Every now and then, you see a gaming PC build that’s so out there you have to do a double-take because you can’t believe there’s actually a computer inside it. That’s definitely the case with this outstanding Doom The Dark Ages PC, which is based on the Slayer’s new weapon class, the mighty Skullcrusher.
Don’t just look at the photos we’re publishing here – you really need to press Play on the video of this PC build below. That way, you can see all the skull pistons pumping in and out of the chassis like a car engine, along with the spinning gears behind the skull. Look closely and you’ll also see one of the best graphics card models you can buy right now behind those gears too – an Nvidia RTX 5080 Founders Edition.
Sponsored by Nvidia and Bethesda, and created by PC scratch-builder and modder CzugA, the machine is the result of 90 days of solid work, involving a massive 500 hours of 3D-printing time, during which he went through 14kg of filament.
It’s a remarkable piece of design that’s helped by a superb paint job, loads of lighting glowing through the gaps, and a hard-tube Alphacool water cooling system as well. You can see the reservoir for the latter bubbling away at an angle through the side, while the light from the RGB cooling fans shines through the gaps in front of the skull.
It’s an outstanding build, and I particularly love the moving parts that bring it to life – you can almost imagine picking it up and firing out a bunch of bone shards at passing demons, although at 22kg it’s a hefty beast, as you can see in the image of its creator wielding it. I heartily recommend taking a look at CzugA’s Instagram page to see more of his work.
Check out our Doom The Dark Ages review to see what we made of the latest game in this iconic series, as well as my RTX 5080 review to see how the GPU in this rig performs.
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