Hardcore Computer launches full immersion Reactor desktop PC

Posted at: 6:03pm 21st October 2008 by Mark Mackay

You can now buy a full-immersion PC from Hardcore Computer, read on for all the details

Hardcore Computer officially launched their full-immersion desktop system today. A far cry from the innovative but very expensive Amari XCP of this years Dream PC competition, the custom case is closer in dimensions to more conventional tower cases and also a lot more affordable. Every part of the self-contained system has been designed from the ground up by Hardcore Computer including the coolant. The Reactor promises to provide some incredible cooling power for all of the core components.

The company is aiming to have their entry level configurations a shade under $4,000 (£2,289 at the time of writing) and will be available internationally from the US. The first systems will be based on LGA775 motherboards featuring Nvidia’s Nforce 790i Ultra chipset, allowing for 3-way SLI.

In an interview with Custom PC, Chad Attlesey, CTO and co-founder of Hardcore Computer, commented on Core i7 Reactor systems being in the pipeline, “we'll be on par with the rest of the industry as far as availability goes. We definitely have our eye on the new offerings coming out from Intel”.

The Reactor will be available with some heavy overclocks pre-applied. Initially, end users will have the option of top of the range Core 2 Quad QX9770 processors clocked at 4.2GHz. Chad Attlesey told Custom PC that under load the CPU temperature is “in the 42°C to 45°C range”.

Chad went on to say that even greater cooling is in the pipeline. “That’s with the current configuration. We actually have some other things in the works where will be running significantly cooler than that. I can’t really talk too much about that yet.”

Custom PC was also told that the system is easy for the end-user to upgrade at home. “Yes, actually you can open up this system fairly easily”

You can see more pictures and the full interview with Chad Attlesey here.