Pros
- Excellent performance
- Surprisingly quiet
Cons
- Pricey
At A Glance
In a category satiated with impressive performance (and daunting price tags), Maingear tops the charts -- for better, and for worse.
The Specs
| Processor | |
|---|---|
| Processor type | Intel Core i7 |
| Processor speed | 3.33 MHz |
| Cache size | 12.288 KB |
| Processor count | 1 |
| Memory | |
| Memory size | 6144.0 MB |
| Memory type | DDR3 |
| Memory speed | 2000.0 MHz |
| Graphics | |
| Graphics Type | Discrete |
| Secondary Graphics Chipset | Nvidia GeForce |
| Number of Graphic Cards included | 3 |
| Video Bus | PCI Express Triple-SLI |
| Storage | |
| Raid type | RAID 0 |
| Drive size | 512.0 GB |
| Other storage |
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| Drive type | Solid-State Drive |
| Power | |
| Power Supply Wattage | 1500 watts |
| Storage Media | |
| Compact flash | Yes |
| SD card | Yes |
| Memory stick | Memory Stick |
| Smart media | Yes |
| XD picture card | 1 |
| Included Software | |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium |
| Ports and Connections | |
| Ethernet Type | Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) |
| Available Interfaces | eSATA |
| Case | |
| Chassis style | Tower (Full) |
Performance
| Overall Rating | |
|---|---|
| WorldBench 6 Score | 203 |
| Office Productivity | |
|---|---|
| Web Browsing | 125 seconds (lower is better) |
| Office Suite Use | 289 seconds (lower is better) |
| File Compression | 125 seconds (lower is better) |
| Multitasking | 145 |
| Content Creation | |
|---|---|
| Image Editing | 201 seconds (lower is better) |
| GPU Graphics Rendering | 259 seconds (lower is better) |
| CPU Graphics Rendering | 143 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Encoding | 122 seconds (lower is better) |
| DVD Burning | 108 seconds (lower is better) |
| Video Editing | 142 seconds (lower is better) |
| Gaming | |
|---|---|
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1024x768 | 366.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1680x1050 | 360.9 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 1920x1200 | 351.2 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Medium 2560x1600 | 360.1 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1024x768 | 224.3 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1680x1050 | 216.6 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 1920x1200 | 220.7 Frames per second (higher is better) |
| Unreal Tournament 3 Highest 2560x1600 | 226.8 Frames per second (higher is better) |
