Drool-worthy looks, Innovative cooling system, Impressively powerful gaming and overall performance, Tons of customization options
Extremely expensive
It's not every day I review a desktop that costs almost $10,000. But when I do, it's gotta be a Maingear. From its ultra-luxe, head-turning Chameleon paint to its supercharged components, including a Core i9 CPU and two GTX 1080Ti GPUs, this machine reeks...
The Maingear F131 is the Ferrari of the custom shop PC world, with an elegant custom-designed chassis and liquid cooling system that takes the spotlight off the high-performance hardware under the hood.9/10$9,231MaingearMORE: Best Gaming D...
Published: 2018-05-29, Author: Dave , review by: hothardware.com
Killer Good Looks With Jaw Dropping Paint Job, Innovative, Highly Effective Apex ICS Cooling, Amazing Build Quality, Very Quiet For All That Horsepower, Fastest Gaming PC We've Tested Yet
Super Pricey, Rear Side Panel Not Easily Removable, Complex Upgrades Down The Road
It's hard not to be enamored with a product like the Maingear F131. It's crazy expensive, yes, perhaps impractically so. However, there's no denying that the F131 is an amazing, impressively well-engineered and well-built machine. From its component selec...
Published: 2016-06-10, Author: Michael , review by: tomsguide.com
Jaw-dropping design, Tons of customization options, Excellent overall performance
Expensive, Fairly large
Like all of Maingear's high-end PCs, the F131 is a stunning piece of machinery aimed at those willing to shell out money for the very best in style and performance. The PC's wealth of customization options make it a gaming desktop you can truly make your...
Published: 2015-07-09, Author: Alex , review by: cadalyst.com
Unique form factor, innovative thermal design, top-end single-thread performance with overclocked, liquid-cooled Core i7, top-end rendering performance with NVIDIA Quadro K5200, plenty of spare cables and adapters included
SATA SSD rather than PCIExpress SSD, low PSU wattage, side panels easy to dislodge and could potentially compromise cooling/reliability, awkward cabling with top-panel I/O and bottom power, top-access vulnerable to spills or debris
If you're building workstations and your name isn't HP, Dell, or Lenovo, then you should create machines that none of those three would think to build. And on that fundamental strategy, Maingear has succeeded.There's no point in a smaller vendor trying to...
Exterior plastics could be better, Most ports are a pain to access, Loud fan noise sounds at load
Maingear's F131 is an impressive machine from several perspectives. It looks great, its performance is excellent, and the interior layout is good for a system of this size. The only question remaining is value. Our review unit rings up at $3,277 on Mai...
Better application performance than PCs that cost twice as much; strong gaming performance should play almost any game on the market smoothly and with high image quality; room to expand memory and hard-drive storage; USB 3.0 jacks prepare you for future e
Garish (but fortunately optional) side panel art
Ignore the side panel. Maingear has an outstanding deal in this high-end F131 gaming desktop, which is one of the fastest PCs we've seen all year. We recommend this system without hesitation to serious PC gamers and those interested in a high-performa...
Maingear really impressed us during our review process and everything from the custom made packing materials to the free custom etched side panels and the high level of personal service available to customers really shows that Maingear knows what it takes...
