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Reactor

What’s inside:

  • Intel Core 2 Duo E8600
  • One 650W power supply
  • 2GB of DDR3 RAM
  • NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX
  • Samsung Spinpoint F1 500GB drive
  • Pioneer DVD burner
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

 

Get Comfortable On The Edge

Every computer you’ve ever used has been limited by heat—until now. First-of-its-kind submersion technology allows for the maximum, most reliable and most sustainable component over-clocking. 

Submersion Benefits:
  • Maximum performance as active components maintain low temperatures
  • Even highly over-clocked parts keep operating due to safe, non-stressing temperatures
  • Unmatched cooling capabilities—Core Coolant absorbs 10x more heat than air and circulates through our radiator at 2.5 gallons/minute
  • Long service life—components not subject to heat last longer
  • Superior gaming—you’ll stop before your computer does

Pushing the limits of technology

Hardcore Computer has pioneered several industry firsts for a desktop system, including:

  • Liquid submersion cooling
  • Dual additive and redundant, board-edge connected, 650 Watt power supplies that provide up to 1300 Watts
  • Audiophile quality 7.1 digital surround sound embedded on the motherboard
  • SATA ports on the back of the motherboard allow for an ultra-fast, three-solid-state-drive RAID 0 array


Domination Never Looked So Good
Sleek. Subtle. Serious. The Reactor design blends form and function.
  • The SpinalCord™ cable management system controls wires outside the box
  • Server-style power supplies eliminate wires inside the box
  • Easily accessible slot-loading optical drive
  • Truly hot-swappable hard drives keep data safe and are easily removed
  • Top-mounted BIOS reset switch and CMOS battery
As hardware changes, you can upgrade your Reactor yourself or send it back to Hardcore and we’ll upgrade specified components.

What you need, when you need it

We asked hardcore PC gamers what they wanted, they said:

  • Powerful graphics
  • Audiophile-quality sound
  • Fast boot and application loads
  • Reliability
  • Quiet operation
  • Over-the-top benchmarks
We delivered: Reactor.

No Compromises


Top-tier Supply Chain

The Reactor’s liquid-submerged components are equally as impressive as the liquid technology itself. We searched the world over for the highest-quality parts.

Precision Manufacturing
Your Reactor will be hand-assembled and tested under strict quality control guidelines.

Customer Care
We’re well-equipped to assist you. Hardcore customer support agents sit next to a reference Reactor, have hands-on experience and have fast access to the designing engineers and a full product document library.

HARDCORE REACTOR SPECIFICATIONS
 
*Items marked with an asterisk are not submerged in fluid.
 
 
INTEL CORE 2 EXTREME PROCESSORS
 
Q9550
QX9650
QX9770
Processor cores:
4
4
4
Clock speed:
2.83GHz
3GHz
3.2GHz
Cache:
12MB L2
12MB L2
12MB L2
Front side bus:
1333MHz
1333MHz
1600MHz
Architecture:
Intel 64
Intel 64
Intel 64
 
 
 
 
Intel technologies (all processors):
45 nanometer build process
 
Execute Disable Bit
 
Intel Virtualization technology
 
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep technology
 
 
 
 
 
REACTOR MOTHERBOARD
 
Processor socket:
Intel LGA775
RAM slots:
4, supporting up to 8GB DDR3 RAM
PCIe slots:
2 PCIe 2.0, 1 PCIe 1.0
SATA 3.0Gb/s connectors:
3 for internal 2.5" SSDs
 
2 for hot-swappable daughter card
 
1 for optical drive
Performance features:
Discrete top panel with audio, video, USB, Firewire and LAN ports
 
Onboard voltage regulation
 
Robust over-clocking options
 
LED POST code display
 
 
 
 
 
NVIDIA 790i ULTRA SLI CHIPSET
 
Dual-channel memory architecture.
 
Memory clock:
Native 1600MHz
Supported technologies:
2- and 3-way SLI
 
DDR3 2000
 
Extreme overclocking
 
RAID 0, 1, 0+1 and 5
 
DirectX 10 support
 
 
 
 
 
HARDCORE COMPUTER DDR3 RAM
 
Clock speed:
Up to 2000MHz
Module size:
1GB or 2GB per DIMM
Voltage:
1.5V, 2.1V max
Timings:
9–9–9–24 timings
 
 
 
 
 
NVIDIA VIDEO CARDS
 
9800GTX
GTX 260
GTX 280
Shader processors:
128
192
240
Graphics clock:
675MHz
576MHz
602MHz
Processor clock:
1688MHz
1242MHz
1296MHz
Texture fill rate:
43.2 billion/sec
36.9 billion/sec
48.2 billion/sec
Memory:
512MB GDDR3
896MB GDDR3
1GB GDDR3
Memory clock:
1100MHz
999MHz
1107MHz
Interface width:
256-bit
448-bit
512-bit
Memory bandwidth:
70.5GB/sec
111.9GB/sec
141.7GB/sec
 
 
 
 
 
CREATIVE LABS X-Fi PROFESSIONAL AUDIO
Embedded into our custom motherboard.
 
RAM:
64MB X-RAM
Technologies:
Dolby Digital Live encoding
 
Digital HD audio
 
24-bit crystallizer
 
EAX 5.0
 
CMSS 3D sound
Channels:
7.1 support
Connections listed in the connectivity section.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAMSUNG SPINPOINT F1 HARD DRIVES
 
HD753LJ*
HD103UJ*
Capacity:
750GB
1TB
Buffer size:
32MB
32MB
Rotation speed:
7200RPM
7200RPM
Seek time:
8.9ms
8.9ms
Interface:
SATA 3.0Gbps
SATA 3.0Gbps
 
 
 
 
 
SAMSUNG 64GB SLC SOLID-STATE DRIVE
 
MCCOE64G5MPP-0VA
Storage capacity:
64GB
Interface:
SATA 3.0Gbps
Maximum sequential read:
100MB/s
Maximum sequential write:
80MB/s
Physical size:
2.5"
Mean time between failures:
2 million hours
 
 
 
 
 
OPTICAL DRIVES (SLOT-LOADING)
 
PIONEER DVR-K06*
Sony BC-5600S*
BD-ROM read:
N/A
2x (SL) / 2x (DL)
DVD +/- R write:
8x (SL) / 4x (DL)
8x (SL) / 4x (DL)
DVD-ROM read:
8x (SL) / 6x (DL)
8x (SL) / 6x (DL)
CD-R write:
20x
16x
CD-ROM read:
24x
24x
**SL=single layer, DL=dual layer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
REACTOR CHASSIS*
 
Structure:
Aluminum and steel hybrid construction
User features:
Spinal Cord cable management system
 
Top-mounted die-cast handles
 
Top-mounted case lighting and hard drive activity light base controls
 
Dual top-mounted wi-fi antennas
 
Top-mounted CMOS reset switch and battery
Drive bays:
3 internal SSD bays
 
2 hot-swappable drive bays
 
1 front-mounted slot-loading optical drive
Chassis panel connections described below in connectivity section.
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONNECTIVITY*
 
Ethernet:
2x1Gb/s
Wireless ethernet:
Upgradeable USB 802.11 b/g/n adapter
Top panel ports (radiator side):
9 standard Hi-Speed USB ports
 
1 90-degree USB connector (for wireless card)
 
2 Firewire ports
Top panel ports (tank side):               
Front, rear, center/sub and back surround channel outputs
 
Stereo line in
 
S/PDIF optical in/out, S/PDIF coaxial out
Modular pass-through ports:
Up to six, initially available in any combination of HDMI and DVI
Front panel ports:
4 USB
 
1 Firewire
 
1 headphone output
 
1 stereo microphone input
 
 
 
 
 
COOLING SYSTEM
 
Cooling technology:
Patented Total Liquid Submersion cooling
Tank:
Aerospace-grade engineered plastic
Coolant:
Synthetic-engineered Core Coolant
Pump:
Laing, high-GPM circulating style
Blower:
Ultra-quiet, high capacity capable of 250CFM
Heatsinks:
Thin-fin skived copper
Cooling control:
BIOS- and OS-settable cooling variables
 
 
 
 
 
FLEXPOWER POWER SUPPLIES
 
Combined output:              
1300W (2 PSUs x 650W/PSU)
+12V rail amperage:
54A max per supply
Auto-sensing input ranges:
100—127/200–240V~,50/60Hz, 8.0/4.0A
Server-style redundant backup.
 
Fluid-submerged cooled.
 
 
 
 
 
 
OPERATING SYSTEMS
 
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit or 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit or 64-bit.