MAINGEAR at this time is saying the MG-RC, a brand new cable administration expertise that it hopes to standardize inside the trade. If you happen to’ve ever constructed a PC earlier than, then you realize what a nightmare cable administration will be.
It’s particularly difficult you probably have a PC case with an enormous glass panel that permits you to see inside. It basically gives a window to the within of your PC. If you happen to didn’t do a adequate job with cable administration, then there’s no actual strategy to conceal that soiled little secret. Fortunately, you’ll be able to simply get a PC case that doesn’t have glass panels. As an alternative choosing one which seems extra closed off. There’s one other approach now although. MAINGEAR MG-RC permits you to route the cables to the place they’re hidden behind the motherboard.
Supplying you with a cleaner, extra organized look. It’s not nearly wanting good although. MG-RC is designed to offer you real-world advantages. Not the least of which is cooling efficiency. As a result of cables are routed behind the motherboard, fewer cables are mendacity about in all places else. This helps to scale back the air turbulence and enhance cooling, MAINGEAR says. It also needs to show to be simpler to assemble the PC with this tech. And that profit alone makes the MG-RC price it. The one problem proper now could be compatibility.
MAINGEAR desires to standardize MG-RC with OEMs
If the MG-RC appears like one thing you need in your personal PC setup, there’s one small drawback in the intervening time. Compatibility. You may’t simply choose up the tech and use it with any system. Nonetheless, MAINGEAR says it’s working to standardize it. So sooner or later, you would possibly have the ability to use it with a non-MAINGEAR system. The corporate says it’s working to standardize the tech with each PC case makers and motherboard producers. MAINGEAR hopes the tech might be extensively adopted (we hope so too).
You might in fact simply take the simple route and purchase a brand new MAINGEAR system.
Two new PCs will characteristic the cable administration tech
Along with MG-RC, MAINGEAR is saying two new PCs you’ll have the ability to purchase. Every system is inbuilt collaboration with one in all MAINGEAR’s companions. The ZERO is a compact, mini-ATX PC inbuilt collaboration with MSI. It options the B760M Mission Zero motherboard and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Tremendous GPU. It’s additionally draped in RGB glow that washes over the white PC case moderately properly. MAINGEAR doesn’t point out how a lot the PC will price, nevertheless it does say it can go on sale on January 24.
That being mentioned, it is going to be an excellent restricted drop PC. MAINGEAR says its final drop bought out in below two weeks. So if you would like the ZERO you will want to be quick.
The second PC construct that makes use of the MG-RC tech is known as the NV9 and this one is in collaboration with Phanteks. It makes use of the Phanteks NV9 case and a Phanteks Glacier One AIO liquid cooler. It’s additionally utilizing an MSI motherboard though this one is the Z790 Mission Zero board as a substitute. Which is an even bigger board since this isn’t a mini-ATX construct. Moreover, it makes use of an Intel Core i9-14900K processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Tremendous GPU.
This PC received’t be restricted just like the ZERO and might be bought immediately in MAINGEAR’s important retailer with the opposite PC builds it presents. It’ll be obtainable someday within the first quarter of this yr.