IT'S THE STUFF OF DREAMS, BUT IT CAUSED A FEW NIGHTMARES…
AFTER A YEAR’S HIATUS, the Dream Machine returns. And what a return. Boasting not one, but two systems, both water-cooled, and fitted out with the latest and greatest hardware, it has drawn gasps even before the overall component price is revealed—at which point the gasps turn to shock, but that’s the nature of going above and beyond the norm. The Dream Machine is not reasonable, it’s excessive. This year, the Dream Machine hasn’t been without its issues, and while you could say that pretty much every year, sorting out two systems comes with its own special level of stress, and not just from trying to balance power between two very different form factors. Throw in a healthy amount of water cooling, the added fun of two separate power supplies, and trying…
