Check out the awesome chrome water-cooling in this stunning mini gaming PC build

Who needs RGB? This gaming PC build doesn't, looking more like a steam engine than a typical gaming rig. I love the simplicity of its design, with most of the PC interior dominated by some impressively positioned chrome-plated hard tubing. Fittings aside, this build is anything but simple, with some top-spec components integrated into a small mini-ITX case.

I love a tiny PC build, but that doesn't mean it has to feel small. The tubing in this build makes it seem bigger on the inside, dwarfing the other components inside this Jonsbo PC case and looking more like a steam engine than a gaming PC. It might not have the specs to rival the models in our best gaming PC guide, but it's still great for gaming, thanks to its eight-core AMD Ryzen CPU and a decent, mid-tier Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU.

This intriguing build caught my eye in a post on the r/pcmasterrace subreddit. The builder, u/Basic-Read-7309, explained that it took around 20 hours to construct this PC in total - time well spent, I'd say. According to the builder, the idea behind the build was to create a small form factor PC that could be used in the living room, doubling up as a PC for movies and streaming games from their main PC.

The "overkill" specs for this build, as u/Basic-Read-7309 describes it, include an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X gaming CPU, along with an Asus GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. That card, the builder suggests, was chosen because of its low power consumption and the fact that it was one of the few cards that supported a waterblock installed on top.

The striking thing here, as I've already mentioned, is the water cooling setup. This PC has several radiators at the top, bottom, and back of the case, connected in a custom water-cooling loop, with those huge chrome-plated brass pipes and fittings keeping the liquid flowing. Set against the white Jonsbo TK-0 case, fans, and cables, the fittings shine particularly brightly in normal lighting. Sadly, we don't get to see the PC itself with its curved tempered glass front panel in situ to get the full effect.

That tubing does come with a weighty cost, however. According to the builder, this gaming PC weighs "between 12-15kg," or between 26.4 and 33.06lbs. That's a lot heavier than the PCs you'll see in our best mini gaming PC guide, with those chrome-plated fittings helping to add on the pounds.

The cable management, at least from the front, looks decent, although a look at the rear of the case shows the complicated nature of building a PC in a smaller mini-ITX case such as this one. That side is luckily hidden behind a panel, leaving the cleaner view at the front undisturbed.

This is such a simple and elegant gaming PC - it isn't flashy, without a single RGB light in sight. While it isn't as bold as other rigs I've seen, such as this neon gaming PC, it still manages to look like an immensely premium build, and one that leaves me with some serious PC envy.

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