Blackhcharger06
05-30-2010, 01:16 PM
Well I looked at the maingear website everyday until I placed my order for my shift. The Current computer I have now is an old p4 so it was a pretty big upgrade to say the least...Here are the specs...
system-SHIFTX58
SHIFT X58
Customizations:
Chassis: MAINGEAR SHIFT Chassis with Advanced Vertical Heat Dissipation
Included
Exterior Finish: Brushed Black Aluminum with Acrylic and Matte Black Accents
Included
Power Supply: 750W Silverstone Strider Modular Industrial Power Supply
Included
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 DX11 [ENTHUSIAST]
$268.00
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme X58 Supporting CrossFire and SLI, USB 3.0, SATA 6G
Included
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz (32nm) 6-core with Hyperthreading
$991.00
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR / Asetek Maintenance-Free X120 Liquid Cooling
Included
Memory: 12GB Kingston HyperX Triple-Channel DDR3-1600MHz Low Latency
$215.00
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - Redline™ Overclock My System!
Hard Drive Bay One: 1.0TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 6G 7200rpm 64MB Cache
$25.00
Memory Card Reader: All-in-One Integrated USB 2.0 Flash Card Reader & Writer
Included
Optical Drive One: 8X LG SuperMulti Blu-ray/DVD Burner with Software
$181.00
Optical Drive Two: 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive w/ LightScribe Technology
$29.00
Audio: 7.1 Channel High Definition Surround Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical Out
Included
Network Adapter: Dual On-board Gigabit Ethernet
Included
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth Technology Module
Included
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
$110.00
Security Software: Microsoft Security Essentials
Free Software Service: Adobe® Reader™
Free Software Service: Google® Chrome™
Free Software Service: Hulu™ Desktop
Free Software Service: Mozilla® Firefox™
I'm not a huge gamer but when I'm looking at the bench tests I wanted something that would last me awhile. I went with the hexcore because I do a lot of dvd/blu ray ripping and this processor is amazing at it. I got the 70 pound box delivered 1 day after it was shipped. I took the day off to make sure I got it into my house ok. Getting the box up the stairs was a challenge but I was so excited it really didn't matter. The box is pretty amazing. I got a nice tshirt a mouse pad and mini screw driver kit that will come in handy.
So how is the actual computer?
Well I hooked it all up and it loaded right up. The computer I had was pretty old and all the other systems I've seen had bloated programs from the local big box stores. This computer had very little on it and loaed up in no time. I'm able to rip dvds at 220fps which is a huge time saver. I'm also able to rip blu rays at about 29fps. THis is the main reason I got the comptuer and I am more then happy.
A few days before I got the computer I talked threw email with a few of the empolyees and on the phone as well and they were all great to deal with. I was put on hold the first time I called and they thought I was disconnected so they called me right back, even thought I was still on hold. Most companies would just assume you'd call them back.
I am by no means the target customer of maingear but with the reviews I saw on line and the first hand customer service I've seen I can't think of another computer manufacture that I would want to do bussiness with. These guys are great.
Thanx again to the team at maingear for giving me exactly what I want...
Brian Pahlm
system-SHIFTX58
SHIFT X58
Customizations:
Chassis: MAINGEAR SHIFT Chassis with Advanced Vertical Heat Dissipation
Included
Exterior Finish: Brushed Black Aluminum with Acrylic and Matte Black Accents
Included
Power Supply: 750W Silverstone Strider Modular Industrial Power Supply
Included
Graphics and GPGPU Accelerator: ATI® Radeon™ HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 DX11 [ENTHUSIAST]
$268.00
Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme X58 Supporting CrossFire and SLI, USB 3.0, SATA 6G
Included
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz (32nm) 6-core with Hyperthreading
$991.00
Processor Cooling: MAINGEAR / Asetek Maintenance-Free X120 Liquid Cooling
Included
Memory: 12GB Kingston HyperX Triple-Channel DDR3-1600MHz Low Latency
$215.00
MAINGEAR Redline Overclocking Service: YES! - Redline™ Overclock My System!
Hard Drive Bay One: 1.0TB Western Digital Caviar Black SATA 6G 7200rpm 64MB Cache
$25.00
Memory Card Reader: All-in-One Integrated USB 2.0 Flash Card Reader & Writer
Included
Optical Drive One: 8X LG SuperMulti Blu-ray/DVD Burner with Software
$181.00
Optical Drive Two: 24X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive w/ LightScribe Technology
$29.00
Audio: 7.1 Channel High Definition Surround Sound Supporting S/DIF Optical Out
Included
Network Adapter: Dual On-board Gigabit Ethernet
Included
Bluetooth: Integrated Bluetooth Technology Module
Included
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
$110.00
Security Software: Microsoft Security Essentials
Free Software Service: Adobe® Reader™
Free Software Service: Google® Chrome™
Free Software Service: Hulu™ Desktop
Free Software Service: Mozilla® Firefox™
I'm not a huge gamer but when I'm looking at the bench tests I wanted something that would last me awhile. I went with the hexcore because I do a lot of dvd/blu ray ripping and this processor is amazing at it. I got the 70 pound box delivered 1 day after it was shipped. I took the day off to make sure I got it into my house ok. Getting the box up the stairs was a challenge but I was so excited it really didn't matter. The box is pretty amazing. I got a nice tshirt a mouse pad and mini screw driver kit that will come in handy.
So how is the actual computer?
Well I hooked it all up and it loaded right up. The computer I had was pretty old and all the other systems I've seen had bloated programs from the local big box stores. This computer had very little on it and loaed up in no time. I'm able to rip dvds at 220fps which is a huge time saver. I'm also able to rip blu rays at about 29fps. THis is the main reason I got the comptuer and I am more then happy.
A few days before I got the computer I talked threw email with a few of the empolyees and on the phone as well and they were all great to deal with. I was put on hold the first time I called and they thought I was disconnected so they called me right back, even thought I was still on hold. Most companies would just assume you'd call them back.
I am by no means the target customer of maingear but with the reviews I saw on line and the first hand customer service I've seen I can't think of another computer manufacture that I would want to do bussiness with. These guys are great.
Thanx again to the team at maingear for giving me exactly what I want...
Brian Pahlm