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AlexTheGreatish
Alex Clark
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Beauty

Aiming to revolutionize the PC industry trends, this absolute Beauty of a build does some things that you would never expect.

Innovative features:
Custom VRM Water Cooling
Dual Reservoir Setup
External USB Case Lighting
Literally Thousands of Dollars Inside the Chassis

So the first thing that people might notice about this PC, which we shall be referring to as "Beauty", is that it forgoes traditional cooling. Normally one would create a watercooling loop for the CPU, GPU and maybe VRMs, but with how much of a problem VRM temperatures have become with overclocking in recent years Beauty completely forgoes watercooling the CPu or GPU, leaving all of the cooling potential from the 360mm Swiftech radiator (which only has a bit of marine epoxy preventing it from leaking) just for VRM cooling. We have employed a dual reservoir setup, with the main pump/res combo from Bitspower rocking an innovative mounting solution where only one pump mount is used to hold it horizontally, while the bottom just sits on a drive bay - talk about easy to work on! The second reservoir is from Alphacool and is only leaking a little bit, although a replaceable shop towel is used to mitigate this downside.

Now lots of people have been using internal case lighting for the last while, but we decided to think OUTSIDE the box, going with external lighting around the case! To overcome potential problems of routing the cabling from the inside of the case to the outside, a simple solution was used where the LED strips are powered over USB, and when plugged into the correct port can be used even when the case itself is turned off! A manual switch on the rear of the case is used for lighting control, meaning no more clunky software or those annoying remotes! Thanks to the fantastic light given of the Beauty can double as a desk lamp!

See the only problem with a build like this is it can cost a lot of money, so Beauty is filled with literally thousands of dollars in hundred dollar bills! This is super convenient since there is now no need to worry about fans dying - you can make sure they are all spinning by the pleasant auditory cues of big ones gently ticking against your fans!

If you still aren't a believer in Beauty, top YouTubers Linus Tech Tips made a music video showcasing what your life could be like with Beauty!
Color(s): Carbon
RGB Lighting? Yes
Theme: Futuristic
Cooling: Custom Liquid Cooling
Size: ATX
Type: General Build

Hardware

CPU
$ 223.00
Intel - Core i7 9700K
Socket: LGA 1151
Cores: 8
Integrated Graphics: Yes
Motherboard
$ 998.86
ASUS - ROG Maximus X Formula
Chipset: Z370
CPU Socket: LGA 1151
Size: ATX
Memory
$ 74.99
G.Skill - Trident Z Royal (3200MHz) (Gold)
Type: DDR4
Capacity: 8 GB
Graphics
$ 509.00
ZOTAC - GeForce Founders
Chip Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip: GTX 1080
Interface: PCIe x16
Storage
Apacer - PT920 Commando
Form Factor: PCIe x4
Capacity: 480 GB
PSU
$ 299.00
Corsair - CS650M
Wattage: 650
Form Factor: ATX
Efficiency: 80+ Gold
Case
$ 999.99
Thermaltake - Level 20
Type: Full-Tower
Side Panel: Tempered Glass
Cooling
Cooler Master - GeminII SF524 (discontinued)
Type: Air Cooler
Size (WxHxD): 144 mm
CableMod
$ 19.90
CableMod - AIO Sleeving
Color: Light Green
CableMod
$ 19.90
CableMod - AIO Sleeving
Color: Light Blue
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