A modder turned a Victorian radiator into a steampunk gaming PC

Billet Labs made a gorgeous and functional custom loop out of a cast-iron radiator. The full steampunk PC weighs over 200 ...

What happens when you try to power a desktop PC with 56 AA batteries?

The system in question was modest by desktop standards: an entry-level Intel processor, two sticks of RAM, and a 2.5-inch SATA SSD running Windows 10. The ...
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Running A Desktop PC Off AA Alkaline Cells

Everyone is probably familiar with the concept of battery-powered devices, but generally, this involves a laptop with a beefy ...
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Turning A Cast-Iron Radiator Into A Water-Cooled PC

Water-cooled PCs generally have in common that there’s a radiator somewhere in the loop, yet nobody said that you can’t build the PCB into the radiator. Something like a genuine ...

Epic Cast Iron Radiator Gaming PC Weighs 218 Lbs And Rocks An RTX 5080

Both foundation and inspiration for the build was this vintage Victorian-era cast-iron radiator that holds 18 liters (4.75 US gallons) of water. As a PC enthusiast and water-cooli ...

The maker of Prototype and Simpsons: Hit and Run returns from the grave just months after an out-of-the-blue update broke Prototype's mods and added mysteri…

Radical co-founder Ian Wilkinson—who departed for Hothead in 2008—serves as CEO, while former Hothead COO Tim Wilkinson again ...