Adapted water-cooled PC seems to be directly from the Victorian era, called Wall-Y

Felix Ure van Billet Labs has built a water -cooled PC that looks like a time machine mounted on the wall. This is a working sculpture that combines the Victorian era with modern computer technology. It is steampunk to the maximum with copper and copper pipes in the open air design.

Ure starts with an empty slate, a sheet of MDF that he later exchanges for metal to create the backbone of this wall mounted beauty. The components are high -end: Ryzen 9 9950X for 4K -Video -operations and 3D scans, NVIDIA GeForce 3090TI for rough graphic power, 64 GB RAM, 8 TB storage and an 850 W SFX feeding, while a B650 egg brought together.

Brass and copper legs dominate the design and wear coolant by an adapted loop that is equally art as an engineering. URE -Solders each joint itself, with the help of 54 mm copper pipes for the reservoir and smaller fittings for the complicated connections. Four industrial fans, £ 344 each, for air flow. Ure admits that they are exaggerated. A temperature meter on the GPU and a pressure gauge on the coolant flash, add a functional retro -charm, while the analogue dials are like something from a bygone era of mechanical precision.

Assembly is a trip of precision and adjustment, URE explains the components on the panel, and ensures that each piece of the power supply to the radiator fits within the open air frame. He tackles the plumbing by soldering pipes in place and at the same time protecting the nearby components with a “sacrificing wet sock” to prevent fires. Ure exchanges an oversized manometer for a more suitable pair and grinds an octagonal pipe cap to a smooth circle for aesthetic harmony.

Wiring is a challenge in this exposed attitude. Ure plants the cable routes early and cut precise holes in the panel to keep things tidy. He avoids the “gamer -look” of angular black components by designing adapted villains, but some cables are still dangling, a small blemish that he will repair. The wall -mounted design maximizes the office space, the PC is a striking center that reveals its inner operation to everyone who passes by.

Performance tests put the build on the test. Perform Cinebench and Furmark at the same time, a “Hell test” that pushes nearly 700 W, the system does not break sweat. The CPU comes at 82 ° C and the GPU 59 ° C, fans at 50%. Water temperature stabilizes at 43 ° C, impressive for a small radiator. Even with full fan speed, which Ure describes as a loud car, the system does not shrink. A Cyberpunk 2077 benchmark at 1440p with Maxed Settings gets 57.58 FPS, not bad for a workstation that was not built for gaming.
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