"Maingear is back with another nostalgia-fueled gaming PC. The Retro98 may look like it's made for playing Quake while you wait for The Phantom Menace trailer to drop. But on the inside, the beige box is powerful enough to slay today's most demanding AAA games. "You're not going to find this PC at your local Radio Shack," Maingear promises."
"Fortunately, you won't be limited to 1998 games. (Dope as they are.) It has up to a Ryzen 9 9950X3D processor, GeForce RTX 5090 graphics, 64GB Kingston Fury RAM and 4TB Kingston FURY Renegade NVMe Gen5 SSD. The maxed-out version (described by Maingear as "unapologetically overkill") even includes open-loop liquid cooling. Now for the bad news. As you might expect from a retro novelty PC like this, you'll have to pay a pretty penny."
"The Retro98 also has an extremely limited run. Maingear is producing only 32 standard units and six alpha units. The company says it won't bring this build back once those sell out. However, there is a workaround for tinkerers: Since it's based on the SilverStone FLP02 tower PC case, you could grab one of those and build your own."
The Retro98 combines a late-1990s beige tower aesthetic and physical retro controls with modern, high-end gaming hardware. The hand-built chassis includes an LED fan-speed display, a working turbo button, a power-lockout key, and front I/O hidden behind the Maingear logo. Configurations reach up to a Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU, GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, 64GB Kingston Fury RAM, and a 4TB Kingston FURY Renegade NVMe Gen5 SSD, with optional open-loop liquid cooling on the top-tier build. Base pricing begins at $2,499 (Intel Core Ultra 7 265K / RTX 5070), higher tiers go to $3,499 and $4,999, and an Alpha open-loop model costs $9,799. Production is strictly limited to 32 standard and six Alpha units, and the case is based on the SilverStone FLP02 for DIY alternatives.
Read at Engadget
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