AETHER / Preconfigured build-to-order
AETHER5
Quietly powerful for serious work and play.
AETHER5 is a restrained black and walnut workstation with a touch of violet. Its Fractal North XL case has the space for sustained creator performance as well as excellent gaming, without a wall of bright RGB.
Discuss AETHER5A proposed configuration. We confirm component availability, compatibility and the full price before you commit.
A useful starting specification
What goes into AETHER5?
One defined baseline makes the choices clear. Exact make, stock and any substitution are agreed in the written quote.
- Case
- Fractal Design North XL, Charcoal Black
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X, sixteen cores
- Graphics
- GeForce RTX 5080, 16 GB
- Motherboard
- X870E WiFi ATX platform
- Memory
- 64 GB DDR5-6000, two modules
- Storage
- 4 TB NVMe SSD
- Cooling
- Quiet 360 mm CPU liquid cooler with a measured fan curve
- Power
- 1,000 W ATX 3.1 power supply
Why these parts?
The 16-core Ryzen 9 and larger memory allocation give AETHER5 a clear creator-workstation role, while the RTX 5080 keeps GPU-heavy work and high-end gaming in scope. A 360 mm cooler and full-size case make this a different proposition from the compact TERRA3.0 and EMBER4.0.
Make it yours
Tell us your actual applications and project sizes. Some work benefits more from additional memory or storage than a stronger graphics card; other software is GPU-led. We would tune the final configuration to your workload rather than sell a generic ‘creator’ label.
From the workbench
See a real North build
Heidi's 2025 office PC used a Fractal North case. The story's AI illustration places it in a fictional workspace. It is a different specification from the proposed AETHER5.
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Another direction?
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Discuss AETHER5.
Tell us your games or applications, budget and which part of this design appeals to you.