GeekaPC 'Dreadnought' Gaming PC

The GeekaPC Dreadnought is an incredibly powerful system, housed in a tank-like case with plenty of glass to show off all of the glorious components inside. Built for those looking to play their favourite AAA games at 4K maxed out settings, the Dreadnought can take on anything you throw at it. Providing the horsepower in this colossus of a PC is the NVIDIA RTX 5080. A heavyweight graphics card designed to provide high framerates across your favourite games, providing you with an edge against your enemies and the power to destroy them in battle!
If you're looking for a Team Red alternative, the Dreadnought can also come with the AMD RX 9070 XT, an equally strong titan built to crush framerates at 4K and 1440p.

It's no surprise to see the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D make an appearance in this behemoth, as an excellent pairing for gaming graphics cards. AMD's 3D V-Cache technology allows you to push games as far as they can go, further enhancing framerates in various titles.

Keeping this monstrous CPU nice and cool, so you can enjoy a gaming session without being hindered by thermals is the NZXT Kraken Elite 420 RGB, a massive 420mm cooler, equipped with three 140mm fans, plenty of RGB to boot, and a dedicated LCD screen, allowing you to keep an eye on thermals while you're gaming.

Housing all of the parts in this build is the NZXT H9 Flow RGB+. This gargantuan case comes with two tempered glass panels, providing a window into your build, showcasing all the parts inside. The H9 Flow also comes with seven fans as standard, all equipped with plenty of RGB, providing an array of lights inside the chassis. This case offers solid airflow and is a showpiece case for those looking to flaunt their PC.

For the RAM, we've stuck with a firm favourite across many of our builds, the Kingston Fury Beast RGB kit. This is a powerful and reliable RAM kit and provides gamers with additional RGB lighting. Those looking to increase the performance of this build even further also have the option to upgrade from 32GB to 64GB.

On the storage front, the Dreadnought PC build is equipped with the 1TB Lexar NM790 as standard, providing read speeds up to 7000MB/s, and writes up to 6000MB/s. If you're running out of space for your favourite games, you also have the option to increase the capacity from 1TB up to 2TB and 4TB for those that need plenty of storage room.

Last but not least is the Corsair RM850e. This is an incredibly reliable and efficient 850W power supply, providing all of the juice for this build. Its Cybenetics Gold efficiency rating ensures that any additional power draw will be minimised across the board.

This build has a dedicated video on the GeekaWhat YouTube channel where the host, James Cousins, details the entire step-by-step process. He covers each component's pros (and cons), along with a suite of gaming benchmarks at the end, providing an idea of how this system performs.

*Note: The GPU model shown in the video and attached photos is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition card. GeekaPC reserves the right to use any model of the RTX 5080, or RX 9070 XT as selected, depending on real-time availability.