The $60,000 Golden Sphere PC: A Showcase of Extreme Engineering
PC customization is typically limited only by a builder’s imagination, and budget. However, a recent project from YouTube channel Bro Cooling seemingly disregards budgetary constraints altogether. They’ve assembled a PC housed within a massive crystal ball, with components totaling approximately $60,000 – roughly 77 million Indonesian Rupiah.
The design immediately evokes the Palantír from The Lord of the Rings. The case itself is an InWin Winbot Limited Edition, a large golden sphere that resembles an art installation more than a typical desktop computer.
Design and Specifications
The scale is significant. Measuring 27 inches wide and 27.5 inches tall, it weighs approximately 57 pounds (over 25 kg). The case even includes a built-in facial recognition camera. The standard version of the Winbot case alone costs around $5,000.
Internally, the system is populated with workstation-class components. The processor is an AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX, boasting 96 cores and 192 threads, priced around $12,000. This CPU is designed for demanding workloads like rendering and simulation.
The graphics card is a NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition. This GPU features 96 GB of GDDR7 memory and sells for approximately $8,446. Testing in 4K reportedly shows performance 10 to 15 percent higher than the consumer RTX 5090.
The system utilizes 256 GB of DDR5 6400 RAM in four RDIMM modules, costing around $7,600. Storage includes a Samsung 9100 Pro 8 TB drive for approximately $26 million Rupiah, and two Samsung 990 Pro 4 TB drives, each around $9 million Rupiah.
Other components include a workstation-class motherboard, a 3000W Platinum PSU, 12 Lian Li fans, and a complex custom watercooling loop. Modifications to the Winbot case itself also added to the overall cost.
The final result is a piece of art that could easily be displayed in a gallery. However, beneath its unique appearance, the specifications make it an exceptionally powerful benchmarking machine. If you have a budget of nearly $60,000 for a PC, would you choose a design this extreme, or assemble a different system with a more specific function?
