Ark has announced a new collaboration PC under its "arkhive" brand of Akihabara-made BTO gaming PCs, featuring a design inspired by GIGABYTE's character, Kamitaka Rin. Limited pre-orders for the new model began on November 10th. The PC will be available for purchase at PC Shop Ark's Akihabara store and the Ark online store, with BTO customization options available to suit various needs. The price is 449,800 yen.
A key feature of this model is its unified GIGABYTE components, all adorned with illustrations of Kamitaka Rin. Beyond the pillarless tower case, motherboard, and graphics card, GIGABYTE products are also utilized for the liquid CPU cooler and power supply unit, creating a design that prominently showcases a white-centric aesthetic. The configuration is well-balanced, designed for optimal gaming performance at Full HD resolution.
The standard configuration reportedly features an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, 32GB of memory, an AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 ARI 8G, and a 1TB NVMe SSD. It comes with Windows 11 Home 64-bit edition. For cooling, it utilizes the GIGABYTE AORUS ELITE 360 ICE CPU cooler, paired with a GIGABYTE B850 AORUS ELITE-P ICE Kamitaka Rin model motherboard. The case is a GIGABYTE C500 PANORAMIC STEALTH ICE with special Kamitaka Rin decoration, measuring approximately 235mm (W) x 430mm (D) x 501mm (H). Power is supplied by an 850W 80PLUS GOLD certified GIGABYTE UD850GM PG5 V2 ICE.