In case you’ve ever spent a enjoyable evening blasting your method round Nuke in Counter-Strike 2, then you might properly acknowledge this atomic CS2 PC construct. Based mostly on the massive nuclear bombs you need to defuse within the aforementioned stage, this technique is aptly referred to as Atomic Nuke, and it has a wonderful elevate mechanism that sees the PC’s insides rising out of the highest, like a shock particular person leaping out of a giant explosive cake, or one thing.
Constructed by Taiwanese modder extraordinaire AK, who additionally created the unbelievable house station PC construct we featured in February, this machine was painstakingly created with 3D-printed parts, which AK spray-painted to perfection. Inside this PC construct, which AK created in collaboration with Asus ROG and Nvidia GeForce, you’ll discover among the best PC gaming {hardware} you should buy proper now, together with a mighty GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card.
It’s properly value watching AK’s video of the machine within the video above, which not solely exhibits him steadily assembling the construct, but in addition exhibits the elevate mechanism in motion.
The entire machine can be huge, and you actually get a way of the size of it if you see AK placing all of it collectively. AK tells us that the principle supplies used within the construct are metallic and 3D-printed components, with the inner metallic construction being CNC milled for precision.
In the meantime, the huge outer shell is constructed from 3D-printed components, which have been spray painted by AK, and completed with hand instruments, together with a Dremel and a scalpel.
This was no gentle enterprise both – the video that particulars the construct course of above is likely to be solely eight minutes lengthy, however AK tells us that it took him 60 days to assemble this construct, from begin to end.
The toughest half, in line with AK, was getting the elevate mechanism working, which required numerous trial and error. We additionally love the management pad, which appears identical to the distant within the sport.
It incorporates calculator components, old-school grey ribbon cables, an LCD, a 9V field battery, and a giant pink vandal change. Throw the change, and the management panel wirelessly switches on the PC, rising out the highest of the bomb with a giant pink glow.
To prime all of it off, there’s even a full water cooling loop made with Bitspower components contained in the rig, protecting the Core i7 14700K CPU in verify. In the meantime, the graphics card is air-cooled, courtesy of Asus’ distinctive pink and blue ROG Strix cooler.
Atomic Nuke specs
| CPU | Intel Core i7 14700K |
| Motherboard | Asus ROG Strix Z790-F Gaming WiFi II |
| Graphics card | Asus ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4080 OC |
| RAM | Viper Xtreme 5 RGB DDR5 |
| Storage | Viper VP4300 Lite M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD |
| PSU | 1,000W Asus ROG Strix Aura |
| Cooling | Customized water cooling loop constructed from Bitspower parts |
AK tells us that he’s “very happy with the ultimate consequence,” and we are able to’t say we blame him. That is an impressive piece of modding work, and we salute AK’s craftsmanship expertise. AK, you’re (ahem) the bomb.
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