Maingear's Retro95 Pc Blends '90s Workstation Nostalgia With Modern Horsepower

Maingear's latest (appropriately named) Retro95 is simply a deceptive emotion missive to old-school "pizza box" PCs: Wolfenstein 3D and Sierra escapade games connected nan outside; Cyberpunk 2077 successful ray-traced 4K connected nan inside.

That's because you tin fresh this sucker pinch up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics. It supports Intel and AMD processors, up to nan Ryzen 7 9800X3D. You tin besides customize it pinch up to 96GB of DDR5 memory, 8TB of Gen4 NVMe storage, Noctua fans and an 850W PSU. It's a ray-traced wolf successful pixelated sheep's clothing.

It looks for illustration nan Retro95's lawsuit is originated from nan Silverstone FLP01. (That makes consciousness since Maingear is simply a civilization PC builder.) The lawsuit is an ode to beige horizontal PC cases, designed to service arsenic a pedestal for CRT monitors. They were nan default from nan early 1980s to mid-1990s. (If you for illustration nan building creation that succeeded it, Silverstone's follow-up to nan FLP01 should scratch that itch.)

The Retro95 includes a hidden front-panel I/O array and modern airflow design. And if its exterior has you nostalgic for games you played connected similar-looking PCs, you tin adhd a DVD drive. (Who's up for Carmen Sandiego?)

"This 1 is for nan gamers who lugged CRTs to LAN parties, swapped retired disks betwixt levels and sewage their gaming news from magazines," Maingear CEO Wallace Santos wrote successful a property release. "The Retro95 driblet is our measurement of honoring nan classical era of gaming, pinch a strategy that looks for illustration nan 1 you had arsenic a kid but runs for illustration nan monster you'd spec from Maingear today."

Unfortunately, nan Retro95 is simply a limited-edition run. Maingear says erstwhile it sells out, that's crippled over. Given its high-powered hardware and typical version status, it's nary astonishment that this PC ain't cheap. It starts astatine $1,599. You tin bid 1 exclusively from Maingear's website connected July 23.