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Last weekend I witnessed the return of PAX Aus, the biggest gaming convention in Australia. The show delivered its usual spectacle: whether you’re intocosplay competitions, odd new420 themed indies, or evenCult of the Lamb themed weddings,PAX Aus had you covered. I always love to spend time roaming the show floor checking out the eye-catching, and often even eye-watering (if you look at the price),PC builds, and this year did not disappoint.

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That’s the sale price, too. It’s usually $18,000.

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First things first. You don’t need to worry about the price tag on this one because it was only available towin during the show. This Xenomorph sculpt is to coincide with the release of the new Alien: Romulus movie, as if we needed an excuse for something this cool to exist.

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Cooler Master also had some of its more adventurous builds on display, and that included theShark X. We’ve covered this killer fish case back at Computex and still hold thatit’s wicked. This build is the brainchild of Inony from Thailand, back in the 2019 Cooler Master World Mod Series, and now it’s available topreorder for $7,000 USD. That’s a bit hefty for the Intel Core i7 14700F and Geforce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G under the fin, but this great white is definitely more about the case.

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Once they got over that, I’d point to the Sneaker X, another wicked case that looks like a bright red shoe a small transformer might wear. This case has been around a bit longer, and is even comingout in new colours, but still managed to turn a lot of heads. You can get this Intel i7 13700K, Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti 12GB for $2,200 USD off theCooler Mastersite, but you can also find the case around for cheaper if you’ve got your own guts.

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While these were some of the most out of pocket builds I found on the floor, there were also plenty of more traditional but very cool gaming PCs. Themed rigs were huge with some taking inspiration from games and fandoms like COD, Monster Hunter, Transformers, and even bubble tea. Others may have been less flashy, rocking a more sensible case with matching RGB lit colour scheme, but often packed seriously powerful hardware. This included PCs runningIntel’s next gen Arrow Lake chips, and a lot of fully decked out flight and racing sims.

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