David Penfold has put together an absolute masterpiece of a rig, inspired by A Clockwork Orange. The project started with an orange and black SilverStone TJ07 computer case and things just got crazy from there.

Without boring you with too many of the gory details, most of which you can see anyway, I will tell you that this rig is most deserving of its name. The specs are impressive without overclocking, but with the volts turned up, this thing springs to ultraviolent life.

Under the Hood

Motherboard: Asus Rampage II Extreme motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i7-940
Memory: 6GB of 1,600MHz Corsair DDR3 memory
Hard Disk: 3x Intel X25-M 80GB SSD (RAID 0)
Video: 3-way SLI GeForce GTX 280
Misc: PrimoChill PrimoFlex PRO LRT tubing, Aqua Computer full cover water blocks, Bitzpower fittings, Bitspower chipset block, tons of fans.

Overclocked

All that cooling allows Penfold to overclock pretty much every hardware component in the rig. The CPU was bumped from 2.93 GHz to 4.0 GHz, the GeForce GTX280s were pushed from 602 MHz to 730 MHz, the stream processors went from 1,296 MHz to 1,470 MHz and the RAM from 1.107MHz to 1.275MHz. That ought to be blisteringly fast and should all new PC games to be played at their highest settings for at least the next 6 months.

Beyond the impressive specifications, what stands out most about this build is the sheer attention to detail. It is beautifully put together and looks like nothing I have ever seen before, whilst bearing a striking resemblance to the DVD cover (and posters) of A Clockwork Orange. It would be easy to overdo the case detail on a project like this, but Penfold resisted the temptation and put together something that is quite artistic.

[Technabob]

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