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Maingear SHIFT Gaming Desktop Gets NVIDIA GeForce Titan

NVIDIA may have said it would only make a limited number of GeForce Titan graphics cards, but it still had enough to send to a few select gaming PC makers. The Maingear SHIFT is one of these systems, as it always gets updated with the latest graphics card from NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices.  It has not one...

19 February 2013
14:51 GMT

30% Better Performance on Maingear Nomad Gaming Notebooks, Thanks to Lucid MVP

There once was a time when NVIDIA and Advanced Micro Devices had to provide their own means of switching between their GPUs and the integrated graphics chips of whatever CPUs acted as the heart of laptops. Maingear has joined a more recent movement. The movement we are referring to is the one that several other mak...

19 January 2013
03:44 GMT

Predictably Enough, Maingear Adds AMD Trinity APUs to Gaming Lineup

Since Advanced Micro Devices has finally released the A-Series accelerated processing units (APUs) for desktops, gaming system makers have updated their product lines. The Trinity chips make for much more affordable gaming systems compared to Intel-powered machines. A Maingear X-Cube desktop at $649 / 502-649 Euro...

2 October 2012
09:35 GMT

Maingear Launches “Wickedly Fast” Gaming Laptop: Nomad 17

Maingear may be experimenting with all-in-one computers, but it is still, first and foremost, a gaming notebook and desktop provider. The Nomad 17 is the latest such product to debut. Since the Nomad would not be a nomad without the ability to move around freely, the product, naturally, comes in the form of a noteb...

1 October 2012
06:21 GMT

Maingear Builds All-in-One with Ivy Bridge CPU and NVIDIA Graphics

The Alpha 24 Super Stock all-in-one personal computer is described by Maingear's CEO Wallace Santos as the proof that people don't need to sacrifice anything when choosing an all-in-one over a standard desktop PC. The so-called disadvantages that all-in-one systems have compared to desktops are multiple: ...

26 September 2012
09:46 GMT

Maingear Cuts Gaming System Prices, Supports NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and 660

NVIDIA has only just released the long-awaited GeForce GTX 660 and 650 video cards, and yet gaming system makers are already announcing promotions. Maingear might just be our favorite this time around, and not because of the speed with which it has announced the availability of the cards in its F131 and Potenza gam...

13 September 2012
09:52 GMT

Maingear Launches Fully Upgradeable Solo 21 AIO with Hybrid Storage

It seems like every computer system manufacturer is getting ready for the Windows 8 launch this autumn and Maingear is not sitting still either. The company has just announced the new Solo 21 system that comes with a hybrid SSD/HDD storage system and a very nice design. The new Solo 21 is built around Intel’s ...

28 August 2012
21:31 GMT

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 660 Ti in Maingear and CyberPower PCs

Maingear and CyberPower, two of the better known brands on the market for full-featured desktop PCs, have announced that their systems, or some of them, have gained NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 660 Ti graphics card as a possible hardware component. This is hardly a surprise. Every time NVIDIA or Advanced Micro Devices...

17 August 2012
13:11 GMT

Maingear Vybe 15, a New and Unique Quickship Notebook

Well-known vendor of high-end gaming notebooks and desktops, Maingear has formally introduced a quartet of quickship mobile PCs called Vybe 15. That is to say they really are just different hardware configurations of the same notebook: Good, Better, Best and Ultimate. We would weep for the fact that the “be...

7 August 2012
04:32 GMT

Maingear Pulse 11 Ultraportable Gaming Laptop Debuts

Gaming notebooks usually don't mind being a bit bulkier than regular laptops, but Maingear figured it was time for one of those rare, ultraportable gaming mobile PCs to appear. The product just launched by the company is called Pulse 11 and gets its name from its 11.6-inch LCD (liquid crystal display). Speaki...

4 June 2012
09:41 GMT

GeForce GTX 690 Now in Maingear Monster PCs

The dual-GPU GeForce GTX 690 was launched by NVIDIA just a few days ago, but it already has companies calling on its services. In a move that isn't all that surprising, Maingear has formally announced that the Kepler-based monster is available as an option on some of its machines. In case you forgot, the car...

3 May 2012
09:59 GMT

And Here Are Maingear's Ivy Bridge Desktops

There are three desktops in Maingear's product lineup that use Intel's new central processing units, so we may as well cover them here, like we did with Digital Storm's and Velocity Micro's machines. We should have probably mentioned HP's dvt6 and dvt7 workstations, but those things are lap...

30 April 2012
05:59 GMT

Maingear Launches Stronger Titan 17 Super Notebook

Since NVIDIA's new graphics products are now official, Maingear decided to put together a notebook to crush all others, figuratively speaking and, in some cases, literally too. What we mean by that is that, should someone decide to bash the new machine against another mobile PC, the latter would probably end u...

28 March 2012
04:59 GMT

Maingear Adds NVIDIA GTX 680 to SHIFT, F131, and X-Cube Systems

Maingear has officially announced that three of its high-end gaming systems will, from now on, offer NVIDIA's latest product as an option when choosing the video card. That Maingear would add the GeForce GTX 680 to its personal computer product lineup is in no way a shock. After all, makers of high-end syste...

22 March 2012
10:47 GMT

Maingear Enters All-in-One PC Market with Solo 21 Desktop

Well renowned boutique builder Maingear has decided that it’s time to release an all-in-one computer of its own, so it recently introduced the Solo 21 PC targeting those users who want a full-size desktop without the hassle of wires and other connections. The central point of the new Solo 21 is its 21.5-inch F...

14 March 2012
06:17 GMT

AMD Radeon HD 7850 and HD 7870 Now Available in Maingear’s Desktops

Shortly after AMD introduced the Radeon HD 7870 and HD 7850 graphics cards, Maingear, one of the highest regarded computer boutique builders in the US, announced that these new Radeon solutions would soon be available in their systems. Made official just earlier today, the Radeon HD 7870 and HD 7850 are based on AM...

5 March 2012
05:24 GMT

Maingear Systems Now Offer AMD Radeon HD 7770 and 7750 Graphics

Predictably enough, Maingear has decided to add the AMD Radeon HD 7770 and Radeon HD 7750 to the graphics options of some of its gaming machines. The systems that will now get one or more of these adapters are the SHIFT and F131 desktops. The VYBE should also integrate the cards at some point in the near future. ...

15 February 2012
10:48 GMT

Maingear’s Updated Titan 17 Notebook Sports Sandy Bridge-E CPUs

Maingear has recently announced an updated version of the Titan 17 desktop replacement, which swaps the LGA 1366 processors used in the previous model with Intel’s new LGA 2011 Sandy Bridge-E CPUs. The Titan 17 notebook is based on the Clevo P270WM design, which can be configured to feature Intel’s high-p...

7 February 2012
17:21 GMT

Maingear Adopts AMD's Radeon HD 7950, Gaming Desktops Rejoice

Yesterday, January 31, was the day when AMD's latest graphics card got launched, so today is the day the world reacts, starting with developers of gaming desktops, like Maingear. As it did for more or less every other powerful graphics card released by NVIDIA or Advanced Micro Devices, Maingear has adopted the...

1 February 2012
04:05 GMT

AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 Arrives in Maingear’s Shift and F131 Gaming Desktops

With AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 now available in retail, system builders have started integrating this monster of a graphics card in their systems and one of the first companies to do so is Maingear, who has added AMD’s latest creation to their Shift, F131 and Vybe gaming desktops. Made official in the second ...

9 January 2012
02:42 GMT

Intel Core i7-3960X and i7-3930K Arrive in Maingear's Desktops

With Sandy Bridge-E becoming official, system builder are now racing to upgrade their desktops to the new processors, so Maingear couldn't pass this opportunity to introduced the Core i7-3960X and Core i7-3930K into their systems.Both of these processors are targeting the enthusiast crowd and come featuring no l...

14 November 2011
04:10 GMT

Maingear Shift and F131 Desktops Now Available with Core i7-2700K CPU

Custom PC builder Maingear has just sent out a press release to announce that its high-performance Shift and F131 desktop systems can now be configured with Intel's most powerful consumer Sandy Bridge processor to date, the recently launched Core i7-2700K.The i7-2700K is destined to take the place of Intel'...

24 October 2011
07:33 GMT

Maingear Vybe Gaming PC Updated with BitFenix Shinobi Cases

BitFenix' Shinobi case made quite a name for itself in the short while since it's been available, and now Maingear has announced that it has selected this chassis to house its high-performance Vybe gaming desktop.The Maingear Vybe is built around Intel's Sandy Bridge processors and use either P67 or Z6...

29 September 2011
10:42 GMT

Maingear Debuts EPIC X2 Water Cooler for Dual-GPU Graphics Card

Maingear recently announced that the Shift high-performance desktop can now be configured to feature the all new EPIC X2 closed-loop water cooler, the first solution of its kind to support dual-GPU graphics cards and SLI setups.The EPIC X2 is compatible with the Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 as well as GTX 580 SLI setups, a...

21 September 2011
04:54 GMT

Maingear Updates the Vybe Budget Gaming Desktops

Maingear might be well known among PC enthusiasts for its high-performance and outrageously high-priced systems such as the Shift, but the company also produces a series of more budget friendly solutions, like the Vybe, which was recently redesigned to feature a new chassis and better hardware components.The new syst...

7 September 2011
04:30 GMT

Maingear Adds Nvidia Optimus Support to the Clutch-15 Notebook

Maingear has just updated the configuration of its popular 15.6-inch Clutch-15 notebook to feature support for Nvidia's Optimus technology, that was specially developed to save battery life by automatically switching between the on-board and discrete GPUs, depending on the tasks run.The new notebook uses the sam...

8 July 2011
10:41 GMT

CoolIT Announces Closed-Loop Water Cooler for the GTX 590

CoolIT, a company well renowned for its liquid cooling solutions, has just announced the introduction of the Omni N590 closed-loop water cooler which was specially designed for Nvidia's dual-GPU GeForce GTX 590 graphics card and is targeted towards system integrators.The Omni N590 is compatible with both single ...

8 June 2011
06:13 GMT

Maingear Updates Its Laptops to Feature the Nvidia GTX 560M GPU

Maingear, a company well renowned for its high powered gaming systems, has just announced that it has revamped its notebook lineup to include Nvidia's recently launched GTX 560M GPU as well as the GeForce GT 555M and two new LED panel options. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 560M graphics processors is available in th...

7 June 2011
08:54 GMT

Nvidia Works on GeForce GTX 580M Graphics Core

Nvidia is getting ready to replace its top of the line mobile graphics core, the GTX 485M, with a new 500-series GPU that will be called the GTX 580M. The new chip will deliver improved performance and is expected to arrive later this summer.Just as the current GeForce GTX 485M mobile GPU, Nvidia's upcoming grap...

3 June 2011
16:31 GMT

Maingear Launches World's 'Most Powerful' 3D 17-Inch Notebook

Maingear has just announced the launch of what the company's claims to be the world's “most powerful” 3D 17-inch notebook, the eX-L 17 3D, which comes with an overclocked Intel Sandy Bridge Core i7 2920XM CPU and Nvidia GeForce GTX 485M discrete graphics. The Core i7 2920XM is Intel's fa...

20 May 2011
09:01 GMT

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Lands in Maingear Machines

Since NVIDIA released a new graphics card, makers of custom PCs were bound to add it as an option and, sure enough, Maingear did just that, now shipping updated X-Cube, Vybe, F131 and SHIFT desktops.When it comes to the consumer desktop market, the degree of computer knowledge one has can vary from not knowing betwe...

18 May 2011
08:40 GMT

Maingear Adopts the New Intel Z68-Based Motherboards

The newest Intel chipset is now out and rolling and, of course, makers of motherboards and custom PCs were quick to enlist it for their respective projects, Maingear being just one of them.By now, consumers that keep tabs on such things will undoubtedly know that the latest Intel chipset has arrived. &nbs...

12 May 2011
09:30 GMT

Maingear Systems Now Available with 180mm EPIC Liquid Cooling System

Custom system builder Maingear has just announced the introduction of a new series of water coolers developed in partnership with CoolIT that are available in the company's Shift, F131 and Vybe desktops.The new liquid cooler series is called EPIC (Enhanced Performance InterCooler) and Maingear and CoolIT have de...

26 April 2011
15:01 GMT

MainGear Updates the Shift and F131 Desktops to Feature GTX 590 Graphics Cards

Maingear has just announced that the company has updated its high-performance Shift and F131 desktop systems to feature Nvidia's flagship video card, the GeForce GTX 590, making it one of the first boutique builders to include this dual-GPU card in its machines. The Nvidia GTX 590 was launched officially earl...

24 March 2011
16:31 GMT

Maingear Shift and F131 Desktops Are AMD Radeon HD 6990 CrossFireX Compatible

Just a few hours after the official launch of AMD's Radeon HD 6990 graphics card, Maingear has announced that starting from now their Shift and F131 high-end desktop systems are available with this new dual-GPU solution. Outside of AMD's flagship card, both of these systems can be configured to feature a...

8 March 2011
05:09 GMT

Maingear's Quantum Shift Workstation Gets New Intel Xeon Processor Options

Maingear has just announced that the Quantum Shift workstation is now available with two new Intel Xeon 5600 series processor options, the X5687 and X5690, further enhancing the performance of the system. Both processors are compatible with dual-socket systems and feature 12MB of L3 cache, Turbo Boost and Hyper-Th...

1 March 2011
06:02 GMT

Maingear Intros Titan 17 Mobile Workstation, Features Intel 990X CPU and Nvidia GTX 485M SLI

Maingear, a company well renowned for the high performance desktops and laptops it manufactures, has announced the introduction of its fastest mobile workstation yet, the Titan 17, which is powered by Intel's six-core 990X processor and by dual Nvidia GTX 485 graphics cards, configured to run in SLI. The GTX ...

1 March 2011
03:38 GMT

Maingear's Desktop Systems Now Available with Intel Core i7-990X CPUs

Maingear, a well renowned custom PC builder, has just announced that the company has updated its desktop computer line to feature Intel's recently launched Core i7 990X processor, as the CPU is now available in the Shift, F131, Vybe and X-Cube high-performance systems. The Core i7 990X is the fastest processo...

15 February 2011
06:34 GMT

Maingear Resumes Shipment of Sandy Bridge Desktops

Intel's recently discovered SATA bug, which affects all of its Cougar Point motherboards, has managed to cause quite a stir in the computing industry, forcing many manufacturers to suspend their desktop and laptop shipments until the B3 stepping of the 6-series PCH becomes available, but Maingear managed to find...

14 February 2011
10:02 GMT

CoolIT Systems and Maingear Join Forces to Develop New Systems

Custom system builder Maingear and liquid cooling specialist CoolIT have just announced their partnership that will lead to the development of better performing and cooler running computer systems. The two companies have worked together before as CoolIT's ECO II CPU cooler has been used for quite some time by...

9 February 2011
03:35 GMT

Maingear to Replace Intel 6-Series Motherboards Used in Their Systems Starting March 17

Intel's announcement regarding the problems encountered by its 6-series Sandy Bridge chipsets has forced computer manufacturers to take action, Maingear just letting us know that they plan to replace all the buggy motherboards once models based on the new revision of the chipsets become available in mid March. ...

1 February 2011
08:09 GMT

Maingear eX-L 15 15.6-Inch Laptop Boasts NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 485M

Even though the news is swarming with headlines about NVIDIA's GTX 560 Ti, this is not the only one of the company's cards that have been busy lately, as proven by Maingear's latest laptop.Maingear's latest mobile computer is a high-end model that claims to be the world's fastest in its cate...

26 January 2011
03:20 GMT

Maingear Shows Off Prototype HTPC System at CES 2011

Custom computer builder Maingear has just unveiled a new HTPC computer prototype, at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, that pairs a fast Intel Sandy Bridge processor together with a motorized touchscreen display to deliver the ultimate in home media entertainment. The system was presented by Maingear's CTO,...

7 January 2011
08:36 GMT

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 570 Lands in Maingear's Gaming Systems

It seems that, just like NVIDIA's partners, makers of custom PCs have been quite fast in acknowledging the GeForce GTX 570, Maingear having already added it as an option to its systems.Maingear, like any company that sells customized gaming systems, knows enough to make sure that its systems are always equipped...

7 December 2010
10:09 GMT

Maingear Unleashes the Alt-17 and Alt-15 Gaming Notebooks

Although the first thing that comes to one's mind when thinking about Maingear are those outrageous portable workstations that are sometimes referred to as laptops by the company, Maingear also build more down to earth gaming solutions such as these Alt-15 and Alt-17 offerings that pair Nvidia graphics with Inte...

19 November 2010
07:11 GMT

NVIDIA GTX 580 Also Leaked Ahead of Schedule by MainGear

Well, it really seems that there are at least a couple of NVIDIA partners out there who're not willing to wait until the GPU manufacturer comes clean with their new GTX 580 and makes it official, since, after CyberPower sort of spilled the beans (especially as far as the tech specs are concerned) on the new gra...

9 November 2010
03:25 GMT

New 13 and 15-inch Notebooks For Road Warriors Available from Maingear

While MainGear is best-known for manufacturing some of the most advanced gaming solutions out there, the company seems to be willing to expand its area of interest, since it has just outed a couple of notebooks that target not gamers, but road-warriors and students, namely the Clutch-13 and Clutch-15 models.As the ma...

22 October 2010
02:59 GMT

Maingear's SHIFT Gaming Rig Gets New Hardware

Though already one of the most popular gaming systems on the market, Maingear's SHIFT 'personal supercomputer' has now been given a slew of new customizing and hardware options, for both a higher performance and better looks.The SHIFT has been Maingear's enthusiast-grade gaming rig for months now...

28 September 2010
08:20 GMT

Maingear's Gaming Rigs Embrace NVIDIA's GTX 460

Now that NVIDIA has finally launched the GeForce GTX 460 graphics card, and its partners practically showered the market with special models, it is logical for system makers to make their move. Maingear decided it would make its own move sooner rather than later. As such, it announced that not just one, but several o...

12 July 2010
09:56 GMT

3D Vision Surround Party Welcomes Maingear

NVIDIA just unleashed yesterday the driver that enables 3D Vision Surround support on multi-GPU configurations. As such, it would have been unusual for custom PC makers so as not to immediately offer machines capable of making the best of this new feature. Sure enough, Cyberpower, iBuyPower and Digital Storm hav...

30 June 2010
06:56 GMT


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