Henry Cavill flexes his PC-building muscles in sexy Instagram vid
Toss a CPU to your Witcher
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Along with his on-screen heroics as both Superman andThe Witcher, impossibly handsome actor Henry Cavill is also considered a hero among gamers the world over, thanks to his unabashed enthusiasm for PC gaming.
Having already been quite vocal about his hobby during publicity for Netflix’s The Witcher (a role heaggressively sought outthanks to his passion for the books and games), the Man of Steel has now taken to Instagram in a video that shows him building a new gaming rig from scratch.
This kind of material isn’t for everyone….viewer discretion is advised. You may see a lot of parts that you haven’t seen before. #PC #AllTheParts #AllNightLong Henry Cavill
A photo posted by @henrycavill on Jul 16, 2020 at 5:21am PDT
Cheekily scored by Barry White’s classic track ‘Never, Never Gonna Give You Up’ and adorned with a “viewer discretion is advised” warning, the super-cut is at once swoon-worthy and also refreshingly frank about what it’s like for most people to build a gaming PC – that means a lot of staring into manuals and back-tracking on mistakes.
Given that Cavill himself is a beast of a man, it’s perhaps no surprise that the muscular actor’s new gaming-PC build is also something of a monster. Here’s our PC hardware team’s best guess at what he’s using, based on what’s made visible in the video:
Want to build a gaming PC like Henry Cavill’s? Here’s an idea of what each of those costs, based on live pricing pulled from local retailers:
What would we have changed?
This is undeniably a premium, punchy rig that’s full of stellar parts and performance that’ll kick any modern PC game to the curb. But could it have been better? Our Aussie team put their collective heads together to assess Mr Cavill’s build – these are their quick back-of-a-napkin thoughts:
Dan Gardiner and David Hollingworth also contributed to this story.
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Stephen primarily covers phones and entertainment for TechRadar’s Australian team, and has written professionally across the categories of tech, film, television and gaming in both print and online for over a decade. He’s obsessed with smartphones, televisions, consoles and gaming PCs, and has a deep-seated desire to consume all forms of media at the highest quality possible.
He’s also likely to talk a person’s ear off at the mere mention of Android, cats, retro sneaker releases, travelling and physical media, such as vinyl and boutique Blu-ray releases. Right now, he’s most excited about QD-OLED technology, The Batman and Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga.
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