Mods are a wonderful thing, giving us computers crammed into all sorts of shapes and sizes. Few have looked quite as clean as this military-inspired gaming PC that takes the term ‘glass cannon’ a little too seriously.
Reddit user tylerbam99 built a computer chassis shaped like a modern tank. The mod swaps armoured plating out for a frame made of glass and either carbon fibre or another material with a carbon fibre decal on it.
The front features three USB ports plus two audio jacks, alongside power and reset buttons. There is also a small display that seems to indicate temperature. Since we can’t see it in the shared pictures, we assume the motherboard I/O is accessible from the rear.
Unfortunately, I don’t have clearance to know the specs, as Tyler keeps them top secret and confidential. I can only see that it uses a Thermaltake PSU. Hopefully someone on War Thunder’s forums leaks these classified documents at some point.
Strangely, the mod doesn’t seem to have many, if any, air intakes. Of its ten visible fans, the three on its right side (our left) and four up top are positioned to draw air in but are covered by glass. Having vents on the turret roof and holes on the rear for exhaust would have been both realistic and effective at cooling the machine.
Seeing the US flag on the Redditor’s post, I assume they took inspiration from the M1 Abrams. Bad choice, since it doesn’t have a water boiler to make tea like the Challenger 2. But jokes aside, the result is very neat, and the attention to detail is excellent. No matter the material, that carbon finish is exceptionally well done, though not the best choice for an armoured vehicle from a survivability standpoint.
I don’t like to assume too much, but since tanks must be reliable in all conditions, the user probably went with an AMD CPU. Can’t risk any microcode shenanigans on the battlefield. Thankfully, Intel has deployed a new update that should fix Raptor Lake’s instabilities.
Now, when the time comes to play games on this beast, there’s only one way to control them: using the Tank Simulator 2 made by 马鹿Blyat.