Cooler Master's Sneaker Gaming PC Sells For $3,799 (tomshardware.com) 30
Cooler Master's new Sneaker X mimics the exact look of an authentic sneaker but doesn't sacrifice its visuals for performance, coming with a full-blown i7-13700K and an RTX 4070 Ti graphics card. The only drawback of the system is its high price, coming in at a whopping $3,799.99. From a report: Cooler Master's sneaker case is anything but ordinary; the case has all the visual queues of a giant sneaker doused in red and white. Inside is a mini ITX chassis, equipped with a mini-ITX motherboard, Core i7-13700K CPU, GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card, 32GB of DDR5 memory, 2TB of NVMe storage, and an 850W SFX power supply. Topping it all off is a massive 360mm AIO liquid cooler cooling the i7-13700K that sits at the bottom of the case, wholly hidden from prying eyes.
For ventilation, the shoe has perforated outline side panels and one sizeable RGB-illuminated intake fan on the side (which appears to be 120 mm in diameter). There are two cut-outs on the shoe's top and front, exposing the case's insides. To the rear (where your foot would slide if it were an actual shoe), a giant cut-out gives way to the large RTX 4070 Ti graphics card inside. The front cut-out is more obstructive but looks at the system's power supply, RGB-illuminated DDR5 RAM, and rear motherboard tray.
For ventilation, the shoe has perforated outline side panels and one sizeable RGB-illuminated intake fan on the side (which appears to be 120 mm in diameter). There are two cut-outs on the shoe's top and front, exposing the case's insides. To the rear (where your foot would slide if it were an actual shoe), a giant cut-out gives way to the large RTX 4070 Ti graphics card inside. The front cut-out is more obstructive but looks at the system's power supply, RGB-illuminated DDR5 RAM, and rear motherboard tray.
Terrible (Score:1)
Perfect for all those man child gamers out there.
Wait for the Gamers Nexus review (Score:2)
Cant wait.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder (Score:4, Insightful)
It looks more like Optimus Prime's foot than a sneaker, but maybe that's an aesthetic some gamers are into?
Personally, I never got into the whole "desktop PC as a showpiece" thing. IMHO, a tower belongs under a desk and shouldn't be seen again until it's time to upgrade something.
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a tower belongs under a desk
Fuck that. Never ever. I don't want dust, carpet crap, and what ever else is under there in mine. The tower can sit on the desk.
Just buy the case with the solid panels. They still make those. Or maybe think into a getting an ITX system that you could mount to you monitor.
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I put my computers on the floor but they are sitting on rolling stands that keep them 6" off the floor.
I've never had a problem with dust since I started doing that decades ago.
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Why You NEED to DUST OUT Your PC! [youtube.com] anyway!
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I agree, but having said that I could see a (limited) market for this sort of thing to people like lawyers or CEO's who need a fancy office to impress their clients.
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It looks more like Optimus Prime's foot than a sneaker, but maybe that's an aesthetic some gamers are into?
Personally, I never got into the whole "desktop PC as a showpiece" thing. IMHO, a tower belongs under a desk and shouldn't be seen again until it's time to upgrade something.
It also looks like it has shock absorbers on its side, presumably to protect the hardware when you wear a couple of those to actually do some jogging. /s
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It's a streaming media / social media thing. That's why RGB is "a thing" that personally I have to disable on everything. I don't want my stuff to be flashing in waves or blinking or what have you - as a backlit keyboard, great, but just one color at a low level sort of thing.
Basically the only reason you have RGB fans and lighting is
That case is hella exspenive (Score:2)
Even if you combine them and assume that what was spent on the other components, which doesn't seem likely in this build
That leave $1200 alone for the case. That is too much. Even for a fun form factor.
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$1200 seems like a lot, but cheaper than actual sneakers.
Literal "sneaker" aesthetic, that's the gimmick. (Score:1)
So, I assumed by sneaker that was a euphemism for like a Q car or something; where the outside aesthetics looked absolutely conventional but inside the spec was top of the line. But no, I clicked and it looks like what an LLM image generator would make if prompted for a shoe made of Lego and spraypainted candy apple red. I'm assuming it's something conceived entirely as a promotional item just to maintain brand awareness and it's MEANT to look obnoxious because they don't want to have to make more than a ba
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At least in the late 90s
Well, it is just an option, and for over twice how much that hardware would cost in another case, I doubt they are going to have cases.
But the 90s also had some crazy garish cases too. I never saw anyone actually have one, but I recall some company that was just entirely crazy garish PC cases in the 90s.
I will agree that if I want a prebuild with a 4070Ti, it's guaranteed to have a window and LEDs like crazy (but at least can be turned off). However apart from prebuilds you have plenty of low key case des
The "exact look"??? (Score:2)
Cooler Master's new Sneaker X mimics the exact look of an authentic sneaker but doesn't sacrifice its visuals for performance
I dare anyone here to follow that link and claim that the case looks EXACTLY like any sneaker made.
It looks like what a Roblox designer might come up with if asked to design a sneaker.
Yeah most people will look at it and say, "oh it looks like a sneaker", but absolutely not "Oh wow that's a computer and not a real sneaker?".
Looks about right to me. (Score:2)
Once you've embraced blinky-RAM, endless neon, and pulsating everything, this is not exactly a grand leap. More of a tiny increment. It's like Tammy Baker complaining that somebody's mascara is gaudy.
When you're out of good ideas (Score:2)
Scrape the bottom of the barrel for stupid ones
Welcome to the moronosphere
Cookies (Score:1)
It's missing the toe (Score:1)
So rule of foot is.... (Score:1)
Sheesh (Score:2)
That's the ugliest thing I've seen so far in cases, and I've seen some very ugly ones: https://www.pcgamer.com/the-ei... [pcgamer.com]
“visual queues” (Score:2)
"all the visual queues of a giant sneaker" (Score:2)
Technically correct, I've never seen anyone stand in line to look at a giant sneaker and no one will be lining up to want this either.
Dear TomsHardware: There are visual cues you're ignoring showing it's time to fire your editors.
Station! (Score:2)
Reminds me of robot Bill & Ted
Sneaker-themed gaming computer (Score:2)
Well, I could use some money... (Score:2)
Let's see, I have a bunch of old RPi's and a bunch of old sneakers.
What can I do with those rather than toss them in the landfill?
Well, ready to start my new 'green' company and get me some of those juicy gvmt subsidies.
(Also, no extra charge for the smell.)