Maingear R1 Razer Edition Overview: An Internal Look Inside Of The PC

The Maingear R1 PC has its pros and it could have some cons. For PC Builds Since I won’t talk about it much I like the idea of having a liquid powered cooler in the PC, which could be way better than traditional fan by reducing noise. All I can say is go easy at first with the configuration

The other day I recently set up my new Asus VE228H 21.5 inch monitor, I sort of went old school a little bit since I am saving up for a new PC, but in the meanwhile, I am substituting it with my Dell Inspiron 15 3000 connected via HDMI and a couple of changes within display settings. It is a very broke setup since it is just a laptop displayed on a monitor, but it acts a great preview nonetheless.

Processor And Graphics Card Configurations

Let’s talk about the computer now. I am thinking of trying a new Maingear PC somewhere in the future, but not at the current time I am at now since I just got this new setup running and going. The R1 PC supports one more Graphics Card compared to the R2 which has only 1 Graphics Card. The R1 has 2X Graphic Cards. Not only this the R1 is $150 less than the R2 making it $849. A few years ago people wouldn’t recommend putting in two graphics cards but now it is more of just a cultural norm

The ‘Beginners’

To go further in but in a basic matter, The R1 PC has a Ryzen Threadripper, a traditional Ryzen gaming processor, an X299 chipset from Intel and an Intel I9 Z390 processor. If I were to configure my options to select either I would have to choose the Z390 I9 processor or the regular Ryzen. Both processors have the traditional 4 to 8 cores you would see on similar CPU’s. Both of this support overclocking as well as the other two, and these two support half of all of the Graphics Cards that the R1 PC can handle in total with the processors

It is like if we take the Alienware Aurora PC which is not too overrated but specification wise it is a crossfire processing computer which also supports overclocking. Knowing this for a general idea, I would start off with these than I would move on to the ThreadRipper or the X299. I will explain these other two advanced systems in the next section.

Ryzen Threadripper And Intel X299 Chipset Comparisons

On the contrary, the Ryzen Threadripper has twice as many-core processors from around 12 -16 cores and for the X299 Chipset, it is around 6 – 18 cores. The price alone for the thread ripper is only $2246 dollars just looking at the stock price alone which is to the near equivalent of two regular Ryzen processors.

In my opinion, you would have to use the two for a while and get used to it before upgrading and switching out the other two. Not just to save money. But a slow transition. On the plus side having two graphics cards should be enough for a beginner user.

In addition to this, answering to why you may ask is because like when we look at the CyberpowerPC, which could be considered a beginners gaming computer under certain circumstances, this uses an AMD Radeon R7 240 graphics card which I have mostly positive feedback for like with a good enough video chipset and memory. I noticed both of these are good for average players who want to train for better performance or at least want to see a better overclocking on their PC.

Determination For Motherboards

In total there are four motherboards that come with the PC I will only go through two. You can read about the extra two on the website. One of the main motherboards I wanted to mention was the MD X399 ThreadRipper which is also under a similar category to what was previously talked about. It has gigabyte x399 Gaming 7 which is one of the highest and only main specs about it. We are starting to come to a time where USB-4 will be coming out soon, and I could only assume the possibilities knowing what we know now

MD X399 ThreadRipper

It has been out for a while but we get one Type-C USB 3.1, the same USB but with Type-A, and 4 USB 3.1 that are generation 1 with Type-A. The only improvement I notice that distinguish it from the R2 was that the rear end port was upgraded to 3.1 instead of it being 2.0 with the Z270 on the R2. It is not a major but more of a slight modern improvement example for the USB. But these small improvements can make huge differences

The X399 is a Quad Crossfire with 128 GB worth of memory available which is what we see with most or at least very similar motherboards within the category. But this is just a basic introduction of the Threadripper so far. What improvements and what disadvantages were given in comparison to the ASROCK B350 Gaming or Z270 on the R2?

B350 Gaming Pro Carbon

Within PC Builds the B350 is another type of AMD motherboard that also supports crossfire meaning it still has up to four GPU’s to flow throughout the motherboard. Personally, if we look more into it I would have to decide over the MSI B350 Krait or the Asus Prime B350 plus. I noticed both of these motherboards have great overclocking systems and good enough audio codecs. But I think either the X299 or the Z270 could cover up either of these

In this instance for the Gaming Pro Carbon, at least the MSI version, there’s a whole variety of unique features in supply. The Gaming Pro Carbon uses VR enhancement to reduce motion sickness while on VR. It’s specifically called VR ready and VR Boost. The gaming pro carbon is up to date since it supports up to the latest 2nd generation of Ryzen with Radeon and Vega graphics. So generally it is not too much of a surprise since we notice many other MSI support at least up to 2nd gen

In Conclusion

The Maingear R1 PC is a very complicated device with many parts that can be replaced over time. For any PC Builds this computer would then be useful for my current laid back setup with my Inspiron 15 3000 as a permanent replacement. Like I said previously I would start off easy then slowly upgrade over time. Thank you for reading up to this point. This is the first in-depth hardware review I have made on this blog. It is not the best and can be easily fact-checked but I am proud none the less. I give this PC 4.8 / 5 stars [star rating=”4.8″]