Oil cooled PC

[VR46]

Detailed info here, yours for just $4,000 in theory.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/hardcorepc_reactor?page=0%2C0

[briareos_kerensky]

So, the price is mostly due to the custom implementations of common hardware pieces and apparently neat case design. Unfortunately for that price you can buy a similar air-cooled, silent PC with stock items and without the hassle of having to filter the oil every three months.

[Kit]

I’m skeptical to say the least. As one of the posters said, what happens if you want to upgrade? waiting for everything to dry out would take aaaaggggges.

I imagine it would be well worth it for server use though.

[briareos_kerensky]

I imagine it would be well worth it for server use though.

No, not really. Beside lacking everything that a good server would need (like dedicated RAID controller, more standard drives and not SSDs, no need for 3 GPUs), the oil inside gets "dirty" quite easily, requiring a constant monitoring of it pureness level and filtering/replacing when its get too dirty.
It's a gaming rig of -IMO- dubious use, standard air and water cooled rigs can cost much less for the same performance.

[Brad]

You could buy a better designed Mac tower with 2 quad core 3ghz xeons for less money. you know you've failed in designing a PC when a Mac costs less lol!

[briareos_kerensky]

You could buy a better designed Mac tower with 2 quad core 3ghz xeons for less money. you know you've failed in designing a PC when a Mac costs less lol!

3-way SLI, even though useless, it's something Macs can't offer right now.