By Joe Osborne
Maingear Shift review
Whenever discussing gaming PCs, I’ll be the first to tell you that building one yourself is always better – mostly because it’s infallibly cheaper. But, if you have the scratch, Maingear makes the most compelling case to buy instead of build that I’ve seen with its Shift gaming PC.
As an original, full-tower chassis design, the Shift is Maingear’s flagship gaming PC, and it more than earns that moniker. With enough room for three graphics cards, six hard drives and three 5.25-inch drive bays, the Shift is (practically) infinitely expandable.
Of course, it looks slick as hell, and employs some clever twists on gaming PC design that help it keep pace with rivals, like Origin PC’s Genesis chassis. In spite of some nagging component issues, I’m left (almost) wanting to buy my next gaming rig after testing out the Maingear Shift.
Design
Frankly, the builders at Maingear know their stuff. They’ve designed the Shift chassis from the ground up to literally flip the concept of a PC case on its head.
Unlike most other PC chassis – with the exception of Silverstone – the Shift accepts motherboards that are flipped 90 degrees, so that the ports are accessible …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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