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In brief: Cooler Master is launching a pre-built PC unlike anything currently on the market. The new Shark X, which has been several years in the making, is now available to order but you'll need lots of bait to haul one home.
Under the hood – err, dorsal fin – is an Intel Core i7-14700F CPU mated to a B760I WiFi mini-ITX motherboard that is paired with 64 GB of DDR5 6,000 MHz memory, a GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super 16G GPU, and a 2 TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe solid-state drive. A Cooler Master V850 SFX Gold power supply is also included, as is a Cooler Master MasterLiquid 120 Atmos AIO cooler for the CPU, Cooler Master Sickleflow 120 mm fan(s), and a PCIe 4.0 x16 riser cable, presumably for the video card.
The Shark X is filled with ARGB lighting from tail to nose, and the fully backlit fin doubles as a Wi-Fi antenna. It will ship running Windows 11 Home, Cooler Master noted. The specs aren't remotely in line with the eye-watering $6,999 price tag, but nobody is going to buy the Shark X for the internals. No, it's all about the case.
Shark X is the brainchild of Thailand-based modder Inony, and is several years in the making. The chassis measures 89.4 cm x 79 cm x 90.8 cm (35.2 in x 31.1 in x 35.7 in) and as Cooler Master CEO Jimmy Sha notes, it's not just a high-performance PC but a "masterpiece" that brings technology and art together.
It's neat to see companies like Cooler Master try new things, even if they know full well that it won't be a huge seller. If the design sticks around, we'd prefer to see it offered as a barebones system that would allow buyers to mix and match their own hardware instead of having to pay extra for components they may not want or need.
Interested parties can reel in the Shark X now over on Cooler Master's website.