Cooler Master Put a PC Inside a Shoe and a Shark

Taking direct inspiration from the realm of neato PC case mods, Cooler Master introduced Wednesday throughout CES that it was lastly near promoting its personal unusual, unusual circumstances—one designed to appear to be a shoe and the opposite resembling a shark.

In its launch, the corporate mentioned the Shark X relies on the person Inony’s Leviathan case mod, which was designed to resemble an animal-esque robotic akin to the designs seen within the sport Horizon Zero Dawn. It stands about 25 inches tall, and the corporate’s specs say it helps a Mini-ITX motherboard, two 2.5-inch drive bays, and has simply 335mm of clearance for a graphics card. Despite its wild design, the corporate mentioned the Shark X case was meant to permit upgrades down the road.

Though the corporate didn’t reveal costs, the Shark will virtually actually take an enormous chunk of your funds. It’s coming inventory with a beastly GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card. The firm additionally mentioned the case might assist an Intel Core i9 12900k or the AMD Ryzen 9 5950x. It’s constructed to assist a 120mm AIO cooler to maintain these CPUs frosty throughout a heavy load.

Though the corporate previously revealed its Sneaker-shaped case final yr, the discharge date has since been pushed to later in 2023. The Sneaker X was designed by person JMDF again in 2020 for the Case Mod World Series. At greater than 25 inches lengthy and 25 inches in top, the shoe is unquestionably greater than most toes can accommodate. It additionally helps a Mini-ITX motherboard and the same graphics card clearance because the shark. The firm mentioned the case comes pre-equipped with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. For cooling, Cooler Master mentioned it may well assist a 360mm AIO cooler radiator on the backside of the case that retains issues cooler “without forming bubbles.”

Cooler Master mentioned the Shark X and Sneaker X will probably be available on the market someday in Q3 this yr.

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