Maingear’s latest (appropriately titled) Retro95 is a deceptive love-letter to old-school PCs “pizza box” . It’s Wolfenstein 3D and Sierra adventure games outside, Cyberpunk in 4K ray-traced on the inside.
This is because you can install up to NVIDIA GeForce GeForce 5080 graphics in this sucker. It supports Intel and AMD processors up to the Ryzen 7 X3D. You can also customize the system with up to 96GB DDR5 Memory, 8TB Gen4 NVMe Storage, Noctua Fans and an 850W Power Supply. It’s a pixelated wolf dressed in ray-traced sheep’s clothes.
It looks like the Retro95’s case is sourced from the Silverstone FLP01 (19459047) This makes sense, since Maingear is also a custom PC builder. The case is a tribute to horizontal beige PC cases that were designed to serve as pedestals for CRT monitors. From the early 1980suntil the mid-1990s, they were the standard. If you prefer the tower that followed it, Silverstone’s follow-up should satisfy your desire.
Retro95 features a front-panel I/O panel that is hidden and a modern airflow design. If its exterior makes you nostalgic for the games you played on PCs that look similar, you can add DVD drive. (Who’s ready for Carmen Sandiego?)
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“This one is for the gamers who lugged CRTs to LAN parties, swapped out disks between levels and got their gaming news from magazines,” Maingear CEO Wallace Santos penned a press release. “The Retro95 drop is our way of honoring the classic era of gaming, with a system that looks like the one you had as a kid but runs like the monster you’d spec from Maingear today.”
Retro95 is only available in a limited edition. Maingear claims that once the Retro95 is sold out, it’s game over. It’s not surprising that this PC isn’t cheap, given its high-powered hardware. It starts at $1 599. On July 23, you can order exclusively through Maingear’s site .
