Maingear Retro98 Desktops Pack Trendy Gaming {Hardware} in Classic Beige Designs

Maingear has formally introduced its newest retro-themed pre-built desktop PCs, the Retro98. The new pre-built desktops are in-built SilverStone FLP02 chassis, replete with a practical turbo button—for setting PWM-controlled followers to max pace—and a giant pink energy toggle swap, and they are often had with both a 360 mm AIO or open-loop liquid cooling designed in collaboration with Alphacool. The whole construct seems relatively genuine, with basic ketchup and mustard cables and basic 5.25″ drive bay covers for the HDD bays tying the look collectively. The open-loop model known as the Retro98α, and the model that options AIO cooling is simply the Retro98. Both variations of the Retro98 are restricted version, although, with solely six items of the Retro98α and 32 items of the Retro98 out there—by the seems of it, every particular SKU is proscribed to those portions, not the sequence as a complete. Prices begin at $2,499 for the Retro98, with the Retro98α topping out at $9,799.

Internally, the Retro98 sequence begins with the Intel Core Ultra 7 265K paired with 32 GB DDR5-6400 RAM, a 2 TB NVMe Gen 5 SSD, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D and RTX 5080 out there from $3,499. Stepping up once more to $4,999 will get you an RTX 5090, a Ryzen 7 9850X3D, and the $9,799 Retro98α coming outfitted with an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, 64 GB of RAM, a 4 TB SSD, and an RTX 5090. All variations of the Retro98 additionally include onboard Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, and the cooling configuration consists of twin 120 mm entrance intakes, a single 120 mm rear exhaust, and three top-mounted 120 mm exhaust followers for the radiator. The Intel variant ships with an MSI Z890 Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard, whereas the AMD variations are all constructed across the MSI X870E Gaming Plus WiFi, and so they all include appropriately sized 80+ Gold-rated PSUs starting from 650 W to 1600 W.