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top. You had us at the oil-submersed motherboard, CPU,

and videocards. And even if you hadn’t also dunked the

SSDs and PSU in the same liquid-filled, bullet-resistant

vat, we’d have been convinced that Hardcore Computer

is, indeed, hardcore.

And yet the astonishing cooling apparatus is just part of

the Reactor PC’s glory. From its elegant aluminum case to its

entirely custom design, every inch, nay, centimeter, of the rig

oozes awesome. We can honestly say that in all our years of

tinkering with the most exotic PCs on Earth, what Hardcore

is attempting with its Reactor PC is so over the top that it’s

never before been tried with a production machine.

But before Hardcore can join the ranks of the most

elite PC makers, it has to prove itself. Can the company

really make these outrageous machines en masse and sell

them at the competitive prices it claims it can? Will the

Reactor really work as advertised? We got our hands on a

couple of nearly complete machines and grilled company

representatives for answers.

Upstart PC maker Hardcore Computer unveils the Reactor—a rig that

pushes the boundaries of cool BY GORDON MAH UNG

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