1
00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,359
Back in 1998, I was just a Wii lad playing games like Diablo I and

2
00:00:04,880 --> 00:00:13,840
Starcraft. Well, Main Gear decided to take me back to that magical time before

3
00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:19,279
everything kind of went upside down with their new Retro 98. Let's take a look at

4
00:00:17,199 --> 00:00:24,560
this thing. This is just the Silverstone box because they're just using the FLPO2

5
00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:28,560
from Silverstone, which is a really cool retro style case. Uh, but they're adding

6
00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:34,800
their own Main Gear twist to it that we're going to take a look at. Yeah.

7
00:00:32,239 --> 00:00:38,879
>> Okay. Pretty cool. Uh, one minor thing that I'm actually noticing right away,

8
00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:43,840
they're kind of just using the foam that comes in the Silverstoneone box for the

9
00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:48,079
case. And when it's just the case, that's fine. This foam can't withstand a

10
00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:53,520
ton of shocks or, you know, drops or vibrations. But, uh, you can see that

11
00:00:50,239 --> 00:00:57,039
here because we've got all that extra

12
00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:58,480
weight from our computer components. Um,

13
00:00:57,039 --> 00:01:04,559
it looks like this was dropped at some point and the whole bottom just kind of

14
00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:06,720
shredded. Not ideal, but that's okay

15
00:01:04,559 --> 00:01:09,680
because the rest of the system did show up intact. I'm just a little surprised

16
00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:14,000
because like I've opened computers for Mang Gear on Secret Shopper and the Doom

17
00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,720
PC and they're just usually packaged a little nicer than this. Take me back to

18
00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:24,080
the beige era. Back when everyone used to smoke inside so all of your beige

19
00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:28,400
plastic components turned yellow over time. I love when you'd go into

20
00:01:26,479 --> 00:01:31,680
someone's house whose like parents were smokers and you'd look at their Super

21
00:01:29,759 --> 00:01:35,680
Nintendo and it's like yellow. They don't even smoke in the living room with

22
00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:41,040
the TV, but like it doesn't matter. Uh, got a little extra hardware bag from

23
00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:44,880
Main Gear. Probably power supply cables.

24
00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:46,720
Ah, we've got our key because we'll get

25
00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:53,040
to it later. But this has a lock on the front. Okay, what else we got? C13 power

26
00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:57,920
cable. Our Wi-Fi antenna. Power supply. Power supply. power supply. These look

27
00:01:56,159 --> 00:02:02,159
like cable combs, although for which cables, I'm not quite sure. Oh, just

28
00:01:59,920 --> 00:02:07,439
some uh motherboard accessories. We've got our CPU socket cover. Keep this in

29
00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:14,160
case you ever have to RMA anything. Uh SATA cables. This looks like a fan

30
00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:17,360
extension or RGB. Cool. So, this bag was just all motherboard stuff. And then

31
00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,720
we've got some screws and some zip ties. We've also got this AMD mounting [music]

32
00:02:18,879 --> 00:02:24,879
hardware probably for the cooler that goes in the system. One thing to note,

33
00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:31,520
there are four different configurations of the Retro 98. This is the lowest tier

34
00:02:27,920 --> 00:02:34,239
option. It's got an RTX 5070, but it's

35
00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:39,440
also got our only Intel CPU, a Core Ultra 7265K.

36
00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:43,680
Every other tier of the Retro 98 is

37
00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:46,560
going to have an AMD 9800 X3D, 9850 X3D,

38
00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:51,200
or I think the top tier is a 9950 X3D. Either way, they're all X3D chips except

39
00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:55,120
for this guy. Uh, one thing that I love right away,

40
00:02:53,120 --> 00:03:00,239
it's a solid side [music] panel and so it is like a true sleeper. The one thing

41
00:02:57,599 --> 00:03:02,640
about that is that RGB, you know, this probably isn't going to glow very much.

42
00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:08,080
I think up at the top we've got some fans and maybe at the back, but uh otherwise any RGB that's installed is

43
00:03:06,239 --> 00:03:14,400
kind of useless. But the other cool thing is all on the front. So, we've got

44
00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:16,480
these drive bays. They are openable.

45
00:03:14,400 --> 00:03:20,560
Okay. Well, I'll do that once. Uh, yeah, let's just pop. Sure. Whatever. You can

46
00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:25,680
actually put a 5 and a/4 in drive in here. So, let's say you want a Blu-ray

47
00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:30,640
player or I don't even know cuz I haven't had to use a 5 and a/4

48
00:03:26,982 --> 00:03:32,080
[laughter] in bay in like over 15 years.

49
00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:35,519
But yeah, if you've got some cool thing that's really old like like maybe one of

50
00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:39,840
those little sine wave uh guys that people used to put on the front of their computers, uh you can do that. One thing

51
00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:44,720
to note actually is that they've got the AIO installed so that the hose is over

52
00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:47,519
here. You might have to flip that if you want to fit something that actually

53
00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:51,280
pushes all the way back. And then if you buy one of the higherend systems, I

54
00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:52,720
think it's the Alpha, that one is going to have a reservoir

55
00:03:52,527 --> 00:03:58,000
>> [music] >> um in this spot cuz it's custom water cooled. So depending on your actual use

56
00:03:56,640 --> 00:04:01,360
case, if this is just, you know, cosmetic for you, doesn't matter. But if

57
00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:06,720
it's not and you're going to actually use it for something, just something to think about. Another really cool 5 and

58
00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:10,799
a/4 in bay uh solution that you could use is like extra IO ports on the front.

59
00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:15,760
However, Silverstone did something really cool here. Look at that. There's

60
00:04:12,879 --> 00:04:19,840
your top front case IO. It's all hidden back here. And we've got a couple of

61
00:04:16,799 --> 00:04:21,840
USBA ports, USBC, and then it looks like

62
00:04:19,840 --> 00:04:25,840
a headphone jack. At the very least, it's probably a mic headphone combo

63
00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:29,840
jack. And then, if you haven't noticed already, I don't know how you can miss

64
00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:32,720
it. Um, we've got a really cool like power switch system. This is where it

65
00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:37,840
is. You're not There's no button up here. There's no button on the side. That's not a button. That's your power

66
00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:42,320
button. You can actually lock the power button with the keys. Clearly doesn't

67
00:04:40,720 --> 00:04:45,280
physically lock the switch. So, I'm guessing it just like hits a relay that

68
00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:49,120
turns it off or something. I don't We'll try it once it's actually plugged in. Um, but you should be able to lock your

69
00:04:47,919 --> 00:04:55,040
computer, which is pretty sweet. And then you've got like a proper reset button and a turbo button. For those of

70
00:04:53,199 --> 00:04:59,199
you unaware, turbo buttons used to adjust your clock speed on your CPU,

71
00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:01,759
either to slow it down or I think sometimes it sped it up, but it was

72
00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:07,600
mostly to slow it down to keep the clocks in line with whatever game you were playing. Our turbo button does not

73
00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:12,800
affect your CPU like that. Instead, what it's going to do is just ramp up all of

74
00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:17,919
our fans. Uh, the Labs did test this thing and ramping up the fans does make

75
00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,280
a temperature difference, but it's not a drastic one. So, I don't know. For me,

76
00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:24,000
it's mostly just a cool aesthetic thing. I probably wouldn't turn it on cuz like

77
00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:28,000
I don't know, your CPU is going to be pretty cool anyway, but uh just a neat

78
00:05:26,240 --> 00:05:32,880
little feature to give a little throwback to the times of Yore. I also

79
00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:39,039
love how they've got this old school like Main Gear 98 logo on the bottom

80
00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:40,880
here. Looks like a classic early 3D logo

81
00:05:39,039 --> 00:05:43,759
kind of thing. One cool thing I just kind of noticed is you can see on the

82
00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:48,240
little board they've got back here for all these controls. It even says turbo

83
00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:51,759
right there. One of the cool things is that unlike, you know, building your own

84
00:05:49,840 --> 00:05:56,080
sleeper PC that is kind of a nightmare sometimes trying to fit modern hardware

85
00:05:53,360 --> 00:06:00,880
in an old case. This is a new case that just is styled in a retro way. And so it

86
00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:04,960
has modern features like these nice thumb screws and you know the whole case

87
00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:09,600
pulls apart no problem. I'm going to take a look at the back first. And of

88
00:06:07,120 --> 00:06:14,560
course, in classic Main Gear fashion, it is beautifully cable managed. On top of

89
00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:19,280
easily removable panels, we've got rubber grommets. We've also got some

90
00:06:17,039 --> 00:06:23,600
nice cable tie down points and some decent cable routing. And then we've

91
00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:29,120
also got a couple of nice 2 and 1/2 in SSD sleds back here. Love to see it. My

92
00:06:27,039 --> 00:06:34,880
only other kind of complaint is that for this system with a 5070 and a Core Ultra

93
00:06:31,360 --> 00:06:37,600
7265K, we've only got a 650 watt 80 plus

94
00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:40,800
gold power supply. It is a nice MSI power supply and it is 80 plus gold

95
00:06:39,520 --> 00:06:46,720
which is great. I just I would have loved 750 this way. You know, we're kind

96
00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:48,080
of like really up against the limits

97
00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:52,720
right now. And so if you make any kind of upgrades in the future, you can probably get away with it if it's not

98
00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:58,240
too big of a deal. But like you're not going to be throwing a 5080 or 5090 in

99
00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:02,400
here without uh maybe secondg guessing upgrading the power supply. For

100
00:07:00,319 --> 00:07:07,039
instance, their 5080 version, which is just the next tier up from this, comes

101
00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:10,880
with an 850 W power supply. So if that's what they're putting alongside that,

102
00:07:09,680 --> 00:07:14,720
it's probably what you're going to want, too. So minor issue, but you're still

103
00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:18,000
getting what you pay for. The price is actually relatively reasonable uh based

104
00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:24,880
on the hardware inside this. We'll get to that later. First, I want to show you the inside on this side, the good stuff.

105
00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:29,520
Here's our RTX 5070. It is a Founders Edition, you know, which do look pretty

106
00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:35,039
sexy. And they've even done uh their due diligence and actually managed the cable

107
00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:37,759
to go along it and then out instead of just dropping down into here or

108
00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:42,400
something. That would have just been kind of lazy. So, it actually looks pretty sleek. And then the really nice

109
00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:46,960
thing is, you know, memory is hard to come by these days. And these are two 16

110
00:07:44,319 --> 00:07:52,400
gig sticks of DDR5. So we're getting 32 gigs of DDR5. Pretty solid. And then

111
00:07:49,039 --> 00:07:54,879
we've just got a 360 mm AIO from Main

112
00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:58,800
Gear right here. So whatever CPU you upgrade to, AMD or not, change the

113
00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:03,599
board, doesn't matter. This cooler should be uh plenty strong enough for

114
00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:11,759
it. And then as for storage, we've got a 2 terbte Gen 4 NVMe drive. Those are

115
00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:13,199
also becoming very hard to come by. So,

116
00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:16,879
you know, I never thought I'd say this, but [music] maybe it is time to buy a

117
00:08:15,440 --> 00:08:20,879
pre-built instead of building your own PC. I'm actually in the middle of

118
00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:24,080
building my own NAS right now. And let me tell you, I just spent $1,200 on hard

119
00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:29,599
drives. And I'm glad I did because they're basically impossible to find now, just a couple weeks later. And even

120
00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:34,640
SSDs, I'm lucky that I already have a boot drive because even Gen 4 like one

121
00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:39,519
or two TB drives are either way up in price or just unavailable. All of our

122
00:08:37,519 --> 00:08:45,200
cables are pretty nicely managed. just, you know, it looks really pretty. I'm a

123
00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:47,120
big fan of um having this like fully

124
00:08:45,200 --> 00:08:50,640
modern look, but if you get the alpha version, which is the most top tier of

125
00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:54,320
top tier, you get some cool like ketchup and mustard cables for that really

126
00:08:52,399 --> 00:08:57,440
classic red and yellow look for those of you who want it. One other cool thing I

127
00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,800
just noticed if they is they've got this really cool like fan hub over here in

128
00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:04,000
the back. So, you've actually got if you do want to add more fans, the ones they

129
00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:09,040
include are actually pretty solid. We tested them and they performed better than we expected, but there's a big fan

130
00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:13,760
hub here. Yeah, very nice. You can also pop the top off pretty easily by just

131
00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:16,880
undoing this screw and pulling that out there if you ever need to change

132
00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:21,920
anything with your radiator. That's how you get at it. And once we get to the

133
00:09:19,519 --> 00:09:26,080
back, there are a couple of pretty cool things. Uh, one, if you did want to,

134
00:09:24,160 --> 00:09:29,120
there are vertical mount slots for your GPU. You're not going to see it unless

135
00:09:27,839 --> 00:09:32,880
you take the side panel off, but you know, if you take that side panel off to show things off, you're probably out of

136
00:09:31,519 --> 00:09:37,519
LAN or something. And so it'll look pretty sick and like you totally could.

137
00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:42,000
It' be pretty awesome. But there was one small problem. It's not a big deal, but

138
00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:47,279
this fan is set to intake currently, and there's no uh mesh filter at all for

139
00:09:44,560 --> 00:09:51,120
dust. So, your PC will maybe get a little dusty over time, but like it's

140
00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:56,240
probably not that I don't know, it's probably not that bad. Uh the other issue though is that this motherboard

141
00:09:54,399 --> 00:10:00,720
when we received it, it didn't have a little sticker over it saying, "Hey,

142
00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:05,120
don't plug your monitor into this. Plug it into the graphics card." So, if

143
00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:08,720
you're new to PC gaming, just don't use these. That's for your motherboard's

144
00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:13,742
onboard graphics, which thankfully the Core Ultra 7265K has, but um your

145
00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:16,640
performance is going to be kind of trash [laughter]

146
00:10:14,880 --> 00:10:20,160
if that's where you plug your monitor into. Uh but I do love how the board

147
00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:25,519
also has some pretty decent IO. I mean, we've got plenty of USB, uh USBC with

148
00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:28,560
power delivery, and it's even got a PS2 port if you really want to complete the

149
00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:32,000
look and use a really old school mouse and keyboard. One thing I neglected to

150
00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:35,600
mention is it's got a 3D printed GPU bracket, which is great. But the only

151
00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:38,320
problem is it's attached over here, so you've kind of got to take your

152
00:10:36,720 --> 00:10:42,399
motherboard off to get the bracket off, which kind of sucks. The other thing is

153
00:10:40,399 --> 00:10:47,360
it did come packaged without any internal uh foam, like you know, the

154
00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:52,320
self-expanding stuff. They do have that GPU anti-ag bracket, so it's probably

155
00:10:49,279 --> 00:10:54,959
fine, but I would like to see just a

156
00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:58,480
little bit more um packing material. it. They usually do it. So, I was kind of

157
00:10:56,800 --> 00:11:02,160
surprised that it didn't come with any. Overall, it looks pretty sick and I

158
00:11:00,399 --> 00:11:05,440
would love to have something like this. Uh, so let's get it all put back

159
00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:09,360
together and fire it up after this word from our sponsor. Private Internet

160
00:11:07,519 --> 00:11:14,079
Access. If you want to mask your IP from your ISP or sketchy third parties, it's

161
00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,959
time to get a VPN. PIA's VPN allows you to watch media from all around the

162
00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:22,560
world. And all you need is a single subscription to start having it work across multiple devices. It's available

163
00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:26,720
for Windows, macOS, Android, Linux, and iOS. practically any platform. Plus,

164
00:11:25,279 --> 00:11:31,200
they never record or store your data. So, go to piaavvpn.com/shortcircuit

165
00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:35,600
or use our link to get a special deal with a 30-day money back guarantee.

166
00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:40,560
>> Moment of truth. [music] Maybe it's locked. It is.

167
00:11:38,959 --> 00:11:44,959
All right. Yo, the lock button works. That's so

168
00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:49,440
cool. And it looks like our LED screen here. I'm not sure if that 49 is our CPU

169
00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:52,240
temp, but it probably is. I'm not sure what else it might [music] represent.

170
00:11:50,880 --> 00:11:58,640
Wa! [screaming] This is awesome. And we've got the same like 3D Main Gear logo set to our

171
00:11:56,160 --> 00:12:02,000
wallpaper here with a little 98. This thing is dope. We've got one of those

172
00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:06,160
dual mode monitors here. And I was about to set this to like 4K cuz I don't need

173
00:12:04,399 --> 00:12:10,320
500 Hz, but uh I forgot that we've only got a 5070. So this might be one of the

174
00:12:08,320 --> 00:12:14,800
actual times where I do want to run at 1080p

175
00:12:11,839 --> 00:12:18,079
and just cool 500 Hz, why not? So yeah, let's do that. Let's swap that back. Now

176
00:12:16,639 --> 00:12:22,399
that our display is ready to go and we've got our computer all fired up, we're going to change to 60 FPS on our

177
00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:25,920
camera cuz we're about to game. Just going to check out some of our specs

178
00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:31,120
real quick here. Uh, yep, there's our CPU. As for our memory, 32 gigs,

179
00:12:28,560 --> 00:12:37,360
currently running at 4,800 megat transfers per second. I am pretty sure

180
00:12:34,399 --> 00:12:41,040
that there is a profile setup, but it's not enabled out of the box. So, if you

181
00:12:39,279 --> 00:12:45,360
do buy this, because it says it was handbuilt by one guy, it's entirely

182
00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:49,600
possible that the same mistake is across every system. So, we're going to go

183
00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:52,959
ahead and enable all of our XMPP so that we get the rated speed because these

184
00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:57,680
sticks should go to like 6,000 megat transfers per second. And uh you know,

185
00:12:55,360 --> 00:13:01,440
if I paid for it, I didn't, but if you paid for it, then you should get it. One

186
00:13:00,320 --> 00:13:08,480
last thing before we do that though, I've opened up hardware info and I want to just see if like our CPU temperature

187
00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,920
matches what's displayed there. Um or

188
00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:17,680
our GPU temps, maybe cuz yeah, I'm sitting at like 33 C, 39 C, and that's

189
00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:19,360
only 26 27. Okay, CPU GT cores are set

190
00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:23,920
to 28. So maybe it's measuring that. I don't know. Where's our GPU? Even our

191
00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:27,440
graphics card is measuring about 33 34C. So I'm not 100% sure if that's correct.

192
00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:35,360
But you know what? Let's hit the turbo button. Instantly the fans crank up. Now it says

193
00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:38,160
HH, which I'm a little concerned about.

194
00:13:35,360 --> 00:13:43,360
I don't think it should say HH. I'll let you figure out why. All right.

195
00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:48,560
memory 6,400 mega transfers per second, which I think is actually faster than

196
00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,440
the 6,000 that it's rated for. Um, so I don't know if they just gave us a memory

197
00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:56,880
bump or what, but yeah, it's running faster than it should. So that's always great. Still haven't confirmed that the

198
00:13:54,800 --> 00:14:02,240
CPU temp is correct on the readout there. One thing that I forgot to

199
00:13:59,199 --> 00:14:03,760
mention earlier is that as you can tell,

200
00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:09,600
or maybe not, it's a little noisy right now after I enabled XMPP and restarted

201
00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:11,600
it. Um, if I hit the turbo button,

202
00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:15,199
it's already loud and you hear new fans ramp up. And that's because it's only

203
00:14:13,279 --> 00:14:20,160
connected to the case fans. It's not actually affecting our AIO, which is

204
00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:23,839
kind of annoying. I really wish all of them were just connected to the one

205
00:14:21,839 --> 00:14:28,560
turbo button. Just going to load up some Cyberpunk really quick. We did test a

206
00:14:26,399 --> 00:14:34,000
number of games and guess what? They all perform like they would on a 5070 and a

207
00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:36,720
Core Ultra 265K with uh the memory and storage that we have in there. So, you

208
00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:43,519
know, you're not giving up any performance. You're getting what you paid for. Hell yeah. All right. RTX

209
00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:50,079
5070. You know, 1080p, but we're set to ray tracing medium, and we're getting

210
00:14:45,199 --> 00:14:51,839
like 120 115 FPS. Pretty solid here. Uh,

211
00:14:50,079 --> 00:14:56,880
Cyberpunk looks great. I'm going to blast these people. Yeah, we tested

212
00:14:54,240 --> 00:15:03,360
Cyberpunk, Red Dead Redemption 2, The Last of Us, Alan Wake 2, and F1. And all

213
00:14:59,920 --> 00:15:05,199
of those games performed as expected. As

214
00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:11,120
for temps, they also performed as expected. Our turbo mode does make a

215
00:15:08,639 --> 00:15:14,480
very minor difference, but it makes a difference. Makes sense. Fans going

216
00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:18,959
faster, pushing [music] more air, cooling down components. Not a huge deal

217
00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:22,320
cuz uh you know, this thing's not going to get that hot already, but I could

218
00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:28,560
seeing it being a great feature for one of the higherend systems with the higherend hardware in them. One final

219
00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:33,120
unfortunate thing about this is that it is getting pretty loud. like this is,

220
00:15:31,920 --> 00:15:38,000
you know, at this point I'd like to have the computer under the desk and maybe even a separate room. Uh because ever

221
00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:42,399
since we enabled XMPP, I don't know if it just enabled a different fan profile

222
00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:47,360
or what, but I don't know. I can hear them even with the side panel on. And if

223
00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:49,839
you hit the turbo button,

224
00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:54,240
it just gets louder. To be clear, I did enable XMPP and change some settings, so

225
00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:57,839
that might be the problem. But like, I don't know. I paid for 6,000 mega

226
00:15:56,160 --> 00:16:02,800
transfers per second memory. I want to use 6,000 mega transfers per second

227
00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:05,759
memory. Now, as for the price, all of

228
00:16:02,800 --> 00:16:10,639
our hardware considered, $2,500 for this guy isn't really a bad deal, especially

229
00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:14,959
when you look at the prices of SSDs and RAM right now. However, if you go up to

230
00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:21,680
the alpha version with a 5090, it's going to cost you $9,800, which I think

231
00:16:17,839 --> 00:16:23,519
is a little extreme. Um, I don't know

232
00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:26,160
how much I can justify that price. I'm honestly not even sure if they were

233
00:16:24,720 --> 00:16:30,880
like, you know, it's nine grand, but it's the N it's the Retro98. We should

234
00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:35,440
just charge 9,800. I from a marketing perspective, sure, I agree. From a user

235
00:16:33,759 --> 00:16:38,880
perspective, I'm not so sure if I'm personally willing to shell out for the

236
00:16:36,880 --> 00:16:41,680
top tier system. This one though, I think it's reasonable considering what

237
00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:44,320
you're getting. But if you don't want to do that, you know, Mangar does offer

238
00:16:43,199 --> 00:16:50,160
pretty good support when it comes to pre-builts. Check out Secret Shopper.

239
00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:53,199
You can get the FLP2 from Silverstone

240
00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:56,160
for about $250. It's still an expensive

241
00:16:53,199 --> 00:17:00,320
case, um, but it's honestly pretty solid and you're getting something that's very

242
00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:04,160
unique. And so, at that point, I would honestly I like this case. I I kind of

243
00:17:02,320 --> 00:17:06,959
want to buy one myself just to build my next computer in it, whatever that may

244
00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:11,919
be. And you know what? I'm not really sure when the end of this video is going to be. Maybe it's now. Uh, thanks for

245
00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:14,880
watching. I'm This is ShortCircuit. If you want to check out another one, uh,

246
00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:18,400
check out the Doom PC. That was also for main gear and it was also very