Maingear, the custom PC maker and purveyor of tramp-stamp laptops, has let loose a duo of simplistic-looking desktop towers this morning designed to “shed the bling” and focus instead on what’s going down inside the case.
Both the the Shift: Intel P55 and the Shift: Intel X58 are powered by Intel Core i7 900 processors running Windows 7. ATI Radeo HD and NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards are featured, and I’m sure the discerning gamer expects nothing less.
Storage options include up to six mechanical or 12 SSD drives. The two diverge on memory specs, with the P55 containing up to 8GB DDR3-1600 low latency RAM and the X58 up to 12GB DDR3-2000 or 24GB DDR3-1600. DVD or Blu-Ray drives are options for both rigs while a standard Asetek closed-loop liquid cooling system keeps things chilled.
Pricing begins at an optimistic $US2199 and $US2599, respectively, although with all the options listed above, that can (and probably will) climb much, much higher. Since Shift is the only PC that Maingear is going to focus on selling from now on, I hope it works it out for them.
matt
November 3, 2009 at 11:58 AM
that is the most awesome case layout I have ever seen!
graphics cards are oriented vertically, meaning their length is more naturally catered for, as cases are generally taller than they are deep.
it also means they are exausting out the top, as well as the cpu, which is great cause thats the direction hot air wants to go.
also makes room for that cool 6 hot-swappable hardrive bay rack.
there also seems to be a decent amount of covered space above the io panel, so that wires don’t just stick out the top.
would be cool if there was more harddrive bays next to the psu. otherwise looks like the perfect layout, in theory.
can you buy just the case? I want one!
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November 3, 2009 at 2:07 PM
It is a very nice layout, there is a case that does already position the cards vertically, the silverstone raven. HOWEVER, the raven has a more of an alienware case feel and iirc doesnt have as much space at the top so the cables sort of stand up a bit. If these cases were possible to be purchased seperatly, id get one, the bay down the bottom is perfect for watercooling
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November 3, 2009 at 1:50 PM
i seriously doubt this will blend..
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