Better application performance than PCs that cost twice as much; strong gaming performance should play almost any game on the market smoothly and with high image quality; room to expand memory and hard-drive storage; USB 3.0 jacks prepare you for future e
Garish (but fortunately optional) side panel art
Ignore the side panel. Maingear has an outstanding deal in this high-end F131 gaming desktop, which is one of the fastest PCs we've seen all year. We recommend this system without hesitation to serious PC gamers and those interested in a high-performa...
Maingear really impressed us during our review process and everything from the custom made packing materials to the free custom etched side panels and the high level of personal service available to customers really shows that Maingear knows what it takes...
Excellent expansion potential, Good gaming performance
No Blu-ray drive, Core i5 CPU in a Core i7-priced package
This overclocked Core i5 desktop is a very solid gaming rig with major expansion potential, but comparably priced models do offer quad-core CPUs and more features. ...
First off, the good: Maingear builds quality systems without bloatware or clogged installations, ships them well, and all evidence shows they support them 100%. Their website is easy to order from, overclocking is "free" and covered under warranty, an...
Outstanding gaming performance; flawless, attractive design; more aggressive overclocking than the competition.
Support Web site could use some beefing up; minor drop-off in Quake 4 at higher resolutions.
Maingears F131 SLI takes it to the high-end PC competition, earning itself an Editors Choice in the process. Without having the full picture of DirectX 10 performance, youre potentially taking a risk buying a high-end gaming PC now. But if you need ...
Abstract: Hoo-hoo! That’s an exact recreation of the noise we made when opening the box containing Maingear’s F131 desktop rig. But “rig” might be too generic a description for the bright-blue machine; “behemoth” seems more appropriate. For in every direction—p...