Today we're announcing the first full refresh of Nocturne, and the first any Optimist system has ever received.

Nocturne has been one of the most popular machines we've ever made, and the response to it is the reason we're doing this rather than simply letting it stand. It has earned an update. So we've moved it onto the new RTX 50-series platform and taken the opportunity to refine the details that made it what it is, without touching the calm it was built around.

Refined, not redrawn

The cooler is now the NZXT Kraken Elite, with a larger display and a new ring of light tracing the edge of the screen. We've standardized a new graphics card as well, the MSI Inspire series, whose brass finish answers the warm hardware already in the build and gives the whole system a little more brilliance and a little more personality. And in partnership with Asiahorse, every Nocturne now ships with a new set of black and brown cabling, chosen to sit quietly against the wood and leather rather than stand apart from them.

The NZXT Kraken Elite display with a new ring of light around the flower emblem, beside the black-and-brown Asiahorse cabling
The NZXT Kraken Elite — a larger display, a new ring of light, and the black-and-brown Asiahorse cabling.
The brass-finished MSI Inspire graphics card with sakura-emblem fans
The MSI Inspire, in brass — answering the warm hardware already in the build.

Refine the details that made it what it is, without touching the calm it was built around.

The refreshed Nocturne — a warm-lit ProArt build on the RTX 50-series platform, walnut side panel, on a wooden desk
Nocturne, refreshed.

We also have one piece of news we're especially glad to share. This year, Nocturne was the highest-rated PC on PCPartPicker, the largest PC-building community online. That kind of recognition, from the people who build for themselves and know exactly what they're looking at, means a great deal to us.

The refreshed Nocturne interior — Kraken Elite, brass MSI Inspire card, glowing memory and brown cabling under warm light
The refreshed loadout, lit low and warm as ever.

What began as an experiment on an unfamiliar case has become something we're proud to keep building. Our thanks to everyone who has bought a Nocturne and made it what it is. It's staying in the lineup a while longer yet.