Maingear, maker of the Pulse 11 we reported on last year, is back with its latest machine, this one boasting the special designation of world’s thinnest 17-inch gaming laptop. This machine packs many of the trimmings you’d expect from a gaming laptop, and clocks in with a weight of less than 6-pounds, something that makes […]
In what’s essentially a very, very early build of Star Citizen here at NVIDIA’s Montreal 2013 event, we’ve gotten the opportunity to get up-close and hands-on with the likes of 4K output. This game isn’t out on the market yet – it’s still rolling in funding cash, in fact, having just reached a $23 million […]
Always aiming to be the best of the best in gaming, NVIDIA has revealed their intentions for the upcoming holiday season with a set of tower builds going by the name GeForce GTX Battlebox. Several manufacturers of custom-made gaming PCs are onboard, including Falcon Northwest, Digital Storm, Maingear, and Origin. Each monster build in the […]
Liquid-cooled rigs are de rigeur for serious PC gamers, but Maingear knows there are plenty who’d rather crowbar headcrabs than fiddle with plumbing. To that end, the company’s just buttressed its water-chilled desktop lineup with the Epic Series, consisting of the full-tower Force and mid-sized Rush models. Each pack a “BiTurbo” pump design that keeps things cool in the event of a single pump failure, along with the latest Intel 4th-generation Core i7 or AMD FX processors. As for graphics, you’ll get four-way SLI NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan or Radeon HD 7970 GPUs if you opt for the Force model, while the Rush offers two-way GeForce GTX Titan SLI or dual Radeon HD 7990 graphics. There are also numerous memory, storage and static pressure fans using Corsair parts, and custom touches like lighting and Glasurit paint with an “automotive finish.” Prices start at $3,259 for the Force and $3,059 for the Rush and go way up from there — if that doesn’t phase you, check the source for more.
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Intel used this year’s Computex to officially debut Haswell-based Core processors, and it had no shortage of willing launch partners: seemingly everyone had at least one updated PC to reveal. The refinements to battery life and graphics also led to quite a few companies pushing the boundaries, whether it was in cutting-edge screens or exotic form factors. Quite frankly, there was a lot to cope with in several days — enough so that we’re putting the more important Haswell offerings in one convenient roundup. Read on for our look at the desktops, laptops and tablets that launched in sync with Taiwan’s premier tech event.
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Haswell-infused devices have been stepping out from behind curtains for the past few days, and now Maingear’s ready to unveil its latest gaming notebook with Intel’s fresh silicon: the Pulse 14. Each configuration of the rig comes decked out with a quad-core Core i7 processor clocked at 2.2GHz, a GeForce GTX 760M graphics card with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, 2.1-channel speakers and a 14-inch, 1,600×900 resolution display. As for connectivity, an SD card slot, HDMI, VGA, Ethernet and three USB 3.0 ports all come standard with the machine. Extracting $1,299 from your wallet will net you a respectable 8GB of DDR3 RAM and a 500GB hybrid drive. Ponying up $1,399 will nab you a 1TB HDD with a 32GB caching SSD, while shelling out $1,699 brings in 16GB of RAM and two 128GB solid state drives in Raid 0 backed by a 1TB hard drive. Take a gander at the laptop in the bordering gallery or hit the break for more details in the press release.
The team at MAINGEAR have this week let it be known that they’ll be offering 4th generation Intel Core i7 “Haswell” processors in both desktop and laptop machines. Bringing this technology to the SHIFT, F1131, Potenza, and Vybe on the desktop end of the spectrum and the Nomad 15 and Nomad 17 in laptops, MAINGEAR is making it clear that they intend to remain on the cutting edge in custom gaming rigs. Intel’s 4th generation Core “Haswell” processors will be appearing first on the 4th of this month at Computex.
Where MAINGEAR’s business lives well within the bounds of the gaming universe, they’ve expressed their excitement this week over not just performance, but power efficiency, next-generation connectivity, and security features offered by the Haswell generation of Intel architecture.
Performance gets a boost in MAINGEAR machines with Haswell’s ability to work with overlocking independent of other system components. Power efficiency is a mainstay of the Haswell generation as Intel continues to emphasize the trend toward mobile machines – here offering 10 day battery life on MAINGEAR notebooks in connected standby (for example.) Compared to the first generation of MAINGEAR machines working with Intel Core technology (that’s 1st gen Intel Core, too, mind you), they say users will be working with 42% less power draw – not that you’re still using a system from several years ago, right?
But of course you are – which is exactly why you’ll see more than one comparison in the next few weeks to the first generation of Intel Core processor technology. Performance, says MAINGEAR and Intel, has increased 236% since the first generation – that’s a whopping bit of change – one you’ll likely notice if you are, indeed, switching from such an “old” system.
Intel’s Haswell generation of processors are bringing MAINGEAR systems up to speed with automatic connections to wireless hotspots as well as wireless streaming of HD and 3D video and games to your TV with Intel Wireless display. Security gets a boost with Intel’s new security features, enabling users to lock devices down and bring on aid with recovery – like freezing your partner and taking that Alien out of them when you get back to Earth.
You’ll want to have a peek at our MAINGEAR Potenza review from last year to get a peek at the hardware within. Here lies some heavy metal business on the outside, big-name gaming on the inside.
MAINGEAR brings Haswell to the custom-built gaming space is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Maingear has announced that it is now offering the world’s fastest video card inside select M a aingear gaming computers. The video card in question is the new AMD Radeon HD 7990 unveiled earlier this week. This is a seriously impressive, and very large video card requiring three slots inside your computer.
The new HD 7990 video card has 6 GB of GDDR5 RAM available promising the fastest graphics performance ever with 806 billion transistors inside, 4096 stream processors, and 8.2 Tflops of computing power. The video card supports up to five monitors at the same time using AMD EyeFinity technology.
To keep the massive GPU cool, the video card features three ultra-quiet axial fans. Maingear will be offering the new video card option on three different gaming PC lines including its SHIFT, F131, and Vybe. The video card can be combined with the company’s available EPIC CPU liquid cooling systems as well.
As you can imagine with any new high-end video card, the price is far from inexpensive. Adding a single HD 7990 is an $822 option. A pair of those video cards will add $1200 to the price of your gaming machine.
[via Maingear]
Maingear crams triple slot Radeon HD 7990 inside gaming PCs is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Maingear is a company that builds a wide number of different computers with many of them specifically aimed at gamers. The company has announced that it is now offering one of its gaming PCs in Microsoft stores around the country. The gaming PC is called the Maingear Potenza Super Sport Gaming PC.
The computer sells for $1599 and is available in a black case. The machine is available in the Microsoft stores uses the Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 graphics card with 2 GB of memory. The computer also ships with 16 GB of RAM and uses an Intel Core i7-3770 processor. With the Turbo Boost technology enabled, that processor operates at up to 3.90 GHz.
Maingear fits the computer with a 1 TB hard drive and a 30 GB SSD to speed up boot times, application loading, and game level loading. The machine is outfitted with four USB 3.0 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI output, and a DVI output. The computer is also relatively small for a desktop measuring 14.75 x 7.5 x 9.25-inches.
The PC runs Windows 8 for the operating system and features high-definition 24-bit 192 kHz surround sound. The machine also features ports for dual microphones, line in, line out, and an integrated Ethernet port supporting up to gigabit speeds.
[via Microsoft Store]
Maingear Potenza Super Stock lands in Microsoft stores is written by Shane McGlaun & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Gaming laptops are tricky beasts to review, since you’re naturally sacrificing those normally cherished qualities (battery life, portability) for pure performance. When your humble narrator reviewed Maingear’s Pulse 11, we found that its hulking insides were only let down by a slightly awkward keyboard and a weak trackpad. In fact, as an eleven-inch premium gaming machine, we were staggered, and as long as you bring along some peripherals, we had no reservations about recommending one. Then again, we didn’t live with one of these for the better part of six months. As such, we need to turn to our readers and ask, if you own one of these, what do you love, what do you loathe and most importantly, what would you change?
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