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right
This Alienware RTX 5080 gaming laptop has a massive $1,000 discount in the Prime Day sales, to match its honking great chassis
 
 
Latest in PC Cases
A PC case on a blue Cyber Monday background.
Add a touch of classy walnut to your gaming den with this spacious and flexible Lian Li case, for just $115 this Cyber Monday
 
 
A Hyte Y70 case on a blue Cyber Monday background.
The much coveted pastel colorways for the Hyte Y70 PC case are only $180 this Cyber Monday
 
 
A photo of the Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable test platform next to its retail packaging
Thermal Grizzly Der8enchtable review
 
 
Thermaltake View 390 Air chassis on a desk. We're building a PC into it for testing and comparison with other PC cases.
Thermaltake View 390 Air review
 
 
A screenshot of Dbrand's companion cube Steam Machine case
Dbrand has teased a render of a Portal companion cube Steam Machine case, so you can... put a case around your case?
 
 
A promotional image of the SilverStone SST-FLP02 retro-styled PC case
The age of beige is back! SilverStone's new case is a glorious nod to PCs of the 1980s and 90s
 
 
Latest in Features
The Game Awards 2023 art - trophy image with no logo
What to expect from The Game Awards 2025: What's rumored to be there, what's already confirmed, and what we think is taking home GOTY
 
 
An edited image of Ibelin, from Netflix's The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, sat in a tavern roleplaying with his friends.
I've been roleplaying in MMORPGs like WoW for 16 years, it's the reason I'm here writing this headline—and there's never been a better time to try it out yourself
 
 
Neo Scavenger inventory
PC gaming's best inventory system is hidden in this obscure post-apocalyptic roguelike from the dawn of the survival craze
 
 
Total War: Warhammer 3
The 25-year history of Total War, from an experimental side project made between PS1 sports games to Medieval 3: 'Now more than ever, we are focusing our technology on the future of Total War'
 
 
Google search with a kaomoji offering a friendly gesture
Google is desperate for us to forget the simple joy of the original internet: Links
 
 
Arc Raiders: Key art featuring two raiders holding weapons and standing in the middle of the road, turning to run away from a large Queen spider-like robot on the buildings in the background.
The fact Arc Raiders players are griping about its thin endgame—despite the fact only 5% of players have reached it—is proof you can min-max the fun out of anything
 
 
  1. MSI and Asus gaming monitors on a green background with the PC Gamer recommended logo in the top right
    1
    Best gaming monitors in 2025: the pixel-perfect panels I'd buy myself
  2. 2
    The best fish tank PC case in 2025: I've tested heaps of stylish chassis but only a few have earned my recommendation
  3. 3
    Best gaming laptop 2025: I've tested the best laptops for gaming of this generation and here are the ones I recommend
  4. 4
    Best Hall effect keyboards in 2025: the fastest, most customizable keyboards for competitive gaming
  5. 5
    Best PCIe 5.0 SSD for gaming in 2025: the only Gen 5 drives I will allow in my PC
  1. A WD Blue SN5100 ready to be installed inside a gaming PC.
    1
    Sandisk WD Blue SN5100 NVMe SSD review
  2. 2
    Kingston Fury Renegade G5 8 TB NVMe SSD review
  3. 3
    Lexar NQ780 4 TB NVMe SSD review
  4. 4
    Glorious GMBK 75% review
  5. 5
    Corsair Vanguard Pro 96 review

PC Gamer is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site.

Add as a preferred source on Google
  • About Us
  • Contact Future's experts
  • Terms and conditions
  • Privacy policy
  • Cookies policy
  • Advertise with us
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Careers

© Future US, Inc. Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036.

Please login or signup to comment

Please wait...