The $16,000 Water Cooled PC
This has to be the craziest PC we have seen here at geeky gadgets, built by the guys at Puget Systems in cost a massive $16,000 to build.
So what exactly does spending $16,000 on a custom PC get you? This crazy PC features four quad core Opteron processors, 32GB of RAM and eight hard drives in various RAID configurations.
As you can see from the photos, the $16,000 PC features a custom water cooling system, with a massive external radiator which features nine 120mm fans.
The massive external fans run at 5V which means they are almost silent, but they manage to keep the processors running at 45 degrees C under full load and at 36 degrees C at idle.
The $16,000 PC features two VelociRaptor hard drives in RAID 1 and six 1TB hard drives in Raid 5, that is a serious amount of hardware in one single PC.
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:39 pm
What the hell. This is monstrous! I want this one so badly.!
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:06 pm
I’ll take you out to Denny’s, after you’re bludgeoned and I steal this.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
I’m curious about what applications this monster would be used for, aside from ego (among other things) stroking.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:39 pm
Thats a helluva PC to play a 60 dollar PC game on.
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:40 pm
But can it play Crysis?
March 2nd, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Haha, Sean…good question. I dunno…I think it might be able to. Just a hunch.
March 2nd, 2009 at 8:03 pm
And in about one year it will be antiquated.
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:01 am
Looks ugly as hell for 16,000. Why do they insist on making these ridiculous cases?
March 3rd, 2009 at 12:27 am
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March 3rd, 2009 at 12:37 am
By the time captaind type their response… it was antiquated
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:54 am
my guess would be for some kind of high-graphics game server.
March 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 pm
the owner is using it to do fractal artwork, and he got jacked on the price
March 4th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Is it Green? hahaha!
March 4th, 2009 at 3:21 am
sounds like a wonky design to me.lots of space wow..lots of loud looking fans..CRAZY amount of memory i suppose if your doing alot of work with photo shop. its not a rendering rig may be a nice home made server tho.
only one video card?. c’mon! for that money it would have like X3 sli or x4 crossfire..
and 35-45? temperature!?!?! and its liquid cooled?! my air cool is same temperatures.. so much space i actually think this systems some kids
porn rig.
plus with all that ram 64bit os is a must but 64bit has some catching up to do.
its a poop over bloated in one area underpowered and unnecessary in all others.
March 4th, 2009 at 7:59 am
What the hell would this beast be used for?
March 4th, 2009 at 8:03 am
And it’ll only be worth ten bucks inside of a month…
March 4th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Great! …I’ll be back in a month with my $10! \o/
March 4th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
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March 4th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
All Hail the Munchkinmachine!
16K is steep, even for that hardware. I can’t figure more than 9K going into it total.
The thermal solution doesn’t look very efficient, either. A radiator of that size has a lot more potential than performance with the way they have it done. The cooling should be done in parallel with splitters, and not in series like they have it (they’re going to have huge temp variance from the first to last CPU). Also heat rises, and they’re fighting against the natural convection current every step of the way. Should turn the radiator a quarter to have the intake on the top, and reverse the flow through the CPU blocks.
Not to mention the HDDs will overheat because they’re packed into those bay modules with no breathing room. The fan on the front of the module accounts for squat if they don’t use the thin drives or space them out. I would know: I have the same case and bay modules.
Also, where are the other 4 drives?
I have to wonder what the munchkin who bought it is going to use all this number crunching power for… 16K and he still can’t play Crysis on top settings, and knowing Munchkins… what else do they use these overpowered contraptions for apart from stroking their e-peens?
Personally I’m perfectly satisfied with my self-built 3K system, and I’m willing to bet I do more with it than this thing will ever do.
March 4th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
But will it blend?
March 5th, 2009 at 12:55 am
now all it needs is wheels! >^^<
March 5th, 2009 at 7:44 am
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March 5th, 2009 at 8:44 am
Maybe they paid someone $7k to build it for them? I agree.. I could put a hell of a lot more in it than that for 16k.. I wonder what actually is in there(motherboard, cpu, ram, waterblocks, etc)
For that kind of money.. Why not spend a few hundred extra and get a separate radiator/pump for each cpu block?
March 5th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
But, will it boot Windows in less than 30 seconds?
March 5th, 2009 at 7:08 pm
If you are going to spend 16000$ building it, why don’t you spend 1000$ more and make it beautiful??
March 5th, 2009 at 7:33 pm
I bet it still wont run crysis on high
March 5th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
yeah…. looks alright.. but i like the looks of my case better:D
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/forum/showthread.php?p=230160#post230160
my raddy also blends in a bit better;P
March 5th, 2009 at 11:43 pm
Really cool though I’d want to pretty it up a little (ie. putting some custom fan grilles on there) if I was spending $16k.
March 6th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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March 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Spend the same money on a MacPro and get OS X, and a machine that looks good.
March 6th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
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March 6th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
its a car
March 6th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Some people have more money than brains….. utter waste of money…
my quad-core AMD with 4 gig of memory cost me 800 bucks to build… so you’re telling me this thing is 15,200.00 bucks faster and better??????? sure I don’t have all that storage, but c’mon people, lets be real….
March 7th, 2009 at 2:02 am
the only way you can this computer is if you sell your soul to the devil.
March 7th, 2009 at 10:18 am
Looks would not matter if it does the magic, remember jeeps work best without the fuss!!!and its not like a laptop u would carry around….this is something i’d showoff powerwise…its like a 70s Dodge Charger-raw power!its more of a sleeper computer heheee
March 8th, 2009 at 7:42 am
No video card.
$16,000 and such an epic fail that it probably won’t even run Crysis /at all/.
March 8th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Haha so unnecessary for what it’s used for. But some people have the money and SOMEONE had to stimulate the economy hahaha.
March 8th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Vista STILL won’t run correctly, even after throwing $16,000.00 at it!
March 8th, 2009 at 6:53 pm
In like 10 years all people have computers of this performance.
But I want it now!
March 8th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
HA HA!
my box fan still cools better than that!
March 8th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
You’re wrong Ranzear : there’s a graphic card (highest PCI Express slot). But … wait … only one graphic card ? This PC sucks
I hope the solitaire will run fast enough.
@Isaac : Sure we already knew that you can acquire a Mac computer as powerfull as my $1000 PC for $16000
March 9th, 2009 at 2:02 am
Hah, I got a computer custom built for $800, its the size of a cardboard box, and it can play Crysis on highest settings.
March 9th, 2009 at 4:25 am
It doesn’t have SLI, how cheap is that.
March 9th, 2009 at 4:56 am
waste
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March 9th, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Hi Bill here..
Just to let you guys know, In order to run Vista on this Computer Smoothly you need to Disable Aero, and run in Basic Graphics (16bit), disable UAC and set your Graphics Settings to WORST PERFORMANCE , Also disable any unnecessary start up applications, And don’t forget to download the Drivers that are coming out for the FANS. otherwise Vista will give you the BSOD .
March 10th, 2009 at 7:07 am
That is a monstrosity and pointless.
This guy knows what he is doing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7908141.stm
March 11th, 2009 at 12:44 am
It is called server grade PC. Call up Dell, and get a quote for their R900 with X7460s. 24 cores and 128GB ram runs you 16K too. Much faster than quad socket AMD bull shit.
Even better, wait for Nahelem-EP. Dual Socket Nehalem-EP will get you quad socket AMD performance for a few thousand dollars.
March 11th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
I can make that for 5K and the WIRE MANAGEMENT will look sexier. I also will not use koolance… noobs.
March 12th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Vagita, what do the scanners say about its power levels!?
they’re over 16,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what!? 16,000!!??
you know what I say?
so much more possibility, you could cut down the price by not using those Terabyte drives, and get yourself the sickest graphics card (or two).
play some crysis, watch some pron, and do it all on max quality.
March 12th, 2009 at 7:32 pm
I don’t know who would be dumb enough to buy this.
It’s not a gaming computer, and anyone willing to drop 16k on a server wouldn’t be stupid enough to have it watercooled especially with unreliable crappy Koolance parts!
This just sucks ass.
March 12th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Amazing PC … WTF
March 13th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
…and then I go and spoil it all by doing something stupid like installing windows..
March 13th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Why not just buy a nice server hardware? less expensive and more reliable…
March 13th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
give it a year and it will be the 1600 dollar pc
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 pm
….now just install Ubuntu Linux….since the budget for OS Licensing has been seriously wiped out….
April 4th, 2009 at 2:35 am
That is pretty useless since it will be outdated tomorrow with better technology. I want to meet the dumbass that put the money into something so useless. I have alot of things for that dumbass to buy.
April 4th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Fans ? really ? what the point of water cooler other than quit working !
April 13th, 2009 at 3:18 am
Why?
April 26th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
When is AMD releasing thier next faster core? What will that make this worth then?
April 26th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
My landlord will sell me this rental house for less than that. Can I live in this $16k computer?
July 13th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
This is the dumbest I’ve seen yet. No consideration is given to the temperatures of the downstream processors. No consideration is given to the load on the 5V bus, not to mention a lower voltage on a fan does not mean it’s quieter. It just means it takes a lower voltage. RPM and fan blade pitch determine how many decibels will be produced. The 12V bus is better suited for higher wattage loads. (Remember ohm’s law and the ratings of each level of the power supply.)
Nice to see that die #4 has to deal with all the heat of the preceding dies. There are better designs out there. This one is definately NOT worth $16k, or even $1k.
July 17th, 2009 at 8:01 pm
This thing is a monster. I would never buy it now. But when the parts for this thing start to have a decrease in price, I might purchase and build it myself. Haha, if only there was an application that could actually push this thing to it’s limits. That would be wonderful…
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November 2nd, 2009 at 3:41 pm
What the hell…? Why does somebody need a computer like that?! And what kind of Video Card does it have? If it doesn’t have a NVidia 9600 GT or better it won’t really be able to run anything….. xO
Other than that, I think that’s pretty ridiculous. I don’t have anything against it, it’s just crazy. I want one though. You would never have to get another PC in your life. Unless you look at too much porn. xO
November 20th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
This comp is wicked… but what is that V.card? you should buy Sli x3/4 and put 3/4 GTX295’s dont you think guys? i think my comp is better and my comp have 4Gb ram 1250GB (2HDDs) GTX280 and Q9650 @3000
and what about the temp? with that cooling system and the air flew you shoud have like 5~15C… my cooling system is better…
If theres a thing that i will take from this comp.. is the mount of Ram’s and the Cpu’s (+the motherboard) thats all…
But still… its cool to see alot of Ram’s and Cpu’s
lower the price man… to $10,000