Maingear F131 is a high end gaming desktop with a overclocked Core i7 950 chip (overclocked to 4.2GHz), and two Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 graphics cards. The cost of this system is $2,499 and it is lower than what other manufacturers are asking for such components. The gaming performance is nothing out-of-the-box but still very competitive. There are not a lot of games out there that the Maingear F131 will struggle with. There are a few that might challenge the machine but you can always tone down the settings for a good looking and smooth gaming experience. Because of the Intel X58 motherboard and the 3 PCI Express graphics card slots, you can put in another gaming card for getting more gaming eye candy.
There are a few surprises for connectivity as well. You get all standard ports like S/PDIF and analog audio, USB 2.0 and FireWire ports on the back and front of the cabinet. The Asus motherboard gives you two eSATA jacks, out of which one is powered and there is also a pair of USB 3.0 ports. A lot of PC vendors out there are less enthusiastic about USB 3.0 ports because there is not a lot of compatible hardware in the market yet but Maingear has been promoting the new technology very aggressively. This gives you 4 different types of ports for external data inputs. This is really impressive for the given price of the desktop.Maingear F131 come with one year warranty for the hardware and lifetime warranty for phone coverage and labor. There is also discretionalry third party onsite service and two way free shipping for the first thirty days.
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