Reviewed on August 22, 2003With high-end components, a snazzy paint job, and big-time frame rates, the custom-built Maingear F131 gives Falcon and Voodoo a run for their money in the gourmet-gaming market.TAGS:Maingear
Reviewed on February 21, 2008Maingear's Ephex combines aggressive overclocking and a refined sense of what gamers want in a high-end PC. Crysis remains a challenge for even a top-of-the-line PC like this one, but if you can get past that hitch (and the multi-thousand-dollar price tag), we'd recommend this system in a second.TAGS:Maingear, Crysis, Radeon, video card, ATI Technologies, hard drive, Intel, games, PC, Microsoft Windows
Reviewed on June 4, 2008The Maingear Prelude has the best bang for the buck among midrange gaming PCs. It also has a certain stocky visual appeal. It's missing a few features, and you'll have to jump through a few hoops to make upgrades, but on balance, this system is a great deal.TAGS:Maingear, Voodoo, power supply, AMD, Dell XPS, CPU, chipset, NVidia, 32-bit, Intel, games, PC
Reviewed on June 20, 2006Falcon Northwest's FragBox might be the best known small-form-factor gaming PC, but Maingear's X-Cube is currently the most up-to-date. With the latest of everything, if you want a gaming desktop for on-the-road fragging, look no further.TAGS:Maingear, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, Intel Core 2 Duo, chipset, card, CPU, video card, AMD, games, PC
Reviewed on April 8, 2008We've seen too many speedy, sub-$2,000 gaming PCs this year to get excited by Puget's near-$5,000 desktop, as elaborate as its liquid cooling may be. Its performance doesn't separate it enough from the midrange pack, and it's outclassed by its other high-end competition.TAGS:Maingear, Intel Core 2 Duo, overclocking, CPU, 64-bit, 32-bit, pricing, hard drive, Intel, Microsoft Windows Vista, PC
Reviewed on July 20, 2006You'll want to give Shuttle's new AMD-based, small-form-factor gaming PC a week or two to see how the coming Athlon price drop will affect the price tag. Assuming that Shuttle continues its aggressive pricing, however, the XPC P2 2700 will deliver lots of bang for your buck.TAGS:Maingear, Intel Core 2 Duo, media card reader, AMD, Nvidia GeForce, AMD Athlon, video card, CPU, Intel, pricing, games