Build Superman’s Gaming PC: What’s Inside Henry Cavill’s Beastmode Gaming Platform

At the end of last week, actor Henry Cavill posted a video on his personal Instagram account chronicling his adventures in assembling a gaming PC. It was a complete build from scratch and it is an absolute beast of the world. ‘a machine. The video begins with a still shot of the various components and peripherals, much like the unofficial requirement for PC building ascension videos, followed by Cavill assembling, and then reassembling his huge PC. While its video editors have done a good job of scrambling the brand names of the various components (preventing Cavill from giving them free publicity or endorsements), anyone familiar with PC gaming can identify just about anything. in its construction from boxes and components alone. That’s what I did.

Now there are a few components I’m not sure like the exact SeaSonic PSU and Fractal Design case, but I picked my best guess for those based on the rest of Superman’s super-build. If you are in USA and you are a movie star, you can click the link to buy the Newegg components.

What’s inside Henry Cavill’s PC

Henry Cavill PC Gaming Peripherals

Parts and elements of the video’s initial still image include a gaming keyboard, monitor, and mouse.

Total estimated cost to build Henry Cavill’s PC

This estimate is very rough, as supply chain disruptions and the overwhelming demand for PC parts and accessories have driven prices up everywhere. Based on the prices currently advertised on Newegg, here is the estimated breakdown (price in USD):

• ROG Strix GeForce RTX 2080Ti 11GB – $ 1,239.99
• RYZEN 9 3900X 12 Core 3.8 GHz – $ 429.99
• G.SKILL Trident Z Neo Series 32GB DDR4 RAM – $ 143.99
• NZXT Kraken Z Series Z73 Liquid Cooler – $ 299.99
• ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII AMD X570 Mobo – $ 556.03
• SeaSonic PRIME TX-1000 power supply – $ 499.99
• Samsung 970 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD (x2) – $ 679.98
• Fractal Design Meshify S2 Tower ATX black – $ 149.99
• Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit – $ 109.99

Total cost at current prices: $ 4,109.95 USD

So at today’s exchange rates it’s £ 3251.62 / $ 5862.84AUD / $ 5565.37CA … and that’s without the screen, mouse, and keyboard.

So this is it. If you have that kind of money on hand, you can build Superman’s PC. This is probably overkill for most people’s needs, but when it comes to PC gaming my philosophy is “figure out how much you can afford, then double it, then find a way to save. This money”.

Seth Macy is the editor of IGN Commerce and just wants to be your friend. Find him on Twitter @sethmacy.