Most Sleeper PCs, as the name implies, are high-end desktop rigs that hide high-performing components inside of an old chassis, typically those from the early 90s. Maingear, a custom PC builder company based in the US, decided to ride the wave and created its own take on sleeper PC with the Retro95.
Let’s be clear: on the outside, the Retro95 takes on the facade of a desktop PC that kids today wouldn’t remember: we’re talking about the desktop chassis that the was sturdy enough to hold the weight of the CRT monitors that was placed on top of it. But make no mistake, beneath the hood lies a high-octane beast, fitted with the very best and most up-to-date components currently available on the market.
Off the brand’s customisable list, the Retro95 can be fitted with up to an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D or Intel Core Ultra 7 245K, up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, up to 96GB DDR5 RAM, up to 8TB of NVMe Gen4 storage, and up a 1250W PSU. For the motherboard, Maingear is offering an MSI MPG X870E as the highest-end offer if you’re running an AMD system, while the Intel system gets an MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi in the same category. Oh, and all the fans can be upgraded to Noctua fans.
As an extra added bonus, Maingear will even install an optical drive, DVD or Blu-ray, at the front of the machine. And because they’re off-the-shelf parts, swapping them will be a snap. At the front of the Retro95, Maingear has the main high-speed I/Os behind one of the floppy-disk inspired covers.
With all the top-shelf components, the Retro95 will cost a hefty US$5,489 (~RM23,171). The bad news, if you didn’t already know, is that Maingear only ships within the US and out to its neighbour, Canada.
(Source: Maingear)
